http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:wavesandbreakers88&section=today deviantART RSS for by:wavesandbreakers88 en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:30:09 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://wavesandbreakers88.deviantart.com/journal/27389061/ http://wavesandbreakers88.deviantart.com/journal/27389061/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:21:38 PDT
I think I have officially overcommitted myself, and even if I hadn't, I would still be short on time to get things done. I'm even behind in my schoolwork right now. Gah...

Haha, I feel like I end up saying stuff like this really often. I don't know how it happens, I think it's just that I have a hard time saying "no" to people when they ask me to make time commitments.

I definitely need to start weeding things out of my schedule.

Hopefully soon I will be able to start getting caught up on everything!

Just thought I'd let you guys know that I haven't fallen off the face of the earth...haha.

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First of all, I know everyone says this, but where did summer go? Seriously, where did it GO?! I think that someone stole it and somehow brainwashed everyone into thinking we got three months worth when really, it was about a week long.

Second, I am about to start my third year of college and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. Maybe I never will, and maybe that's okay. As long as I end up doing something that somehow helps people, I'm not sure I care what I do (as long as it's not illegal or immoral, haha), and I'll try not to let it bother me when people ask me what I want to do with my life and I still have to say that I don't know. Lol.

Third, I am writing this journal entry because I do not want to keep packing. It is gross (packing, I mean). I am not sure how typing a journal entry to complain about packing is supposed to help the said packing get done faster, exactly. I guess it's called PROCRASTINATION, that dreaded sickness, and I guess I'm not completely cured yet. Still working on that.

So, I am going to go pack some more.

I WILL post deviations and stuff. Sometime. Later. Eventually.



P.S. And while, once again, I'm gonna miss my family and my puppies (a lot!), I am really excited to see my college friends again and start classes and stuff.

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Yes, I have been writing stuff...sort of...off and on.

I guess what I should say is that I am trying to develop the discipline necessary to practice writing even when I don't feel like it. Practice is good. And there are lots of things that we don't feel like doing, but we kinda have to do them anyway; might as well buckle down and do them!

When I get off the computer, I am going to go do some of the things I have been putting off. For serious.

In other news, I have been thinking about things that I am thankful for...I am thankful for sunshine, indoor plumbing(yay!), music, my health, my friends, and dA, just to name a few things. What are you thankful for?

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I haven't done too much writing lately, mostly because I haven't yet disciplined myself enough to practice things I need to practice. But I am currently working on a (very)short story. It's just for fun, but maybe I'll post it when I'm done. I'm having fun writing it.

In other news, I am apparently nowhere near as patient or mature as I thought I was. Ha. No need to give anyone the gory details, but let's just say I need someone to come whack me upside the head whenever I start acting ridiculous.

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I also think that it would be better than using this dA journal for everything under the sun. I could actually use this for what it's meant for...

I guess I am still just a little hesitant about starting something. I don't know why. Partially, I think that I do not want to start something that I might not follow through with. Sometimes I have a hard enough time responding to messages on here...

But I will think about it some more. It wouldn't hurt anything to begin a blog, even if no one reads it. It would be good practice.

P.S. I will try to post a deviation pretty soon. I've really been lazy during this first week that I've been home from college and haven't done many constructive things. I will have to get into the habit of writing stuff regularly if I want to improve.

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I am leaving my college today, to go back to my hometown for the summer. Most of my hallmates are already gone. Finals are over. Seriously, what the heck?! I just got here...

And I'm nervous about what the summer will bring, and I'll miss the girls I've lived with this year...so incredibly much.

I'm not even going to attempt to process this right now; I don't have time and I don't think my brain is capable of such deep processing at the moment. Gaahh.

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I read my short story in Lit class today, and it went pretty well. Haha...I was so worried about it, and it wasn't even that bad once I got started. I think my class liked it (I hope that doesn't sound conceited; I am just really excited that there were things in my story that people liked!).

I will post it on here so that you guys can read it if you want. It was kinda fun to write.

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We are supposed to present our stories in class, too; my turn comes on Tuesday, and I am not thrilled. It's one thing to post stuff on dA...besides this, I've never really let anyone see anything I've written before. It's much more intimidating in person. Especially since everyone who's gone so far has been pretty brilliant.

I do apologize, I know I'm just venting to the World Wide Web at large. I think that this journal is probably supposed to be about dA stuff specifically, and I should probably go say this somewhere else...However, this is an easy way to get the stuff out of my system so I don't drive everyone around me nuts with my incessant fretting. At least the people who look at my profile page don't really have to read the journal if they don't want to; they can just ignore it. Plus, it's anonymous and comfortable and safe.

