Okay, so this post is a little overdue, buuuut it's NOVEMBER!
Yeah, so for most people, this means a short month with extra school days cut out (Veterans Day plus a Thanksgiving four-day weekend, or a whole Thanksgiving week off, even, thanks to furloughs) but to me, this is a very, very special month.
November symbolizes family, it symbolizes autumn harvests, turkeys, and new pilgrimages, and it's also the month of some charity organization for some branch of sick people but to writers, it is the worldwide, international feat available to writers everywhere. Why? It is National Novel Writing Month! (The name really is misleading. It's international, and we have JaNoWriMo and JuNoWriMo as well as JulNoWriMo for the months of January, June, and July) It's just official in November.
So, this is my second time trying, because I miserably failed last year. I'm writing the same story, which I will not really spoil on here. The only thing I'll tell you is that it's about a cutter girl. That's it. The only thing different this year is that I'm starting all over again for the umpteenth time. (It's about my fourth time trying. I started trying in 7th grade, about three years ago.)
So NaNoWriMO. So the average amount of words in an average novel is fifty thousand, so that's what I set my goal to. Currently, I have 7,808 words, I am 15.62% into my writing, and I am just beginning the first chapter. (Perhaps the prologue was rather long?)
I'm a little behind, but fortunately for me, I have a weekend to do this as well as a whole week during Thanksgiving. By Sunday, I will try to be my closest to 20,000 words. Do you think I can do it?
Here's the thing. I sort of need more plot twists and an actual story. All I have are well-filled out characters, their parents, their backgrounds, their clothes, their surroundings, and a climax, but no goal, no ideas, no fillers, and no milestones for my main character.
I am at a loss...
Eh. I'll spend my time at the airport figuring something out, because I am going to San Francisco for a party this week...I don't like parties. It's my mom's party. It's 70's themed. >_< (In fact, if I had my choice, I'd stay at home all weekend)
I'll talk about that when I get back and when I have internet access, yeah?
See you soon I hope, and I'll be back to post when I'm halfway done.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
The Effect of Procrastination...nothing too important
day 21| describe your sleeping arrangements: bedding, stuffed animals, whatever
* I have a full-sized bed, except it's reduced to less than a twin because I have a pile of unused blankets and clean and/or dirty clothes taking up half of it.
* I have four pillows (two are some sort of faux-tempurpedic), one of which I use.
* I sleep with two blankets. One's a sheet, the other's some red velvety fabric. 'Tis warm.
* The bed sleeve thingy is coming off the corner, so I sleep with my head at the foot of the bed. I sleep away from the headboard. Sometimes my pillow falls off the edge, and I don't notice.
day 22| catharsis time— let something or someone go
* ...I just took a precalc test today. Another group test, in which we finished first. Kay, I'm not worried anymore. :)
day 23| something irrational that you think or do
* I have a fear of some of my peers.
* Example time! Two days ago, when it was raining, my friend's green-haired, heavily-studded, metal-head-looking sister walked with my friend. She doesn't freak me out, but I got shy, so instead of taking the short route to my bus stop with them, I resolve to walk through the mud in a (pretty, but not pretty when it's gloomy out) park...and take the long way, while carrying relatively heavy books and backpack. Lucky it wasn't raining while I was walking.
day 24| pick an album and do nothing but listen to it- no multitasking allowed.
* Album? -hides number of YouTube downloads- o.o
day 25| tell someone something you wouldn’t ordinarily share
* The outside of my house looks really old and crappy, but the inside (while messy) is wonderfully and inspirationally colorful.
day 26| put something in every single formspring/ask on your dashboard
* I can avoid this question, because there's nothing in my formspring, at the moment.
* In a totally non-conformist attitood, I can claim that I knew about formspring and tumblr before the mass population started using it. (I don't have a tumblr.)
day 27| bake something and share it
* Here, have some burnt brownie with roasted peach pits I mistook for almonds. (This actually happened, by the way...I'm a disgrace to cooking and all household activities in general, save TV-watching.)
day 28| call a grandparent or relative that isn’t expecting your voice
* It's not 9 o'clock yet. I can't make free phone calls across the country at the moment. Unless of course I yell into the still and empty air the name of a relative.
day 29| write a haiku or make a friendship bracelet or start a creative endeavor
* I start NaNoWriMo in a month! I'm preparing. You can find out about YWP's NaNoWriMo here and find my excitement about it here, and my complaint about losing here. (My posts are all from last year, by the way.) Obviously, I don't learn lessons the first time they come around. That, or I'm really optimistic and determined. Pick one. ^_^
day 30| reward yourself with something frivolous.
