Goodbye 2012

2012, in a way, felt like the shortest year for me. In fact, all I can really remember about it is the 'end of the world', Kony, too much time on tumblr, writing, reading, and my birthday. However, I also remember other bits and pieces of 2012 as well, such as the time in my ninth grade English class that my teacher made us sit in a circle to talk about Night by Elie Wiesel. I also remember other memories of that ninth grade English class, however the memories seem to be a bit more recent, meaning that I cannot remember much before 2012 started.

The same thing happens to other non-2012 memories as well; they soon are forgotten as newer memories start to bury them even deeper into the vast contents of my brain. The memories become dusty, having a very small chance of ever being remembered again. The only way, I (or anybody really) can remember forgotten memories is if they are recorded in some way. Whether it may be a journal that I wrote, someone else remembering it, one of my yearbooks, pictures, etc. And it doesn’t matter if it is the most amazing memory that I would remember forever or the most horrible memory that I will kick out of my mind, if I had the chance.

This leads me to my next point of ‘conversation’. For all 365 days of 2013, I shall write two sentences. One sentence will be completely fictional and story like, it’s to help encourage me to write stories whether it is on paper or in the brain. The other sentence will describe my day, so I can remember my life. The reason for this is simply to remember my life, so I can draw inspiration from it as I write my stories. Plus, I think it will be fun in a way, as I laugh on the last day of 2013, about some of the silly things I will do in the upcoming year. And it also might help me accomplish my 2013 New Year’s resolutions.

Speaking of New Year resolutions, remember that post that has some of my 2012 resolutions. Well, it now ended up looking like this. 

*bold - I have done it for a short while. 

• Write everyday (Camp Nanowrimo counts in my book)
•    Read everyday (read at least 90 books this year) (only read 79 out of 90 books)
•    Get on the internet less often
•    Spend more time with family (mainly because the internet started to get a bit boring)
•    Sleep at a normal time
•    Eat healthier
•    Learn how to drive
•   Write on my blog nearly every day
•   Work harder in school (pretty self-explanatory here)
•    Stop procrastinating
•    Do something active (it was mainly for school). 
•   Write a complete novel (before June 30)  (Immortality Doesn't Exist) 

Well, I feel a bit ashamed to say that I only completed two of them, and kind of did four of them throughout the year. However, it is better than not completing a single one, in my opinion. Hopefully, next year will be better.

Happy New Years to the people on the other side of the world and Happy New Years eve to everyone who’s time zone hasn’t reached or passed 12 AM. And have a year that you at least like. 

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A nice Christmas break

Opening a bit too many Christmas presents
Silly little lies
Hanging out with my family

Testing out my new camera

Watching movies while eating cookie butter and drinking some peppermint tea

Playing with stuffed animals with my siblings (don't ask)

The chocolate factory
Shopping
Archery (resulting in a bullseye and slightly sore arms)

This song

Too much television 

Cooking too much food as well as eating  it  

Missing glasses (now found)

Watching too much season five Doctor Who episodes
Reading late into the night
As well as this song

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Merry Christmas. ^.^

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Have an amazing Christmas, you guys. ^.^
And I truly hope that you enjoy the gifts that you have received today, whether they are practical or impractical in some way.

Also, I know that this may be a bit late, but Happy Hanukkah as well. And Happy Kwanzaa as well.

However, if you do not celebrate any of these holidays, then I must say, have an amazing December 25, kind of day.

Also, don't forget that not everyone is heartless. 

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A failure and a book

The end of the world turned out to be an epic fail. However, the epic fail will happen all over again around 2015... maybe.

But, this book, The Raven Boys  isn't a failure. With characters who makes hard choices, isn't entirely romantically in love with one another, and visions that may or may not come true, with a pretty unique plot, it certainly landed a spot on the list of books that I have to have. It also deals with psychics, which is better than having to deal with all of the vampire and werewolves who falls in love a bit quickly somewhere in the book of Twilight. (But I must admit Charlie Swan is a pretty cool character).

