I made cookies tonight. Oatmeal Chocolate Chip. Nothing blew up.
I've been spending my day listening to music and writing my new book, which I have untitled "Gabe". It's a collection of short stories written by a girl going through life issues and how she and the people around her are handling it.
I'm also trying to write about sixty more pages of After It before summer starts. This is a very hard task to accomplish because I'm having problems figuring out what to write, though I know my characters Emily, Heidi, and Ryan will be played out more, as will my villains. Though this will be hard to accomplish I know every story (and after story) by heart, my only real problem is having the focus to put them on paper and translate them into the book I have lined out now, which will take some work. But I want my overall theme developed better then it is. I will probably also elaborate on Austin's story in the process.
So, seeing as I have a lot of work to do, I'll bid you adieu.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Angst
After a week, you'd think I'd have though of a good blog post to enter into "Mostly Madness"'s archives. Alas, I do not. I'm a little disappointed in my writing recently. Which is depressing. Nothing I do seems to be right at the moment. Nothing I write on paper, nothing I type up. Even ideas don't seem right.
Perhaps I'm over thinking.
Tonight was Star Wars Trivial Pursuit night. I'm proud to say I placed in 4th, mostly because if you can get into 1st knowing who "Expendable Admiral #6" is, that's pretty sad. The memorial question I was asked tonight was "What character did Princess Leia feed?" Now, this is the sad part. I knew the answer. It was an ewok in Return of the Jedi. The part that is really sad, is that this teddy bear creature had a name, which was Thicket, I believe. Now, how many people heard that creature's name in the movie? I'm guessing not a one until you read the fact just now (by the way, if you ever do get that question while playing Star Wars Trivial Pursuit is Thicket).
Now, I've been playing with names again, so I am going to write them down.
Kathryn Elizabeth Anne: Kat
Emily Hope: Emily
Millicent Memory: Mem
Tedmore Boyd (made entirely from family names, may I add): Boyd
Timulty Reed: Timmy
Lily Joy: Lil or Lily, still playing with that one
I do love playing with names like that and making up nicknames and stuff. These names include middle names (the first ones first name is Kathryn Elizabeth, Anne is the middle). These I hope to put as main characters in my next few books. Most of them are fairly normal, so that's good, less complaints to the few people who read my work first. The only three with any real pain name wise are the boys and the poor girl I branded 'Millicent' (which is an awesome name, may I add).
Anyway, I believe I have blabbered enough for one evening, goodnight.
Perhaps I'm over thinking.
Tonight was Star Wars Trivial Pursuit night. I'm proud to say I placed in 4th, mostly because if you can get into 1st knowing who "Expendable Admiral #6" is, that's pretty sad. The memorial question I was asked tonight was "What character did Princess Leia feed?" Now, this is the sad part. I knew the answer. It was an ewok in Return of the Jedi. The part that is really sad, is that this teddy bear creature had a name, which was Thicket, I believe. Now, how many people heard that creature's name in the movie? I'm guessing not a one until you read the fact just now (by the way, if you ever do get that question while playing Star Wars Trivial Pursuit is Thicket).
Now, I've been playing with names again, so I am going to write them down.
Kathryn Elizabeth Anne: Kat
Emily Hope: Emily
Millicent Memory: Mem
Tedmore Boyd (made entirely from family names, may I add): Boyd
Timulty Reed: Timmy
Lily Joy: Lil or Lily, still playing with that one
I do love playing with names like that and making up nicknames and stuff. These names include middle names (the first ones first name is Kathryn Elizabeth, Anne is the middle). These I hope to put as main characters in my next few books. Most of them are fairly normal, so that's good, less complaints to the few people who read my work first. The only three with any real pain name wise are the boys and the poor girl I branded 'Millicent' (which is an awesome name, may I add).
Anyway, I believe I have blabbered enough for one evening, goodnight.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
151 and 44
My 151st post is all for the 44th president. Speaking of Obama, I did, indeed, watch him become the president, which, if you live in another country, consists of our president saying marital vows like he is about to marry the country, which I believe he did. On that note, I'm sorry for Michelle Obama who has to share her husband with the other women who is America.
I have to say I am a very liberal person, but it is still fun to make fun of how our political system works.
Like how the president's limo is a Ford. THAT is very funny to me. Especaially because its headlights aren't working properly.
In other news, (yes, there is more that happened to me today then my dear president) I can't play the viola. At all. I sound like a donkey who's high on whatever donkies get high on. This is not cool. My cat listened to me play intently for 30 minutes and when I asked her how I sounded she looked at me with a look that said, "you sucked even to my kitty ears, hunny".
Anyway, thank you America for letting a smart guy be president for the 1st time in 8 years. See you next week.
I have to say I am a very liberal person, but it is still fun to make fun of how our political system works.
Like how the president's limo is a Ford. THAT is very funny to me. Especaially because its headlights aren't working properly.
