the world of writing is pretty nice place to be right now.
reason numero uno es: HOLY CRAP I WON NANOWRIMO!!! WAAAAH!!!!!!
seriously. so happy right now. carrie and i had an epic dance fest in my backyard when i hit the 50k mark. oh my god. YES!
reason numero dos: i'm glad to be taking a step back from my nano to start on a nano project, even though this new project is pretty pointless. just lame little fluffy christmas short stories. but it sounds like fun to do short, cheery little stories, because that is the complete opposite of my nanovel.
also... IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME!!!!!!!!
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Cliche, But I'm Doing It Anyway
so, it's almost thanksgiving.
and you probably already know what to expect, but i'm going to do it anyway.
what i am thankful for: 2008
-i am thankful for my parents. they're obnoxious. ocassionally really mean. loud. annoying. but so, so wonderful. my parents were talking to me about my nano last night, and i was just swelling up with all od this appreciation for them that i wanted to cry. some kids don't get that. i get so, so mad at them sometimes, but my parents are so amazing. some parents beat or kill their kids, and i don't think about just how wonderful mine are, and how blessed i am often enough. they feed me good food, clothe me in nice clothes (even if they do say something about it at the time) buy me books, come and get me every day after school, help me with whatever i need, love me, and care for me. and what more do i need? my parents are my rocks, and i need to appreciate that more.
-my sister. yeah, we scream and fight and yell. she pisses me off in ways that no one else ever can. but she's amazing. even if she is busy and grumpy, she is there for me. whenever anything happens, i go to her. she has the experience of an old person, the intelligence of someone who's been through it all, and the love that only a sister can give you. sure, we spend most of our time fighting. but who is it that watches movies with me at 3 am? her. who is it, that if i'm upset, no matter how busy she is, she will drop everything for? her. who is it that knows me better than anyone and is an amazing person? her. i'm growing a bit weary of having her around all of the time, but i don't really mind when i stop to think about it. even if she has totally taken over my bathroom, taken my tv room away from me, and has caused me to have to rearrange my freaking room to get the stupid couch out of the tv room (which she has taken from me, as mentioned above) and get it to go nicely into my room, i love her.
-my friends. we fight (well, i fight with some of them. because others are skilled in tae kwon do, and could therefore kick my ass. and one of those skilled tkd masters i fight with anyway. but i'll shut up now.) we get annoyed, we get mad, and i make them (well, just molly and maggie) take me basically everywhere. but my friends are truly so important to me. because i know that they're going to be there for me, no matter what. these moments of complete happiness come from screaming singing in a car late at night, watching a movie and not being able to understand it because i am laughing so hard, and not being able to run because i am on the ground, rolling with laughter. and even though a lot of it is all fun and games, it isn't always. i get into deep philosophical discussions with carrie, and i cry in front of her more than i would like to admit. this comes from that complete comfort you get with a person, when you can be so weak in front of them and know that it's ok. i seriously owe so much to you guys. to carrie and katherine, for being there on one of the worst fucking nights of my life; to carrie, who has shown me that adventure is satisfying and freeing, and for teaching me the true meaning of a lot of things; to maggie, for not lashing out at me even when i am a total annoying idiot and for being someone that i can switch from laughing with to talking about something serious in like 2.9 seconds; to molly, for being someone that i can laugh with, but will also shield me, like in that completely embarassing post conference race state that i was in... that was embarassing; to megan, for being completely hilarious and caring at the same time, and for showing me that obsession isn't always creepy. except that it is. and for being the best mormon; to laura, for being adorable and smart and amazing, she can be anything at any time: a good laugh, or a shoulder to lean on (edit on december 13th... laura completely surprised me today my remembering what kind of cancer my mom had, and i only mentioned it to her once like two years ago. which makes laura amazing and one of the closest listeners ever); to hope, for also being adorable (THOMAS!) and also being so incredibly easy to talk to and comforting, all while being silly; and even to connor, for remaining my friend through all of the troubles that we have had, and for responding whenever i'm upset or need someone to talk to. and finally to audrey, who has been there longer than anyone (save for emily) and knows me so well, still able to be a friend to me, even if we are seperated by a two day drive. friendship is so important to me, and i know that i'm not a very easy person, because i am so unbelievably awkward, but i love you guys.
