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| So my friend held a birthday party yesterday and decided to torture me by forcing me to go to New Moon with her. And it's not that the movie was boring, which it was, that offends me. It's just that the whole thing is so blah. I don't care if they didn't stray from the source material, I don't care if Edward and Bella stay together or not, and I don't care about Robert Pattinson's naked torso. Actually, I REALLY didn't care for that. That was complete fan disservice as opposed to fan service like Taylor Lautner's naked torso. I just have no emotions invested into this franchise or any of its characters due to the bad story-telling. The soundtrack was nice though.
It's occurred to me that I haven't written much lately. At least for fun because trust me, I've been writing plenty for AP LA, AP US History, and Young Critics Workshop. I'm almost done with outlining the-NaNoWriMo-novel-that-I'm-actually-going-to-work-on-as-a-real-novel except for how to resolve the conflict. And I'm conceptualizing with a short thing about the violin that's either going to be a personal narrative or a really personal piece of fiction. I need to write, but everytime I sit down I think of ten things that are way more pressing. I especially need to generate some good writing this year since I already have a number of summer writing programs that I'm going to apply to and I'm SO not going to get into any of these with crap (or older pieces).
Still no cute boys. Alas. Maybe I should just give up on the prospects of going to ANY school dance or boy-girl thing. | |
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| a) I hate anxiety, particularly social and college anxiety. I know I shouldn't worry this much since there's really not too much I can do about it, but ugggggh. I also have to find some kind of summer program to do this summer since I took a slacker summer last year since I got rejected from the one thing that I applied to.
b) I'm starting a school book club called Book Club. I filed the forms last week, so hopefully the student council will get back to me this week so I can prepare for the first meeting. I get the feeling Book Club is just going to be me and a couple of nerdy friends who enjoy reading, but I gotta give it a shot, y'know? I've always wanted to do a book club, and I'll do my best on the publicity front to get a variety of people to attend even though it won' t be particulraly popular because most people my age don't really read for fun that much anymore and I'm not exactly popular or unpopular (very unnoticeable) overall at my school.
c) Yeah... NaNoWriMo is not working out for me this year with three AP classes, orchestra, founding Book Club, and college anxiety. I'm still going to work on my initial idea, but the word count honestly does not matter to me. My main problem is that I have two ideas and I want to put them together somehow and I can't figure out how. On one hand, I have a magician's apprentice set in a world like ours, but with magic, and has to take over her master's duties and come into her own when her master vanishes, all the while trying to break a curse that has been placed on the love interest character. I also want the apprentice character to sort of lose track of reality--the "real" world and a "dream" world that nobody else sees is colliding together for her (a symbol of her turmoil, etc etc) and she has to figure out how to stop it before she gets herself killed. If you can think of a way to make these two ideas work together, I'd love to know.
d) I've also been accepted into Young Critics Workshop, which is like, hipster central. Everyone likes to name drop indie bands and talk about how they're into the local music scene (since I do live in frickin' SEATTLE after all) and it's frustrating to hell out of me. I like indie as much as the next person--actually, I like indie more than the next person, but there has GOT to be more to reviewing the arts/editorial journalism than just empty snark and name-dropping to show how hip and snarky you are.
e) I need more cute boys in my life. 'nuff said. - Music:Two Tongues//The Swell Season
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a) So today was basically the last day of this year's cross country season for me since it was the district championship. You know, I can't believe it's over. I didn't think I'd become so invested in cross counry and running when I signed up to do it, but I think it was one of the most enriching experiences I've ever had and one of my few rare good decisions. But while I ended up really liking it, I pretty much sucked at it and I'm pretty glad that I don't have practice after school every day anymore and do homework until 2 o'clock in the morning to make up for lost time (hell, I'm considering calling in sick for school tomorrow because I have waaay too much stuff I haven't done due to the meet today). I'm going to really try to keep the friends, acquaintances, and (oddly) muscles that I got from this season... (I'm not horribly physically unfit anymore. Weird!) Well, after I play catch-up on my school work.
b) In other news, I keep missing college visits from various colleges at my school because I can't afford to miss certain class days. Ugh. At least I can still attend visits next year, before I mail in my applications. I missed the Swarthmore, Macalester, and Wellesley visits due to cross country and class. Bryn Mawr never showed up at my school even though we all waited like 40 minutes for the representative (boo). I didn't go to the Vassar visit today because I was already missing half of school for the championship meet. I don't know if I have the time to go to Wesleyan tomorrow. So basically, the only college visits I've attended are for Columbia and Bryn Mawr. And Bryn Mawr didn't show up.
Eww, junior year. To remedy all the ones I couldn't attend, I've I signed up for Skidmore, Pomona, Barnard, Northwestern, and Williams. I may or may not try Wesleyan tomorrow if I have the time to. Hopefully I'll attend at least like, half. Come on, universe, I don't want to fail class but I need to know which colleges I'm getting good grades for.
c) Where the Wild Things Are is officially awesome.
d) What else is new with you guys? NaNoWriMo, anyone? I want to do it, but I have no concrete ideas at this point.
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| WHOO 16,000 WORDS IN FOUR DAYS! 50,000 WORDS IN 30 DAYS! The story of We Are a Continuum (I'm pretty sure you don't capitalize the "a"?) is actually FINISHED as well! By "finished", I mean it has a beginning and an end written and middle pretty much exists too... Okay, I need to fill in some of the middle chapters a bit, but I didn't even get to the halfway point of the "story" at the end of NaNoWriMo last year. I didn't think I was going to finish this year, I really didn't. And I haven't gotten to the point of completely loathing my NaNovel either, thank goodness.
