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Thought I should probably update this because it's not January anymore.

I finished a short story before the end of the semester!
It's not great, and I haven't decided whether or not to post it. It needs work. Eh. I'll think about it.
I'm not currently working on anything, which is way lame. I've been thinking about writing a lot...just haven't actually done any since...like...mid-May. Sigh. Not so much as a lousy love-hate poem.

On a side note, I wish I was Russian. Then maybe I would be able to appreciate cold weather. And good vodka.

Just...thought I'd put that out there. It really has nothing to do with anything whatsoever.

Hopefully sometime soon I'll remember that I don't want to live in a box and do something with my life.

]]> ~ThatBlondeGirl http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/22754277/ http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/22754277/ Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:32:49 PST By Siberia, I clearly mean South West Ohio.
Actually, it hasn't been as bad this week as it was last week when wind chill factors put us down to -20 on the coldest day. Being from the swamp that is our nation's capital, I'm not quite used to it being THAT cold. I mean, it gets pretty cold in the DC Metro area, but not quite sub-zero.
Anyways, I have written a few things that I'd like to post, I just haven't gotten around to it yet. I'm lazy. And busy. But I'll get around to it.

Event of note recently is, of course, the inauguration of the 44th president. One of the piece's I've written is actually about it, though it was an assignment for my ENG 226 (Intro to Creative Writing) class. Which I am actually enjoying. It's the first time I've had a class where the entire point is to write. The prof is pretty cool too.... He's English and (I am not lying or even stretching the truth here) wears a kilt to class every day.

It's shaping up to be an interesting semester. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that that pesky groundhog doesn't see his shadow come February and we get an early spring. I'm not sure if I can tolerate the Midwestern Winter for six extra weeks....

PS - I definitely failed at NaNoWriMo this year...November turned out to be incredibly stressful without the added stress of rebellious characters doing things I didn't want them to do. I may try again next year though... Although I'd like to know who picked November?? What a dumb month to try and write a novel!
...Okay, maybe I'm just bitter about not winning...maybe just a little...

]]> ~ThatBlondeGirl http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/20919968/ http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/20919968/ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:54:28 PDT National Novel Writing Month, that is! I found out about it last year on about the 15th of November, so it was a no go for then, but I decided that I'm going to give it a try this year.

I won't lie, I'm pretty much scared to death at the idea of writing 50,000 words by the end of November. 50,000! That's CRAZY. That's more words than I can even begin to think about. In a month! I have 30 days to churn out a rough draft of a novel. And you all know that I never finish anything...it's really daunting, but I really want to do it. And I think I can make myself. For the month of November, I will be the "little author that could"

...I think I can, I think I can...

Will it be posted here?? Uhh, well at 50k words, I hardly think so. But maybe in small parts.
I guess that means I should say what exactly it is that I'm going to be writing! I decided to do the Paris story. I figured out recently how to begin it, and a friend of mine here at Miami really wants to know how it's going to turn out.

Ah! I think I'm crazy. Do you think I'm crazy? No, there's no question. I'm crazy. But it will be SO COOL if I "win" NaNoWriMo (aka, write the dreaded 50,000 words by the end of November). We shall see....

Wish me luck!

]]> ~ThatBlondeGirl http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/19413187/ http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/19413187/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:15:03 PDT PLUS I did some photography. Now, I really know nothing about photography or cameras, but my dad's sort of an amateur photographer and he has a nice Nikon D40 that I got some lucky shots with.


Also, I got TAN or at least as tan as I usually get.
And, since I spent pretty much the whole week on a boat or in the water, I am still rocking. My poor inner ear is so confused.

Play List for the Week
One Love/People Get Ready
Jamming
Get Up, Stand Up
No Woman, No Cry
Buffalo Soldier
Three Little Birds
...
all by Bob Marley. Every day of the trip. I think I'm reggae'd out for the next little while

one love...one heart...let's get together and feel alright

]]> ~ThatBlondeGirl http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/19134199/ http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/19134199/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:20:08 PDT but i know something's starting right now
watch and you'll see
someday i'll be
part of that world

...

i am completely obsessed with Disney's The Little Mermaid on Broadway. I've been listening to the soundtrack all day.
If you are in NYC in the near future. SEE IT. it is visually gorgeous, and the music is, of course, fab-u-lous.

if i am ever on broadway, i will be Ariel.

sigh.

"why yes, i am a Disney princess, thanks for asking!"

]]> ~ThatBlondeGirl http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/18324109/ http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/18324109/ Wed, 14 May 2008 16:40:54 PDT Who sailed 'cross the sea in a bucket.
'Twas nothing he feared,
But returned rather weird
And only would take wooden ducats.

and another.