-being here. in all of the senses of here. i am thankful to be alive, i am thankful to be in america, and i am thankful to live where i do. i've struggled a lot with coming to terms of being here, in all of these senses (except for the america part. i don't want to live in russia.) but now that i have evolved from that, each day (here's where i get all cliche and weird) is truly a gift, and something that i should appreciate more. because you never know when everything could end, or when your world could be thrown through a spiral. i don't wake up and think "wow! today's a new day that i have so graciously been given! i think i'll make the best of it!" no, i wake up thinking "what the #&*#%( it is NOT time to get up yet you ()&#$)*^#$ phone alarm. gezz, where the (&#)$ are you! SHUT THE (&)#%* UP! IT'S COLD!" but once my mind is clear and fully awake, i really should be more appreciative to the day. ok, the annoyingly optimistic stuff ends now.
-the fact that i have everything that i need, and so much of what i don't. i take this for granted, too. because not everyone has 3 meals a day, with about 15 snacks inbetween. not everyone has a house to keep them warm and safe, and not everyone is as well off as i am. an teenagers, we take so much, but don't really think about it. at least, i don't. i thank my parents after them buying me something, because i am thankful, but i don't think about how there are so many people in the world that will never be able to do something like go to a mall. only a third of the world has a clean place to go to the bathroom. isn't that sad? it's depressing and heart wrenching. a bathroom! it's something that we all have several of, and some people have never even seen one! i am thankful that i have so much, that i have been given so much, and that i have the oppourtunity to be so much.
and i'll post more later.
on a nano note:
i've reached that place. the place that i didn't even know existed. i've reached a point where i have become so completely absorbed in my novel, that literally every second of the day, i think about it. numerous playlists on my ipod and realplayer. notes scribbled down. mysterious novel boy, who seems to have just stepped out of my computer and into my world. that odd license plate, which read the original last name of a character in my novel (which i had to change, but saying why i did would give everything away. aha! a hint!). and i'm always trying to see things from the perspective of my main character. i feel kind of bad, because i basically put these kids through hell, but i love them anyway. the possibly-physcotic and definetly dangerous one. the overly sweet one. the obnoxious, stuck up one. the too shy, deep thinking, unable o control anything one. i love them. it feels weird, sometimes, to think that you're in control of what happens. because i've kind of grown to see them as people over characters, and it's so strange to be controlling them. but i've reached this point in my nano where i am absoluetly obsessed. i will just sit there, thinking about it. completely and totally obsessed. i love this place!
and you probably already know what to expect, but i'm going to do it anyway.
what i am thankful for: 2008
-i am thankful for my parents. they're obnoxious. ocassionally really mean. loud. annoying. but so, so wonderful. my parents were talking to me about my nano last night, and i was just swelling up with all od this appreciation for them that i wanted to cry. some kids don't get that. i get so, so mad at them sometimes, but my parents are so amazing. some parents beat or kill their kids, and i don't think about just how wonderful mine are, and how blessed i am often enough. they feed me good food, clothe me in nice clothes (even if they do say something about it at the time) buy me books, come and get me every day after school, help me with whatever i need, love me, and care for me. and what more do i need? my parents are my rocks, and i need to appreciate that more.
-my sister. yeah, we scream and fight and yell. she pisses me off in ways that no one else ever can. but she's amazing. even if she is busy and grumpy, she is there for me. whenever anything happens, i go to her. she has the experience of an old person, the intelligence of someone who's been through it all, and the love that only a sister can give you. sure, we spend most of our time fighting. but who is it that watches movies with me at 3 am? her. who is it, that if i'm upset, no matter how busy she is, she will drop everything for? her. who is it that knows me better than anyone and is an amazing person? her. i'm growing a bit weary of having her around all of the time, but i don't really mind when i stop to think about it. even if she has totally taken over my bathroom, taken my tv room away from me, and has caused me to have to rearrange my freaking room to get the stupid couch out of the tv room (which she has taken from me, as mentioned above) and get it to go nicely into my room, i love her.