In other news, (yes, there is more that happened to me today then my dear president) I can't play the viola. At all. I sound like a donkey who's high on whatever donkies get high on. This is not cool. My cat listened to me play intently for 30 minutes and when I asked her how I sounded she looked at me with a look that said, "you sucked even to my kitty ears, hunny".
Anyway, thank you America for letting a smart guy be president for the 1st time in 8 years. See you next week.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Time to Get Rolling
I figured it was about time to write something again.
This weekend I have been working on my book, which has been horrific, I have to say I really despise read-throughs (as I call them). I've been reading- through my last project (as I call my writing exercises) since about, October, I want to say. I'm only on chapter seven which is about page 49. Well, yeah, I still want to re-write the last scene in the chapter, so I still would be on it.
Most of this weekend has been on what I call "the flashback chapters". I wanted to work very hard on those because, even though I hate to admit it, they are the most important chapters in the book. This only bugs me because, well, its a flashback, it should really not be used except for explanatory purposes. I'm not saying it's not there for those reasons, because it is, but it also portrays important themes in the book as well as introducing a character that readers have already met, but they have to read until the last page to learn that that character is the one they met in the flashback and has real value in the plot at all.
In all, my weekend has been fairly boring and I hope to be able to write a much more epic post next week (the post will be on Tuesday night next week because of the four day weekend).
This weekend I have been working on my book, which has been horrific, I have to say I really despise read-throughs (as I call them). I've been reading- through my last project (as I call my writing exercises) since about, October, I want to say. I'm only on chapter seven which is about page 49. Well, yeah, I still want to re-write the last scene in the chapter, so I still would be on it.
Most of this weekend has been on what I call "the flashback chapters". I wanted to work very hard on those because, even though I hate to admit it, they are the most important chapters in the book. This only bugs me because, well, its a flashback, it should really not be used except for explanatory purposes. I'm not saying it's not there for those reasons, because it is, but it also portrays important themes in the book as well as introducing a character that readers have already met, but they have to read until the last page to learn that that character is the one they met in the flashback and has real value in the plot at all.
In all, my weekend has been fairly boring and I hope to be able to write a much more epic post next week (the post will be on Tuesday night next week because of the four day weekend).
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Up Up and... Wait, Is That a Quater? I Don't Have Iowa Yet, Is It Iowa?
Hello folks!
Well, I spent my weekend doing every little and my break doing even less.
Well, on to the mindless banter.
I'm straightening my hair tomorrow morning, which, for those who know me, will be interesting. I warn America now: if you see a girl with a scorch mark on her cheek, do not to feel sorry for her but for everyone around her because she, like me, am a danger to society.
In other news President William McKinley was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz about 4 months ago about 108 years ago. History is amazing is it not?
Can you tell I've been alone?
I can't wait to learn tomorrow. Hope to see you, if not meet you.
Well, I spent my weekend doing every little and my break doing even less.
Well, on to the mindless banter.
I'm straightening my hair tomorrow morning, which, for those who know me, will be interesting. I warn America now: if you see a girl with a scorch mark on her cheek, do not to feel sorry for her but for everyone around her because she, like me, am a danger to society.
In other news President William McKinley was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz about 4 months ago about 108 years ago. History is amazing is it not?
Can you tell I've been alone?
I can't wait to learn tomorrow. Hope to see you, if not meet you.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
2008 Memorial Service
To tell you the truth, I spent hours trying to decide how I would begin 2009.
I can't truthfully say I came up with anything.
2008 was mostly a living hell for me, it was kinda depressing. Two big highlights (meaning good things) were probably receiving my kitten, Tonks, which was awesome. She's still cute, though not as small, as when I got her in late April. Another is going to Disney World with my sister, uncle, and cute little niece, Ro, who was Princess for a few irritating hours.
The more depressing bit of my life happened in late June when we heard my grandfather was dying of pancreatic cancer, which in September took his life.
Oh, right, to make this bit less depressing, I congratulate America for giving the Republican party only two more weeks of presidency and hoping they don't mess it up.
Ok, I'd write more, but I have this ginormous (thank God THAT'S a word now) paper cut like cut on my finger, making it hard for me to do anything (I say "paper cut like" because I have no clue how it was actually formed). So, goodbye until my second post of 2009.
I can't truthfully say I came up with anything.
2008 was mostly a living hell for me, it was kinda depressing. Two big highlights (meaning good things) were probably receiving my kitten, Tonks, which was awesome. She's still cute, though not as small, as when I got her in late April. Another is going to Disney World with my sister, uncle, and cute little niece, Ro, who was Princess for a few irritating hours.
The more depressing bit of my life happened in late June when we heard my grandfather was dying of pancreatic cancer, which in September took his life.
Oh, right, to make this bit less depressing, I congratulate America for giving the Republican party only two more weeks of presidency and hoping they don't mess it up.
Ok, I'd write more, but I have this ginormous (thank God THAT'S a word now) paper cut like cut on my finger, making it hard for me to do anything (I say "paper cut like" because I have no clue how it was actually formed). So, goodbye until my second post of 2009.
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