I'm not sure whose idea it was to make writing a blog in iambic pentameter a punishment, but as soon as I saw it, all I could think was: challenge accepted!
This is my second late blog, so I'm due a punishment anyway. And I'm so, so sorry to submit you to this because not only am I just generally bad at poetry writing, iambic pentameter is a particular weakness. But just know: I'm saying that what I miss doing that I don't get to do as much as I'd like is to really be with people; not necessarily always have stuff scheduled but instead just to live life together, hang out, and... be friends.
On to awful poetry! (please don't laugh)
Reading and sleeping,
being creative,
cooking and thinking,
being productive.
These things I enjoy
don't tell the whole tale -
a sort of decoy -
of my life's detail.
Interaction with
lives of those dear;
friendship is no myth,
and helps me see clear.
I find myself blessed;
people stand time's test.
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Saturday, May 21, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Whoops
So, hey.
I could pretend this post is late because I just moved over the weekend and am still in the process of unpacking and getting settled, and didn't have time all day, but that's not true. I was really pretty lazy about the whole unpacking thing and spent a lot of time standing in my room staring absently at my stuff.
Or I could pretend that the mid-afternoon break that I spent reading ridiculous theories about the recent Doctor Who developments was definitely a better use of time than writing a blog post.
Or I could pretend that it's because I had to go run a bunch of errands with my family in the evening... actually that one's true, but it was only a couple hours of the day.
Or because the new episode of Glee was on tonight and I mean, I obviously couldn't have written a blog post during the commercials. That would just be way too much to ask.
No, no. The real reason is because in the hour and a half that I had after Glee, my plan to quickly check my email and Facebook and such before writing a blog post somehow turned into getting sucked into TV tropes...
So, sorry. I guess I'll await the decision of the punishment thread in the YP group.
I know there was discussion on Rachel's post on Friday about the theme for this week being "I never though I'd say this, but..." However, since Sarah didn't do it yesterday and I still haven't come up with a good response to it, can we make this another free week and push that one ahead to next week?
As I mentioned, I've been busy moving and getting settled. It's really weird to move back home after being away for three years. Especially since we moved here only a few weeks before I left for university, so it doesn't even really feel like home. The room that I always stay in when I'm here to visit was always essentially set up as a guest room that would work equally well for me or my brother or my grandparents or anyone that was staying here, but for the summer we're rearranging it so that it can actually be my own space. We've moved a lot of the things that were stored in there so that it's not cluttered up with any of my brother's stuff any more, and we made space for a lot of my furniture from my apartment, and it really feels like home, which is something I've been lacking for a long time.
I never really felt at home living in university residences because, well they were residences. No matter how long you lived there and how hard you tried to make it your own space, you were still sharing one shower between eight people and the toilet broke about once a month and those are just not things that make you feel at home in a place. My apartment was a huge improvement, but it was very small and didn't have much storage space so I always felt cramped. Plus I had roommate issues the first year I lived there and mouse issues the second year.
Long story short, right now is the first time in a long time that I've really felt as though I had a space of my own, and it's wonderful. I want to make use of the comfortable, nurturing atmosphere I've created as a springboard for self-improvement this summer, meaning I want to do some serious writing, get into a healthy exercise routine, decrease the amount of time I spend on the computer, and finish the knitting project I've been working on for three years. Those are my plans.
I could pretend this post is late because I just moved over the weekend and am still in the process of unpacking and getting settled, and didn't have time all day, but that's not true. I was really pretty lazy about the whole unpacking thing and spent a lot of time standing in my room staring absently at my stuff.
Or I could pretend that the mid-afternoon break that I spent reading ridiculous theories about the recent Doctor Who developments was definitely a better use of time than writing a blog post.
Or I could pretend that it's because I had to go run a bunch of errands with my family in the evening... actually that one's true, but it was only a couple hours of the day.
Or because the new episode of Glee was on tonight and I mean, I obviously couldn't have written a blog post during the commercials. That would just be way too much to ask.
No, no. The real reason is because in the hour and a half that I had after Glee, my plan to quickly check my email and Facebook and such before writing a blog post somehow turned into getting sucked into TV tropes...
So, sorry. I guess I'll await the decision of the punishment thread in the YP group.
I know there was discussion on Rachel's post on Friday about the theme for this week being "I never though I'd say this, but..." However, since Sarah didn't do it yesterday and I still haven't come up with a good response to it, can we make this another free week and push that one ahead to next week?
