Hi everyone! I've had a substantial increase in readers in the last couple weeks. I have my wonderful parents to thank for that. Also, thanks to everyone who read my story about my drug journey through epilepsy. It means a lot.
To the matter at hand, sorry for not keeping y'all up to date these past couple weeks. It's the end of the semester, so I'm very busy! While I have a free moment, I will share...
Friday, November 30, 2018
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Feels Like Home...
Happy Thursday
I wrote an essay yesterday that's a "research/personal hybrid" essay. It basically means I do some research on something that I relate to myself, and then I mix that research with my personal thoughts and/or memories. Hope y'all like it.
Feels Like Home…
Canyon, Texas is
a small city just outside Amarillo. In the 2010 census, the population was 13,303.
In 2010, my grandparents...
Friday, November 2, 2018
Happy Epilepsy Awareness Month
About a week ago I wrote a nonfiction essay about the different medications I've had to take to control my seizures.
Here's a little background:
I was diagnosed with epilepsy November of 2013. My first seizure happened while I was working; I was a server at a pizza cafe. I was diagnosed a couple weeks later. I didn't want to take medication at first, because I knew that my body would end up relying...
Thursday, October 25, 2018
As Promised
Here is a nonfiction essay that I wrote. This essay is a "collage essay" because it is made up of different sections that, when put together, create the theme of the essay. Another great collage essay is Ira Sukrugruang's "Loose Interpretations of the Dreams You've Had During Naps in Thailand While Your Mom Listens to Buddhist Sermons About Suffering"
Enjoy.
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Monday, October 22, 2018
Moving Day!
I'm moving into my first house today! I wouldn't be nearly as excited if I didn't have two dogs. Also, no more sharing a wall with strangers who have sex very loudly. We were able to find a lovely woman to take over our lease since it doesn't end til March, so everything is working out wonderfully.
In some other news, school is going well. All A's so far. I've been thinking of posting a nonfiction...
Friday, October 5, 2018
Let's Get Ready to Ramble
It's that time of the semester. Time to build my schedule for the next semester. Today, I went and spoke with my academic adviser to figure out what classes are left for me to graduate. After this semester, I will have 27 hours left. At three hours a class, 4-5 classes a semester, I will be able to finish college by the end of next summer.
Apparently, even though I'll be finishing my hours in the...
Sunday, September 30, 2018
Writer's Block
I haven't posted anything of substance on here in awhile, and here's why: I'm stumped. I have opened the file of my book a dozen times and every time I do I just stare at it. Sometimes I read it and hate it, other times I don't. Regardless, I never change it, and I never add to it. It sucks, because I felt like I was on such a roll, and now I've come to a screeching halt.
Maybe I'll just blog in the...
Friday, August 31, 2018
Time to Fangirl
Greetings! Last Monday was the first day of the fall semester, and so far it has been successful. My professors are wonderful, and it seems like it will be a productive 3 months. This semester I am taking 4 classes: Sociology: Demography, Advanced Tech Writing, Tech Editing, and Creative Nonfiction Writing. So far, I am pleased with all my classes as well as their syllabi.
Now, on to the topic of...
Friday, August 17, 2018
HELP
Stressful day today. As you know, I am a poor college student living off peasant wages, and today I realized I need to come up with a substantial amount of money to pay for school, next months rent (at new apartment), pet deposit, and apparently a fine issued by apartment management because my dog "attacked" someone. My dog has never attacked anyone. She barks a lot, and greets strangers with much...
Thursday, August 9, 2018
Guess Who Has a Social Life?
Hey everyone! A lot has happened since my last post. I've actually gone out with friends every weekend for the past 2 weeks and I'm going out again tomorrow. AND I've made new friends. AND I went to the gym yesterday for the first time in a year. I went with my boyfriend, and we worked on our legs. So naturally, I'm in a lot of pain.
It all started when my best friend of 18 years asked me to go out...
Saturday, July 28, 2018
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Don't Laugh at My Writing Unless I'm Being Deliberately Funny
Okay, so I've been writing this book for awhile, and so far so good. Though, at one point I did have to go back and delete half of it and essentially start from scratch, but so far so good. As of right now, I am on the 3rd chapter, and it feels exciting. It's one thing to talk about being an author, but to actually start doing it... it's weird. I don't know if my book is really that good, the only...