* Omigawsh, COOKIE! nom nom nom nom!
day 31| jump on a tumblr bandwagon just for today
* Que? -knows nothing about tumblr, cept it's another blogging site-
day 32| photo of yourself at least ten years ago
* >_< Maybe some other time...
day 33| list three things you want out of life that you are currently working towards
* Removed from my life, or an effect of my life? ("Out" has over 70 definitions...)
* I think it's the latter.
(In no particular order!)
* Academic Success
* Servitude
* Purity
day 34| most current photo not taken on webcam (play around and dress up if you want!)
* Again, maybe later.
day 35| photo of your favorite body part
* Uhh... Dangit! I'm too lazy to get out a camera right now!!! :(
day 36| photo of one of your scars
* Look at "day 35"
day 37| take a flattering photo focusing on something you don’t feel is flattering.
* Haha. I do photography too, but again, maybe later.
day 38| list five things you’ve lost and wonder where they might be
* Dear socks, please find your solemates (haha! see what I did there?). I need you guys to be together, so please work out your differences and move back in with each other in my sock bag (because I'm too awesome for drawers).
* My math skillz. Where be they?
* Oh where, oh where has the time gone?
* I lost one of my mom's slippers a few months ago. One's under my bed. I haven't told her, but we're still looking for the other one. (If you find it, please tell me? It's black and it's soft.)
* I no longer have a complete collection of my Harry Potter books...
-sniff;;sadface-
day 39| most stimulating thing you’ve learned this week
* 2000 teenagers try to take their lives every day...
day 40| a question about the world that you can’t figure out
* "Why do people hurt people to show that hurting people is wrong?"
day 41| favorite word
* This is easy. And, I have two.
* de-fen-es-trate: to throw someone out of a window (rt. French)
* hip-po-po-to-mon-stro-ses-quip-pe-da-lio-pho-bia: the irrational fear of long words (this be the very definition of the word "oxymoron")
day 43| if you could tell your seven year old self anything, what would it be?
* I was kinda ... sad when I was seven.
* Backstory! When I was like seven or eight, (around the time of the Wickes 2006!) commercials, I believed I wouldn't make it until 2008. It was one of the biggest things I was afraid of when I was younger.
* I would tell my seven-year-old self, "You won't die. You'll make it to high school, and it'll be glorious, because people actually like you." Then, I'd give myself a hug.
day 44| kill, bang, marry, chill of your choice
* o.e Ohh this brings back a really horrible time when I wrote sappy poems about some guy. And then another scandalous-ish time...
day 45| have you any superstitions?
* None.
I AM OFFICIALLY FINISHED.
...eh.
* I have a full-sized bed, except it's reduced to less than a twin because I have a pile of unused blankets and clean and/or dirty clothes taking up half of it.
* I have four pillows (two are some sort of faux-tempurpedic), one of which I use.
* I sleep with two blankets. One's a sheet, the other's some red velvety fabric. 'Tis warm.
* The bed sleeve thingy is coming off the corner, so I sleep with my head at the foot of the bed. I sleep away from the headboard. Sometimes my pillow falls off the edge, and I don't notice.
day 22| catharsis time— let something or someone go
* ...I just took a precalc test today. Another group test, in which we finished first. Kay, I'm not worried anymore. :)
day 23| something irrational that you think or do
* I have a fear of some of my peers.
* Example time! Two days ago, when it was raining, my friend's green-haired, heavily-studded, metal-head-looking sister walked with my friend. She doesn't freak me out, but I got shy, so instead of taking the short route to my bus stop with them, I resolve to walk through the mud in a (pretty, but not pretty when it's gloomy out) park...and take the long way, while carrying relatively heavy books and backpack. Lucky it wasn't raining while I was walking.
day 24| pick an album and do nothing but listen to it- no multitasking allowed.
* Album? -hides number of YouTube downloads- o.o
day 25| tell someone something you wouldn’t ordinarily share
* The outside of my house looks really old and crappy, but the inside (while messy) is wonderfully and inspirationally colorful.
day 26| put something in every single formspring/ask on your dashboard
* I can avoid this question, because there's nothing in my formspring, at the moment.