It's really okay, though. I mean, I will survive, reading my story in front of my peers will not kill or maim me, and there will be things to look forward to afterwards...That's what I tell myself whenever I have to get up in front of people: it won't kill me, I'll survive! Haha.

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Sometimes I wonder what I'm doing as an English major, since writing papers, to me, is about as enjoyable as pulling my own teeth. Haha. But then I remember that being an English major really makes me happy...I'll get better at this thing. I'll learn. I'm sure not giving up now.

Also, I posted my first photo on dA. I know it's not exactly expert-looking, but I'm just learning and starting out and trying new things. If you can think of any good photography advice to give me, go right ahead; I am definitely listening. Don't feel obligated to give me advice, though.

Also, I have to write a short story for one of my Lit classes, Intro to Fiction (which is an awesome class, by the way). I might post it when I am done, if I'm not too mortified by how it turns out.

I think that's all I want to say for now.
Have a good day!

]]> ~wavesandbreakers88 http://wavesandbreakers88.deviantart.com/journal/24105615/ http://wavesandbreakers88.deviantart.com/journal/24105615/ Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:00:44 PDT Anyway, the point is that I just checked this morning and dA is unblocked and now I can get back on again. Which I am happy about.

Not that I should be on right now. I should be writing a five-page explication paper right now. I feel like this is annoying; most of the stuff I say in my journal entries is dumb stuff about how I wish I were already done with some particular homework assignment. The same patterns keep getting repeated over and over and over again. However, if someone is reading this and gets tired of my constant complaining about painful homework assingments or my own lack of self-discpline, they have the freedom to stop reading and move on. I guess that makes me feel better, knowing I have an outlet for expressing frustration with myself; I know I don't have to feel quite as guilty about ranting online, because as I said, no one is forced to listen to it. Bleh.

It's not that I don't have SO INCREDIBLY MANY things to be thankful for; I do. I am blessed beyond measure every minute of every day of my life. I've been given way more than I deserve.

However, I'm stressed out and frightened about several different things right now, and sometimes it's hard to pause and take a deep breath and remember truth and know that everything's going to be okay, eventually. I am having a hard time focusing and concentrating on anything, let alone this paper that I don't even really know how to write.

Sometimes I'm just afraid that whatever I try to do academically will suck.

I am sorry for dumping that load on everyone, right after I just rediscovered dA. I thought it would help me feel better to get stuff off my chest.

Whatever happens with this paper and the test I have today, the world will not end if I don't do as well as I would like. Life will go on, and while I should try my best, I will have other chances to try again, to do better.

If anybody does happen to be reading this, then...
I hope you have a really good day today.

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This morning, I went out the door of my hall (I was heading off to class), and there was a HUGE frog in the lobby of my dorm. It was seriously the biggest frog I have ever seen. It was so cute!!!!!!!
I'm still a little mystified as to how it got into the building. I kind of feel like someone had to have put it there purposefully; I am pretty sure the little dude could not have opened the door by himself. Anyways, I picked him up (he sure was slippery) and took him outside. He was so adorable. I am serious. But you know, you just don't see a honkingly large frog inside your building every day.

Also...
This afternoon, a couple of my friends and I were in my room, talking, when we suddenly heard this thunder-like explosion. We rushed over to the window and peered out, and it just so happened that a rather prodigious cloud of smoke was billowing out of the Science Building. We all rushed out onto the sidewalk and gaped at the spectacle for a while. Thankfully, the smoke cleared pretty quickly. Nothing was actually on fire or too horribly damaged. It was just kinda funny. My roommate walked over closer to see if she could figure out what happened; she saw this slightly crotchety and intimidating science prof. in his lab coat, spraying something down with a hose. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...My guess is, it was an experiment gone horribly wrong. Lol.

Like one of my friends said, this is pretty much the craziest place on earth. But I love this place so, so much. I wouldn't have it any other way.

I don't know why I'm telling you guys all this. I guess it's just interesting. Maybe.

Guess what else? I went to a Renaissance Fair on Saturday, for the first time in my life. I loved seeing all those people dressed up as knights and bards and barmaids and like, townspeople and stuff. It was so much fun. Plus, I learned how to shoot arrows from a bow. I missed the target (and I still miss the archer; ha ha ha ha ha. Sorry, you had to be there to get that one.)

I don't know why I told you that, either. Oh, well. Maybe my stories will entertain you somehow.

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So I am back at school now. I really missed everybody here. A lot. But now I can see my buddies here again, which makes me quite happy.