And now I present to you, The Raven Boys animated and kind of creepy book trailer that I couldn't help but laugh at.

P.S. Only three more days till Christmas and the new Doctor Who Christmas special. ^.^

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Remember when...

You saw your first snowfall?

You spoke your first word?

You laughed your first laugh?

You smiled an actual smile?

You actually learned something mind-blowing?

You wrote your first letter of the alphabet?

You read your first book or at least your first word?

You wrote out a word that eventually led to a sentence that led to a paragraph and so on?

You heard about how the world is supposedly going to end?

 You listened to this song?

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It's time

For a song by Imagine Dragons.

 And for some reason, I think acoustic versions sound a bit better than their cousins who do not use acoustics. 

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On 12/12/12 at 12:12 AM, I was...

A) Supposed to finish up homework
or
B) Sleeping
Instead, I did this:

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Pretty but cold.

It snowed the other day around where I live. However, being in the non-mountainy part of Utah (or at least where I live), the snow is already melting. This means that it is nearly time to kick my boots off and go back to wearing my gray, not made for snow, shoes. But, I want it to snow again simply because it is December and the snow is pretty. However, I do not want the cold that comes with it. Simply because I feel like it sometimes chokes me (literally) causing me to take deep breaths as I force myself to endure it. Same thing for cold showers.

Now I admit that my memories are starting to fail me at this young age of sixteen. Meaning, I have no clue if I ever felt like this whenever I went outside in the cold in the past. And I don't know if this requires any medical or physiological attention, but if so please tell me. But for the moment I don't think I need any help because it isn't getting worse, just bearable if that makes sense.

But moving on. If snow could not be cold but warm in a way and almost fluffy like a marshmallow, I would be happy. It seems better than the cold snow that melts in a couple days time that my part of Utah keeps on having. However, I'm not complaining (much) because it looks pretty darn amazing during this time of year especially with Christmas just around the corner. If only it could stick around though. Which reminds me...

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A quick little rant

My house - mainly my kitchen - is getting renovated.
There is only one kitchen in the house.
The fridge and the stove aka grill is in the cold garage.
The plates are in my room.
The utensils and microwave are downstairs.
And the only other sink is in the bathroom.
It's such a hassle to go get everything considering that everything that belongs in the kitchen is all over the house.
And it can't be piled in one spot because the building supplies and decorations took the whole living room and dining room table.
I'm also getting very pissed off with trying to find everything.
And the mirrors that my older sister insist to put everywhere in the house only show me a girl who is simply looking for stuff.
Eventually when I do find something (mainly the utensils) my appetite seems to have gone away.
But I force myself to go eat anyways or else I might faint with hunger.

Also the mirrors seem to be everywhere.
I think my older sister is slightly intent on turning the house into a crazy mirror place that you can go see at fairs and such.
My older sister is also very vain.
So of course she wouldn't stop buying mirrors or even put one down.
This is making me very angry and I am very tempted to throw a rock at one.
In fact, I will probably do that when everyone in the house (except me) is gone.
And once it is broken, I shall leave the house and let the door stay open for a bit.
So my other family members will think that a robber came.
If only I had the guts to do it though.
And plus it will be hard to get everyone including the handyman to stay out of the house and the property.

There is also the noise the sander and the saw and such makes.
And it is making me a bit distracted.
It's also hard to hear music or youtube videos when that thing is going on.
So it makes me a teensy bit irritated that I don't have any headphones or earphones to block that sound away.

Plus there is the remaining fact that my older sister thinks she understands me.
When in fact she doesn't even understand me much at all.
When I asked for TFiOS for Chrstmas her response was, "I'll get you something better."
That may not mean much to you guys but that comment isn't helping me feel any happier.
How is anything f****** better than TFiOS?
Doesn't she understand that is a book that I really, really, really (insert a bunch more really's) want?
Though I kind of hope she will also get me Doctor Who stuff and/or books for Christmas.
But knowing her she will probably get me toys and such.
She still thinks of me as a child.
I am a f****** sixteen year old, I am not a young little kid that wants toys and such.
Plus it's very annoying whenever she says that I'm a child and gets child tickets at the zoo and movies and such.
Again, I am not a little kid. 

