Of Twitter and Life

[marvela]

MicroBlogging has sapped me of my ability to write. Apart from aiding stalking celebrities and utterly random people who fascinate you, now you're taking away something else from me. DAMN YOU, TWITTER.

On the other hand...

Misha Collins on Twitter is just something that always makes me smile. How sad am I?

Also... John Mayer. Pffft... Like that

Comments

[roranightsky]

I would suggest some Orson Scott Card or Robin McKinley. I've been reading them recently and they make me extremely happy.

Sounds like you've got quite a busy schedule. To be honest, I'm a bit jealous.

[marvela]

Orson Scott Card! Oooh. I got up to Book... 7? I think? Shadow Puppets and then I lost track. Could get started on that again.

Ooooh. Robin McKinley looks good. I'll definitely give it a shot. :)

Oh God. Don't be. Seriously. I mean, it's nice to have stuff to do, but at the same time, it's hard to do so much and if you do one thing you start feeling guilty about not doing the other thing. Lose-lose. >_<

So, how're things going with you? :)

[roranightsky]

Things are ok. I'm sorta taking a break this summer and only have one part time job. ;) Instead I'm hoping to read TONS of books and watch a lot of stuff that I usually don't have time to. Of course, I'll need to start writing my novella and my thesis towards the end of the summer but I'm trying not to think of that.

So you're going to do the grad school thing? Possibly in the US? What area do you want to go into? Computer engineering or something? I really wanted to do grad school right after I graduated. But I wanted to get it in publishing and as it turns out there is nowhere that I can do it without first having work experience. :( I'm contemplating doing it in literature though I'm sure it's only a passing fancy.

[marvela]

I am jealous of people who have figured out what they want to do with their life... somewhat.

I'd love to do something Lit-related, but I think it might be a passing thing too. But I honestly don't know. Yes, I'll be applying to grad schools around the US in CompSci, IT and some related fields. And this is hugely iffy, so I might just have to give the grad school thing a wait out if I don't get in anywhere I want. Then I'll be hopefully working here somewhere (which is also iffy, considering the job situation) for a bit before giving it a shot again either next year or for Summer Quarter. :P

It's all basically 'wait and see' right now because I don't even know if my qualifications are enough.

Oooh. A novella! And thesis? What's that going to be about? Any idea yet?

*sigh* Somewhat unrelated, I miss reading. ;)

[wickedalchemist]

Have you read George R. R. Martin's series A Song of Ice and Fire?

What's wrong with your parents?

[marvela]

Yes. :) Well, the first two anyway. I kind of lost track of it after a bit because of... well how long and complicated it was. Also, I just seem to have issues with books that mess with me emotionally. :P Which these do... a LOT. ;) You read them all?

Umm... my mom's cancer recurred and it's much worse this time. So she had to undergo treatments again, but it's not exactly curable, so... umm, yeah. My dad had a bit of a problem, where they discovered a tumour near his stomach. Not cancerous thankfully, but serious enough for a major surgery. So, it will apparently take a year or so to recover from it. It's honestly frightening how weak and thin he's become. Umm... rambling, sorry.