There once was a stripe-suited cat;
No way to describe him but fat.
He refused to chase mice,
Like scotch with no ice
And wore an old grey homburg hat.

~~

this is what i did after i finished my IB EnvSys exam today (which I am nearly positive that i failed.)

the grey matter between my ears has been reduced to a soupy mush.

Twenty days till graduation!

]]> ~ThatBlondeGirl http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/18152217/ http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/18152217/ Sat, 03 May 2008 16:50:21 PDT
Today is May 3. I graduate from high school June 12. That's probably the biggest.
It's also almost summer, which isn't as big, but I'm still excited about it.
Band Camp starts August 16. A bit of a longer countdown, but still pretty huge, as it is the start of college band camp. No more Camp Timber Ridge for me, no sir. No more podium, either. I shall miss this.

I want to actually write the story I conceived during marching season: The Drum Major's Handbook. Maybe that will be my summer project...?

As far as writing goes, the poetry is all I have worked on recently. It's not that I haven't had time, it's just that I've been doing other things. Every time I think "oh, I ought to write" I think right after that "yeah, or I could practice for my recital/band concert/audition/study my lines/study for IB exams/maybe actually do some homework..." and then the whole writing thing falls through.

But next year, hopefully, will be a different story. I am currently slotted to be a Creative Writing major. That should mean that I will actually be forced to write and have the time to write everything that I've been meaning to for the past 4+ years. But then it also occurs to me that as a music minor, I will likely be spending the majority of my free time locked in a practice room learning orchestral excerpts or forcing myself to distinguish between a second and a fifth.

This presents quite a dilemma, but I guess it's not really one that I can deal with, as I am, in fact, not yet at college. "College" has a definite meaning now, which is good. Miami University (in Oxford, Ohio...go figure). It is nice to have a definite answer.

Well that's about all I have to say. And I haven't said much that I haven't said before. I have noticed that; I don't think I hardly ever say things that need to be said or that haven't already been said. That, perhaps is a greater dilemma than what I am going to do with my free time in the still distant but ever more rapidly approaching future.

Sigh.

Cue the obnoxiously loud metallic ticking of the clock from 24

]]> ~ThatBlondeGirl http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/17731733/ http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/17731733/ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:11:23 PDT
Uhm.

not...

Ohm.

T-minus two months and counting.

that's all. carry on, please.

]]> ~ThatBlondeGirl http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/15654233/ http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/15654233/ Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:26:52 PST
This Thanksgiving weekend has been a whirlwind. I've learned a lot, seen a lot, thought a lot, and figured some stuff out that desperately needed figuring out. Plus, it was a much needed break from school. And I found my Daphne Loves Derby CD today and ripped it onto my computer : ) that made me very happy.

Thanksgiving is probably one of my favorite holidays. It's totally neutral in terms of religion, and it's pretty much a celebration of food. Yum. I spent Thanksgiving at my boyfriend's house this year. I don't think I have ever laughed so hard over a meal. His family may regret it though--they may end up in a story one day : p Anyways, what Thanksgiving also means is an official beginning to the Holiday season. Hanukkah starts next week, and Christmas is coming up too, of course. Of course, the thing that most people think about at this time of year (in our materially obsessed society...*sigh*...) is presents. And I have an idea!

The idea of shopping for presents this year just seems odious. I have very little desire to do it. There are some people I kind of have to but gifts for, but aside from that...

I think I'm going to write short stories for all of my friends for Christmas/Hanukkah : D

It will be fun. I've got to get started.

Ready. Set. Go!

]]> ~ThatBlondeGirl http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/15093005/ http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/15093005/ Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:20:51 PDT


Breathe out,



Move on.




repeat.

]]> ~ThatBlondeGirl http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/14049732/ http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/14049732/ Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:03:01 PDT The "Sunny Season" is drawing to a close, or at least the break from school is, which is most distressing. Procrastinator that I am, I still have A LOT of summer homework to do, college apps. to fill out, and miscelanious things to get done before the start of Senior Year. Tragedy, I know. Seriously, don't feel too sorry for me, it is no one's fault but my own. It's just a bit stressful at the moment.

On a much happier note, I had the pleasure of seeing Becoming Jane with my good friend/almost sister this past week, at a local and locally owned movie theatre that generally shows Indie and B-list films (support local and independent business!!). It was very, very good. For those who do not know, the movie is about Jane Austen's life, mainly the love affair that inspired Pride and Prejudice which is, I must say, my favorite book of all time. It stars Anne Hathaway as Jane and the very dashing James McAvoy (sp?) as Tom Lefroy. I cried. Rather a lot. Apparently some Austen purists disapprove, but I am a sucker for anything romantic involving a cute guy, so I really liked it. I reccommend it.