I'm also very, very, very, very pissed off that my older sister basically rewrote my whole essay when I asked her to edit it for me.
And now because of her I got a B.
I hate it when my older sister think that I'm a dumb***.
Just today she taught me how to open a stupid door. (I'm not even kidding).
It's also annoying when she occasionally repeats the same stuff over and over again.
I also hate it when she forces me to do something that I don't want to do.
It's also very annoying that my older sister is giving me tips on how to be a successful writer when in fact I just want to write the story, not caring if I become famous or not. 
I also hate it when she says that I have to become a millionaire in life or something like that.
She will most likely use it all up anyways.
In general I'm just pissed off at my older sister right now.

I also hate the fact that the show I normally watch Doctor Who at, got rid of the only thing that made it worth coming back.
Which is a link to actually watch the show.
Meaning I have to hack into my older sister's netflix account.
It's also known as simply asking for her password.

I'm also pissed off at people who write alot instead of a lot. 
It's two words people!
Not one!

The End. 

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Something french

Turns out my french teacher know some pretty good songs. However they are in french, a language that I am beginning to understand in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. But I am far from doing the speaking part (kind of), so I decided to stick with the other three parts, especially the listening part.

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For the Whovians.

A musical written and directed by two brothers. They also did a Tumblr musical with Hank Green.

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What I miss about blogging

I miss blogging.

I miss sharing songs that I couldn’t help but love.

I miss the feeling of learning something new.

I miss opening my mind to new ideas and subjects that I would not normally research for.

I miss sharing my thoughts on everything and anything.

I miss telling you guys about my life (though I doubt that you really read those anyways).

I miss ranting, that it literally seems my throat has decided to clog up because it isn't ranting.

I miss writing posts that matters in some way.

I miss writing silly ones.

I miss having a blogging schedule.

I miss reading blog posts from other bloggers.

I miss having a place to share my writings.

I miss sharing my (kind of good) photographs.

I miss adding to my ever growing to-read list.

I miss seeing pretty photographs taken by other bloggers.

I miss the feeling of actually feeling something whenever I read certain blog posts (like this one).

I miss knowing what is going on in another blogger’s life.

I miss empathizing with other bloggers as well (though they might not ever know it).

I miss entering contents of some sort.

I miss connecting to other bloggers.

But most of all I miss connecting to you, the readers. Because you guys are actually willing to read my words, no matter how sucky or great or somewhere in between they may be. 

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NaNoWriMo 2012 is officially over.

Nanowrimo, where you attempt to write fifty thousand words in the month of November. Or if you are on the YWP version, it is when you try to write how many ever words you have set as your word goal. Many writers try, either winning but not completing their novel or they actually do finish writing their novel, while others lost due to some circumstances. But at least they had the guts to do the event because not many people would actually do Nanowrimo.

So, I want to say congrats to all those who actually did the Nanowrimo event. It doesn’t matter if you won or not, because you still had the guts to do it. And not many people do. I am honestly proud of you guys because you now have written a unique plot filled with characters doing normal to crazy things. You spread the magic of words around. And you guys actually had the motivation to do it. It doesn’t matter if you had a small word count or a large one; you still managed to create a story.

And that is what the world needs. Stories have given readers understanding, hope, and/or a place to get away from reality. Without them, than reality will be a boring place to live in.

Have a nice day/night, and don’t forget to keep on writing no matter what. 

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My novel cover

As far as rewriting Immortality Doesn't Exist, goes, it's definitely... interesting. The book right now is in a way darker than the original. And I like that, because it's more interesting to write now.
Speaking of IDE being a bit darker than the original, I got a new cover for it, to fit with the book. And it looks like this...
It was made by a cover artist on the Nanowrimo forums (the main one), named takecare.
And, I would say more about it but I have to go catch up on my word count before the cooking starts for Thanksgiving. Plus, I'm curious about what you think about it. Comment below, and if you already have a cover for your novel, I'm curious to see what it looks like. So if you want, show it to me.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving to the Americans that are reading this. And have a regular day/night for the non-Americans. Also, if you are doing Nanowrimo.. WRITE!

