Hello there!
Well, after the craziness that was midterm exams/ finals, I emerge with a sickness. After waking up with a splitting headache and a mild cough, I stayed home rather than drag myself to school. At home, I slept, read, wrote, drew, window shopped, watched tv, and watched Repo! The Genetic Opera again. (Which is highly recommended, by the way, especially if you're in to gothy musicals, lol.)
Anywho, I've become obsessed with looking at different kinds of socks. Socks! Of all things I could find interesting on my day off, I choose to focus on socks! I think I'm suffering from lack of sleep, because I spent hours looking at the damn things... Why aren't socks more popular anyway? They're cute and interesting and sexy! I wish more people wore them... Then I could wear them more often! I used to wear black knee-highs all the time, but lately I've opted for tights instead. I have a pair of nice, plain white knee-highs that I wish I could wear with my sweeter outfits, but I have a feeling that the administration would be all over me then. :( Stupid hick town where practically everyone is the same! And I really want to wear my pink and white striped knee-highs as well, but don't have the guts or the patience to deal with stupid people and I dress odd enough as it is. Still, I can't help but devising plans to subtly wear awesome and cute socks in my daily outfits...I snuck in some black and white stiped ones yesterday under a pair of slacks with some flats... and there wasn't any lashback, so I'll take that as a good sign.
Anyway, sock rant over... Now I shall rant about NaNo...
As I continue to write and edit my novel from NaNoWriMo, I continue to wonder if it's any good at all or if it's just a pile of steaming crap. I'm hoping for the former, but can't help but think the later more likely. One reason for this is the fact that I took a years old story idea that I had forgotten about and tried to make it work last minute, which wasn't exactly the best approach for me, though I surprised myself in many instances by somehow making things work and connect when it seemed that I would lose all continuity. Next year, I'm going to make sure I write something with which I'm a little more comfortable, something young-adult and probably focused on teenage relationships with a hint of the supernatural thrown in, rather than the sword and socerey-esque thing I've got going on this year. I personally love to read that sort of fantasy, but I don't think I'm any good at writing it. So for the sake of sanity and probably lots of time as I will be writing my first college NaNo next year (woot!) I'm going to go for something a bit easier.
I don't know if I shall return to school tomorrow, for my headache keeps making miraculous comebacks, though my cough has been reduced to next-to-nothing. I fear, though, that if I stay home tomorrow, I shall be sitting at my computer, once again browsing socks...
Oh! One last shopping related note: My cute red heart purse from Forever21 has apparently been shipped! I never got a confirmation e-mail, much less a shipping e-mail, so I had been afraid that perhaps the transaction hadn't gone through. On a wimb I decided to check my account there and checked my recent orders and, lo and behold, it said that it had shipped two days ago! It should be here Friday, and I'm uber excited. I think I have a thing for purses too... mainly tote purses though. Hmm, totes and socks.
Rants over. Is anyone still reading? I salute you! XD
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Back to Ye Olde Life
Happy New Year!
2009 is a much anticipated year for me; it's the year I graduate from high school! Yay for moving on and going off to college!
It bums me out though, leaving many of my friends behind, maybe even all of them (I'm looking at you, Catey!) and having to rough it out all alone. It's gotten to the point where I come to the song "For Good" on my Wicked soundtrack and I have to skip over it because it's just too damn sad, and I cry everytime! I remember them playing it during the senior slideshow a few years ago, and I hope they don't play it for us this year, otherwise I will be there crying in front of everyone! That would not be good. . .
Well, anyway, I had a nice, loooooong Christmas Vacation that has come to an end. In the morning, I shall have to wake up at some ungodly hour and resume my life as a high school student, if only for another semester and two weeks.
Despite my procrastination, I actually got a few things accomplished today! I drew out my storyboard for film and theatre class, not exactly the most difficult thing to do, but at least I did it! I also wrote about 2,500 words in on my NaNoWriMo Novel, which has been neglected lately. It makes me so happy that I'm finally getting around to writing in the scenes I had to cut before! I feel like it will finally come together and work!
Speaking of work, I work tomorrow night. Weird. I usually don't work Mondays.
