Day 30-Terrible

Yes, I missed another day. I'm already guaranteed to not win a prize. Whatever. I finish NaNo and that's enough for me. I posted on this blog for 28 out of 30 days. Deal with it. It's as good as it's going to get. Things will be a lot less consistent until next November. I'll put myself on the December blog roll but... every day with no incentive? I predict failure.
I am incredibly tired and I'm not entirely sure why. I did have some trouble falling asleep last night, but not that much. After lunch I started getting sleepy. Yearbook stole the last of my energy.
Luckily I had no homework that's due tomorrow that I haven't done yet. Sp I looked at dorms, college class descriptions, and clubs. If I go to Irvine I will join Dumbledore's Anteaters. No question there.
I'm ready for college and sleep. Since I keep zoning out and staring at my squirrel curtains I think this is a good place to stop.

As of 10:25 PM...

50,001 baby.

Day 28- Less Serious

see more dog and puppy pictures

I can't leave things on a serious note. So... Ihasahotdog for everyone.
Things to talk about:

• Blog comments still may or may not be working. That layout really screwed things up. I checked all my settings and went back to this layout. Hopefully it will accept comments again.
• I'm far enough ahead on NaNo that I don't even need to write today. But I will. I have less than 3,100 words to go. I could finish today but... I probably won't. There will probably be a few words left over for tomorrow. I will be done by Monday for sure. Yay!!!!!!
• My awesome new curtains are finished. They have squirrels, rabbits, and foxs that look like roadkill on them. They also make my room dark like a cave. Yay again!!

Day 28- Rant

I couldn't find a short enough way to comment on Five Blondes- Disabilities Are Not Uncool, so I figured this warranted a post of its own.
I'd like to pride myself on being accepting and understanding. Yes, I'm one of those liberal Californians.
I don't use the words "retarded" or "gay" as insults. They're not politically correct, they're not insults, and words like that hurt so many people. Likewise, I do not believe in using the N-word ever. It's an insult to an entire race. Blacks did not choose to be enslaved. People with mental disabilities did not choose to have them.
Erica was absolutely right. Having epilepsy is not something to joke about. In 7th grade, there was a guy in several of my classes who I assume had epilepsy. He was on medication and had it under control until puberty hit and I guess the medicine was no longer doing the job it needed to. As far as I know, no one knew about his condition until he had a seizure in the middle of science. No one had any idea what was going on, and yeah, we were all pretty freaked out and scared. That wasn't the last seizure he had during school that year. One day during P.E. he was hit by a dodgeball and had another seizure. I remember at least one person crying. You couldn't be in a class when one of the seizures occured and not be shaken up by it. I'm sure no one would have considered it a laughing matter. And if someone had joked about it, I'm sure they would have had to deal with an  angry mob.
One of my friends had... I'm not entirely sure what it was, but it was some sort of tumor like thing in her brain. I didn't know her until after this. It caused her to have seizures and she had surgery for it. This messed up her senior year. As a result, she's currently in her second year of community college and is now in the mindset where she's scared of transferring to a regular college. I'll also never forget how she complained about not being able to do a forward roll because she was afraid she would hit her head. Of course, she also thought I was from Afghanistan when I'm half Caucasian and half Japanese.
So no, I don't think epilepsy is a laughing matter.

Day 27

NaBloPoMo is coming to an end. I've been thinking a lot lately about life after November. It's hard to believe that there's a life beyond NaNo and NaBloPoMo.
I'm not going to update daily after the end of the month but I'm going to try and be diligent and keep the blog fairly up to date. If I start slacking then this blog is going to die just like all the others I've started over the years.
Script Frenzy is in April. I was planning on completing that and NaNo this year, and I still want to. I already have my plot ready for it that's been waiting for weeks now. I'm worried that I'm not going to win that though. November was bad enough. April has testing and I'm going to have more extracurricular activities going on. I'll try my best but I'm already setting myself up for failure. Which is, of course, not a good sign.
Of course, next November is going to be hectic too but I'm not going to let that stop me. I'll have an easier and less demanding schedule. I won't procrastinate on my college apps. I'll be able to handle it. I think. I hope. I have to try it at least. I've actually already got the base for that ready, and it's going to be epic. It's a good thing I have 12 months to plan because I'm going to need that time to get my foundation ready. Next year will be so much more organized and prepared.