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Nanowrimo 2012

Wow, I can't believe I forgot to mention this in October. And by now, it's the second day of Nanowrimo. Or National Novel Writing Month for the longer version. 

For those of you who doesn't know what Nanowrimo is. Here's a quick recap on it. 

Nanowrimo: Write 50 thousand words in the month of November. 
The website is nanowrimo.org where you can find out more. 
And if you're under eighteen and still want to participate but don't want to write 50 thousand words, then there's always the YWP version at ywp.nanowrimo.org. It's nice because you can choose your own word count goal. 

It's hard because of life getting in the way (or cleaning the house in my case) and even harder if writer's block decides to visit you. But it's fun because it forces you to write the novel that you've always dreamed of. And, it will get you somewhere in your writing life. 

And that's the thirty second speech* for it.

As some of you may know, this is my second year of actually doing the writing challenge. And as some of you may not know, this is my second time to write on my fantasy novel Immortality Doesn't Exist (for more info about the book, look on the my book(s) page of my blog). Only this time, it's a rewrite. Meaning everything is going to be different (kind of).

This time, I'm going to write the full 50 thousand words (maybe more), and hope that school won't get in the way that much. And for the moment, I'm okay, kind of. I still need to write another 1,6667 words for today.

Join, as well, there's still plenty of time to do that. Even on November 30th, though it would be hard to actually write 50 thousand words in a day.

And if you haven't done so already, check out the finally updated Nanowrimo page that's located at the top.

P.S Add me as a friend on either the Nanowrimo and/or YWP site, I'm 1018mockingjay on both.
thirty second speech - Where you tell people what you know about that subject/object/whatever. 

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Fall does not equal Winter.

~ A slightly edited poem about my favorite month of them all.

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October is the month of falling leaves of bright red, yellow, and orange.
It's the time of month for chills to be in the air.

There are sweaters, boots, pants, and anything warm to be worn showing up here or there.
Camping and hunting are fun to do.

As well as playing games of football or cheering is fine too

Basketball season is just coming up.

And writers are busy trying to prepare for the anticipated NaNoWriMo season of 2012.

While eager kids-at-heart people are busy preparing their costumes.

Because Halloween is just around the corner

Meaning candy is being bought everywhere.

Warm tea and hot coco is being heated up in nearly every home.

Many birthdays are being celebrated.

And a lot of screams can be heard in the air.

As people walk through haunted mazes or even houses.

Trying to not be afraid of the monsters that haunt every nook and corner of your child hood past

This is the month of October.

My favorite month of them all

However, it makes me sad

To see snow falling on the ground

October is a month of jackets

Not a month for puffy coats

It is a month for devils to give kiddies candy

Only if the magic words Trick or Treat is said

It's not a month for Christmas

In fact, any hint of Christmas shouldn't be seen at all.

Santa isn't happy with October

Because of all the monsters
And people running around
Making anonymity impossible
In the leaves falling, chilly, too much candy being bought, month of October.

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A fun yesterday

Thanks to all the people who said happy birthday to me yesterday. Even if you're not reading this, it still means a lot to me, that you've bothered remembering.

And thanks to my family for making mine and my twin's 16th birthday an awesome day filled with good food and fun.

It was nice to go to the fun center to rock climb, play laser tag, get wet, etc. It was also weird to see the infamous Frog Hopper that John Green was talking about. However, I did not go on it simply because no one was commanding the controls and it would have been a little silly to be the only sixteen year old on it.