* In a totally non-conformist attitood, I can claim that I knew about formspring and tumblr before the mass population started using it. (I don't have a tumblr.)
day 27| bake something and share it
* Here, have some burnt brownie with roasted peach pits I mistook for almonds. (This actually happened, by the way...I'm a disgrace to cooking and all household activities in general, save TV-watching.)
day 28| call a grandparent or relative that isn’t expecting your voice
* It's not 9 o'clock yet. I can't make free phone calls across the country at the moment. Unless of course I yell into the still and empty air the name of a relative.
day 29| write a haiku or make a friendship bracelet or start a creative endeavor
* I start NaNoWriMo in a month! I'm preparing. You can find out about YWP's NaNoWriMo here and find my excitement about it here, and my complaint about losing here. (My posts are all from last year, by the way.) Obviously, I don't learn lessons the first time they come around. That, or I'm really optimistic and determined. Pick one. ^_^
day 30| reward yourself with something frivolous.
* Omigawsh, COOKIE! nom nom nom nom!
day 31| jump on a tumblr bandwagon just for today
* Que? -knows nothing about tumblr, cept it's another blogging site-
day 32| photo of yourself at least ten years ago
* >_< Maybe some other time...
day 33| list three things you want out of life that you are currently working towards
* Removed from my life, or an effect of my life? ("Out" has over 70 definitions...)
* I think it's the latter.
(In no particular order!)
* Academic Success
* Servitude
* Purity
day 34| most current photo not taken on webcam (play around and dress up if you want!)
* Again, maybe later.
day 35| photo of your favorite body part
* Uhh... Dangit! I'm too lazy to get out a camera right now!!! :(
day 36| photo of one of your scars
* Look at "day 35"
day 37| take a flattering photo focusing on something you don’t feel is flattering.
* Haha. I do photography too, but again, maybe later.
day 38| list five things you’ve lost and wonder where they might be
* Dear socks, please find your solemates (haha! see what I did there?). I need you guys to be together, so please work out your differences and move back in with each other in my sock bag (because I'm too awesome for drawers).
* My math skillz. Where be they?
* Oh where, oh where has the time gone?
* I lost one of my mom's slippers a few months ago. One's under my bed. I haven't told her, but we're still looking for the other one. (If you find it, please tell me? It's black and it's soft.)
* I no longer have a complete collection of my Harry Potter books...
-sniff;;sadface-
day 39| most stimulating thing you’ve learned this week
* 2000 teenagers try to take their lives every day...
day 40| a question about the world that you can’t figure out
* "Why do people hurt people to show that hurting people is wrong?"
day 41| favorite word
* This is easy. And, I have two.
* de-fen-es-trate: to throw someone out of a window (rt. French)
* hip-po-po-to-mon-stro-ses-quip-pe-da-lio-pho-bia: the irrational fear of long words (this be the very definition of the word "oxymoron")
day 43| if you could tell your seven year old self anything, what would it be?
* I was kinda ... sad when I was seven.
* Backstory! When I was like seven or eight, (around the time of the Wickes 2006!) commercials, I believed I wouldn't make it until 2008. It was one of the biggest things I was afraid of when I was younger.
* I would tell my seven-year-old self, "You won't die. You'll make it to high school, and it'll be glorious, because people actually like you." Then, I'd give myself a hug.
day 44| kill, bang, marry, chill of your choice
* o.e Ohh this brings back a really horrible time when I wrote sappy poems about some guy. And then another scandalous-ish time...
day 45| have you any superstitions?
* None.
I AM OFFICIALLY FINISHED.
...eh.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
One Month Down, Three More to Go...and then Some...
So, school's been in for like, a month. I haven't been doing so well. No actually, I've been doing great. So far all I've got is a 3.7 GPA, although I'm striving for that four-point-oh (that I've never, ever, once in my life been able to accomplish for an end-of-the-year report card). My flaw? Math. Math, it seems, has always been my downfall. Except, you know, when I was in elementary school and 600s on CSTs were possible. Math used to be my best subject, and ironically, now it's my worst. (But then, that was before math became Trigonometry/Math Analysis/Precalculus...) Before last week, I had a C (plus, I might add) and I could rant forever (<-- hyperbole; English is one of my favorite classes) about my teacher and classmates.
