Goodness, so much in my life is changing- it’s crazy! I have a few things to write about, but they’re tidbits, so I’m grouping them together.
I’ll have more proper blog topics soon enough, but since blogging is still new to me, I decided to try this. I know it’s presumptuous to assume anyone would take time out of their day to read my little posts, but it’s evident with my TGWTG fangirling post, if enough people share my opinions and/or interests, my silly blogging might get noticed.
But anyways, here are my tidbit topics:
Why I’m Ridiculously Busy:
- I’m going to start college in less than a month.
- I’m in the process uprooting my thus-established life.
- Tomorrow, I’m having my wisdom teeth pulled, which will, more likely than not, make me loopy for a few days.
- I’ll be moving to a different state in less than a month.
- I only just caught up on journaling (which is my process of keeping myself decently organized).
- I’m only half-way finished with a huge (secret) project due Monday.
- I have a multitude of things planned in the subsequent weeks.
- On the days I have free, I hope to see the people I won’t be able to see again until christmas.
Fargin:
I mentioned a while ago the Fargin (joy at someone else’s success) I felt for my teacher, Joey, for achieving his dream of playing the Emcee from Cabaret. Once again I feel fargin for a someone close to me who’s achieved his dream! My wonderful friend Steven has been dreaming of being in Disney on Ice, and has told me multiple times how much it would mean to him if he were able to be a part of it. He’s a magnificent ice-skater and avid disney fan (he’s a sucker for schmaltzy stuff, and so am I). Of course you can tell by my fargin that he got in! I am SO happy for him!
A smaller slice of fargin goes to Joe Loney, who I mentioned in my ‘HAIR’ Audition updates, got in. He is such a phenomenal person, and I’m so glad he got in, instead of I. He’s wonderful, and I would’ve been too busy anyways, most likely.
Twitterfeather:
I had high hopes at the beginning of this summer to re-write one of my stories and turn it into a proper draft for an eventual book. Of course, as you can likely tell, I’ve been tremendously busy!
This is an interesting case for me, usually when I finish writing something, I either put it out there, by posting or self-publishing or hide it away and purposely try to forget about it, so when I edit it and re-write it, I’ll have fresh eyes.
This story was different. I wrote it as an english assignment at the beginning of Junior year. I never put much thought into turning it into a book until recently.
I became re-enamored with the mythology surrounding Wendigos. I discovered it through, ‘Skin and Bones’ an episode of a shortly-lived TV show called ‘Fear Itself’. I promise I will write about my love for that episode at some point, because it is my odd little darling!
Anyways, since the story was based a lot on the way my grandpa told stories, coupled with the Wendigo myths, as I grew older and more intrigued with both concepts, I decided this is definitely book material.
It’s strange, since I tested it out at a friend’s campfire party, and it failed- not because of the story itself, but due to my absolute absence of oral story-telling skills. All I can do is write, it seems, which is terribly ironic, considering a good chunk of the story’s subject matter is the importance of oral story-telling.
I assure you, I will re-write it eventually, in fact, as soon as I can, but for now here’s the old version. I can’t say it’s good but unlike most of my first drafts, it has been out on the internet since day one, and considering how much I’m changing it, the real deal will still come as a surprise!
And believe me, even after I’ve finished the current draft, it’ll only be the beginning of this process!
(Also, speaking of Wendigos, I love them, and will make a blog post about them, at some point, and will be one for Halloween… I admit, I have a soft spot for demonic, cannibalistic spirits…)
TGWTG Fangirling Add-On- ‘Bart Gets an F’:
I have a little story I forgot to add to the TGWTG Blog Post, so here it is.
This last year I had to do this program in order to make up, and re-take the Math MCA. I have many complaints with the Minnesota Math MCA/Grad Math system, but supposedly it’s thankfully changing, so pointing them out doesn’t really do much good now…
My point is, though, that Math has always been a difficult subject for me, and I had such a hard time getting momentum to do all the extra homework. I decided to bribe myself with old Nostalgia Critic videos, since I had fallen behind in watching them.
After completing a good lot of grad math homework and some tests, after many many on the first day, I decided, “Hey, I’ll watch the top 11 Simpson Episodes one!”
(SPOILERS) When it got to number one, my heart just exploded. At that moment, I was Bart! Grad-math, and subsequently passing high school seemed SO impossible at that point, and no matter how hard I tried, math didn’t make sense to me.
I wound up crying and feeling a bit discouraged, but not passing high school was not an option! I kept with the system of bribing myself with Nostalgia Critic videos, and then Demo Reel (which gave me more reasons to cry) until I completed the program.
Like ‘Bart Gets An F’ I did have a ridiculously happy ending happen to me. I passed the test and graduated high school (obviously). Hence, that was just one more emotional connection I have with TGWTG, and another bit of proof that it helped me through something difficult!
– I think that’s it for now, but I’ll add on if need be! –
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