The Corn festival was also fun and a bit scary. Fun because we  got to roast marshmallows, do silly stuff, listen to cheesy songs, and do one too many mazes. Scary because of the haunted corn maze. It was filled with zombies, skulls, guys with chainsaws, murderers, a sense of vertigo, and any other scary stuff that left my siblings and I clinging to each other's jackets by the end. Plus another scary (but funny) thing was the dark hay maze, where random people would hide in corners and say boo to any passersby. 

It also nice to go to a buffet filled with good food and fortunes that seem more like true facts than something that will come true in your life. The cheesecake that is impersonating a birthday cake and ice cream and everything else that went along with it was... amazing. 

Maybe that's why I like birthdays so much. It's a day just for you (and anyone else that shares your birthday aka your twin, triplet, quadruplet, etc.) A day where you can do whatever you want no matter if you're 16, 42, or 549 yrs old. And no one would care because it's a day designed for you. The only exception to that rule is if you just did something illegal. 

So I got to say happy birthday to everyone, even if it's not your birthday today. And do something that you enjoy. Because you only do live once (not unless you believe in reincarnation or regenerating.) However, do something meaningful not something stupid that can possibly kill you. You don't want to die too soon and have everyone that loves you become sad all because of the stupid (in my opinion) saying YOLO.

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An early morning song.

If that isn't working, you can check the song by clicking here.

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Banned Book Week

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

 Ray Bradbury

I've been learning a lot about banned books this week, and found a number of reasons why books are banned. In my opinion, the reason why most books banned is because of vulgar language. It doesn't matter if the books are really amazing that it deserves the highest medal award. If there are a ton of swear words than certain people freak out and demand it to be banned. Another reason, I found why books are banned is because of the topic it talks about, such as homosexuality, magic, racism, kids killing kids, teen pregnancy, kids trying to learn how to be accepted but doesn't attend school that much, etc. 

And it makes me angry that all of these books are banned. No, homosexuality isn't a disease and people won't become gay if they read Heather Has Two Mommies or any other book that talk about homosexuality. Kids won't have low morals if they read The Catcher in the Rye, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, or anything else. And no kids won't become violent if they read The Hunger Games trilogy.

It also makes me angry when some people ban books even though they haven’t read it at all. What’s the point of banning something if you don’t even know what the book is really about? Have they even tried to find what the theme (moral lesson) of the book really is? Have they thought really hard what it meant to other people or did they just ask themselves, this sucks because it has                      etc, let’ s not read it anymore and let’s have other people not read it or else they’re not a good person or whatever.

That is by law, a violation of free speech. If something is banned at the library, than that’s taking one less idea that is replaced by yay we banned this book now let’s burn them or something like that. That’s one less story for a person to get into, to escape his/her own life at the moment. It’s one less dream, one more sadness for the author, but it’s a lot more anger for the people who enjoyed that story.

We have the right to read whatever we want, and it’s our choice to endure the consequences that come out of it. If someone doesn’t like it than that’s fine, but it’s stupid of him/her to take that book away from a reader that enjoyed that book, or a reader that wants to read that book.

It’s like a person who hates the stars and tells the other people to not go to the stars, if that makes sense.

So I dare you this week and any other week to read a banned book. Whether it’s a book that has been banned from this year or any other year, read it. And if you don’t like it then that is fine, but don’t let it get taken away from the library because that is one less great literature out of the world. A work of literature that can possibly help us in the future if things go wrong. Literature that can make people small with one small character, a funny sentence/paragraph, or something else. Literature that can inspire.

Lists:

2011/2012 list of Banned Books

Banned classics

Books that were banned in 2005

Books banned by government (includes governments outside of the United States)

A very large amount of Banned Books on Goodreads

And more if you google: banned books list, or something of that sort. 

Now a video from authors who stand for free speech. 

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Towards happiness, but how?

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Four weeks of inspiration (part 1)

Week one:
Be yourself because you want people to like you for you. You don't want people liking you because you're supposedly "that" when you're really not.

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Week two:

Believe in the practical things in life, the imaginary unrealistic explanations, or believe in a combination of both. 

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Chanson de lycée

(Skip to 1:02 if you want to start hearing the song.) 