Okay, so my teacher has a grudge against the non-Magnet kids in the class. He has a grudge against my old Algebra 2 teacher (who I happened to think was awesome, but a bit slow in teaching), and he basically has a grudge against everyone. It isn't fair. He does group tests, table tests, and individual tests, and in that class, I feel like it's a game for him. I feel like we're game pieces to be moved around and to be manipulated solely for his entertainment. Being used is, well, in a spiritual sense, good, but in this case, nu-uh, unacceptable! He makes groups of students and sometimes he will deliberately put A students and F students against each other. Talk about a mental death-match! It's survival of the smartest in the class, and unfortunately, math is not my forte; I don't stand a chance. So in order to survive, I work with a system of symbiosis. It involves commensalism and slight parasitism. In the class, I work my nights away (ahaha! no double entendre there >.>) to produce excellent homework -- honestly, this is the one class where I have extraordinary work habits (not normal!) -- only to come in on Fridays and bomb the test.
So...maybe I'll admit that my lack of skill in the areas of math is my major flaw. No matter what, the tests get me Cs, except for last week, where I got a B. (Rejoice! I now have a B in math...but just barely.) Working with a group is hard, and they possibly get pissed off when you bring down their grade (the B lowered one of my groupmates' grades) but it's totally helpful and beneficial to those who don't do as well. I'm thankful. I don't know what to do though...I need a tutor. (Yikes!)
I'm in quicksand. I'm in a path of a downwards-spiraling corkscrew. I really don't like math.
Oh, and to add to the growing list of grievances against my teacher, I have a friend who's blind. Usually, the teachers allow him to get the tests Brailled, but this time, this math teacher didn't. He wanted my friend to "experience how the students in the other groups feel when they get their tests". Am I crazy, or is this discrimination? No, that's not how the other groups feel, because when they get their tests, they can break sections off and work by themselves. They understand what they're supposed to do when they get their test. In my friend's case, one of his group members has to read him the test. As a result, they were slower than usual...although they got a B. Darn genii! (<-- that's the correct plural for the word "genius", by the way.)
Gah, I know I'm ranting, but what say you? Like math? Think it's fair or unfair? Tell!
Okay, so my teacher has a grudge against the non-Magnet kids in the class. He has a grudge against my old Algebra 2 teacher (who I happened to think was awesome, but a bit slow in teaching), and he basically has a grudge against everyone. It isn't fair. He does group tests, table tests, and individual tests, and in that class, I feel like it's a game for him. I feel like we're game pieces to be moved around and to be manipulated solely for his entertainment. Being used is, well, in a spiritual sense, good, but in this case, nu-uh, unacceptable! He makes groups of students and sometimes he will deliberately put A students and F students against each other. Talk about a mental death-match! It's survival of the smartest in the class, and unfortunately, math is not my forte; I don't stand a chance. So in order to survive, I work with a system of symbiosis. It involves commensalism and slight parasitism. In the class, I work my nights away (ahaha! no double entendre there >.>) to produce excellent homework -- honestly, this is the one class where I have extraordinary work habits (not normal!) -- only to come in on Fridays and bomb the test.
So...maybe I'll admit that my lack of skill in the areas of math is my major flaw. No matter what, the tests get me Cs, except for last week, where I got a B. (Rejoice! I now have a B in math...but just barely.) Working with a group is hard, and they possibly get pissed off when you bring down their grade (the B lowered one of my groupmates' grades) but it's totally helpful and beneficial to those who don't do as well. I'm thankful. I don't know what to do though...I need a tutor. (Yikes!)
I'm in quicksand. I'm in a path of a downwards-spiraling corkscrew. I really don't like math.
Oh, and to add to the growing list of grievances against my teacher, I have a friend who's blind. Usually, the teachers allow him to get the tests Brailled, but this time, this math teacher didn't. He wanted my friend to "experience how the students in the other groups feel when they get their tests". Am I crazy, or is this discrimination? No, that's not how the other groups feel, because when they get their tests, they can break sections off and work by themselves. They understand what they're supposed to do when they get their test. In my friend's case, one of his group members has to read him the test. As a result, they were slower than usual...although they got a B. Darn genii! (<-- that's the correct plural for the word "genius", by the way.)
Gah, I know I'm ranting, but what say you? Like math? Think it's fair or unfair? Tell!
*zing!*
It looks fancehh.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Glogger?
I know "blog" stands for "weblog"...I have no idea what Glogster is about.
Glogster is a site where you can blog using posters. It's almost like scrapbooking, which I am really excited about. Having hard copies of stuff would be cool though...