Slightly related: I drove myself and my friend to said movie, since in recent weeks I have finally gotten my lisence. The roads of America may never be safe again: p

Unrelated, but still relevent to this being a journal entry about what has been going on in my summer: I recently participated in a workshop with the Shakespeare Theatre Company. We worked on The Scottish Play, eslewise known as Macb*** (it's cursed, don't'cha know!). It was some of the most rewarding work I have ever done. I have a new appreciation for the Bard, and I would really like to do more Shakespeare in the future. I also saw Hamlet for the second time in the course of the two weeks of the workshop, and it was still completely earth-shattering. Hamlet is most definitely my favorite of W.S.'s tragedies. And we are studying it this year in English...adventure awaits!

I also have come to grips with the fact that my childhood is at it's close. The release of the 7th and final Harry Potter novel, Deathly Hallows, was a very emotional event for me XD Seriously, though, the book was sooooooooo good. I even let out several fangirlish SQUEE's. That's how good I thought it was : ) I am very happy with the way it all turned out, although I though some of the deaths were unnecessary : ( BUT overall, I really enjoyed it, and I cried very hard. Which is actually a first for me! I'd never cried reading a book before HP7. Thank you, JKR. haha.

And that's all I have to say about that.

]]> ~ThatBlondeGirl http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/13685485/ http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/13685485/ Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:00:00 PDT
I've done with all of my major summer travelling, with the exception of a few college visits and what should be a very exciting retreat with my Youth Group at the very end of the moth. Colleges I have left to visit are
1) William and Mary - just for an interview, since I did the tour at spring break. But i guess i need to explain myself. if i want to get in, i have to have a darn good reason for not doing the full IB diploma, since they lurrve it so very much.
2) Princeton - the only ivy i'm even considering, because...i guess it's kind of "William and Mary North." Plus, how awesome would it be to go to the same school as Mr. Hawes (ok, so that only makes sense to other people who have had him for Pre-IB Comp. Gov., but trust me, it'd be like going to the same college as James Bond). I'm really just looking at it as a lark, to see if i can get in. they'd have to offer me a big bundle of money to get me to actually go.
3) Miami University - no, it's not in Florida, it's in Oxford, Ohio. both my uncle and cousin went there. it's kind of a cross between JMU (which we visited yesterday) and William and Mary. It'd be neat to go there just cuz of the familly background, but again, they'd have to offer me A LOT of money. it's 'spensive.

So, yeah. all this college talk has gotten me kind of depressed. i need to start working on essays and applications. i've decided i might want to go for an english major, concentration in writing, and either make it a double major in flute performance or a minor in the same. or maybe theatre. or poli. sci.

yeah, i haven't even begun to decide anything. that's why it's depressing. just give me a therapist or a bottle of something alcoholic, and i'd be a textbook writer. (no, i don't mean i'd be writing textbooks, i mean i'd be the textbook example of a writer. keep up)

On a much happier note, I have been doing A LOT of reading. Not just books, either. I've been looking at several of my favorite authors' websites, including Libba Bray and Jasper Fforde, and they've been very interesting, especilly Ffordes "Wordamentaries", in which he describes his writing process for each of his novels. It makes me feel not quite as bad about my "progress" (in quotes because it's nonexistant) on Wild Kate.

Speaking of which...I haven't begun writing the next part of that because, honestly, i haven't done enough research, which is why i'm reading Under the Black Flag. I guess I have written a part from the end, but it would make no sense to post it because it doesn't go with the part that's already up. So i shan't.

Hopefully, I'll be able to make some progress in the coming weeks. I am, however, going to be doing MacBeth with the Shakespeare Theatre Company's teen ensemble the next two weeks, so then again maybe not.
Somewhere in there, I'll be able to breate, eat, and sleep, too.

Cheers.

]]> ~ThatBlondeGirl http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/13543845/ http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/13543845/ Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:02:54 PDT I like numbering things, if you haven't noticed.

Ok. I'm two weeks into Summer vaycay. And, as I had hoped, I have been doing A LOT of reading! Yay.
I think my current favorite author is Jasper Fforde. I've read two and a half of his books in the past two weeks. They are brilliant. You should read them. They're sort of "fantasy" but not really. More...literary minded/mystery/just plain good but kind of weird. And they also feature that lovely wry British sense of humor that I love.