-my friends. we fight (well, i fight with some of them. because others are skilled in tae kwon do, and could therefore kick my ass. and one of those skilled tkd masters i fight with anyway. but i'll shut up now.) we get annoyed, we get mad, and i make them (well, just molly and maggie) take me basically everywhere. but my friends are truly so important to me. because i know that they're going to be there for me, no matter what. these moments of complete happiness come from screaming singing in a car late at night, watching a movie and not being able to understand it because i am laughing so hard, and not being able to run because i am on the ground, rolling with laughter. and even though a lot of it is all fun and games, it isn't always. i get into deep philosophical discussions with carrie, and i cry in front of her more than i would like to admit. this comes from that complete comfort you get with a person, when you can be so weak in front of them and know that it's ok. i seriously owe so much to you guys. to carrie and katherine, for being there on one of the worst fucking nights of my life; to carrie, who has shown me that adventure is satisfying and freeing, and for teaching me the true meaning of a lot of things; to maggie, for not lashing out at me even when i am a total annoying idiot and for being someone that i can switch from laughing with to talking about something serious in like 2.9 seconds; to molly, for being someone that i can laugh with, but will also shield me, like in that completely embarassing post conference race state that i was in... that was embarassing; to megan, for being completely hilarious and caring at the same time, and for showing me that obsession isn't always creepy. except that it is. and for being the best mormon; to laura, for being adorable and smart and amazing, she can be anything at any time: a good laugh, or a shoulder to lean on (edit on december 13th... laura completely surprised me today my remembering what kind of cancer my mom had, and i only mentioned it to her once like two years ago. which makes laura amazing and one of the closest listeners ever); to hope, for also being adorable (THOMAS!) and also being so incredibly easy to talk to and comforting, all while being silly; and even to connor, for remaining my friend through all of the troubles that we have had, and for responding whenever i'm upset or need someone to talk to. and finally to audrey, who has been there longer than anyone (save for emily) and knows me so well, still able to be a friend to me, even if we are seperated by a two day drive. friendship is so important to me, and i know that i'm not a very easy person, because i am so unbelievably awkward, but i love you guys.
-being here. in all of the senses of here. i am thankful to be alive, i am thankful to be in america, and i am thankful to live where i do. i've struggled a lot with coming to terms of being here, in all of these senses (except for the america part. i don't want to live in russia.) but now that i have evolved from that, each day (here's where i get all cliche and weird) is truly a gift, and something that i should appreciate more. because you never know when everything could end, or when your world could be thrown through a spiral. i don't wake up and think "wow! today's a new day that i have so graciously been given! i think i'll make the best of it!" no, i wake up thinking "what the #&*#%( it is NOT time to get up yet you ()&#$)*^#$ phone alarm. gezz, where the (&#)$ are you! SHUT THE (&)#%* UP! IT'S COLD!" but once my mind is clear and fully awake, i really should be more appreciative to the day. ok, the annoyingly optimistic stuff ends now.
-the fact that i have everything that i need, and so much of what i don't. i take this for granted, too. because not everyone has 3 meals a day, with about 15 snacks inbetween. not everyone has a house to keep them warm and safe, and not everyone is as well off as i am. an teenagers, we take so much, but don't really think about it. at least, i don't. i thank my parents after them buying me something, because i am thankful, but i don't think about how there are so many people in the world that will never be able to do something like go to a mall. only a third of the world has a clean place to go to the bathroom. isn't that sad? it's depressing and heart wrenching. a bathroom! it's something that we all have several of, and some people have never even seen one! i am thankful that i have so much, that i have been given so much, and that i have the oppourtunity to be so much.
and i'll post more later.