Hmm. I might just use the thing to decorate and frame my photography...
What say you? Writing vs. Images?
Glogster is a site where you can blog using posters. It's almost like scrapbooking, which I am really excited about. Having hard copies of stuff would be cool though...
Hmm. I might just use the thing to decorate and frame my photography...
What say you? Writing vs. Images?
Grr! Major (Major) Catching Up to Do!
Yeah, yeah. Nothing uuber personal; got it.
I got really lazy, and forgot this existed. Veery cool, yeah? Er. No.
day 02| how you feel about God and religion
day 03| five concerts you wish you attended
day 04| four moments that changed your life
day 05| something that makes you smile
day 06| someone that makes you really happy
day 07| something that turns you on
day 08| favorite fruit
day 09| something you’re looking forward to
day 10| something you want to improve in your life
day 11| a non-academic book you plan to read in the next month
day 12| favorite article of clothing
day 13| a song to describe the weather or your current mood
day 14| favorite book you’ve read academically
day 15| a movie that makes you cry
day 16| something you’ve been putting off— and do it
day 17| a question you hate to be asked
day 18| describe a daily ritual
day 19| ten things you love about your body
day 20| pick something indulgent and treat yourself
I got really lazy, and forgot this existed. Veery cool, yeah? Er. No.
day 01| belief specific of your childhood
* I didn't really have an imaginary friend, and if I did, I kept renaming it, so it never really had a name. But no, I just talked to myself. I still do. Trust me, I'm not crazy; It's just a bad habit.
day 02| how you feel about God and religion
* I get "high on God meds." 'Nuff said. (In other words, yes, I am a Christian; I cannot live without Him, and it's amazing being in God's presence.)
day 03| five concerts you wish you attended
* I'm not a concert-type of person. :D
day 04| four moments that changed your life
* I won't go into detail. (But, can't they be events, rather than just moments? Hmm...It's my post. I vote yes.)
* Proof of advanced smartitude, 2001
* A relationship, 2007-2009
* An Encounter, 2008
* An Apology, 2010 ♥
day 05| something that makes you smile
* Good times and seemingly-normal-but-are-actually-really-funny moments that become memories that last a lifetime. ♥
day 06| someone that makes you really happy
* A friend. (Lol! Vague! ;D )
day 07| something that turns you on
* If I were a robot, the answer to this question would be a remote control. ^_^
day 08| favorite fruit
* Mangoes. Lychee? Cherimoya? x__x Gaahh! Can't decide...
I obviously like tropical stuff. :D
day 09| something you’re looking forward to
* This epic book report assignment that my English teacher just assigned. I gotta wait 'til Monday so he can approve the book I picked out. (Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson. Teen reading that doesn't involve smothering drama.)
day 10| something you want to improve in your life
* Starting tomorrow, no procrastination! :D
day 11| a non-academic book you plan to read in the next month
*I started Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (You know, the one that became a major motion film starring Saorse Ronan?)
day 12| favorite article of clothing
* My shoes. I don't have to wash them, and no one gets mad if I leave them on the floor.
day 13| a song to describe the weather or your current mood
* 2 AM, Anna Nalick. Why? That's just the time, currently.
day 14| favorite book you’ve read academically
* Fahrenheit 451!
day 15| a movie that makes you cry
* I cried watching Despicable Me. I cry really easily in movies. (To think I used to make fun of people for it;; Karma.)
day 16| something you’ve been putting off— and do it
* Homework. -grumbles- I'll do it later. Do you really expect me to do my homework at 2 AM?
day 17| a question you hate to be asked
* "Why are you so young?!"
day 18| describe a daily ritual
* I open the laptop and push the power button.
day 19| ten things you love about your body
* Ooh...toughy. Do I have to?
* Hmm... I like my eyes.
* I have a favorite mole. It's one on my neck that I didn't know existed until last year...
* I have long-ish legs....
* This is weird, and awkward.
* Er...I like the pigmentation in my skin? o.o
* Collarbone. 'Nuff said.
* I'm only halfway done...
* I really like the nails on my middle and ring fingers, only.
* I can trace a line from my left hand to my left cheek, playing connect-the-dots with my moles.
* Someone told me I have a mushroom nose. I'm not sure what this means. I shall take it as a compliment, simply because I don't have anything much more to say.
* Regardless of how crappy my hair actually is, it's usually soft.
