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Well, even though I barely left my house since my last blog, I've got a lot to talk about. Starting with: I really want to get into Transcendental Meditation. I was researching it on Friday. It sounds perfect for me. It only takes twenty minutes everyday and it reduces anxiety, which I clearly have a lot of. There is a course for it nearby, but I'm not sure if its free or not. I'm not paying money to learn how to meditate. That just sounds silly. I also found out that women's boxing will be $50 a month. I can't afford it right now, but I will be able to if I get more disability money (which I'm supposed to get soon).
I don't fully recall what else I did on Friday. I also can't remember if I started writing on Friday or Saturday. Yeah, you heard that right; I started writing again! Right now its a practice story, because its been so long since I wrote anything (besides a blog). Its not super amazing and I don't have any solid plans with it. I'm just sorta making it up as I go along. But I've got about eight readers who love it, which makes me feel good. I do know that I want to finish it, because I've never finished a story before. I wanna prove to myself that I'm capable of doing it, so that I can actually write a novel next year to be published. Its gonna be a long and tough journey. But what I really want, is for people to leave comments on the chapters and let me know what they think. I can take criticism, as long as you aren't a complete cunt about it. There is always a nice way to say something that isn't very pleasant. And I'm hoping for detailed opinions. I want to improve on my writing and I can't do that if I'm unaware of my mistakes. So if you want to read it and leave a comment...
Click here to read my new story!
There is a summary on the front page, so you can read that and see if it's your cup of tea. If not, don't bother reading. Also, I should warn everyone that its quite graphic. There is lot of drug use, sex, violence, swearing, etc. I went really overboard with messed up characters. Don't expect a happy story about bunnies and rainbows. Its blunt. Very blunt. And I had no hesitation to write scenes that were far beyond anything I've ever written before. This story has no boundaries.
Oh, I watched Breakfast at Tiffany's for the first time on Saturday night. I loved it, surprisingly. I think older romance movies are way better. So much classier and beautiful. I was so sad when she let the cat out of the taxi, but when she found the cat again, I was happy. The poor thing was soaked and looked so sad. I think I'm gonna watch some more romance movies from the 60's. Apparently their is a movie with Audrey Hepburn and Anthony Perkins, which got me excited. I must watch it! I guess I also re-watched some Shameless episodes and made perogies before I went to bed.
I woke up late on Sunday and took so long to get ready because I was distracted by everything. Especially the announcement of the 12th doctor (Doctor Who): Peter Capaldi! I was nervous when I first heard it, but then I reminded myself how nervous I was every time the doctor regenerated and how I ended up loving them all. So I'm sure he is gonna be great. I'm so excited! But I'm also really gonna miss Matt Smith. It breaks my heart a little bit. And I hate waiting for the 50th anniversary special. I'm so impatient! Ahhhh. D:
I finished getting ready right before my boyfriend showed up and took a cute picture of myself (I'm starting to not hate my hair!). I need to be less slack about things. Anyways, we went for a walk and sat on a bench to discuss my story. My boyfriend loves to talk about my stories and give me input. He never usually has anything bad to say, but he gives me new ideas and tells me who his favorite characters are and the scenes he liked the most. After our talk, he took me out for dinner for our late anniversary (11 months!). We went to Rocky's and for once I didn't get a poutine. I got an amazing bacon cheeseburger, fries with gravy and chocolate milk. I love that place so much.
We walked around for a little while after that. We discussed my story a little more. I feel like my own worst critic right now, because everyone says they love it, but I keep over analyzing it and thinking its awful and that everyone is lying to make me feel better. Its gonna take me a while to get used to this whole 'writing again' thing. I hope I don't give up on it, like I usually do with everything I start. I don't have a lot of self confidence, but I'm working on it. Anyways, I got some Subway, then he got a taxi home. I watched Breaking Amish: LA and True Blood, took a cute picture of my cat, then passed out.
Yesterday was a holiday. Apparently it was "New Brunswick Day" and I never heard of it until recently. I usually spend my summers in Nova Scotia, so I always miss it. I'm not even sure if there was any sort of celebration happening. Anyways, Kat and Missy came and picked me up around 3:00 pm. We got some McDonald's (I hardly ever eat that shit) and went to Kat's to watch True Blood. Her new apartment is really nice! I like it a lot more than the old one. all the walls are painted really nice colors. I wasn't there for long. Kat had to go back to her old apartment and clean it out, so she dropped me off at my house.