In terms of my own work, I've not done much, unfortunately. I wrote a poem! (yay...) haha. But I haven't had much time to do research for WK. I am contemplating writing some autobiographical short stories that may be disguised as college essays, though. hmm.

Also, I have a new favorite TV show (even though I have only seen two episodes of it...shhh). It's Robin Hood, the 13 part series on the BBC (I seem to be liking lots of British things). Anyways. It's kind of soap-y, but Robin (Jonas Armstrong) is ADORABLE. He has replaced Orlando Bloom as my wallpaper, that is how cute he is XD.

Anyways...I'll be away another week. I'm going to NY for a short term mission. I am looking forward to:

-Love is a Many Trousered Thing (new Louise Rennison)
-Thursday Next: A First Among Sequels (new Jasper Fforde)
- Eclipse (new Stephanie Meyer)
-Deathly Hallows!!! (duh.)

That's all for now! Toodle pip!

]]> ~ThatBlondeGirl http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/13240086/ http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/13240086/ Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:57:52 PDT <3

I'm so excited for summer, because
1) I'll be gone for three weeks right after school is out
2) I'll be reading A LOT
3) I'll be doing lots of research both for Felicity's story and for my Historical Investigation
4) Did I mention that I'll be reading a lot?
5) NO SCHOOL! (duh)
6) Last summer before SENIOR YEAR which means that this is going to be a helluva season.

Ah. I am beyond excited. I hope to be able to update Felicity's story (which I'm toying with calling Wild Kate, even though that title makes no sense at this point) in the near future, and I'll probably be writing some more poetry too. The impetus will likely be emotional, but there you have it.

For those of you who didn't get it, my summer love is a book XD

]]> ~ThatBlondeGirl http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/12844454/ http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/12844454/ Fri, 04 May 2007 19:46:22 PDT
Hello, Jenni's not here right now. Leave a message, and she'll get back to you when she's come to her senses.

Or when she finishes a story. Or even writes some of a story, and stops turning out absolute crap. *COUGHCOUGH*

*BEEEEEEEP*


yeah. if only there was a software patch to fix that. le sigh. hopefully, i WILL get some stuff accomplished, now that school/theatre is winding down. HUZZAH!!

]]> ~ThatBlondeGirl http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/12340137/ http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/12340137/ Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:38:31 PDT
i have an unequivocal urge to write

and i haven't a single decent idea in my head.

well. i lied. i have a lot of ideas.

but i can't write them down. i don't know why.

this is SO FRUSTRATING.

AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!
^pitiful scream of a writer suffering from debilitating writers' block

i've all but given up on FL100. meh. too lazy, no time. maybe i'll pick it up again over the summer.

on a much lighter note, i am IN LOVE with Stephenie Meyer's books. Twilight and New Moon. You should read them. yes, yes you should. Vampires? yeah. sexy.

: F <--- Fanged Smiley XD

]]> ~ThatBlondeGirl http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/11627199/ http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/11627199/ Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:37:02 PST
So, I know there's a project going on with a lot of artists on DevART called "FanArt 100", where the artist selected a character/group of characters and is drawing/creating 100 pieces of ART based on those characters and one-word subjects/titles (i have a lot of slash marks in here already...)

So, my idea, in following up on my New Year's Resolutions, is to do something similar, only with non-visual art, i.e., literary art. I give you, FanLit 100.

This may have already been started, but that's ok, because I'm starting my own! I want to write 100 pieces of literature, whether they be poetry, short stories, essays, whatevah...based on those 100 one-word subjects/titles. These works will not be based around one subject like the fanart, however, because I somehow fail to see the appeal in a massive outpouring of FanFic and FanPoetry (if that even exists). That's just not my cup of tea, and this is my project, so nyah!

This will probably take forever to finish. But I'm ok with that. So. I will be starting shortly.

What an adventure this shall be.....

]]> ~ThatBlondeGirl http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/11577272/ http://ThatBlondeGirl.deviantart.com/journal/11577272/ Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:46:37 PST
FIRST JOURNAL ENTRY EVER!!

...yay. *waves tiny flag*

not firsts: poetry subjects
i just glanced at my "recent deviations" and the last two both start out "what is it for..."

LAME

i need new ideas. i need to write something other than sad (by sad, i here mean, pathetic, capital PATHETIC. PATHETICathetic. haha) poetry. i should write some stories or something

i need to have 36 hours in a day

can i make a new years resolution 27 days late?

I resolve to write something decent for people to read. I resolve to start a project and finish it (yes, even the figurative left sleeve, kelsey). I resolve to not give up on a project because of writers block. I resolve to make time to write.

Following through on ANY of those resolutions...now that would be a first.

]]> ~ThatBlondeGirl