The semester (and the year!) is almost over. I can't believe it. It's the end of 2007, and will soon be 2008. I remember when people were freaking out that it was about to be 2000, and it doesn't seem like it was all that long ago. I can't believe it's been eight years.
I've just about finished all of my work other than tests, and I can tell you that I am so happy with that. Tests, I can do with no problem. I have a paper for Mr. A's class, but that's no problem. I've done the ride-along (did I talk about that in here? My ride-along with the Sherriff's Department? It was a lot more fun than I thought it would be), and all I have to do is write about the experience. It's not due until the 26th, but I may turn it in on Monday.
My Marketing paper is finished, thank goodness. I made an A. All I have, paper wise, is my Criminology paper. Well, that and essays 5 and 6 for this class, but that's nothing compared to the 5-6 page paper for Dr. P. Oh well.
I can't believe this semester is almost over. I have nine classes after this, and then I'm graduating. And I've got it all planned out, too. I have to take Spanish 1 in the summer in order to do it, but I'll be able to graduate Dec 08.
I can't believe it. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Of course, I'm going to turn around and start my Masters program, so it's not like I'm really going to be leaving school, but I'm going to have a college degree. I'm going to be the first person in my immediate family to do so.
I still can't believe it.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Typically, when there's nothing on television, I find a true crime show and let it play. I don't always pay attention, but I find them interesting (except they feed my natural sense of suspicion and paranoia - this is the result of growing up with a dad who was a cop). Anyway, lately I've been trying to watch something different. There's a really good show on Discovery called "Mars Rising" and it's about the United States' plan to send a man to Mars. There have been a couple of other space shows on, and I love that kind of stuff.
So the other day, I was telling my aunt about it, and I posed the question that really does bother me. We put a man on the moon in 1969. 1969! That was almost forty years ago. We put a man on the moon in 1969, but now, in 2007, it doesn't even seem like we can get a ship off the ground without something falling off, or breaking, or some other horrible catastrophe happening that devastates the Space Program. When I was in elementary school, I watched Challenger blow up a minute and some change into take-off. That moment changed my life. And how can we forget Columbia, just a couple of years ago? The fallout from that landed in our backyard.
How is it that we can put a man on in the moon in 1969, with so little technology, and now we're having more problems than ever?
My aunt started laughing and said "You know, your uncle Ted thinks it was all a hoax. He doesn't think there ever was a man on the moon."
I laughed. It was such an outrageous idea. No man on the moon!? How can that be possible? This is something I have known my entire thirty-one years on earth. There have been men on the moon. But then… the doubts started to creep in and I started doing research.
Wikipedia is one of my favorite places online. I can spend hours there, following links. After doing a Google search and finding a few pages, I finally settled in to read Apollo Moon Landing hoax accusations. It's ridiculous, I know.
…right?
There are some compelling arguments. My first and biggest thing—how did we have the technology to put a man on the moon in 1969? I just can't imagine that we could, back then.
Some of the other reasons for the hoax that were mentioned in this article are:
The Race Between the United States and Russia - Russia was also trying to put a man on the moon, and some people speculated they were a little ahead of us, having quite a few firsts, including: first living creature in space, first man in space, first man to orbit the earth, and a few others. We were in the middle of the Cold War and we wanted to win.
Distraction - some people believe the US "went to the moon" to distract the citizens from the Vietnam War. It's also been pointed out that lunar activities ceased as soon as the US pulled out of the war. However, others say that the program had been cancelled before the war ended. This is really half a dozen, six of another – it could go both ways. Though it certainly is interesting.
Risk - at one point, it was said that the chances of successfully landing on the moon was 0.017%. Those odds don't sound too good to me.
To Save Face - In 1961, Kennedy announced to the world that we would be on the moon before the decade was out. And on July 20, in the last year of the decade, we set foot on the moon.
