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Another New Year

Wow, I didn't blog very much in my Xanga account last year, but that's okay cause not that many people read it either. It's mainly for me. I'm more into my other blog account now but I thought I'd keep this one up.

So I compiled another list of resolutions to complete by the end of the year. Yeah, it's dumb, but I like setting goals.

Earlier this year, my mother, sister, and I all got together and made dream boards (a wonderful suggestion of Oprah Winfrey), in which we glued pictures and words cut from magazines on a poster board that represent our goals. Mine mainly focuses on my desires for de-stressing, homeownership, financial stability, and writing my novel.

The board has my long term and short term goals displayed on it. I like it cause it is visual. However, my list focuses only on those things I wish to accomplish this year.

Basically this year my goal is to complete college successfully, get a new place to live, get a full-time job and get some more work done on that novel. So far, just having a novel to focus on gives me a good start to the new year.

-later

Currently Notre Dame de Paris By Various Artists see related

Starting my book!

I'm finally starting my novel. So far, all I have is a concept and some concept art, but after I get more research out of the way, the story should develop more.

Basically it's going to take place in Japan during the Tokugawa Period. The story will focus on a young girl and explore the ethereal, arbitary, and relative nature of beauty.

I've started research this week, but I'm nowhere near ready to start writing. One historical writer once said that it takes 10 years of research to write a historical novel. I sure hope it dosn't take me that long.

Currently Watching Roseanne - The Complete Fourth Season By Roseanne see related

YEAH!

I am so excited! They approved my application to substitute teach at Maconaquah! Yeah!

I have to miss all of my classes on wednesday to go to the orientation but it is worth it--I have been waiting to hear back from them for three weeks so I am really pumped up by this!

Unfortunatly, I have not made any progress on my book . . . at all.  I am not even sure which novel I am going to start with. I am just so busy with college and work and speech and now subbing. I can't waite til May when things will slow down . . . some.

Just gotta survive spring semester.

-Later

Currently Reading QWAN Volume 4 (Qwan) By Aki Shimizu see related

New Year

Don't mock me!!! I'm composing my New Year Resolutions . . . okay mock!

It's not that I do this because it's a New Year tradition, but it actually helps me to stay focused on my goals. I have alot going on with college, workstudy, the Correspondent, tutoring, coaching, and attempting to write my freaking novel! It helps me to make realistic aspirations for the year that I may actually accomplish.

This year, I mainly just want to keep focused on college and saving money for future homeownership. Plus, I really really want to start research on my book. Every year my goal is to start the book, but this year I am only expecting myself to begin research. If I get farther than that--good for me . . . if not . . .

Anyway, I have already compiled a list of things to do and the list keeps growing, but some of the things are really little things like replacing the plastic covers over my talelights and such . . . hey if I don't write it down it just won't get done.

Anyway, I hope you all consider making some New Year goals too because it is really kind of neat to cross off all of the things that you have accomplished that year.

-Kitomi

Currently Listening Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Vol. 2 By Yoko Kanno see related

Just Venting

Summer vacation is coming to a close and I have just one thing to say . . . WHA!

This is going to be a really stressful semester. I am taking a full load of classes with three of my classes requiring feild experience. My M101 course requires 40 hours alone. I am also working three jobs: tutoring spansih/english at the LEC, writer/reporter for the Corespondent, and my work-study position in Campus Climate. I need to start my e-portfolio for my teaching major and finish two metastandard levels before spring. I am so glad I took the PPST during the summer.

On top of all of that, I have to take my car in for both the brakes and the turn signal: AGAIN. I swear, this car is becoming less and less of a bargain.

I am mostly concerned with my mom though because she is starting her new job on monday. While I am happy for her I am worried that either the job won't work out or it won't make her happy. Despite my efforts I have not been able to help my mother find happiness and this job is one of the only things which can bring her a positive change of pace and an ego-burst. She just needs to do something that makes her feel useful and important and I am only sorry that she does not feel that way at home.

I am also depressed because I won't see much of my best friends. Megan is going away and I don't know when she will be back again, Ashely is moving some ways off, Marisha is not coming back this fall, and Sarah is going back to Purdue.

Okay, I'm done whining now. I just needed to vent cause this summer has been alot of work and I am undergoing another period of change. I am like a cat; I don't handle change well.

Well, more positive next time!

-Kitomi