I spent the rest of yesterday writing the second chapter for my new story. Its much longer than the first one and took so much time. I'm pretty sure I wasn't finished until 9:30 pm. Then I started working on the pictures for the character's pages. They're all there now, so you can see what everyone looks like. I still need to write biographies for a lot of them, but I'm too lazy right now. I wanna focus on the actual story more than the side pages. But I'm happy with it so far. I don't even recall doing anything else last night. I was so into writing. :D
Today has been good so far. I finally got to cash my check! It didn't come on time, then the bank was closed all weekend, then yesterday was a holiday...ugh. I'm just happy I got it now. I had to buy a bus card, then got the bus to the north end. I was on my way to get groceries, but I spent some time looking around in stores first. I found a copy of Mario Party 7 for the GameCube for only $6 at a pawn shop! The cheapest one I found online was $40. It was the most amazing deal I've ever gotten on a video game! I'm so happy! I haven't tried it out yet, but the guy at the pawn shop told me that if it doesn't work, I can bring it in and get it fixed for free. :3
So I finally got to the grocery store after that. I only went $3 over budget. I got tons of delicious food, including chocolate chip cookies, rainbow sorbet and lemonade. I got some healthy stuff too. But I can't deny my cravings for junk food sometimes. I also got a $25 gift card for myself, so that I can get more food later in the month. Then I got a taxi home. I didn't want to, but I had too many groceries to carry on a bus. And somehow I ended up with 35 extra dollars, even though my budget told me that I wouldn't even have 5 extra dollars. I'm not sure how that happened. But oh well. I can't complain. :P
Since I've gotten home, I've just been online, talking to people and whatnot. I also had my dinner; a sub, a giant chocolate chip cookie and mixed berry Powerade. Plus I watched The Colbert Report. Nothing too interesting. Still waiting for feedback about my story from a few people. Makes me quite anxious. I hope they like it!
P.S. Special thanks to Robyn for giving me all her awesome opinions on my story and suffering through me being overly paranoid. LOL. ♥
Well, even though I barely left my house since my last blog, I've got a lot to talk about. Starting with: I really want to get into Transcendental Meditation. I was researching it on Friday. It sounds perfect for me. It only takes twenty minutes everyday and it reduces anxiety, which I clearly have a lot of. There is a course for it nearby, but I'm not sure if its free or not. I'm not paying money to learn how to meditate. That just sounds silly. I also found out that women's boxing will be $50 a month. I can't afford it right now, but I will be able to if I get more disability money (which I'm supposed to get soon).
I don't fully recall what else I did on Friday. I also can't remember if I started writing on Friday or Saturday. Yeah, you heard that right; I started writing again! Right now its a practice story, because its been so long since I wrote anything (besides a blog). Its not super amazing and I don't have any solid plans with it. I'm just sorta making it up as I go along. But I've got about eight readers who love it, which makes me feel good. I do know that I want to finish it, because I've never finished a story before. I wanna prove to myself that I'm capable of doing it, so that I can actually write a novel next year to be published. Its gonna be a long and tough journey. But what I really want, is for people to leave comments on the chapters and let me know what they think. I can take criticism, as long as you aren't a complete cunt about it. There is always a nice way to say something that isn't very pleasant. And I'm hoping for detailed opinions. I want to improve on my writing and I can't do that if I'm unaware of my mistakes. So if you want to read it and leave a comment...
There is a summary on the front page, so you can read that and see if it's your cup of tea. If not, don't bother reading. Also, I should warn everyone that its quite graphic. There is lot of drug use, sex, violence, swearing, etc. I went really overboard with messed up characters. Don't expect a happy story about bunnies and rainbows. Its blunt. Very blunt. And I had no hesitation to write scenes that were far beyond anything I've ever written before. This story has no boundaries.
Oh, I watched Breakfast at Tiffany's for the first time on Saturday night. I loved it, surprisingly. I think older romance movies are way better. So much classier and beautiful. I was so sad when she let the cat out of the taxi, but when she found the cat again, I was happy. The poor thing was soaked and looked so sad. I think I'm gonna watch some more romance movies from the 60's. Apparently their is a movie with Audrey Hepburn and Anthony Perkins, which got me excited. I must watch it! I guess I also re-watched some Shameless episodes and made perogies before I went to bed.