I still can't seem to get a handle on my atrocious time management non-skills. I still can't just go to bed at a decent time, either, apparently. I don't know...Maybe someday, in the distant, distant future, I will improve. Until then, I'm gonna just accept the fact that I have a long way to go.

I don't know why I'm telling you all this...

I am sleepy, but I have Calculus homework, so I can't go to bed until I finish it. But it's been so long since I've had a math class that I don't actually remember how to do anything math-related. It is frustrating. I am irritated with myself because of this. Aargh. I am also lonely 'cause everyone's asleep around here but me. I wish I had someone to talk to.

This is probably the longest, most personal journal entry I've posted so far. Maybe. It just seems really long.

Help, I'm rambling! I think my brain is tired. Ha ha.

]]> ~wavesandbreakers88 http://wavesandbreakers88.deviantart.com/journal/17598270/ http://wavesandbreakers88.deviantart.com/journal/17598270/ Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:34:54 PDT greeneyesandglasses, made this cute avatar for me. Isn't it great? Now I finally have an avatar! Yay! (You should go stop by her page and say hi; her photomanipulations look awesome!)

I haven't been on dA for an entire month. That's really sad; schoolwork's just been a little crazy for me lately. (I know, I know, that's such a lame excuse...) I'll definitely try to post a deviation soon, and maybe I'll actually get back to being semi-dependable and comment on all your amazing stuff.

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I've just been really swamped with schoolwork. I feel like it's got to be partially my fault, though, as my time management skills leave much to be desired.

Maybe if I had more self-discipline or something, I would be able to figure out how to balance stuff so that I have time for everything I need to do. I mean, dA is important to me. You guys are all important to me, and I wish I knew how to be around here more while still getting my homework done. *sigh*

But on a more positive note, I got that big paper done that I was working on. Now, on to the next thing...

I'll look at your deviations when I can, I promise.

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*faints*

Lol.

Actually, I'm just gonna take a short break right about now.

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I really may not be on dA much for the next couple of days...Or however long...

Friday, I have two big tests which I need to study for...
Monday, I have a big speech due...
A week and a half from now, I have a slightly large paper due and I really need to get started on it...

Yup. So I'll maybe try to, like, sequester myself away from the world for a bit so I can get stuff done.

But if you need to talk to me or anything, you can still let me know and I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can. 'Cause schoolwork's important, but people are important, too.
And I'm always happy and willing to talk to you guys.

Hope you're all doing good. Have a great day!!

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Just felt like telling you all that.

Anyways, I've still been kinda busy-ish with schoolwork. If I don't force myself to have self-discipline and work on it, then I'll fall behind. Don't particularly want that to happen.

I worked on a short story during Christmas break, but it is seriously way too dorky to post. Heh heh. Sorry about that. Maybe sometime I'll get something else posted on here. Hopefully.

Before I go, I want to be sure to thank DA in general, and my buddies in particular. Since I got here, everyone has been so incredibly kind and friendly and thoughtful to me, and I want everyone to know that I deeply appreciate it. Sometimes I get a comment that completely brightens my day and makes me feel special, so thanks, guys!!!!! I love you all!

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I just figured I'd let everyone know I was here, so you guys didn't think I fell off the face of the earth or had some kind of unfortunate accident or met some untimely end or something. Lol.

And I'm really, really, reeeallllyyy sorry about the fact that I haven't been commenting on all of your excellent deviations lately. It's just that everything kind of piled up over Christmas break, and I came back and had a bunch of weird, complicated financial stuff to work out, and I've generally been pretty busy, up 'til this point.

But that's still not an excuse, as I still need to make time for human beings, no matter how busy I think I am. So I'm really sorry about that. I didn't mean to make it seem as if I was neglecting you all.

Wow, I feel like somehow I missed a lot while I was gone. *Ponders that for a minute*

Okay, back to homework.

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I'm actually done with all my finals now...Yay. It's the end of the semester, so I'll be going home for Christmas break tomorrow morning-ish. Just so everybody knows, I probably won't be on DA much at all while I'm at home. We don't get the Internet at our house, and it's just too much to mess with. So it's not that I don't care or that I've fallen off the face of the earth(ha ha), it's just that I'll be taking a break for some much-needed rest.

Heh heh, I just realized that most, if not all, of my journal entries have been mainly concerned with papers or schoolwork. I must not have much of a life, lol. Oh, well, that's okay. I don't mind.

Not to burden you all with my problems, but I really wish I felt more confident about how I did on my finals. I don't know...I just kinda feel like I don't know what I'm doing. I don't know what to expect at all, grade-wise. But I will survive.
Anyway, I've heard that a person's first semester of college is supposed to be the worst, grade-wise, because the person is still adjusting, learning how to study for stuff, and doesn't know at all what to expect. So I shouldn't feel too bad, really, though it is so important to me to do well in school. I'll be okay.

