I have decided that i will have a book published before i am 30.

It will happen. If all i did was just finish one of the twenty stories i'm writing, it would be a done deal. and i have 9 years and 3 months to accomplish this goal. Let the process begin!

i hate these random restless "i-want-to-do-something-else" moods i get in. they vex me greatly.

In our world, there are two selves to each person. The one that everyone sees and interacts with, that everyone can touch and feel and hear and smell, is our Luminary. The other is our Umbra. In ancient times, everyone knew of both parts, and they nourished and cherished each as separate and whole. They understood that without one half, you could ( Read more... )

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i finished writing my shakespeare paper earlier than i expected and i drank some coffee and for once the caffeine is affecting me. I did all my laundry, cleaned my room, cleared up some space on my computer and did some yoga all after 1:30 at night. of course, i'll pay for it in the morning when i'm groggy and crabby in ( Read more... )

The Spirit Giver....i already gave a little bit of an explanation of it. i'm not going to post any of my notes, just what i've written of the story so far ( Read more... )

i'm going to write an allegory. i'm kind of nervous. but so far it's going well. i will post part of it eventually, but it's on my laptop and i'm using a school computer ( Read more... )

Rainy day's travels

Fueled by chocolate and
tea from my japanese pot,
old, yet new, for me
at least.
watching the travels of a
lonely man and
wishing that I too could be paid for wandering
aimlessly.
Even the elephants' eyes
seem to carry that
otherworldly wisdom of
the east
as they slowly frolic
and calmly joke with
the humans who respect
their

It's true. I almost just have given up entirely on trying to figure anything out anymore. i can't even get my own insides sorted before someone else comes along to mangle them up and take everything all personal ( Read more... )

hmmmmmmm i feel like i should post at least a short update ( Read more... )

okay, it's official, gretchen and i need to start speaking spanish to eowynn and shia. check it out:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_med_healthbeat_bilingual_tots

wait, so if we talk baby talk to people in other languages, then they'll learn it better????