Well, here's to another pointless post and the last few months of my high school education!
2009 is a much anticipated year for me; it's the year I graduate from high school! Yay for moving on and going off to college!
It bums me out though, leaving many of my friends behind, maybe even all of them (I'm looking at you, Catey!) and having to rough it out all alone. It's gotten to the point where I come to the song "For Good" on my Wicked soundtrack and I have to skip over it because it's just too damn sad, and I cry everytime! I remember them playing it during the senior slideshow a few years ago, and I hope they don't play it for us this year, otherwise I will be there crying in front of everyone! That would not be good. . .
Well, anyway, I had a nice, loooooong Christmas Vacation that has come to an end. In the morning, I shall have to wake up at some ungodly hour and resume my life as a high school student, if only for another semester and two weeks.
Despite my procrastination, I actually got a few things accomplished today! I drew out my storyboard for film and theatre class, not exactly the most difficult thing to do, but at least I did it! I also wrote about 2,500 words in on my NaNoWriMo Novel, which has been neglected lately. It makes me so happy that I'm finally getting around to writing in the scenes I had to cut before! I feel like it will finally come together and work!
Speaking of work, I work tomorrow night. Weird. I usually don't work Mondays.
Well, here's to another pointless post and the last few months of my high school education!
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Christmas Vacation!
Well hello there! Where has the time gone? Christmas has already come and gone, and soon it will be New Years! Even though it is supposed to be a vacation, I am going to be really busy with all of the things I'd like to get done before I resume school on the fifth.
But first, let's talk about Christmas!
Despite the fact that my mother and I had to drive through the horrible weather to meet up with our family, that my dad couldn't make it down until late Christmas Day, and that there was a little family drama to be had, it was probably one of the best Christmas celebrations to date. I got to see my darling two-year-old cousin for the first time, and he's such a cutie! Also, I got some pretty great gifts: new gloves, new boots, a car-emergency kit, a new DS game (Kirby), some lovely fabric that I am in the middle of sewing into a skirt, The Dark Knight, a new sweater, and some cash that I've used to buy a plethera of things, mostly accessories from claire's! It was a good balance of things I needed and things I wanted! The family time was awesome too, but I'm a little sick of ham and cheesey potato caserole! XD
Now, what do I want to get done this vacation?
Well, my little excursion down to Sussex for Christmas cost me quite a few days to work on my NaNo editing, which was going swimmingly until about a week ago. I need to really get working on that again, and have it all finished by February. I also want to get going on some crafts and drawings that I had set aside. Hopefully I'll at least finish the illustrations that I planned to accompany my NaNo story! I'd also like to clean my room and get rid of a few old things that I don't need anymore, but I'm not sure if I'll find time!
Was this a completely pointless post? Eh, probably, but whatever, it's my blog!
But first, let's talk about Christmas!
Despite the fact that my mother and I had to drive through the horrible weather to meet up with our family, that my dad couldn't make it down until late Christmas Day, and that there was a little family drama to be had, it was probably one of the best Christmas celebrations to date. I got to see my darling two-year-old cousin for the first time, and he's such a cutie! Also, I got some pretty great gifts: new gloves, new boots, a car-emergency kit, a new DS game (Kirby), some lovely fabric that I am in the middle of sewing into a skirt, The Dark Knight, a new sweater, and some cash that I've used to buy a plethera of things, mostly accessories from claire's! It was a good balance of things I needed and things I wanted! The family time was awesome too, but I'm a little sick of ham and cheesey potato caserole! XD
Now, what do I want to get done this vacation?
Well, my little excursion down to Sussex for Christmas cost me quite a few days to work on my NaNo editing, which was going swimmingly until about a week ago. I need to really get working on that again, and have it all finished by February. I also want to get going on some crafts and drawings that I had set aside. Hopefully I'll at least finish the illustrations that I planned to accompany my NaNo story! I'd also like to clean my room and get rid of a few old things that I don't need anymore, but I'm not sure if I'll find time!
Was this a completely pointless post? Eh, probably, but whatever, it's my blog!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Life After NaNoWriMo
As Catey has been saying lately, Oy!