on a nano note:
i've reached that place. the place that i didn't even know existed. i've reached a point where i have become so completely absorbed in my novel, that literally every second of the day, i think about it. numerous playlists on my ipod and realplayer. notes scribbled down. mysterious novel boy, who seems to have just stepped out of my computer and into my world. that odd license plate, which read the original last name of a character in my novel (which i had to change, but saying why i did would give everything away. aha! a hint!). and i'm always trying to see things from the perspective of my main character. i feel kind of bad, because i basically put these kids through hell, but i love them anyway. the possibly-physcotic and definetly dangerous one. the overly sweet one. the obnoxious, stuck up one. the too shy, deep thinking, unable o control anything one. i love them. it feels weird, sometimes, to think that you're in control of what happens. because i've kind of grown to see them as people over characters, and it's so strange to be controlling them. but i've reached this point in my nano where i am absoluetly obsessed. i will just sit there, thinking about it. completely and totally obsessed. i love this place!
Saturday, November 15, 2008
weekend
i had never seen west side story until last night, and i have to say, that is one of the funniest things that i have ever seen.
my parents got me a new microsoft office thing (because i was still using the version from 2000), and holy shit it's so cool. there's this thing called one note that you have like folders and tabs in the folders and sub things in the tabs and it's got like a pen paint thing and it's pretty neat. i've got my research project all set up under it. and the word thing is all different and cool.... yeah.
i became very happy when i went to go run, and then decided to ask my mom if she had a beanie, because my ears get really cold when i run, and she gave me one. my ears were nice and toasty.
my parents got me a new microsoft office thing (because i was still using the version from 2000), and holy shit it's so cool. there's this thing called one note that you have like folders and tabs in the folders and sub things in the tabs and it's got like a pen paint thing and it's pretty neat. i've got my research project all set up under it. and the word thing is all different and cool.... yeah.
i became very happy when i went to go run, and then decided to ask my mom if she had a beanie, because my ears get really cold when i run, and she gave me one. my ears were nice and toasty.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
TONIGHT WILL BE THE NIGHT THAT I WILL FALL FOR YOU
...OVER AGAIN!!!! how did i just learn of this song? seriously obsessed. i love music.
last night was the xc banquet. and i had fun, and it made me miss laughing with the team and having fun. but, really, it made me really, really glad that the season is over. of course, i love the team and i would not trade the season for anything. but i didn't do as well as i wanted to in most of my races. in fact, i was really only happy with 3. and i have no one to blame for that but myself, and i'm not really the type to dwell on such things, but that really destroyed my image of the season. i love the girls and i love the team and i love cross country, but i had no sorrow over saying goodbye until next year.
english research paper. i'm actually not that worried about it. i picked a topic (bilingual education) that i feel really, really, REALLY strongly about (like everyone knows that i hate politics, but i get really heated up about some stuff-- like this) which was not advised, but i think that i can present the opposing side with an equal balance. that's basically that only think that i'm worried about with it, though. it seems to be broken up sensibly and evenly enough that it will be manageable. and i think that it will prepare me for college papers, which will probably only ever get done seven hours before they're due, hunkering down under a swingy desk lamp and under the influence of a million gallons of coffee and powerade. i'm kind of looking forward to that, actually....
speaking of college, i've been looking up about mizzou, and oh my god, i am going to be the biggest freaking wreck if i don't get into the journalism school. it's going to be terrible. i will refeuse to get out of bed for a week. a month. my mom says that if i go to a different college (like not a state one... a community or something like that) that they have to take you or something, but i'm not so sure about that. and i don't want to do to some non-state college. i feel like the biggest nerd getting worried about this right now, but oh my god. my mom got excited about mizzou xc camp this summer, too. my... something. cousin-like person? mom's cousin's daughter? i don't know. is in the j school over there and i'm going to talk to her about what she did to make herself stand out and such. if i step it up NOW and don't do anything stupid for the next few years, i think i'll be good. and mizzou actually costs less than the school in florida i wanted to go to. oh my god i am getting so excited about something that's years away. it's keymash time, but i just feel lame doing that right now lol.
and hey, don't make me change my mind or i won't live to see another day i swear it's true!
secondhandserenadeisamazing.