Thursday, July 19, 2018
What a Day
WHAT a productive day. I went to school this morning, read a little bit, wrote a little bit, went to work, wrote some more, and now I'm blogging. I know it doesn't sound productive, but when you have a passion for writing and go months without doing so, it feels like a big accomplishment to be writing consistently again. And it's not even for school. I mean, some of it is for school, but most of it...
Monday, July 16, 2018
POWER OUTAGE
HELLO. Today is a wonderful 100 degrees outside (feels like 108) and my apartment is experiencing a power outage due to everyone in the area feeling like they are entitled to however much electricity they want. My wonderful roommate feels it is acceptable to turn our AC down to 68 whenever there is zero weather stripping on our front door. Thus, our last bill was pricey. She has since learned her...
Friday, July 6, 2018
Goodbye ASL and Tech Comm, Hello Poetry and Sociology
Hello! Today is the last day of the first session of the semester. Yesterday should have been the last day, but surprise! Professors are sadists. Today, we are finishing up an "employment outlook report" in which we have to do extensive research on our career of choice (ouch for the undecided majors) and write a report about it. This is a group project. Why is this a group project? I could not tell...
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
I Don't Care About Your Cat
Hi all! So my last post made my father uncomfortable. I can't sort out why that is. It couldn't possibly be all the penis talk. But, to be fair, I did also talk about school. I think that's a bit redeeming. Anyway, I haven't posted in awhile. Not that it matters, I only have one reader I think, and it's my dad.
ANYWAY, here's what happened today: I got up, went to school, went to my boyfriend's,...
Thursday, June 7, 2018
School and Circumcisions
We're at the end of the first week of the semester and things so far so good. However, next week for a project I have to look at 3 internships in my field of interest, which is publishing. I know this will be useful, but I have to go out and find someone to interview who works in that field. I'm not sure how easy I'll be able to find someone to interview. I don't know of a lot of publishers where...
Monday, June 4, 2018
First Day of the Semester
Today I started the summer semester. And I am frightened. At first I thought, "this will be a piece of cake; it's only one month long." False. It will be awful. I have an assignment/quiz/test nearly every single day because of how little time there is in the semester. There won't be a single day this summer where I won't be doing homework or reading from a textbook. So this is my life now. I've already...
Saturday, June 2, 2018
An Uninteresting Post
Turns out my life is not very interesting. I don't know what to blog about today. There's really not much going on currently, except for my mom getting a new house, which is awesome, but not something I could really blog about. If you want an update on the whole work situation I mentioned in my last post, my manager called me today and told me she thought I was unavailable on weekends. False. I can...
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Yay for College and Part Time Jobs!
The summer semester starts next Monday, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. Last fall I didn't take any classes, and last spring I only took one class that I hardly had to go to because attendance wasn't mandatory and everything I needed to pass the exams was on blackboard. So, it's been awhile since I've actually been to school. I'm kind of excited. I feel like a lazy bum when I'm not doing anything...
Sunday, May 27, 2018
Swish and Flick
Today I introduced my boyfriend to the masterpiece of Harry Potter. No boyfriend of mine will be unfamiliar with the ways of the wizarding world. Before he starting watching the movies, he referred to the golden snitch as the "golden nugget." Nope.
Harry Potter is probably my favorite franchise. Like many people my age, I grew up with it. And, not to brag, I read all the books. People who have only...
Saturday, May 26, 2018
Happy Birthday!
Today is my sister's birthday. This year she is turning 24(?) That's crazy to me. I'm sure it's more crazy to her. Time is weird. People like to say time doesn't really exist, you know, the existentialists. That's the type of thought that gets you lost in your head. However, I think time exists in a way. The Earth does rotate, and it does orbit the Sun. These things indicate the passage of time. So,...
Friday, May 25, 2018
I Never Had a Pre-K Graduation
Today was my niece's Pre-K graduation. In one word, it was adorable. 15 or so 5-year-olds all singing loud and proud, except for my niece. Evidently, getting up and speaking in front of people is not something she enjoys doing. She's definitely not alone on that. Today, watching these kids graduate and start their journey on to grade school, it made me think of how I'm graduating college soon. I say...
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