NaNo is over. I won, in case you did not see the widget on the right, and it feels like I have more free time on my hands. I know it only seems this way because I have stopped devoting several (more) hours a day to sitting at my computer, typing furiously, ignoring my friends when I see that they sign on to MSN, and ignoring my family. Despite all the antisocial-ness, the whole experience was rewarding; sort of.
I made the 50,000 word quota plus a bit of extra. This is the rewarding part. I won! I even beat my friends Alyssa and Carrie who were competing in it with me. This is huge for me because I have failed in my attempts to reach 50,000 words in the two years I have previously done NaNo. I feel like I have written so much! It feels great!
But...
My story is nowhere near completed, storyarch-wise, and nowhere near any level of professionalism in terms of syntax and what-have-you. I had to cut out scenes to allow myself to reach the ending of the story before I hit 50,000 words (which I didn't actually do, but I did get close to the ending so it sort of worked.) These scenes that I cut weren't just unneccessary scenes though, they were entire sequences during which major character and plot developments took place that were just skipped over in my frantic race against the calender.
Why did I do it?
I knew that if I didn't reach the ending of my story (which I still haven't completely, but whatever) that it stood a great chance of never getting finished. It still stands this chance, especially since I've started to read Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, a novel that began as a NaNoWriMo novel. I realize that there would have been a lot of time and editing between the original NaNo draft and the published draft, but it still depresses me how inferior my writing skills seem to me now.
What can I do about it?
I have implemented a nearly fool-proof way of making sure I will at least finish writing in all that I skipped during NaNo; making a certain friend swear that she will pester me and, if needed, harm me bodily if I do not finish it all up. Thanks, Alyssa, let's just hope I don't retaliate :P.
On another note, I feel extremely odd tonight. I don't know what it is . . . I feel like I'm in some sort of lull. Maybe it's just post-NaNo blues. Or maybe it's because I finished watching the last hour of Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King right after I came home from school. . . It's kind of epic first thing coming home.
Toodles.
NaNo is over. I won, in case you did not see the widget on the right, and it feels like I have more free time on my hands. I know it only seems this way because I have stopped devoting several (more) hours a day to sitting at my computer, typing furiously, ignoring my friends when I see that they sign on to MSN, and ignoring my family. Despite all the antisocial-ness, the whole experience was rewarding; sort of.
I made the 50,000 word quota plus a bit of extra. This is the rewarding part. I won! I even beat my friends Alyssa and Carrie who were competing in it with me. This is huge for me because I have failed in my attempts to reach 50,000 words in the two years I have previously done NaNo. I feel like I have written so much! It feels great!
But...
My story is nowhere near completed, storyarch-wise, and nowhere near any level of professionalism in terms of syntax and what-have-you. I had to cut out scenes to allow myself to reach the ending of the story before I hit 50,000 words (which I didn't actually do, but I did get close to the ending so it sort of worked.) These scenes that I cut weren't just unneccessary scenes though, they were entire sequences during which major character and plot developments took place that were just skipped over in my frantic race against the calender.
Why did I do it?
I knew that if I didn't reach the ending of my story (which I still haven't completely, but whatever) that it stood a great chance of never getting finished. It still stands this chance, especially since I've started to read Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, a novel that began as a NaNoWriMo novel. I realize that there would have been a lot of time and editing between the original NaNo draft and the published draft, but it still depresses me how inferior my writing skills seem to me now.
What can I do about it?
I have implemented a nearly fool-proof way of making sure I will at least finish writing in all that I skipped during NaNo; making a certain friend swear that she will pester me and, if needed, harm me bodily if I do not finish it all up. Thanks, Alyssa, let's just hope I don't retaliate :P.
On another note, I feel extremely odd tonight. I don't know what it is . . . I feel like I'm in some sort of lull. Maybe it's just post-NaNo blues. Or maybe it's because I finished watching the last hour of Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King right after I came home from school. . . It's kind of epic first thing coming home.
Toodles.
Friday, November 7, 2008
The Busiest Month of them All
It's November!
Gosh, a lot of things have happened since I posted last....JCS was good and fun! I love musicals! Last week we saw Alyssa in the Rocky Horror Show! Also fun! Scuba looks pretty good with platinum blond hair, surprisingly. On Sunday, we're going to Chicago to see Wicked! Holy musicals! (As Catey said.)