There are other things that make people believe it never happened: pictures, shadows, missing data – the article is very interesting, and I would highly suggest reading it if conspiracy theories interest you. Do I think we landed on the moon? Yeah, for the most part I do. I can't help the doubts that linger though, and have changed the way I look at the world.
So the other day, I was telling my aunt about it, and I posed the question that really does bother me. We put a man on the moon in 1969. 1969! That was almost forty years ago. We put a man on the moon in 1969, but now, in 2007, it doesn't even seem like we can get a ship off the ground without something falling off, or breaking, or some other horrible catastrophe happening that devastates the Space Program. When I was in elementary school, I watched Challenger blow up a minute and some change into take-off. That moment changed my life. And how can we forget Columbia, just a couple of years ago? The fallout from that landed in our backyard.
How is it that we can put a man on in the moon in 1969, with so little technology, and now we're having more problems than ever?
My aunt started laughing and said "You know, your uncle Ted thinks it was all a hoax. He doesn't think there ever was a man on the moon."
I laughed. It was such an outrageous idea. No man on the moon!? How can that be possible? This is something I have known my entire thirty-one years on earth. There have been men on the moon. But then… the doubts started to creep in and I started doing research.
Wikipedia is one of my favorite places online. I can spend hours there, following links. After doing a Google search and finding a few pages, I finally settled in to read Apollo Moon Landing hoax accusations. It's ridiculous, I know.
…right?
There are some compelling arguments. My first and biggest thing—how did we have the technology to put a man on the moon in 1969? I just can't imagine that we could, back then.
Some of the other reasons for the hoax that were mentioned in this article are:
The Race Between the United States and Russia - Russia was also trying to put a man on the moon, and some people speculated they were a little ahead of us, having quite a few firsts, including: first living creature in space, first man in space, first man to orbit the earth, and a few others. We were in the middle of the Cold War and we wanted to win.
Distraction - some people believe the US "went to the moon" to distract the citizens from the Vietnam War. It's also been pointed out that lunar activities ceased as soon as the US pulled out of the war. However, others say that the program had been cancelled before the war ended. This is really half a dozen, six of another – it could go both ways. Though it certainly is interesting.
Risk - at one point, it was said that the chances of successfully landing on the moon was 0.017%. Those odds don't sound too good to me.
To Save Face - In 1961, Kennedy announced to the world that we would be on the moon before the decade was out. And on July 20, in the last year of the decade, we set foot on the moon.
There are other things that make people believe it never happened: pictures, shadows, missing data – the article is very interesting, and I would highly suggest reading it if conspiracy theories interest you. Do I think we landed on the moon? Yeah, for the most part I do. I can't help the doubts that linger though, and have changed the way I look at the world.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
It's Halloween. I'm not dressing up or doing anything Halloween-ey; it's a nice holiday but it's not my favorite. I have a test tonight, and I'll go swing by my grandmother's on the way home, but I have no big plans.
However, when reading through the articles at slate.com, I found this article and thought it sounded interesting. The law has always interested me; that's why I'm in the Criminal Justice field.
The crux of the article is that legally, politicians and celebrities cannot sue for using their likeness as Halloween costumes or tee-shirts or other items like that. Part of the reason is because there is a bit of distortion - you know it's the person, but there's a change there. It isn't a dead on replica.
As the article states, there is the Right of Publicity, but that only states that the public figure has the right to keep their likeness out of such things as advertising campaigns. You could be Hillary Clinton for Halloween, but you can't slap a sticker of her face on a billboard for Cingular and have her trying to talk you into buying cell phones. Not unless she had endorsed the product.
Basically, only when attached to a product commercially can you not use a public figure's face. Which makes sense to me.
I still wouldn't dress up like Hillary Clinton for Halloween, though.
However, when reading through the articles at slate.com, I found this article and thought it sounded interesting. The law has always interested me; that's why I'm in the Criminal Justice field.