last night was the xc banquet. and i had fun, and it made me miss laughing with the team and having fun. but, really, it made me really, really glad that the season is over. of course, i love the team and i would not trade the season for anything. but i didn't do as well as i wanted to in most of my races. in fact, i was really only happy with 3. and i have no one to blame for that but myself, and i'm not really the type to dwell on such things, but that really destroyed my image of the season. i love the girls and i love the team and i love cross country, but i had no sorrow over saying goodbye until next year.
english research paper. i'm actually not that worried about it. i picked a topic (bilingual education) that i feel really, really, REALLY strongly about (like everyone knows that i hate politics, but i get really heated up about some stuff-- like this) which was not advised, but i think that i can present the opposing side with an equal balance. that's basically that only think that i'm worried about with it, though. it seems to be broken up sensibly and evenly enough that it will be manageable. and i think that it will prepare me for college papers, which will probably only ever get done seven hours before they're due, hunkering down under a swingy desk lamp and under the influence of a million gallons of coffee and powerade. i'm kind of looking forward to that, actually....
speaking of college, i've been looking up about mizzou, and oh my god, i am going to be the biggest freaking wreck if i don't get into the journalism school. it's going to be terrible. i will refeuse to get out of bed for a week. a month. my mom says that if i go to a different college (like not a state one... a community or something like that) that they have to take you or something, but i'm not so sure about that. and i don't want to do to some non-state college. i feel like the biggest nerd getting worried about this right now, but oh my god. my mom got excited about mizzou xc camp this summer, too. my... something. cousin-like person? mom's cousin's daughter? i don't know. is in the j school over there and i'm going to talk to her about what she did to make herself stand out and such. if i step it up NOW and don't do anything stupid for the next few years, i think i'll be good. and mizzou actually costs less than the school in florida i wanted to go to. oh my god i am getting so excited about something that's years away. it's keymash time, but i just feel lame doing that right now lol.
and hey, don't make me change my mind or i won't live to see another day i swear it's true!
secondhandserenadeisamazing.
Friday, November 7, 2008
the lorelai effect
i have been cursed by "the lorelai effect"
the lorelai effect goes as follows:
on gilmore girls, lorelai is starting to plan her wedding with luke when, out of nowhere, she and sookie pass by a bridal shop, and there, right there, is the most beautiful, most perfect wedding dress she has ever seen. they go in, and it's just perfect, everything she's ever wanted. and, somehow, it is in her size. and then, the church has an opening and a sale, the flowers are on sale, and everything just falls into place in one day. and she has the dress that she has always wanted and the flowers she wants and the most beautiful church and a date (june third) and she is worried that things are going oto perfectly. well, after that, she finds out about luke's daughter and things her weird and they end up breaking up (driving her into the arms of the horrible chirstopher, then turns to her marrying him and he's a real idiot and a jerk and i hate that guy. but that has nothing to do with this.) but that episode was on earlier this week and it freaking cursed me.
ok. so my week started off so perfectly, with meeting hank and john. and i was on this incredible high that i floated around on and i was so over the top. and then on tuesday, obama got elected, and i know none of my friends like him, but it really, really do and i was so proud that my country had made a choice that will save us from the spiral that we are falling down and restore my faith in the country and humanity. so i was floating around on that on top of my hank and john high. and on wednesday, i messed up during a math test, but i was still just so happy and exuberant that it didn't bother me. i surged ahead on nanowrimo and floated around on that. but yesterday, i messed up really badly on another part of my math test (but thomas totally restored my happiness) and then found out that i didn't have a ride to state tomorrow. but i thought, yeah, ok, i can get one tomorrow (tomorrow being today). i went home to write, and ..... nothing. absoluetly nothing. there was a sudden knowledge of how my story will end while coming home, but i can't write that yet. and still today... nothing. and on the ride front: nothing. no one. i don't get to go. i don't get to see one of my favorite people (laura) race, i don't get to see ross and eric. i've been looking forward to this since the season started. so i have been cursed (not curse of the sweatshirt) by my favorite tv show. thanks, lorelai. plus, i'm not feeling too well. i am a very angry and very upset person right now.