The biggest development for November, though, is NaNoWriMo! I'm almost right on track with my word count, and I really hope I actually finish this year!
Sorry this is a short, pointless post. I need to get back to my novel.
Excited for going Mexico this spring! It will be great!
Gosh, a lot of things have happened since I posted last....JCS was good and fun! I love musicals! Last week we saw Alyssa in the Rocky Horror Show! Also fun! Scuba looks pretty good with platinum blond hair, surprisingly. On Sunday, we're going to Chicago to see Wicked! Holy musicals! (As Catey said.)
The biggest development for November, though, is NaNoWriMo! I'm almost right on track with my word count, and I really hope I actually finish this year!
Sorry this is a short, pointless post. I need to get back to my novel.
Excited for going Mexico this spring! It will be great!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
An Interesting Weekend
So this weekend was interesting, as if you couldn't tell by the title.
It started with Friday night. I had work, as I have lately, and shortly after working the usual suspects gathered at Catey's house to lay on her bed, eat ice cream and popcorn, and watch Matilda. Alyssa O. and I stayed over because we would be visiting Steven's Point the next day and had to get up at 5:30 in the morning.
On the way there, my CD player ran out of batteries about five minutes into the journy, so I decided to just sleep the whole way down. Speaking of sleep, Alyssa looks hilarious when she falls asleep because her mouth hangs wide open, lol. Anyway, we went through the whole "View Point" at UWSP (except for the student part at the end, we had had enough by then) and it was pretty good. I liked the size of the campus and the city too. The dorms could have been better, though. Then again, I shouldn't have a problem with small rooms as mine is so tiny. It was also homecoming day, so there was a parade. One guy said he loved me when I waved back at him. Awesome. I can't wait for college.
We ran into Bethany while we were walking around. She was surprised to see us. . . a little too surprised if you ask me, lol. Oh! It was also National Coming Out Day! We know because there were a thousand chalk drawings all over the campus with funny little slogans. It was very cool. And colorful.
Oh! I got a pink UWSP shirt, too I win.
Then when we got back I changed and took Carrie to Samantha's house for Phil's birthday party, where we played volleyball and soccer. Then Catey finally woke up from her nap (of five minutes apparently) and she and Kory arrived in time for pizza, chips, and a game of HORSE. (We used the letters GAY in honor of National Coming Out Day.) Then the party migrated to Phil's house where many games of WiiSport were played. I played a few holes of WiiGolf as Mr. Olson....that was kind of weird. It was hilarious though watching Karl and Phil play WiiBoxing. Oh yeah, I won a red lightsaber (well, Carrie and I won) for playing well in vollyball, soccer, and HORSE.
Then we had cake and sang a few rounds of Guantanamera and La Bamba (of which I think Austin got on video...yikes!) Then some of the guys went to Dewey Park and the rest of us played Apples to Apples. It was so fun! When everyone came back, we had one uber huge game of Apples to Apples, then it was time to go home.
On Sunday I slept in before going to play practice and then leaving early to go to work. Yeah, this was the boring part of my weekend. But alas, as I've said before, Sunday isn't really part of the weekend. It's just a poser.
It started with Friday night. I had work, as I have lately, and shortly after working the usual suspects gathered at Catey's house to lay on her bed, eat ice cream and popcorn, and watch Matilda. Alyssa O. and I stayed over because we would be visiting Steven's Point the next day and had to get up at 5:30 in the morning.
On the way there, my CD player ran out of batteries about five minutes into the journy, so I decided to just sleep the whole way down. Speaking of sleep, Alyssa looks hilarious when she falls asleep because her mouth hangs wide open, lol. Anyway, we went through the whole "View Point" at UWSP (except for the student part at the end, we had had enough by then) and it was pretty good. I liked the size of the campus and the city too. The dorms could have been better, though. Then again, I shouldn't have a problem with small rooms as mine is so tiny. It was also homecoming day, so there was a parade. One guy said he loved me when I waved back at him. Awesome. I can't wait for college.