The crux of the article is that legally, politicians and celebrities cannot sue for using their likeness as Halloween costumes or tee-shirts or other items like that. Part of the reason is because there is a bit of distortion - you know it's the person, but there's a change there. It isn't a dead on replica.
As the article states, there is the Right of Publicity, but that only states that the public figure has the right to keep their likeness out of such things as advertising campaigns. You could be Hillary Clinton for Halloween, but you can't slap a sticker of her face on a billboard for Cingular and have her trying to talk you into buying cell phones. Not unless she had endorsed the product.
Basically, only when attached to a product commercially can you not use a public figure's face. Which makes sense to me.
I still wouldn't dress up like Hillary Clinton for Halloween, though.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Well, I took my Criminology test last night. I made a B, which is fine, but I'm kind of down about it. It's not really that big of a deal. If I make an A on my paper in that class (I've never made below a 93 on her papers) and a B or above on the test, I still have an A.
I can't help it, I like straight A's.
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God. I'm so tired today. I think it's because it's mostly the changing of the seasons. I want to hibernate now, because there's less light during the day. I both love and hate the winter. Love because I love it when it's cool and we have to bundle up, but I hate it because I want to sleep all the time, all bundled it. It's a catch-22.
I'm going to my mom's this weekend, and that should be fun. I was going to leave tonight, but I'm too tired. I probably could do it, but I don't want to drive when it's dark. And honestly, I want to go home and just chill for a night. Next week will be a good week; I've got no class Monday, I'm off Tuesday, and we have a test on Wednesday. That's basically three nights with no class.
I'm so going to enjoy it.
I think I'm going to go shopping tonight. I don't know what I want, though I can say it is killing me not to own the iTouch. I don't even know why I want one, other than it's the coolest thing ever, hands down. The screen is so big!
Like I ever have time to watch anything on an iTouch. If I'm not at home sitting in front of my television, I'm doing homework. (Note to self: Work on papers this weekend, don't fall behind!) See? I'm going on a trip and what will I be doing? Studying. That is the real reason why I haven't spent the money on an iTouch or a Zune or any of the other video mp3 players. It's so impractical for me right now.
God, it would be sweet though…
I can't help it, I like straight A's.
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God. I'm so tired today. I think it's because it's mostly the changing of the seasons. I want to hibernate now, because there's less light during the day. I both love and hate the winter. Love because I love it when it's cool and we have to bundle up, but I hate it because I want to sleep all the time, all bundled it. It's a catch-22.
I'm going to my mom's this weekend, and that should be fun. I was going to leave tonight, but I'm too tired. I probably could do it, but I don't want to drive when it's dark. And honestly, I want to go home and just chill for a night. Next week will be a good week; I've got no class Monday, I'm off Tuesday, and we have a test on Wednesday. That's basically three nights with no class.
I'm so going to enjoy it.
I think I'm going to go shopping tonight. I don't know what I want, though I can say it is killing me not to own the iTouch. I don't even know why I want one, other than it's the coolest thing ever, hands down. The screen is so big!
Like I ever have time to watch anything on an iTouch. If I'm not at home sitting in front of my television, I'm doing homework. (Note to self: Work on papers this weekend, don't fall behind!) See? I'm going on a trip and what will I be doing? Studying. That is the real reason why I haven't spent the money on an iTouch or a Zune or any of the other video mp3 players. It's so impractical for me right now.
God, it would be sweet though…
Thursday, October 18, 2007
What You Should Be Watching
As I was driving to work this morning, I was thinking of all the things I could talk about in my journal for this week. I went over the notebook entries in my head, and - like usual - I'm not going to go with anything I've talked about yet.
So I thought I'd talk about the TV shows I'm watching this season. That's always a good thing to talk about; everyone watches some kind of television. Mostly. I met a woman at Wal-Mart when I was buying my new TV a couple of months ago that said she hasn't watched any television since her son went to Iraq. Admirable. I couldn't do it.