the lorelai effect goes as follows:
on gilmore girls, lorelai is starting to plan her wedding with luke when, out of nowhere, she and sookie pass by a bridal shop, and there, right there, is the most beautiful, most perfect wedding dress she has ever seen. they go in, and it's just perfect, everything she's ever wanted. and, somehow, it is in her size. and then, the church has an opening and a sale, the flowers are on sale, and everything just falls into place in one day. and she has the dress that she has always wanted and the flowers she wants and the most beautiful church and a date (june third) and she is worried that things are going oto perfectly. well, after that, she finds out about luke's daughter and things her weird and they end up breaking up (driving her into the arms of the horrible chirstopher, then turns to her marrying him and he's a real idiot and a jerk and i hate that guy. but that has nothing to do with this.) but that episode was on earlier this week and it freaking cursed me.
ok. so my week started off so perfectly, with meeting hank and john. and i was on this incredible high that i floated around on and i was so over the top. and then on tuesday, obama got elected, and i know none of my friends like him, but it really, really do and i was so proud that my country had made a choice that will save us from the spiral that we are falling down and restore my faith in the country and humanity. so i was floating around on that on top of my hank and john high. and on wednesday, i messed up during a math test, but i was still just so happy and exuberant that it didn't bother me. i surged ahead on nanowrimo and floated around on that. but yesterday, i messed up really badly on another part of my math test (but thomas totally restored my happiness) and then found out that i didn't have a ride to state tomorrow. but i thought, yeah, ok, i can get one tomorrow (tomorrow being today). i went home to write, and ..... nothing. absoluetly nothing. there was a sudden knowledge of how my story will end while coming home, but i can't write that yet. and still today... nothing. and on the ride front: nothing. no one. i don't get to go. i don't get to see one of my favorite people (laura) race, i don't get to see ross and eric. i've been looking forward to this since the season started. so i have been cursed (not curse of the sweatshirt) by my favorite tv show. thanks, lorelai. plus, i'm not feeling too well. i am a very angry and very upset person right now.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
NERDFIGHTERS
ok, so a nano post later because monday night was the most amazing thing ever:
carrie and i got there early (sorry for basically shoving you out the door, carrie) and got there and followed a nerdfighter to where we were supposed to be. and then we ran in and i nabbed the best seats there were. we met our nerdfighter twins! and then carrie and beth had to go to the bathroom, but they came squealing back in after about ten seconds, screaming that hank and john were out there. so katherine and i went out, and this is basically how it went:
*edge out, see them, feel incredibly stupid, turn bright red*
john: hi!
me: ......hi...... can i take a pre-picture?
john: sure!
*hank comes out of nowhere*
me: hi hank! *take picture, run away*
end scene.
i was so happy! when they came in, i'm sure that i looked like an idiot, smiling like crazy. but john asked for paper towns, and i leapt up and almost threw my copy at him. i thought, at the time, that i was being quite calm and cool, but now my memory tells me that the book was a dart and john was a bullseye. but anyway. they were amazing. john had deep rambles about deep things that made me explode with happiness! and hank sang and bounced up and down the whole time. it was the best thing ever. i can't even describe how happy i was. i would videotape it for a few minutes, and it was so normal to me to see them in a little screen that i didn't really think about it. then i would look up, and the screen was gone but they were not. that was when i would freak out again.
when they signed my books, i about had a heart attack. john told carrie that she was a great american by having about 20 million copies of his books, and he told me that his books didn't reach their full potential until readers like me read them! (and i saw a video in which he was actually being a bit passive towards a group of girls- admittably, they were being pretty creepy, but still that made me feel cool)
when i got my picture taken with them, i felt like this moment that i had been waiting for for so long (although not as long as hope!) was finally there, and then i hugged them (feeling a bit bad that i had to stand on my very tippy toes and they still had to lean down so far) and just... IFHOERW!!!!
i can't describe it with words. (besides, all those have been used up by nanowrimo).
update: with the color of this text and the color of the header, this post is nick bonner.
carrie and i got there early (sorry for basically shoving you out the door, carrie) and got there and followed a nerdfighter to where we were supposed to be. and then we ran in and i nabbed the best seats there were. we met our nerdfighter twins! and then carrie and beth had to go to the bathroom, but they came squealing back in after about ten seconds, screaming that hank and john were out there. so katherine and i went out, and this is basically how it went:
*edge out, see them, feel incredibly stupid, turn bright red*
john: hi!
me: ......hi...... can i take a pre-picture?
john: sure!