Lyrics:

Some nights, I stay up cashing in my bad luck
Some nights, I call it a draw
Some nights, I wish that my lips could build a castle
Some nights, I wish they'd just fall off

But I still wake up, I still see your ghost
Oh Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for oh
What do I stand for? What do I stand for?
Most nights, I don't know anymore...
oh woah, oh woah, oh woah oh oh
oh woah, oh woah, oh woah oh oh

This is it, boys, this is war - what are we waiting for?
Why don't we break the rules already?
I was never one to believe the hype - save that for the black and white
I try twice as hard and I'm half as liked, but here they come again to jack my style

And that's alright; I found a martyr in my bed tonight
She stops my bones from wondering just who I am, who I am, who I am
Oh, who am I? Oh, who am I? mmm... mmm...

Well, some nights, I wish that this all would end
Cause I could use some friends for a change
And some nights, I'm scared you'll forget me again
Some nights, I always win, I always win...

But I still wake up, I still see your ghost
Oh Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for, oh
What do I stand for? What do I stand for?
Most nights, I don't know... (come on)

So this is it? I sold my soul for this?
Washed my hands of that for this?
I miss my mom and dad for this?

No. When I see stars, when I see, when I see stars, that's all they are
When I hear songs, they sound like this one, so come on
Oh, come on. Oh, come on, OH COME ON!

Well, this is it guys, that is all - five minutes in and I'm bored again
Ten years of this, I'm not sure if anybody understands
This one is not for the folks at home; Sorry to leave, mom, I had to go
Who the fuck wants to die alone all dried up in the desert sun?

My heart is breaking for my sister and the con that she call "love"
But when I look into my nephew's eyes...
Man, you wouldn't believe the most amazing things that can come from...
Some terrible lies...ahhh...

oh woah, oh woah, oh woah, oh oh
oh woah, oh woah, oh woah, oh oh

The other night, you wouldn't believe the dream I just had about you and me
I called you up, but we'd both agree
It's for the best you didn't listen
It's for the best we get our distance... oh...
It's for the best you didn't listen
It's for the best we get our distance... oh...

It kind of reminds me of high school...

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The official pros and cons list of my school, created by moi

This isn't the complete list considering that it has only been three weeks of school, however it's just some of the 'small' things that I like and don't like about my school. 

Cons:

• The inside school temperature is messed up. When it’s hot outside, it’s hot inside, when it’s cold outside it is cold inside. Thankfully, the school isn’t as hot as it was at the beginning of the school year, for three days straight the SBOs (Student Body Officers) gave nearly everyone free, cold, refreshing, bottled water. There were fans blowing loudly in the hallways as well as water cups around the school. In fact, my school was mentioned in a newspaper because it was so hot and it probably had affected some students somehow. Thankfully, the school is finally getting an air conditioner that will be available in four to eight weeks. However, by then the outside temp. would be cold and it would be kind of useless to have the air conditioning on when it's already cold outside. 
• It starts too early in the day (around 7:30 AM), meaning that I have to wake up really early (roughly between 5:30 – 5:40 AM) just to get ready and catch the bus that arrives around 6:40 something.
• There’s too much homework. Math, History, Biology, Graphics, and just about nearly every other class I have.
• Studying, there’s going to be a lot of it if I’m expected to pass this year.
• The cafeteria food isn’t that good, and there’s no more juice, just milk and I don’t like drinking school milk.
• The hallways are slightly confusing. The second and third floors is literally a square with classrooms everywhere and it doesn’t help that the classroom numbers don’t have a pattern themselves other than big numbers are on one side of the square and little numbers are on the other side.
• My locker is still stuck despite asking the school to fix it for me a couple of times.
• I feel lonely in some of my classes despite having some friends in that class but not in this class. 
• Too many textbooks to carry to class, (I would have put them in my locker but it’s going to take a long while before a custodian will actually fix my locker.) 

