Drew a picture for Iling

After watching this youtube video… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLElkyKcXQs I was so happy I decided to draw her a picture. It’s kind of crude… but here.

Lion Sniffs Flower

Lion Sniffs Flower Close Up

Nano Write update

Well, I’m up to 20,000 words. I calculated it out and basically i’m 6,000 words behind… oh joy. I write 3,000 words a day and, as most people say, it’s like pulling teeth. I’ve never written this much or this consistent in my life.

Once, when my first short story was due for my Beginning Fiction class in the summer, I wrote about five thousand words in one day. That was like… getting kicked in the balls and still having to run a relay. Was torture. Having written all this … that 15,000 word short story seems like nothing. Guess everything is relative, eh?

Well, I gotta go run. I promised myself I would :-P. *waves*

GW Essay

I’m almost done my first George Washington University essay. I just need to cut it back 150 words. Damn, cutting writing is hard. Simplicity is a matter of removing and reworking eh? I think I have a strong essay. I just hope it isn’t one that they have heard and re-heard fifty bajillion times.

If you’d be willing to read it, comment please.

Giving Blood

Yesterday, for the first time, I gave blood! Okay, I don’t want to bore you with how amazing it was for me to feel like I was directly helping the world, but seriously, it was cool.

Basically, the girl just asked me a bunch of questions and then I laid out on the comfy table and they hooked me up. Luckily, I had my friends to keep me company. It felt strange having them look down on me. Made me feel like I was on my deathbed or something. Anyway, they were acting like they were… high and were all happy… and I later found out why.

When they unhooked me, I seriously felt the happiest I have in a long time. Maybe because my body was making new blood or the old blood was pouring back into my limbs, but either way I felt like a million bucks. Ate some of the snacks they had out, was outgoing for a change. I got to see my pocket of blood. Damn, that thing was heavy. Was like a pound. I never realized blood weighed that much.

That sums up my experience giving blood. Comments?

Website Idea

I had this idea today to make a website kind of like Grouphug where each person (based on their IP address) would get to add one thing to the website. One thing so that they would be remembered. It could be a lesson they learned, a confession, or a picture. That one thing would serve as their remembrance stone for eternity. It would be a way to conquer death. Unfortunately, I realized this was a pretty dumb idea afterwards. Talked to some people, they didn’t really like it that much. So, I think I’ll set it off for a
rainy day. Does anyone think it’s a good idea?

Dance

I was watching Zorro today and I realized that I want to learn more about my heritage. For those of you who don’t know, I was adopted from El Salvador. It’s in Central America. I want to learn more about Spanish and Latin American culture. They really are my people and maybe I will discover things about myself from studying them.

I also realized that I want to take some dance classes. I want to immerse myself in many different cultures. I’ve never tried dance and I think it would help me to be more outgoing. I ‘d like to try Latin American/Spanish dance and African. Actually, why not all the types of dances :-P.

I’ll end by saying that… I think it’s better to spend money on activities like learning dances than on possessions. (Oh god, I really do want the new mac book though hehe).

Nano Write 11/14

So, I’m very behind on my Nano Write story. For those who don’t know, Nano Write is this event taking place from November 1st to November 29th where you have to write a 50,000 word story… I’m up to… what? 5,000 words. :-P. As I said, very behind.

I know… that the most likely outcome is that I won’t finish, but I’m going to keep writing. I haven’t been writing in a while, and actually writing a shitty story just to get it out there is helping. You know, it’s the same as lifting weights or running or some other activity. When you’ve been away from it for a while, it’s harder. The more you do it, the more comfortable you are doing it. Tis all about fear and comfort zones, eh? I guess it’s also about setting the highest possible achievable standards and then bumping them up one. You will struggle, tearing apart the fiber of your character trying to achieve them. If you don’t, you either gotta try again or quit. If you do, you’re exhausted, but you’re that much stronger when you wake up from a long nap.

*shrug* *waves*