Monday
How I Met Your Mother
I'm about two weeks behind on this show, but oh god, this show makes me laugh so hard. I've loved Alyson Hannigan since My Step-Mother is an Alien, and I was crazy about "Buffy." And there are no words for how much I love Neil Patrick Harris. It's Doogie, you guys. Barney is the best character that has ever been written on a show, ever. I laugh during every scene he's in. The whole cast is great, and it's very much an ensemble show, which you don't always expect from a thirty-minute sitcom.
Heroes
I started watching this show in the summer, when I got a hold of all of the episodes and watched them in the period of about three or four days. Oh god, this show had my heart in my throat so many times. I love Milo Ventagamsldkfj (really, I can never remember his last name) and Adrian Pasdar is just yum. Another ensemble cast, and they do pretty good with it, for the most part. Everyone has some sort of power and it's interesting to see how they work it into real life. The second season is interesting so far, but it isn't gripping me like it did last season - though I think it's going to start. It's still really, really good. The only big problem I have with the show this season is that they were talking about Louisiana and said we lived in counties.
Tuesday
No TV tonight (actually, catch up on TV that is on my DVR, which is everything). I used to watch "Bones," but I cut it out because I have too much other TV. I cut out "CSI: Miami" and "CSI: Vegas", also, and "Criminal Minds." I still catch "CSI: NY" on occasion, but I don't have to see it. (I'm not linking all those, sigh).
Wednesday
America's Next Top Model
Yeah. A friend got me hooked on this and now I can't get enough. I am a reality show whore anyway, and this just feeds my obsession. One of the girls on there, Heather, has a mild form of autism, so she is very social awkward. But god, she is stunning. I really hope she wins.
I'm supposed to be watching "Private Practice" tonight, too, because my current favorite actor's wife is in the cast (the actor is Jason Behr, his wife is KaDee Strickland), but I can't watch it. I really don't like hospital shows (Grey's Anatomy, ER, etc).
I also watch CSI: NY, but I've missed a couple of episodes. I did see it last night though, it was really good. Plus, Kerr Smith has a reoccurring guest star spot this season, and I like him. He plays creepy well.
Thursday
Survivor: China
Reality show whore. Need I say more?
I have to turn away when they start eating gross stuff though.
I've already talked about CSI: Vegas and how I gave it up for some sense of time when I'm not trying to catch up on my TV shows.
Friday
Hands down, this is my favorite night of the week.
Moonlight
Lovelovelovelove this show. I watched it because I was waiting for the season premiere of Numb3rs, and I was hooked. I've always loved the vampire genre. Some people yell that it's too much like Angel, some yell that it's too Forever Knight, but I don't care. I am in love with this show. I still have to watch last week's episode.
Numb3rs
I think this is probably my favorite. I love the math, and I love the relationship between the Eppes Brothers. David Krumholtz and Rob Morrow are both fantastic actors, and it shows on screen. And did I mention I really love the math?
And Colby. Oh my Colby. Sigh, all summer I couldn't wait to find out what Colby's story was - is he a spy, is he not a spy! I was crying by the end of last season's episode and I was crying but the end of this season's premiere. Such a great, great show.
So I have all this TV I watch; I record it all on my DVR. I'm almost caught up from last week; I still have to watch Moonlight and Numb3rs. I need to do that by tomorrow night. Don't ask me how I get all this in. I did have to cut out so many shows.
The sad this is most of the time I'm not even paying attention to the television, I just have it on Court TV or Discovery Times. I love true crime shows.
And thus ends the geekiest post I've ever written for this class.
So I thought I'd talk about the TV shows I'm watching this season. That's always a good thing to talk about; everyone watches some kind of television. Mostly. I met a woman at Wal-Mart when I was buying my new TV a couple of months ago that said she hasn't watched any television since her son went to Iraq. Admirable. I couldn't do it.