I woke up late on Sunday and took so long to get ready because I was distracted by everything. Especially the announcement of the 12th doctor (Doctor Who): Peter Capaldi! I was nervous when I first heard it, but then I reminded myself how nervous I was every time the doctor regenerated and how I ended up loving them all. So I'm sure he is gonna be great. I'm so excited! But I'm also really gonna miss Matt Smith. It breaks my heart a little bit. And I hate waiting for the 50th anniversary special. I'm so impatient! Ahhhh. D:
I finished getting ready right before my boyfriend showed up and took a cute picture of myself (I'm starting to not hate my hair!). I need to be less slack about things. Anyways, we went for a walk and sat on a bench to discuss my story. My boyfriend loves to talk about my stories and give me input. He never usually has anything bad to say, but he gives me new ideas and tells me who his favorite characters are and the scenes he liked the most. After our talk, he took me out for dinner for our late anniversary (11 months!). We went to Rocky's and for once I didn't get a poutine. I got an amazing bacon cheeseburger, fries with gravy and chocolate milk. I love that place so much.
We walked around for a little while after that. We discussed my story a little more. I feel like my own worst critic right now, because everyone says they love it, but I keep over analyzing it and thinking its awful and that everyone is lying to make me feel better. Its gonna take me a while to get used to this whole 'writing again' thing. I hope I don't give up on it, like I usually do with everything I start. I don't have a lot of self confidence, but I'm working on it. Anyways, I got some Subway, then he got a taxi home. I watched Breaking Amish: LA and True Blood, took a cute picture of my cat, then passed out.
Yesterday was a holiday. Apparently it was "New Brunswick Day" and I never heard of it until recently. I usually spend my summers in Nova Scotia, so I always miss it. I'm not even sure if there was any sort of celebration happening. Anyways, Kat and Missy came and picked me up around 3:00 pm. We got some McDonald's (I hardly ever eat that shit) and went to Kat's to watch True Blood. Her new apartment is really nice! I like it a lot more than the old one. all the walls are painted really nice colors. I wasn't there for long. Kat had to go back to her old apartment and clean it out, so she dropped me off at my house.
I spent the rest of yesterday writing the second chapter for my new story. Its much longer than the first one and took so much time. I'm pretty sure I wasn't finished until 9:30 pm. Then I started working on the pictures for the character's pages. They're all there now, so you can see what everyone looks like. I still need to write biographies for a lot of them, but I'm too lazy right now. I wanna focus on the actual story more than the side pages. But I'm happy with it so far. I don't even recall doing anything else last night. I was so into writing. :D
Today has been good so far. I finally got to cash my check! It didn't come on time, then the bank was closed all weekend, then yesterday was a holiday...ugh. I'm just happy I got it now. I had to buy a bus card, then got the bus to the north end. I was on my way to get groceries, but I spent some time looking around in stores first. I found a copy of Mario Party 7 for the GameCube for only $6 at a pawn shop! The cheapest one I found online was $40. It was the most amazing deal I've ever gotten on a video game! I'm so happy! I haven't tried it out yet, but the guy at the pawn shop told me that if it doesn't work, I can bring it in and get it fixed for free. :3
So I finally got to the grocery store after that. I only went $3 over budget. I got tons of delicious food, including chocolate chip cookies, rainbow sorbet and lemonade. I got some healthy stuff too. But I can't deny my cravings for junk food sometimes. I also got a $25 gift card for myself, so that I can get more food later in the month. Then I got a taxi home. I didn't want to, but I had too many groceries to carry on a bus. And somehow I ended up with 35 extra dollars, even though my budget told me that I wouldn't even have 5 extra dollars. I'm not sure how that happened. But oh well. I can't complain. :P
Since I've gotten home, I've just been online, talking to people and whatnot. I also had my dinner; a sub, a giant chocolate chip cookie and mixed berry Powerade. Plus I watched The Colbert Report. Nothing too interesting. Still waiting for feedback about my story from a few people. Makes me quite anxious. I hope they like it!
P.S. Special thanks to Robyn for giving me all her awesome opinions on my story and suffering through me being overly paranoid. LOL. ♥
Finished the major update, surprisingly only took about two hours. its plain but nice :) i also found a lovely comment from another military wife that i must have overlooked before <3
ReplyDeleteyour story is also linked as well, hopefully some of them take a little looksie over to it :D
PS; your paranoidness isnt that bad LOL.
I have anxiety as well and I was just considering yoga 2-3 times a week, maybe more. There's a local gym where I can get a 5-month student membership for only $150.00. I totally want to do boxing as well! I would prefer just MMA though. That could definitely relieve some stress/anxiety. It DOES sound silly to pay just to meditate, I'd say just join a gym with different activities that you could participate in, get your money's worth. :) (This is what the gym I'm joining has to offer - http://www.metroymcams.org/ccmfiles/Group-Exercise-Flowood.pdf?site=2).
ReplyDeleteI hope whatever you choose goes well for you though! :)
I bookmarked your story! I've actually been wanting to start on a book and I love reading how other people write. I kind of need help on how to start off? hah. I will definitely read it when I need something to do!
And cute picture. :)