Day 26- Turkey Day

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I'm set up for the morning. Sitting on the couch with my laptop watching the parade. I'll start writing soon. Now Im more excited about being caught up again than I was last night.
Another small Thanksgiving this year. Just my grandpa and my uncle coming over this year. My grandma and other uncle were just done here last week so they're not going to be here. Holidays have always been small at our house compared to my friends'. No cousins, no aunts, and now I just have two grandparents. Plus I'm an only child. Holidays always make me wish I had a larger family. My dad's supposed to have several birth siblings. There's something missing.

Random Excited Newsflash

I've passed up the daily word goal again! I've finally caught back up after having to skip writing for three days the other week. Don't ask me when it was. I don't remember.
Thank you Write or Die. I would have never been able to do this without you. I'd like to write out a better, longer, more sarcastic and witty fake acceptance speech but over 3,000 words and and hour and a half later I don't have it in me anymore.
The first time I passed up the goal I was excited. It was one of those I can do anything kind of feelings. This time I'm just relieved to be caught back up. I can finish this now. Unlike NaBloPoMo, NaNo will be a success.

Day 25- Fail

I actually did it.
I missed a day of blogging. 23 days of perfection and I forget a day. To anyone that may be reading this (which is probably no one) I feel like I should explain it, even though there are no excuses as we call know.
Yesterday I broke tradition and decided to write first and blog later. Which of course turned into me forgetting to update my blog. I thought about it this morning but I thought I had remembered to post. And... I hadn't.
Oh well. There goes my chances of winning a prize. Now I'd better win NaNo or I'm going to be pissed at myself.
Also, Happy Turkey Day tomorrow!

Day 23

Is my blog broken or what? I feel a little bad having started the Comment for a Comment group on NaBloPoMo and then...not receiving the comments I was hoping for. Of course, I haven't been the most dedicated commenter either. This week I'll go through the group list and start commenting it up. Maybe that'll inspire some people. And hopefully reading this post will complete the job.
As of yesterday I'm at 34,292. Still, sadly, behind the goal, but I'm getting there. I managed to crank out 2,000 words last night. I'm hoping to hit 3,000 one day this week, but we'll see. Don't want to jinx it.
Maybe I don't get comments because people can't relate to my life. I am younger than the average NaBloPoMo-er. I don't fit into the large majority (or what seems to be the majority) of bloggers. I'm not in my 20's and I'm not married. I'm just a 16 year old who is now the third wheel to her best friend and former crush. I can't drive without a parent. I don't have a credit card or a job (yet).
But still, I'm not that far apart from all those happily marrieds. They were me not too long ago. And just because you're an adult doesn't mean your life has changed that much.

Day 22

Another not very long post today. I'm going to a pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving dinner tonight and I haven't written anything yet today. So an hour or so of writing and then I've got to get going.
I'm looking forward to seeing my other friend's reactions to finding out about the date on Monday. That'll be...interesting.

Day 21

Today was far more relaxed and mind melting than yesterday, thank god. Might be going over to help my friend pick out what she's going to where for her date with Mr. Questions My Authority and Knowledge. I'm maintaining my sanity. After that conversation yesterday it turned into me being frustrated about him being so annoying. And random little text conversations with a more intelligent guy friend have been very calming.
Not much to talk about today. I slept in until 9 something, which is amazing for me. I'm always an early waker but after the last week I needed some sleep. Watched some TV, did some APUSH notes, drove to Wendy's, spent too much time on Facebook. Not much else to say. Hopefully tonight I'll write more than the daily word goal. I was too distracted yesterday. My two hours on Write or Die were not as successful as they should have been. I need to have a brainstorming session soon. The inspiration river is starting to run dry.

Day 20 or the Frying Pan Day

Sweet holy mother of Jesus on toast wearing pants. Today was... Is that sentence good enough for you? I'm not even going to talk about NaNo today because there are so many more interesting and worthwhile things to talk about.
The shit hit the fan today, people. Oh, did it hit it...
We're going to start with story time.
Once upon a time there was a boy and a girl. The girl liked the boy. The boy seemed to be oblivious. Two years later, Girl lost interest in Boy after an extremely awkward time waiting alone together for their friends to come watch a French movie with them. Girl realized Boy would not do if they couldn't conduct a conversation when no one else was around. Girl's beliefs were reaffirmed by equally awkward IM sessions. Girl mostly gave up on Boy. Of course then Girl's best friend since childhood decided she also liked Boy. Girl's interest in Boy slightly came back, but Girl would only accept Boy if Boy made the first move. Girl's interest in Boy fluctuated. Girl knew that this wasn't the end of the story. Friend and Boy continue to have a far more interesting and relaxed relationship. Girl gives up on Boy again.
Then, one day, Girl receives a note from Friend. Girl has feeling of dread. Long story (a page long note) short, Friend and Boy have finally admitted feelings and are on same page. Girl doesn't know what to say. Girl feels happy for Friend but also awkward and confused. After school, Girl has another feeling of dread. When she reaches Girl and Friend's lockers, Girl sees Friend and Boy. Girl has awkward conversation with Boy's Friend about how someone carved a drawing of a penis onto the front of her locker while Friend and Boy have a nice long hug session.
Later, Girl tries to be supportive and offers to give Boy inside information. After hours of beating information into Boy's head and feeling like Dear Abby, she realizes that he is, in fact, dumb shit and the most ridiculous person in existance. Girl lets Friend have Boy. Good luck with that, Friend. Maybe 10 years from now Boy will have finally asked you out.