Pros:

• My locker (despite being stuck) is near the library.
• I get out of school early (around 2:10 PM).
• On Mondays, the school day officially starts at around 8:30 AM. However, it will be kind of useless to me, considering that I still have to take the bus - especially during the wintertime - at around 6:40 (5?) ish. But, I guess I have more free time to do some homework and possibly sleep at a table in the back of the school library, or just go on the computer and try to get onto blogger. 
• I feel a bit smarter than some people do in my class. (Sorry, for feeling so braggy but it’s true.)
• I get to make t-shirts, stickers, and other stuff this semester.
• I have the option of going to any of the restaurants/ fast food joints in my town for lunch. However, I have only half an hour or so to do that and I don’t have a car to go anywhere, though my friend is getting her driver’s license this month...
• I’m only a ten minutes or so walk from the public library which has real air conditioning. Meaning that I won’t be late at returning my books there again, (that is if I will remember them in the future).

 (Inspirational Monday posts will be posted on Monday, if I don't forget.)

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I never really realized how much I depended on the internet till now...

My internet connection broke last week and it wasn't till now, that it finally got fixed. During the week I also had lots of homework to do as well as some critical reading to do. Also, during the time of no internet, I read  some books that aren't for school.

It was fun but it also sucked a bit. By now, I'm starting to realize how much I need the internet. Need to do some research especially for school? The internet is right there to help me get started. Need to listen to some french music for fun (don't ask why, I just sometimes do it)? The internet is right there. Without it, let's just say life would be a teensy bit harder (especially school).

Also, I'll try to post regularly from now on, but it isn't a promise considering the amount of schoolwork I have and will receive in the future.

Now here's a song that's in french.

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MIA no more.

I didn't have access to a computer for three-fourish days, and you know what? It felt (mostly) nice not to be on the computer because it meant that I was out somewhere living my life. However, it’s kind of bad because I’m far behind on my Camp Nanowrimo novel (that I most likely won’t finish, though I might work on it during November). But it’s good in a way because I have new stories to tell. Another bad thing, I have a lot to catch up on; a good thing would be is that I’m mostly ready for school. Bad, good, bad, good, I shall not bore you with all the bad and good things about not having a computer for three-fourish days.

Now it is time for you to listen to the stuff that I did in the last few days that doesn’t involve many pictures during the experience (that is if, I took any pictures).  

8/23/12

-         Going to the amusement park with my siblings. And that’s it, all it involved was an hour or so of silence on the car ride there. And going on rides, waiting in line, getting wet at the added in (small) water park, having fun, eating a churro, nachos, fries, and other classic and not so classic amusement park foods. It was fun, minus the fact that I got kind of sick after the whole thing was over.

8/24/12

-         Getting glasses.

Reminds me of one of those grannies that sits in a rocking chair, knitting. 

Or else it meant asking my friends to read the board for me again, (it gets annoying after a while).

-         Getting a haircut. No picture because I’m not feeling camera ready today but if you’re curious as to what it looks like… my hair got cut up to my chin which now frames my face. It’s short enough that I don’t have to brush it much or deal with it when I wake up, which is nice because it saves me time, meaning I can do something else (such as read) instead of mess around with my hair.

-         Watching two movies. The first movie I saw was this [To The Arctic 3D]; it was kind of boring, kind of interesting, and kind of sad. If you’re interested in the Arctic, then I would recommend watching To The Arctic 3D. The second movie I saw was this [Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted]; it was funny and well made. Most of the time it made me question the mechanics of the movie (how do they set up a circus without human help?) Even though, I didn’t watch the second movie, I understood most of what was going on, because it didn’t rely too much, on what has happened in the other two movies. It was also sweet and magical. The circus looks amazing filled with neon lights and stuff, it makes me want to go there now even though it’s fake. I also want to go visit the Circus of Dreams from the book The Night Circus. It’s black and white with a dash of red, filled with truly magical stuff that doesn’t involve illusion of any kind.

8/25/12

-         I went to my dad’s work picnic with my family which simply involved eating picnic food and watching my dad talk to his friends (makes me feel slightly lonely in this world).