Monday
How I Met Your Mother
I'm about two weeks behind on this show, but oh god, this show makes me laugh so hard. I've loved Alyson Hannigan since My Step-Mother is an Alien, and I was crazy about "Buffy." And there are no words for how much I love Neil Patrick Harris. It's Doogie, you guys. Barney is the best character that has ever been written on a show, ever. I laugh during every scene he's in. The whole cast is great, and it's very much an ensemble show, which you don't always expect from a thirty-minute sitcom.
Heroes
I started watching this show in the summer, when I got a hold of all of the episodes and watched them in the period of about three or four days. Oh god, this show had my heart in my throat so many times. I love Milo Ventagamsldkfj (really, I can never remember his last name) and Adrian Pasdar is just yum. Another ensemble cast, and they do pretty good with it, for the most part. Everyone has some sort of power and it's interesting to see how they work it into real life. The second season is interesting so far, but it isn't gripping me like it did last season - though I think it's going to start. It's still really, really good. The only big problem I have with the show this season is that they were talking about Louisiana and said we lived in counties.
Tuesday
No TV tonight (actually, catch up on TV that is on my DVR, which is everything). I used to watch "Bones," but I cut it out because I have too much other TV. I cut out "CSI: Miami" and "CSI: Vegas", also, and "Criminal Minds." I still catch "CSI: NY" on occasion, but I don't have to see it. (I'm not linking all those, sigh).
Wednesday
America's Next Top Model
Yeah. A friend got me hooked on this and now I can't get enough. I am a reality show whore anyway, and this just feeds my obsession. One of the girls on there, Heather, has a mild form of autism, so she is very social awkward. But god, she is stunning. I really hope she wins.
I'm supposed to be watching "Private Practice" tonight, too, because my current favorite actor's wife is in the cast (the actor is Jason Behr, his wife is KaDee Strickland), but I can't watch it. I really don't like hospital shows (Grey's Anatomy, ER, etc).
I also watch CSI: NY, but I've missed a couple of episodes. I did see it last night though, it was really good. Plus, Kerr Smith has a reoccurring guest star spot this season, and I like him. He plays creepy well.
Thursday
Survivor: China
Reality show whore. Need I say more?
I have to turn away when they start eating gross stuff though.
I've already talked about CSI: Vegas and how I gave it up for some sense of time when I'm not trying to catch up on my TV shows.
Friday
Hands down, this is my favorite night of the week.
Moonlight
Lovelovelovelove this show. I watched it because I was waiting for the season premiere of Numb3rs, and I was hooked. I've always loved the vampire genre. Some people yell that it's too much like Angel, some yell that it's too Forever Knight, but I don't care. I am in love with this show. I still have to watch last week's episode.
Numb3rs
I think this is probably my favorite. I love the math, and I love the relationship between the Eppes Brothers. David Krumholtz and Rob Morrow are both fantastic actors, and it shows on screen. And did I mention I really love the math?
And Colby. Oh my Colby. Sigh, all summer I couldn't wait to find out what Colby's story was - is he a spy, is he not a spy! I was crying by the end of last season's episode and I was crying but the end of this season's premiere. Such a great, great show.
So I have all this TV I watch; I record it all on my DVR. I'm almost caught up from last week; I still have to watch Moonlight and Numb3rs. I need to do that by tomorrow night. Don't ask me how I get all this in. I did have to cut out so many shows.
The sad this is most of the time I'm not even paying attention to the television, I just have it on Court TV or Discovery Times. I love true crime shows.
And thus ends the geekiest post I've ever written for this class.
Friday, October 12, 2007
The Week In Review
It's Friday. Thank God. This has been one of the busiest weeks I can remember. I've been getting to bed earlier, though, so I'm not so exhausted anymore. This is nice.