Day 19

I'm now slightly over 2,000 words behind where I should be. The joys of skipping out on writing for...two days? It was only two, wasn't it? The past two days I've averaged over 2,000 in an hour. Tomorrow I'm going to try and write for two hours. I should be caught up, or nearly caught up if my brain implodes or my fingers fall off.
I've written barely anything about my day-to-day life so far in my blog. Everything has been NaNo or homework centered pretty much. Not that I'm that interesting, or I really care about my friendly blog reading creepers reading about my daily activities but still.
I'll try and fix that after I get caught back up with NaNo. I miss being ahead of the daily word goal.

Day 18

I have finally managed to complete my daily homework and maintain my sanity for the first time this week. Not a long post today. I'm going to go Write or Die. I'm hoping to get around 2,000 words in the next hour. Or at least the daily requirement.

Day 17- No End in Sight

Another long day of homework ahead of me. I finished with today's work. Showetime next. Maybe I'll be awake enough to write. We'll see. I feel bad about not writing the past couple days but... It's not like I'm functional enough to write anything decent after hours of homework. 2 minimum days, a weekend, and then 3 days off next week. I will catch up, no matter what.
Math homework and another terms connection project tomorrow. I'm not going to over-exert myself and do more words than I need to like last time. More than I even got credit for... Oops.

Day 16

Finally finished everything for the binder check. My eyes are so tired... And now I have terms to study. Gah.
Work tomorrow:
-Read...Thoreau excerpts and answer questions
-Entire rough draft of Scarlet Letter research paper [thanks to my starting over with a new topic. Had 3 paragraphs written of old version. But might reconstruct based on that.]
-Maybe some French HW?
-Chem worksheet thingy?

Don't know, don't want to think about it. Can it be Thursday now?

Day 15

Having one of those awful headache days. I'm skipping NaNo tonight to watch an old Disney movie and maybe fall asleep early. I've spent the whole weekend doing homework...
I feel bad about skipping after that email from I think my MLs about not slacking off and falling behind but... I think I'm going to have to tonight and tomorrow. My head hurts too much to write tonight and I still have so much work to do tomorrow. I've got minimum days at the end of this week and Thanksgiving break next week. I can catch up. I will catch up.

Day 14- Kids these days

Alright, so more about yesterday while I try and warm my feet back up. Damn California and its lack of seasons. If it's going to be cold and you're going to call it winter, at least rain or snow.
For my second observation, I watched the elementary school get out for half an hour. With my best friend, I sat on a camping chair in the middle of my lawn, watching small children and writing about what clothes they were wearing. It was as creepy as it sounds. The best part, however, came towards the end when a school bus drove by. A boy, who was probably 6, who was sitting in the back of the bus stuck his hand out the window and flipped us off.
I'm having another one of those frustrated days. I'm just tired of so many things. If we could move right now I would not have a problem with it.

Day 13- Creeper Friday

Really behind tonight. So, today was Friday the 13th. And I had two tests... Felt pretty good about the history one but I failed on my algebra one. Gah. Yearbook made up for that. We had a sub who did nothing, as good Yearbook subs do. Watched Lady Gaga music videos, listened to songs from Glee, and spent the whole class just looking at pictures and saving them.
Gotta go Write-or-Die! I'll write more about today tomorrow, ok?

Day 12

Crap. Starting off later than I normally do. I'm not really in a writing mood tonight but I know I have to. I'm at a more intense and pivotal point. Maybe that's why. But if I don't write it now I'm never going to. I'm not as far ahead as I was two days ago since I wasn't that prolific last night. Can't fall behind now.
I have to do another observation tomorrow for English. I'm going to sit on the lawn after school gets out tomorrow and watch people across the street at the elementary school. I've got a ton of homework and projects going on this weekend. Maybe next weekend I can get really ahead on my word count.
MUST WRITE.