-         Going to an Italian festival with my two sisters. That involved looking around at the booths and seeing inside the church filled with beautiful stained glass windows. It also involved a little prayer for the upcoming events in life.

-         Going to a South American festival, which like the other festival simply involved going around, looking at booths. It also involved in getting a lot of green and three non-green items, a scarf, headband, bracelet, a big flower… here’s a picture. 

-         Seeing two more movies. One of them was Born to be Wild; an amazing movie about people taking care of baby elephants and orangutans who are orphans that eventually gets release back into the wild. I would recommend it to anyone who likes documentaries about animals. Another movie I saw was the Katy Perry: Part of Me movie. It was surprisingly good, I learned about her childhood, her early career, to right now. And it was all filled with hardships and happiness as well as somewhere in between. I would recommend it to anyone that’s interested in documentaries that isn’t going to make you sleep.

Today

-         Look around at more booths at another festival, involving food and a lot of jewelry.

-         Get yelled at for reasons I shall not mention.

-         Get ready for school tomorrow.

-         A lot of looking and making creative stuff such as this blog post (though I don’t know if you would call this creative).

Now, it’s time for a goodbye. I’ll have another blog post that isn’t filled with what I did in the last few days. However, it might be filled with what has happened at school that day… It’s also going to have the inspirational Monday pictures. Also, if you follow my writing blog, I’m bringing back the, a school story a day thing. More information shall be found here.

Now, I have to finish planning for school and get to sleep. Have a wonderful day/night.

Love,

P.S, good luck to anyone starting school!

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Classes and such

Hello everyone, and welcome to Sweets Galore; if you’re following me thank you, if you’re just browsing then continue on, but if you want, you can stay.

School starts in one week from now and I’m absolutely terrified. I’m also really excited for school to start as well; it’s just that I’m not excited right now. I finally have my class schedule, which I will post in a minute. As well as new clothes and school supplies. I know that should be enough to get me through the ten-ish months of school. However, I feel like I should have something more, such as more locker decorations and/or a paying job [specifically at the library]. The locker decorations are easy to get but the job hunt is hard or will be hard if I started on it. I also want to drive to school instead of walk or take the bus but I’m scared of crashing or getting into an accident, especially if my loved ones are with me.

You know, the more I think about it, the more it’s true. Fear seems to be the only thing holding me back from achieving some of my goals such as getting a job and learn how to drive. And that’s bad because it means I’ll never achieve those goals if I continue to let fear get in the way.

It’s also a brave thing for me to walk to school, if I didn’t do that I’ll probably be stuck on the computer forever. And that is both good and bad; good because I’ll never have to leave the house and I’ll probably learn faster, bad because I don’t leave the house and I’ll probably procrastinate more often. So it’s a good thing I have school, homework, dances, any other school activities, libraries, and etc to take me away from the computer or else I would have became a  mindless robot by now.

Speaking of school, I promised to show you my classes, did I? Well here it is.

A day classes	B day classes
World Civilizations Honors	Graphic Communications
Biology Honors	College Prep class
Computer Technology	College Math
English Honors	French 4

I find it odd that my school is still keeping the A day classes and the B day classes when they’re going to do the regular eight day schedule (or so I have heard.) Wouldn’t it be easier for everyone to say first period, second period, third period, etc? Instead of saying, "Go to your fourth period class." 
"Which fourth period class?" Oh well, in my opinion it’s easier to write down 1A, 1B, etc, on a piece of paper and not the whole 1st or first period.

I need inspiration for the whole school year as well. So starting every Monday all the way to whenever the school year ends (or I might just continue it, who knows?) I’ll post an inspiring picture or two or five or so and I’ll try to look up to it and listen to it for the entire week or year. It will certainly help when I’m feeling down because of life.

And there will probably be a subject for the inspiring pictures, or not, depending on my mood. So it will begin today and today’s subject will be… fear because of my fear for completing some of my goals.

And here’s the first picture:

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Have an amazing day/night.

Love,

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