Monday
Monday was a bad day. I didn't feel good Monday at all. I'd consumed too much coffee, maybe; I'm not really sure what it was. I just know that I felt horrible. I had a test that night in my police process class. I studied, but I didn't have everything, so there are a few questions I was very iffy about. Sometimes the way he words his questions, you can figure out the answers, and I'm hoping that in those situations I figured them out well. I'm thinking high B or low A. I know some people wouldn't even fret if they made a B, but I've made exactly one B since I've been back in school. I do not want to make one here, on his test in an easy class. I keep checking moodle obsessively, but he hasn't posted the grades yet.
Also, he showed us a video that really disturbed me. You didn't see anything, just heard everything, but what it boils down to is that he showed us a video from a dashboard cam where a trooper was killed in a traffic stop. I'm still haunted by that, four days later. Cops run in my family. My dad was one, my step-brother is. My uncle and my brother are sheriff deputies, though my brother is trying to get on with city police. I can't stop thinking about them.
Tuesday
Tuesday was horrible. I didn't get any sleep Monday night, so Tuesday was spent exhausted. My skin was crawling all day. I spent a little time with my grandmother after work, and then went home to relax and go to bed.
Wednesday
Was much, much better. I really love my Marketing class, but by the time he let us out at 8:50, I was dead tired. I wrote my speech for Thursday's class though, before class started and during break. My phone was almost dead so I didn't get to listen to my music.
Thursday
I had a speech last night. It went fine; I was the last one to present, so she didn't ask any questions. My friend said I did fine on it, but I was so, so nervous. I always am. She said she couldn't hear my voice shaking, which is amazing, because I always do. I wonder if I become a teacher, if I'll be that nervous all the time? Me and my friend went to eat dinner afterward, and that was cool. We're making plans to meet next week to study since we don't have class.
Oh, and I'd forgotten: I had a nail in my tire when I walked out of my house Thursday morning. It was too close to the sidewall, so I had to get a whole new tire. That wasn't fun, but it was something that had to be done.
Friday
It's Friday. I didn't want to get up this morning, but I did. I've been busy this morning, working on homework and I am almost caught up. I still have to finish my Reading Summaries for Sunday (two of four done!) and… I have a couple of papers I want to start this weekend if I can. I don't want to really do anything this weekend but catch up on my television, but I don't think I'll be lucky enough for that to happen.
Drinks with the girls tonight and five o'clock can't come fast enough.
Monday
Monday was a bad day. I didn't feel good Monday at all. I'd consumed too much coffee, maybe; I'm not really sure what it was. I just know that I felt horrible. I had a test that night in my police process class. I studied, but I didn't have everything, so there are a few questions I was very iffy about. Sometimes the way he words his questions, you can figure out the answers, and I'm hoping that in those situations I figured them out well. I'm thinking high B or low A. I know some people wouldn't even fret if they made a B, but I've made exactly one B since I've been back in school. I do not want to make one here, on his test in an easy class. I keep checking moodle obsessively, but he hasn't posted the grades yet.
Also, he showed us a video that really disturbed me. You didn't see anything, just heard everything, but what it boils down to is that he showed us a video from a dashboard cam where a trooper was killed in a traffic stop. I'm still haunted by that, four days later. Cops run in my family. My dad was one, my step-brother is. My uncle and my brother are sheriff deputies, though my brother is trying to get on with city police. I can't stop thinking about them.
Tuesday
Tuesday was horrible. I didn't get any sleep Monday night, so Tuesday was spent exhausted. My skin was crawling all day. I spent a little time with my grandmother after work, and then went home to relax and go to bed.
Wednesday
Was much, much better. I really love my Marketing class, but by the time he let us out at 8:50, I was dead tired. I wrote my speech for Thursday's class though, before class started and during break. My phone was almost dead so I didn't get to listen to my music.
Thursday
I had a speech last night. It went fine; I was the last one to present, so she didn't ask any questions. My friend said I did fine on it, but I was so, so nervous. I always am. She said she couldn't hear my voice shaking, which is amazing, because I always do. I wonder if I become a teacher, if I'll be that nervous all the time? Me and my friend went to eat dinner afterward, and that was cool. We're making plans to meet next week to study since we don't have class.