As I mentioned, I've been busy moving and getting settled. It's really weird to move back home after being away for three years. Especially since we moved here only a few weeks before I left for university, so it doesn't even really feel like home. The room that I always stay in when I'm here to visit was always essentially set up as a guest room that would work equally well for me or my brother or my grandparents or anyone that was staying here, but for the summer we're rearranging it so that it can actually be my own space. We've moved a lot of the things that were stored in there so that it's not cluttered up with any of my brother's stuff any more, and we made space for a lot of my furniture from my apartment, and it really feels like home, which is something I've been lacking for a long time.
I never really felt at home living in university residences because, well they were residences. No matter how long you lived there and how hard you tried to make it your own space, you were still sharing one shower between eight people and the toilet broke about once a month and those are just not things that make you feel at home in a place. My apartment was a huge improvement, but it was very small and didn't have much storage space so I always felt cramped. Plus I had roommate issues the first year I lived there and mouse issues the second year.
Long story short, right now is the first time in a long time that I've really felt as though I had a space of my own, and it's wonderful. I want to make use of the comfortable, nurturing atmosphere I've created as a springboard for self-improvement this summer, meaning I want to do some serious writing, get into a healthy exercise routine, decrease the amount of time I spend on the computer, and finish the knitting project I've been working on for three years. Those are my plans.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Late blog is late!
Crapnoid. I'm not sure how I forgot I had this due this week, it just kind of slipped away from me.
Do we do punishments? I would be open to doing a punishment for this one.
Anyway! I too had thought that I would have interesting things to say without a theme, but I am suddenly drawing a blank. Hrm.
I've been sick all week with strep throat, which has been really frustrating and I'm glad I'm finally getting better because it was making it so I could only sleep an hour or so at a time, and I just couldn't function too much longer without lovely REM sleep.
I've been in a strange creative mood lately. Of course, I've been sick and have lots of school things to do so I don't have time to do a whole lot of these creative things, but man I want to! You know, that might be a good theme for next week - pieces of inspiration, whether creative or otherwise (I'll need to pop over to Your Pants to post that idea when I'm done here).
I'm getting a little nervous now, because I'm getting into the last bit of college now. I've got six weeks left, and then I will officially be a college graduate. I'm really excited at the prospect of being done, because I've worked very hard and it will feel good to complete my education.
But it also feels like this is my initiation into "official" adulthood, and I am just completely not prepared for that. I will admit that I am generally fairly well disguised as an adult, but once you scratch the surface I'm still quite a goof.
I wonder if being an adult is accepting that being an adult doesn't change a whole lot; the house is still messy, there's still junk food in the pantry, and I occasionally sit in my pajamas all day to watch cartoons or laugh far too hard when my foreign-born boyfriend accidentally pronounces aluminum like "ahl-yoo-min-ee-um" instead of "all-oom-in-um".
I won't ever just magically level up into being an adult and suddenly have my life together and be doing everything I want to be doing. And while that's comforting, because it means everyone else is in the same boat, it's still kind of terrifying.
Adulthood, I'll see you on May 21st. Nerdfighters, wish me luck :)
P.S. It is 9:00 PM local time, so it is still only Saturday, one day late, thank you very much, Blogger.
Do we do punishments? I would be open to doing a punishment for this one.
Anyway! I too had thought that I would have interesting things to say without a theme, but I am suddenly drawing a blank. Hrm.
I've been sick all week with strep throat, which has been really frustrating and I'm glad I'm finally getting better because it was making it so I could only sleep an hour or so at a time, and I just couldn't function too much longer without lovely REM sleep.
I've been in a strange creative mood lately. Of course, I've been sick and have lots of school things to do so I don't have time to do a whole lot of these creative things, but man I want to! You know, that might be a good theme for next week - pieces of inspiration, whether creative or otherwise (I'll need to pop over to Your Pants to post that idea when I'm done here).
I'm getting a little nervous now, because I'm getting into the last bit of college now. I've got six weeks left, and then I will officially be a college graduate. I'm really excited at the prospect of being done, because I've worked very hard and it will feel good to complete my education.
But it also feels like this is my initiation into "official" adulthood, and I am just completely not prepared for that. I will admit that I am generally fairly well disguised as an adult, but once you scratch the surface I'm still quite a goof.
I wonder if being an adult is accepting that being an adult doesn't change a whole lot; the house is still messy, there's still junk food in the pantry, and I occasionally sit in my pajamas all day to watch cartoons or laugh far too hard when my foreign-born boyfriend accidentally pronounces aluminum like "ahl-yoo-min-ee-um" instead of "all-oom-in-um".
I won't ever just magically level up into being an adult and suddenly have my life together and be doing everything I want to be doing. And while that's comforting, because it means everyone else is in the same boat, it's still kind of terrifying.
Adulthood, I'll see you on May 21st. Nerdfighters, wish me luck :)
P.S. It is 9:00 PM local time, so it is still only Saturday, one day late, thank you very much, Blogger.
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