We ran into Bethany while we were walking around. She was surprised to see us. . . a little too surprised if you ask me, lol. Oh! It was also National Coming Out Day! We know because there were a thousand chalk drawings all over the campus with funny little slogans. It was very cool. And colorful.
Oh! I got a pink UWSP shirt, too I win.
Then when we got back I changed and took Carrie to Samantha's house for Phil's birthday party, where we played volleyball and soccer. Then Catey finally woke up from her nap (of five minutes apparently) and she and Kory arrived in time for pizza, chips, and a game of HORSE. (We used the letters GAY in honor of National Coming Out Day.) Then the party migrated to Phil's house where many games of WiiSport were played. I played a few holes of WiiGolf as Mr. Olson....that was kind of weird. It was hilarious though watching Karl and Phil play WiiBoxing. Oh yeah, I won a red lightsaber (well, Carrie and I won) for playing well in vollyball, soccer, and HORSE.
Then we had cake and sang a few rounds of Guantanamera and La Bamba (of which I think Austin got on video...yikes!) Then some of the guys went to Dewey Park and the rest of us played Apples to Apples. It was so fun! When everyone came back, we had one uber huge game of Apples to Apples, then it was time to go home.
On Sunday I slept in before going to play practice and then leaving early to go to work. Yeah, this was the boring part of my weekend. But alas, as I've said before, Sunday isn't really part of the weekend. It's just a poser.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
I Hate Sundays
Sundays pretend to be part of the weekend, but really, they're not. You see, on the weekends, you go out with friends or lovers or with complete strangers (you know, whatever :P) and have a blast, cause a roucus, create drama, scare people passing by with uproarous laughter, etc. Does anyone do this on Sunday? Nope. (Unless you have a really, really awesome church parish or something.) Sunday is also the day those of us who attend classes generally do homework, hardly fun. The worst part about Sundays, though, is that one must go to bed at a reasonable time because the day following Sunday is, of course, Monday.
So, essentially, Sunday is a poser, nothing more.
Moving on.
Last night was very...random and silly. Mostly silly. I have the photos and videos to prove it. (Whether Catey likes it or not!) I'm really excited about our notebook! It should be fun! Speaking of notebooks, I got my NaNoWriMo notebook while we were at Wal*Mart getting our notebook. It's Disny Princess, yo. That's right. I love that kind of thing, obviously. I've already had a few more ideas about NaNo, too! This makes Dani very happy.
On another note, I discovered an awesome band through a post on daily_lolita today. They are Ira Deorum. ( http://iradeorum.com/ ) They're awesome and right up my musical alley! What's coolest though is that the lead singer is a Lolita! This is pure win, ladies and gentlemen. Here's the post on daily_lolita I was refering to http://community.livejournal.com/daily_lolita/1006115.html#cutid1
I'm not one to use livejournal, but I love lurking...it's a very useful thing. N00bs should lurk more often. I'm getting off-topic but whatever, it's my blog.
Here's to hoping Sunday will eventually get its act together and realize that it's not part of the weekend, so it should stop trying.
So, essentially, Sunday is a poser, nothing more.
Moving on.
Last night was very...random and silly. Mostly silly. I have the photos and videos to prove it. (Whether Catey likes it or not!) I'm really excited about our notebook! It should be fun! Speaking of notebooks, I got my NaNoWriMo notebook while we were at Wal*Mart getting our notebook. It's Disny Princess, yo. That's right. I love that kind of thing, obviously. I've already had a few more ideas about NaNo, too! This makes Dani very happy.
On another note, I discovered an awesome band through a post on daily_lolita today. They are Ira Deorum. ( http://iradeorum.com/ ) They're awesome and right up my musical alley! What's coolest though is that the lead singer is a Lolita! This is pure win, ladies and gentlemen. Here's the post on daily_lolita I was refering to http://community.livejournal.com/daily_lolita/1006115.html#cutid1
I'm not one to use livejournal, but I love lurking...it's a very useful thing. N00bs should lurk more often. I'm getting off-topic but whatever, it's my blog.
Here's to hoping Sunday will eventually get its act together and realize that it's not part of the weekend, so it should stop trying.
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