Oh, and I'd forgotten: I had a nail in my tire when I walked out of my house Thursday morning. It was too close to the sidewall, so I had to get a whole new tire. That wasn't fun, but it was something that had to be done.
Friday
It's Friday. I didn't want to get up this morning, but I did. I've been busy this morning, working on homework and I am almost caught up. I still have to finish my Reading Summaries for Sunday (two of four done!) and… I have a couple of papers I want to start this weekend if I can. I don't want to really do anything this weekend but catch up on my television, but I don't think I'll be lucky enough for that to happen.
Drinks with the girls tonight and five o'clock can't come fast enough.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
I'm having such a busy morning, and it's hindering my creative non-fiction writing ability. I am laughing to myself, because it's all tied in to what I've decided I'm going to write about. Ms. Smith can attest to this: none of the notebook entries I've written have really made it into my other writing (this blog, my essays). I have a difficult time with the notebook entries, honestly. It isn't the application of the entries -- I understand them and think they are a great resource. I've always got something to say, so if I give pause, I can write out one. But sometimes, I think I put too much into them. Some of my notebook entries I could probably turn around and post into this blog without any changes at all.
I don't rewrite proofs a lot. I never have. Like, for instance, my personal essay that I still need to start. I have it half written in a real paper notebook (I always start there), but it wasn't sitting well with me. I was thinking about it on the way to work this morning and got a completely different idea, out of the blue, and that's what I'm going to write the essay on, once I get the chance to start writing. And I'm working on it in my head, and have been since 7:30 this morning. I have it half written, already, in my head.
There's good to that: it seems like I'm a fountain of words. I start writing and probably fifteen to thirty minutes later, I'm finished, and really, not much changes from that. But the downside: I'm sure I lose stuff along the way. All of the shaping, and reshaping, is being down in my head, instead of from draft to draft to draft. Inevitably, I'm going to forget about something. That's why I know the notebooks are such important resources. I completely agree with that.
It's just so different than the way I do it, sometimes I have difficulty adjusting.
I write in my head, the words taking shapes like pictures, creating the story that needs to be written. I have all my main points there, lurking, waiting to come together when my fingers curl around a pen or fingertips click, click, click against the keyboard. Lay the foundation of the first main point and then zone out the slightest bit; the words really write themselves. They flow like water from my fingertips. It is a process I truly enjoy, something that I really would love to always do. There are constantly things going on in my head. They don't always make it to paper, but more often than not, they will somewhere. It really never takes much to inspire me, but I can't do much until the inspiration is there.
I don't rewrite proofs a lot. I never have. Like, for instance, my personal essay that I still need to start. I have it half written in a real paper notebook (I always start there), but it wasn't sitting well with me. I was thinking about it on the way to work this morning and got a completely different idea, out of the blue, and that's what I'm going to write the essay on, once I get the chance to start writing. And I'm working on it in my head, and have been since 7:30 this morning. I have it half written, already, in my head.
There's good to that: it seems like I'm a fountain of words. I start writing and probably fifteen to thirty minutes later, I'm finished, and really, not much changes from that. But the downside: I'm sure I lose stuff along the way. All of the shaping, and reshaping, is being down in my head, instead of from draft to draft to draft. Inevitably, I'm going to forget about something. That's why I know the notebooks are such important resources. I completely agree with that.
It's just so different than the way I do it, sometimes I have difficulty adjusting.
I write in my head, the words taking shapes like pictures, creating the story that needs to be written. I have all my main points there, lurking, waiting to come together when my fingers curl around a pen or fingertips click, click, click against the keyboard. Lay the foundation of the first main point and then zone out the slightest bit; the words really write themselves. They flow like water from my fingertips. It is a process I truly enjoy, something that I really would love to always do. There are constantly things going on in my head. They don't always make it to paper, but more often than not, they will somewhere. It really never takes much to inspire me, but I can't do much until the inspiration is there.
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