* Last one!
* I have long fingers.
day 20| pick something indulgent and treat yourself
* Chocolate mousse + fancy restaurant + abroad.
Eh, I'll do the rest later.
Monday, August 23, 2010
The 45 Day Challenge!
THE 45 DAY challenge!!!
45 Day Challenge
day 01| belief specific of your childhood
day 02| how you feel about God and religion
day 03| five concerts you wish you attended
day 04| four moments that changed your life
day 05| something that makes you smile
day 06| someone that makes you really happy
day 07| something that turns you on
day 08| favorite fruit
day 09| something you’re looking forward to
day 10| something you want to improve in your life
day 11| a non-academic book you plan to read in the next month
day 12| favorite article of clothing
day 13| a song to describe the weather or your current mood
day 14| favorite book you’ve read academically
day 15| a movie that makes you cry
day 16| something you’ve been putting off— and do it
day 17| a question you hate to be asked
day 18| describe a daily ritual
day 19| ten things you love about your body
day 20| pick something indulgent and treat yourself
day 21| describe your sleeping arrangements: bedding, stuffed animals, whatever
day 22| catharsis time— let something or someone go
day 23| something irrational that you think or do
day 24| pick an album and do nothing but listen to it- no multitasking allowed.
day 25| tell someone something you wouldn’t ordinarily share
day 26| put something in every single formspring/ask on your dashboard
day 27| bake something and share it
day 28| call a grandparent or relative that isn’t expecting your voice
day 29| write a haiku or make a friendship bracelet or start a creative endeavor
day 30| reward yourself with something frivolous.
day 31| jump on a tumblr bandwagon just for today
day 32| photo of yourself at least ten years ago
day 33| list three things you want out of life that you are currently working towards
day 34| most current photo not taken on webcam (play around and dress up if you want!)
day 35| photo of your favorite body part
day 36| photo of one of your scars
day 37| take a flattering photo focusing on something you don’t feel is flattering.
day 38| list five things you’ve lost and wonder where they might be
day 39| most stimulating thing you’ve learned this week
day 40| a question about the world that you can’t figure out
day 41| favorite word
day 43| if you could tell your seven year old self anything, what would it be?
day 44| kill, bang, marry, chill of your choice
day 45| have you any superstitions?
day 02| how you feel about God and religion
day 03| five concerts you wish you attended
day 04| four moments that changed your life
day 05| something that makes you smile
day 06| someone that makes you really happy
day 07| something that turns you on
day 08| favorite fruit
day 09| something you’re looking forward to
day 10| something you want to improve in your life
day 11| a non-academic book you plan to read in the next month
day 12| favorite article of clothing
day 13| a song to describe the weather or your current mood
day 14| favorite book you’ve read academically
day 15| a movie that makes you cry
day 16| something you’ve been putting off— and do it
day 17| a question you hate to be asked
day 18| describe a daily ritual
day 19| ten things you love about your body
day 20| pick something indulgent and treat yourself
day 21| describe your sleeping arrangements: bedding, stuffed animals, whatever
day 22| catharsis time— let something or someone go
day 23| something irrational that you think or do
day 24| pick an album and do nothing but listen to it- no multitasking allowed.
day 25| tell someone something you wouldn’t ordinarily share
day 26| put something in every single formspring/ask on your dashboard
day 27| bake something and share it
day 28| call a grandparent or relative that isn’t expecting your voice
day 29| write a haiku or make a friendship bracelet or start a creative endeavor
day 30| reward yourself with something frivolous.
day 31| jump on a tumblr bandwagon just for today
day 32| photo of yourself at least ten years ago
day 33| list three things you want out of life that you are currently working towards
day 34| most current photo not taken on webcam (play around and dress up if you want!)
day 35| photo of your favorite body part
day 36| photo of one of your scars
day 37| take a flattering photo focusing on something you don’t feel is flattering.
day 38| list five things you’ve lost and wonder where they might be
day 39| most stimulating thing you’ve learned this week
day 40| a question about the world that you can’t figure out
day 41| favorite word
day 43| if you could tell your seven year old self anything, what would it be?
day 44| kill, bang, marry, chill of your choice
day 45| have you any superstitions?
Fourty Five days? Hmm, maybe I can do it. It might get like, a little personal, but I suppose I could just hide those...
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Scrapbooking. Yes.