*hank comes out of nowhere*
me: hi hank! *take picture, run away*
end scene.
i was so happy! when they came in, i'm sure that i looked like an idiot, smiling like crazy. but john asked for paper towns, and i leapt up and almost threw my copy at him. i thought, at the time, that i was being quite calm and cool, but now my memory tells me that the book was a dart and john was a bullseye. but anyway. they were amazing. john had deep rambles about deep things that made me explode with happiness! and hank sang and bounced up and down the whole time. it was the best thing ever. i can't even describe how happy i was. i would videotape it for a few minutes, and it was so normal to me to see them in a little screen that i didn't really think about it. then i would look up, and the screen was gone but they were not. that was when i would freak out again.
when they signed my books, i about had a heart attack. john told carrie that she was a great american by having about 20 million copies of his books, and he told me that his books didn't reach their full potential until readers like me read them! (and i saw a video in which he was actually being a bit passive towards a group of girls- admittably, they were being pretty creepy, but still that made me feel cool)
when i got my picture taken with them, i felt like this moment that i had been waiting for for so long (although not as long as hope!) was finally there, and then i hugged them (feeling a bit bad that i had to stand on my very tippy toes and they still had to lean down so far) and just... IFHOERW!!!!
i can't describe it with words. (besides, all those have been used up by nanowrimo).
update: with the color of this text and the color of the header, this post is nick bonner.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
nano and TOMORROW
i'm already struggling with nano. i wrote over 2000 words yesterday, and today i wrote under the required 1667. i am exactly at the point that i should be at, but that means that i didn't do so well today. and tomorrow is going to be really difficult, because.....
OH MY GOD HANK AND JOHN TOMORROW
i am so fan girly excited right now. it's kind of ridiculous. but WOWZERS i am happy. this is going to be one of the best days in the history of the world. we are really going to meet them. and hug them. and take pictures with them. and get paper towns signed. OH MY GOD.
i have been waiting for this day since i first heard "accio deathly hallows" in orchestra last year. and i owe it all to carrie. she is the best person in the world for introducing me to this awesome world of awesome people that makes me so over the top happy. but let's not get mushy now.
i found videos on youtube from where john was on blogtv introducing the dates and remembering how excited i was.
"on monday november third we will almost definetly be in st. louis missouri, on tuesday november fourth we will... [blah blah blah]"
except that all i heard that day was "st. louis missouri... IHHN IKOEWR HOLY SHIT OH MY GOD OH MY GOD MOM!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
eep. i am still flipping out.
22 HOURS AND 34 MINUTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH MY GOD HANK AND JOHN TOMORROW
i am so fan girly excited right now. it's kind of ridiculous. but WOWZERS i am happy. this is going to be one of the best days in the history of the world. we are really going to meet them. and hug them. and take pictures with them. and get paper towns signed. OH MY GOD.
i have been waiting for this day since i first heard "accio deathly hallows" in orchestra last year. and i owe it all to carrie. she is the best person in the world for introducing me to this awesome world of awesome people that makes me so over the top happy. but let's not get mushy now.
i found videos on youtube from where john was on blogtv introducing the dates and remembering how excited i was.
"on monday november third we will almost definetly be in st. louis missouri, on tuesday november fourth we will... [blah blah blah]"
except that all i heard that day was "st. louis missouri... IHHN IKOEWR HOLY SHIT OH MY GOD OH MY GOD MOM!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
eep. i am still flipping out.
22 HOURS AND 34 MINUTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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