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liptonrm_backupHad to take a sleeping pill to fall asleep last night. Course, that always means that I sleep through my alarm the next morning. Thankfully this time I woke up with plenty of time to get ready but it was still very disorienting to wake up and realize that I had turned off my alarm without even realizing it.
Realized last night that I'm just not cut out to write fanfiction in any great volume. I'm never able to connect with pre-existing characters in the sort of way that inspires me to write them. They inspire me in other ways. ;-) Will stick to haphazard attempts at original fiction and leave the fanfic to those who are more capable. Will never say never, though, because have written at least two pieces on spur of the moment inspiration and both were exhilirating experiences.
Found a great site that sells molds to make little sugar skulls for el Dia de los Muertos. They are very cool. Am having the strongest urges to go forth and buy people presents which must be restrained. Not that I don't want to buy people shiny things but because I don't have the money to actually purchase them.
The Mum has been insisting that I take an LSAT preparation course. This is a good idea but when the Mum starts insisting on things I start to get stubborn and contradictory, it's a bad habit. Anyway, went to register for a Kaplan course only to find out that it costs more then 1200 dollars! That's INSANE! I nearly had a heart attack when I read the price. I did sign up because, thankfully, I have parents who can give in to highway robbery but if I hadn't I would have been SOL. It's absolutely absurd.
I can't believe that astronomers are thinking about naming the 10th planet Xena of all things. Yeah, she was a kickass warrior princess but, come on, that's a little too nerdy, even for me.
Longest.Week.Evar.
Realized last night that I'm just not cut out to write fanfiction in any great volume. I'm never able to connect with pre-existing characters in the sort of way that inspires me to write them. They inspire me in other ways. ;-) Will stick to haphazard attempts at original fiction and leave the fanfic to those who are more capable. Will never say never, though, because have written at least two pieces on spur of the moment inspiration and both were exhilirating experiences.
Found a great site that sells molds to make little sugar skulls for el Dia de los Muertos. They are very cool. Am having the strongest urges to go forth and buy people presents which must be restrained. Not that I don't want to buy people shiny things but because I don't have the money to actually purchase them.
The Mum has been insisting that I take an LSAT preparation course. This is a good idea but when the Mum starts insisting on things I start to get stubborn and contradictory, it's a bad habit. Anyway, went to register for a Kaplan course only to find out that it costs more then 1200 dollars! That's INSANE! I nearly had a heart attack when I read the price. I did sign up because, thankfully, I have parents who can give in to highway robbery but if I hadn't I would have been SOL. It's absolutely absurd.
I can't believe that astronomers are thinking about naming the 10th planet Xena of all things. Yeah, she was a kickass warrior princess but, come on, that's a little too nerdy, even for me.
Longest.Week.Evar.
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Date: 2005-08-02 05:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-08-02 05:13 pm (UTC)*<3's Titan A.E. muchly*
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Date: 2005-08-02 05:52 pm (UTC)I'd offer to snag you free LSAT books, but that's not the kind we publish :-( Very glad your parents kicked in, though.
This week truly is long. I'm trying to put out of my mind the fact that is only Tuesday afternoon. Not even 1 p.m. I think I'm going to clean my cube.That should help. And write you an email because Ferris Bueller, you're my hero!
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Date: 2005-08-02 06:32 pm (UTC)This day, too, shall pass. But not bloody soon enough. Hmmm, maybe I should take this chance to go run and skip around Sekrit Pretend World. La la la
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Date: 2005-08-02 06:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-08-02 07:08 pm (UTC)The thing is, the way I relate to characters impedes writing in their voices. While I understand motivation and history and things like that I just ... I don't know. It's kind of hard to explain. At the moment I'm just tired of trying to work around all of my blocks and would rather write with my own characters. Maybe that way I'll actually get something written. =D
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Date: 2005-08-03 11:27 am (UTC)They should name that star Elbereth.
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Date: 2005-08-03 01:14 pm (UTC)See, Elbereth I like. I approve of Elbereth. It's nerdy but in a classy sort of way. Xena is just gauche. =D