What's the word? Weekend #25

Hey guys!!!

It's time for What's the Word? Weekend number twenty-five!  :)



Sorry this is late (aka not technically on the weekend, again). I just got back from my taekwondo tournament not too long ago (and it was technically Monday by the time I did get back to my dorm).

Let's take a look at this weekend's news:



The Bad News:
 I was hoping to finish editing BOB over Fall Break, but I unfortunately didn't. :(
 I think I got distracted by being at home, which has TV and good wireless service (because the WiFi in my dorm room is AWFUL, and it's just in my room too ... like if I step out into the hallway, it's fine!!!). Not to mention I got a bunch of summer internship stuff thrown at me from my family, which I appreciate, but the multiple things to apply for were kind of getting thrown at me pretty quickly, and then I was sending out resumes and calling various people on the phone and ... I mean, don't get me wrong, I am so thankful to have all these potential opportunities and I would love to have a summer internship this summer, but it also seems like my parents and siblings don't get how serious I am about my writing and wanting to become successful at it ... hopefully one day I can prove that THAT'S what I want to do (year round).



The Good News:
I've edited 80 pages of BOB thus far. The current word count is 50,290 words (so I'm officially over the 50K mark, YAY!!!). I'm hoping to finish editing the first draft very soon though, sooner rather than later (I have about 125 pages left as of now). I think I'll actually have some more time this week (before the school work load picks up again) since we're just getting back from break.

In other news:
I got second place in sparring at the Taekwondo tournament!!! YAY Silver medal!!!!

So I mean, I lost all my matches (the first two I didn't try (though I only lost by 1 and 2 points) because my two teammates had already won before me, and you only need two out of three matches, so I didn't want to risk hurting my knee further). The last fight for gold, my first teammate won, and then my second teammate unfortuantely hurt her foot (she's going for x-rays tomorrow ... fortunately it's not broken). So I was kinda thrown off by that, because I unexpectedly had to go next. I lost 4-2, but considering the fact that I have a bad knee, I haven't practice in three weeks (except for the last practice I went to Saturday, which just further aggravated my knee) because of my cold so I'm not really in the shape I'd like to be in, and considering that during my first fight I hurt my toes pretty badly (which always results in me subconsciously not kicking as hard as I can out of fear I'll like break my toes or something, thus my kicks don't score), I'd say I did decent. Not to mention I'm convinced the girl I was sparring was holding me (which is illegal, and I've been called for doing the same thing in the past .... and yet she wasn't called, so that didn't seem fair to me). 

I still feel like I let my teammates down though, because if I'd of won, we would have gotten gold (and they had been winning all day so that I wouldn't have to fight and get further injured, but when they needed me, I didn't deliver). I know that I was hurt, and hadn't been to practice and stuff, but I still sometimes feel like I look like a failure to those who are standing around and watching when I don't win, you know, since they don't necessarily know I'm injured (and they might think I'm just big and slow and not really athletic or whatever). 

Sorry about my negativity.

But anyway, I'm really proud of my sparring team for getting silver, AND of my entire team for getting third in our division and fourth overall! And my teammates are proud of me, so I'm happy that they still believe in me even though I lack confidence in myself.

Well, that's all for this weekend folks! Until next time! :)

X <3 O
This is my year, this is my time, this is my now.

My Birthday 2012

Hey guys,

This is a post just to let you guys know that I'm celebrating my 20th birthday today. I know I should sound A LOT more excited, but I honestly chalk this one up as being the worst birthday yet.

First I was up until 7AM doing homework (that's due Tuesday, but I have so much to do the rest of this week I pretty much needed to get it done early). That wasn't so bad though (especially since I started after 2AM, which was my fault), because I've done this before.

Then I planned to go and vote (because I THOUGHT I was registered in my hometown). So I stayed up until 8AM, when my town's Town Hall opens, and went to go vote with my dad. But then when I get there, they said that I wasn't registered! I was so ticked off to say the least. When I was 16, and I got my license, the person at the DMV asked me if I was gonna be old enough to vote in the next election (which I am) and if I wanted to register to vote then...so I said yes, checked off a box and they supposedly registered me. But I guess that was a lie, and I'd been waiting years and years to finally be able to vote and now I can't. I wanted to vote in every election that I'm eligible, but now I can't. It's just .... UGH it's SOOOO annoying!!!! I know I should have checked if I was registered, and I know that they'll be another election (because I can't vote in this one since I just registered today), but still ... what a terrible way to "enjoy" my 20th birthday.

The only good thing that's happened to me today is I submitted two stories to hopefully get selected to be in my college's literary magazine. I still have no idea whether I'll get picked, but at least I was able to edit those stories and ship them off.

I also got a lot of birthday messages from my friends, which I'm SOOO grateful for! Unfortunately I've only gotten like, half of the number I got last year (on Facebook I mean), but I think that's what happens when your birthday is the day after Halloween and your friends are still maybe recovering from the parties ... plus the devastation from Hurricane Sandy and people still not having power. I was hoping to pass the number of birthday well-wishes that I got last year though ... but seriously, I'm SO happy that I got the messages I did (and some of them were REALLY special because of what people said and who said them). So on the odd chance that any of my friends are reading this, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY POSTS!!!!!!!!!

And my mom is bringing home take-out and a cake, so that's always good.

So now that I look at this, there actually were a few things that went right today.


Anyway, hopefully next year ... and next voting year ... I'll have a more exciting birthday post.
But I'm still grateful to have lived two whole decades thus far.




Until next time.

X <3 O

Happy Halloween 2012!!!

Hey guys!!! :D


I just wanted to say HAPPY HALLOWEEN to everyone!!! :D :D :D



Even though I haven't been trick-or-treating since I was in high school (but I still eat a bunch of candy anyway), Halloween is still one of my favorite (if not my FAVORITE) holiday!!!!






I hope that everyone will stay safe this Halloween, especially those who were hit by Hurricane Sandy.



That's all for today folks! Have a good evening!


X <3 O