Two words. Hobby hunting. Do you ever do any of that? I found blogging unintentionally; reading was forced on me; and writing started out as an English project, but I've found them all very enjoyable...But do you ever just sit down and think, "I want a new hobby, something better or interesting to do that will take up my time in a healthy and productive way," because I do. I need something better to do than Facebook-ing and watching YouTube videos all day. I mean, literally, all I do is lie on my bed and stare at the screen the entire time.
(Also, as I type, I'm typing in a British accent. Please keep that in mind while you read this. Thank you!)
A while back, I had a proper obsession for Charlie McDonnell. Why? Well, as his YouTube name suggests, he's cool; I mean actually cool and not just cool-like. He's a YouTube vlogger, comedian, director, and musician. ♥ Hehe. ☺He does a lot of vlog projects and stuff, which, got me interested in the world of vlogging or blogging in general and as I said, that interest is most likely the reason why I took up blogging. That, and my friend Nico who spoke the inspiring words, "I don't really write about a universal thing, I just do whatever interests me." (Smile and wave to my currently non-existent readers, Nico!)
That actually isn't my point today. Or er, tonight. (It's past 2:30 AM right now, and it means that I have missed out on 11:11 again, but that's okay! I believe in miracles and I do not rely on the power of magic or wishes.) A while back, I subscribed to the CrayolaTV channel on YouTube. What can I say? I like being inspired, and seeing a bunch of art projects and pretty colors inspires me. Then I started getting suggestions for videos such as "How to color with Prismacolor colored pencils!" (Prismacolor products are actually brilliant...I envy two friends who have the markers. They don't bleed or fade and nor do the tips get dirty!) Basically, through watching these videos, I learned that you spread the colors around with this liquid called Gamsol, and I just found this fascinating. I watched a video by Jennifer McGuire (and she is by far my favorite scrapbooker, just because I like the way she presents her things) and then I checked the rest of her channel and found that she was a professional scrapbooker.
I've never considered the fact that people actually get to color in images and create things with paper for a living! I mean, kids sitting at a craft table seems perfectly normal, but when you think of grown people coloring things and cutting things and pasting scraps of paper onto stuff, it's just something new and mind-blowing...well, at least for me, it is. I love how they get into so many techniques and products and there's always something new and different to try out. Anyway, scrapbooking is something that I'm actually considering getting into. I might adopt that as a new hobby. I cannot stress enough just how interesting I find it and I need a creative outlet right now besides writing. No one reads my poetry and stuff without me having to ask them to anyway (I am in dire need of comments; comments make me want to live! Mwahahaha!) *sigh* Unfortunately, I have no money to buy some of the amazing things I've seen. No really, I don't even know where to get card-stock...Some of the things I crave for production would be some really fancy stuff to create all these effects, but I don't have the resources for that...
I feel like all I've done so far in this post is just rant about how I don't have anything. It makes me sad that I can't pursue something I will actually enjoy. But thinking about it more reasonably, I don't exactly have the time or space to do any of this. I've got no storage, I'm on my way to school again within the next month, and that means I have to start my off-term assignments and finish my summer reading and all that stuff. I'm thinking that I'd just start with basic essentials. Maybe I'd just start with simple dye inks, some stamps, scissors, applicator tools and some different types of paper. But this hobby actually is very expensive, and I'm pretty sure the pros get free stuff for promoting the products, and I don't actually want to spend my entire life doing this. Maybe I should make it a long-term goal and something just to do whenever an event comes up like a friend's birthday, and that way I can have a reason for not giving them a present, because then I actually put time and effort into my own, personalized birthday card. (By the way, I think that the way I started this paragraph and the way it's ending is very ironic...)
My point is, it's something new, I'd love to try, because in my opinion, hobbies are just really fun stuff to learn about a person. You get to hear about the things people have done and made and be inspired by them, or get a small taste of new experiences and possibly learn things you've never learned before. It's exciting and I feel it just gives person dimension. I mean, more often than not, my friends tell me about a song they've just written, and I'm like, "I wish I knew how to do something interesting like that!" My friends all think travelling is interesting, and it is, but to make something new and tangible out of bits and pieces of things I think is what I most want to get into, because that's art, and it's like taking part in something that is all around us, you know? And to be able to just make something creative can possibly leave someone standing or sitting in awe with their gob hanging open. To just make someone think about something profound by presenting a masterpiece rather than just planting ideas in their head by speaking to them, is what I'm really interested in.
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