YAY!!! *breaks out the balloons and cake and champagne*
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I just saw Quantum of Solace last night and I'm just spamming your flist to say:
I approve of Daniel Craig. Greatly. And that is all.
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| So. I have a dilemma. I have been invited to apply for this "UW Academy", which, essentially, is a program where high school sophomores are invited to start college their junior year at the University of Washington (I live in Seattle, for those of you who don't know). It's mostly based on academics (ie GPAs, SAT scores, ACT scores), and my parents are encouraging me to apply, but if I actually get in (decisions are made in, like, May), I really don't know what I'd do...
Cons:
1. I've heard that the UW Academy kids are very immature/socially stupid. More so than me. And if I get into that program, I'll be seeing them a ton.
2. This is a terrible reason, but... The UW Academy kids are very stereotypically Asian and I don't really want to be lumped in with them. I'm Asian but I rarely get along with other Asian girls. Well, in Seattle anyways.
3. The college tuition is more or less the same as if I go to the University of Washington after I graduate high school. As are the scholarship opportunities. So it's not like I'm saving money for myself/my parents.
4. NO ORCHESTRA :(
5. University of Washington, while a perfectly fine school, is not a Dream School. I'll probably apply for it senior year anyways, but I'll always feel some kind of regret if I don't get the chance to aim for a Dream School.
6. I have no idea what to do with my future, so why should I jump-start my future?
7. I don't want to miss out on high school life. I hate high school, but for some reason, I still want to get through it.
8. I won't be a high school graduate.
Pros:
1. I can graduate college younger and make money and junk. I'll probably seem very smart or something.
2. There's a good chance that unless I get into a better school that offers me better opportunities (AKA cheaper tuition), I'll go to University of Washington, so why avoid the inevitable?
3. I'm not going to pursue music professionally, so who cares if I miss out on the greatest high school orchestra in the northwest?
4. I have no idea what to do with my future, so why don't I start college earlier to figure it out?
5. I can go to my Dream School for graduate school. (Whatever that entails.)
I guess it's pretty obvious by now that UW Academy is not truly something I want to do, but I'm just afraid that I have no chance of getting into a better school than the University of Washington and if I pass this opportunity up, I'll regret it 2 years from now when I DO in fact make the decision to go to the University of Washington as a high school senior.
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| Oh geez, NaNoWriMo.
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a) I hate school. As a whole, sophomore year will definitely be better than freshman year, but that's because the last year was a total fiasco. I thought that it would be really fabulous that my school has moved back to its renovated campus, since it's a twenty-minute drive from my house, but it turns out it takes me about an hour to get to school on public transportation. I have to wake up at about 5:30 AM every day and get to school at 7:00 AM because if not, I'll be late. Gee, the Metro system is sooo accomadating
What's really unfair is that all the APP kids from Washington get their own school buses in the morning and I'm just as good as they are since I got accepted into APP when I was in sixth grade but didn't go to Washington...
b) Since the only, very few friends I have are APP kids, I have nothing to do from 7:00, when I get to school, and 7:40, the start of class. I just walk around campus over and over like I have a purpose until I can go to my first period classroom for Marine Science without looking like a fool. Plus my Marine Science teacher hates me. I kind of have an urge to burst out into the hallway in tears everytime I'm in that class.
c) I have a shitty seat in Orchestra, THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES SCHOOL GOOD. I need a better seat but I'm scared that everyone else has gotten better than me.
d) The Trombone Player and the Cellist have broken up, my friend told me. I guess I care a little bit, but not enough to want the TP again. It's just an ego thing.
e) Just finished Havemercy last night. It made my life better :) I'm currently reading Melusine and will read The Amazing Adventures of Kavelier and Clay next. There's a very strange and coincidental slash and male-bonding theme going on with my reading...
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| so yeah, I've always wanted but never remembered to do this...
CHRISTMAS FIC GIFTS!
Yes, you point and laugh at me because it's like, I dunno--AUGUST, but I'm a procrastinator of Olympic caliber so it'll definitely take me four months to accomplish this on time. Plus I'm doing NaNoWriMo again this year, so that's the whole of November, gone. And no, I don't care if some of you don't even celebrate Christmas.
I've always liked the idea of being a Santa Claus (of fic) and posting multitudes of pieces here on the 24th of December, and plus I'll benefit from writing more now that Scribes is over (sigh), so just comment on this entry with a description of what you'd like for Christmas and I'll do my best to finish it by December 25th.
I can do both original fiction or fanfiction, and my fandoms are: Harry Potter, Tamora Pierce, (sadly) Twilight, Ouran High School Host Club, Doctor Who/Torchwood, anything Sherwood Smith, Artemis Fowl (and other Eoin Colfer stuff), and pretty much any other book I've mentioned in this LJ. (No I'm not going to do any Wuthering Heights 'cause it suuuucks.) I probably won't do any Edward/Bella either because that too sucks, though I'll consider Draco/Hermione or Harry/Hermione ONLY if you ask me reaaally nicely. I have no qualms about gen, het, or slash, though I'm not going to do NC-17 for obvious reasons. I can also do original fic if you give me a genre and a prompt, though you should probably know I'm best a fantasy, romance, humor, and/or contemporary. No poetry.
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