Anyways...enough about me. Are you guys all getting excited for the holidays? Yay!! I hope everyone is having a good time right now, and I hope you're all doing well with tests and such. You can do it! I believe in you!! Remember, if you've been paying attention in class, you've really been preparing for these tests all semester. Try to look at it that way, if you don't feel ready.
Have a great day!!

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I am working on my time management skills, really I am. Someday I will do stuff right away instead of putting it off 'til the last minute.

Okay! No more procrastinating!! I'm off to finish my homework!!

]]> ~wavesandbreakers88 http://wavesandbreakers88.deviantart.com/journal/15758686/ http://wavesandbreakers88.deviantart.com/journal/15758686/ Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:50:03 PST I really don't mean to complain, 'cause I'm sure that other people have got way bigger problems than this. I'm just stating a fact.

I'm not sure why this is happening. It's like I'm slowly becoming nocturnal. I can't sleep at night, then I get really tired and have to take naps during the day. It's 5:30 a.m.!!!
I should've been in bed and asleep hours ago!!! What's wrong with me??!! Good grief.

I've got another paper due on Monday, plus that one I have to re-write; I need to sleep tonight so I could be ready to work on homework on Sunday. Sigh...
I was gonna go to church, too, but the roads around here are supposed to be really, really icy in the morning (which is technically now, I guess; I could always look outside and check the weather).

So sorry, I really feel like I'm rambling and just talking nonsense. That's what lack of sleep does to you, right?

On a good note, though, I had a great day Saturday. It was really nice. I got to hang out with my friends here, plus talk to my friends back home on the phone...It was just a good time. My roommate and I put some Christmas lights up in our room, and our friend and I made these huge, 3-D, awesome paper snowflakes. XD.
Except that mine kept turning out looking crappy, ha ha ha. Don't know what I did wrong. It was pretty funny, though.

Hmm...I keep trying to find the time to write some more, but nothing's really forthcoming. Even when I find a little time, anyway, I can't think of anything. I don't want to try too hard, because whenever I do that, my poetry comes out sounding like utter crap. Oh well.

Wow, this has got to be the longest journal entry I've had yet. Sorry for the rant, and thanks for sticking with me!!

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I had promised myself that I wouldn't visit DA until my 4-page persuasive paper was all done and turned in. Well, it's sort of done, and sort of not, but I feel completely justified in coming to DA anyway.

I stayed up so late last night, working on that paper. I went to bed at like, six o'clock, and had to get up at quarter 'til eight for an eight o'clock class. I came back from that class and finished the paper. Before I managed to print it out, however, Microsoft Word 2007 managed to lose my paper for me...I looked everywhere, tried everything I could to get it back, but it was no use...

Now I have to write it again.I do not like this paper...I want to be done with it so badly. Arrgh.

I really don't mean to complain; it's just...discouraging. BLEH.

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I hope everyone else's break was nice, too.

But if anyone was wondering why I wasn't commenting on a deviation or something like that, it was because I was home and didn't get on a computer all weekend. Which was probably a good thing, anyway. I just wanted you all to know that I wasn't ignoring you.

I just noticed that I use an awful lot of those little smiley emoticons. They're pretty much everywhere, every time I make a comment...I hope it's not annoying. Lol.

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I promise guys, I will post something on here pretty soon. It's just that I'm a bit busy. But seriously, I will work on getting a deviation on here.

What are you thankful for? I'm thankful for my family, good friends, my roommate and the awesome girls who live on my hall, this great college, dA and all the wonderful people here, my hometown, books, macaroni and cheese, deep conversations, good times, sunshine and nice weather, my relationship with God, pepperoni pizza(can you tell I'm hungry?), and lots of other stuff. Sorry that was such a long list. Happy Thanksgiving, all!!!

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]]> ~wavesandbreakers88 http://wavesandbreakers88.deviantart.com/journal/15501714/ http://wavesandbreakers88.deviantart.com/journal/15501714/ Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:47:06 PST I should've been in bed and asleep hours ago!!!
But I'm not done with my homework, and it has to be done before class tomorrow...

Sorry, everyone. I must apologize. This probably isn't the best way to introduce myself to dA. It's just that I'm so frustrated with this assignment. I thought that letting off a bit of steam would help, even if it was just in an entry here that no one may ever see.

Anyways...I probably won't post anything for a while yet, since I'm still getting acclimated around here. But thanks for listening to my little homework rant. I also have a good-sized paper due on Thursday; just thought I would let you know.

But I'm glad to be a part of dA!

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