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Yes! College is finally over! No more Shakespeare! No more linguistic devices! No more exams or early mornings! It's OVER!
I'm so happy, in case you couldn't tell.
So i had my interview for the Media course that i'd applied for next year. I'd been seriously worried that they'd bring up my attendance from the past year, but turns out i was worrying about nothing, they didn't even mention it once. My interviewer pretty much offered me a place on the course there and then, which is pretty awesome.
So that's one less thing to worry about.
Also, it's now the summer holidays, so i have 8 weeks of doing absolutely nothing. I've tried looking for a job, really i have, but no one will hire me. I think it's cos i'm short. The working world discriminates against short people who would need a step ladder to stack the top shelf.
And for those of you that haven't got a nice little reminder e-mail in your inbox yet, IT'S MY BIRTHDAY ON FRIDAY!!!! I'm seriously excited. Call me immature, but i plan on getting absolutely wasted. It's a bit sad though that only two months after my 17th birthday, it's my best friends 18th. I hate being one of the youngest in my year. I look really young too. Again, it's because i'm short.
Well, for my birthday (well, a few days after since alcohol is prohibited for at least 24 hours before hand) i'm getting my tongue pierced! I've wanted it doing for a while now, but i haven't had the guts. The other week i aw my friend get it done though, and she didn't even flinch, so it can't be that painful, can it? Anyone who has their tongue pierced, does it really hurt much?
As far as writing goes, i'm in a rut. No, actually, i never even started writing so i'm not in a rut, i'm just....i dunno what i am. But at the moment i'm certainly not a writer.
Anyway, i suppose that's it for now.
Check out my question that i asked on yahoo answers after a long and amusing discussion between me and my friend about Edward Cullen.
WARNING: Not for younger people.
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind
Until next time.
Kadie x
cheerfulWell, it's an addiction really. And before you even think it, no, it is not drugs or alcohol. No, if only it were that simple.
My addiction is a mean one. It eats away at my money, takes up a hell of a lot of drawer space, and it really does my arms in tryna carry my addiction home.
Can you guess what it is? Go on, give it a try.
I bet you're thinking that it's a shopping addiction, aren't you?
Well, if you are, then you're half right at least. Ok, i guess i should just tell you already.
I am addicted to buying.....
Stationary.
Stop laughing.
Really, it's a serious problem. I have a whole drawer filled with unused writing pads, and enough pens to last me a life time.
It's like every time i walk past a stationary shop, i have to go in and see what's on offer. I only intend to go in and have a look around, but hen half an hour later i walk out £5 poorer and with a heavy bagful of paper and pens that i'll probably never use.
I pity the poor trees that are currently cooped up in my drawer.
I don't know why i keep buying more. I've used the same writing pad this whole last year at college, and it's not like i write my stories on paper. My handwriting has to be perfect, if it's not i get really frustrated and screw the damn thing up, so i stick to typing.
What my handwriting looks like for anyone that's interested:
So yes, if you have any ideas on how to help my addiction, please let me know. This is serious business people, even more serious than my Chili Heatwave Doritos addiction of 07, trees lives are at stake!
Kadie x
sillyDon't you just hate applications, or forms? I do. They ask you questions, and then they give you a tiny little space to write an answer. How are you supposed to come off as somewhat intelligent in only 3 lines of space?
I'm a little bit frustrated since i just filled out my progression form for college. I'm dropping all of my current subjects and hopefully picking up a full time Media course. I had to write a 'statement' telling them why i decided to change courses. Please tell me, how the hell am i supposed to write a statement with only 12 lines to work with? Grr, i had to write really tiny, as if my writing wasn't hard enough to read, and it turned out all squished together.
So yeah, no more English Language or Literature. As much as i love writing, English really isn't helping me in that area. Too much analyzing. So Media it is. The course actually looks really cool. It has a load of different aspects to it, like journalism, photo journalism, movie making, animation, audio, etc, so it should be good. That is if i get accepted of course.
Which i sincerely doubt.
Since i hated my classes so much, i started skipping more and more. So now that i'm applying for a new course, i'm worried that they're going to be taking my attendance into account. If they do, i am seriously screwed. Would you accept a student with 60% attendance?
So, i really need a job. The excuse i've been using for the past couple of months was that i lost my national insurance number, and you cant get a job without one of those. I can't use that excuse anymore since i was forced to go to inland revenue and ask for it to be sent to me. So with in 4-7 working day, i will be job hunting. And believe me, looking for a job at this time of year is brutal.
All of the school kids, never mind fellow college kids, are going on summer holidays soon, so there will be literally thousands of people looking for jobs. Sucks for little sixteen year old me who has no recommendations and no prior employment.
Lately i've been really obsessed with the song Defying Gravity, from the musical Wicked. I seriously wanna go see that at some point. It looks amazing. What is not amazing, is that the damn song is in my head 24/7. It's rather annoying.
Sigh.
Well i think that's it for now.
Kadie x
annoyedI'm picking my old NaNoWriMo project up again. I think i'll actually be able to make progress with this since i never really got bored of the idea, i just didn't have the motivation to write it. But now I’m really starting to get into it again, so fingers crossed.
So i need your help on something. My protagonist needs a name, and i've narrowed it down to two choices.
Millie Malone - This was the original name, and I do still like it but i'm not sure.
Molly Malone - I really like this name, but i'm not sure i should use it since it's the name of and irish song. I didn't know that when i thought it up, it was just a coincidence. I could probably work that in somewhere in the novel, but i don't know if i should.
So if you let me know what you think, i'd be mega grateful.
Anyway, i had this really weird dream last night. I'm not sure if i should call it a nightmare since it was so ridiculous :P
So i'm in my bedroom, pregnant and ready to pop by the looks of it, when suddenly i see something moving in the distance out of the window. Through my window i can see a giant field with hundreds of little kiddies playing around. I see something move again, and it turns out to be a giant, black (not grey), red eyed elephant. No joke. The thing was absolutely massive, and by far the evilest elephant i could ever imagine.
So the elephant, which happens to be at least 5 times the size of normal elephants, starts moving toward all the little kiddies playing on the field, its red eyes glowing all the way. As soon as it comes across a kid, it wraps it's trunk around the kid, lifts it up and eats it. This happens to every kid the giant elephant comes across, until all the little kiddies are running around trying to escape.
A huge ditch somehow appears and all the kids start running towards it, leading the elephant to it, smart little kiddies. They somehow get the elephant to fall into the ditch, and all is good, until somehow, my house is magically transferred into the ditch with the elephant.
My auntie, who miraculously just appeared at my side, is dragged out the window by the elephants trunk. My brother appears and hits and kicks the elephants trunk, but he just ends up getting eaten.
So i, in all my impregnated glory, waddle down the stairs to the kitchen where i then search for a weapon. For some insane reason i choose to forgo the huge, sharp chopping knife, in favour of a small pointy knife that we use to peel potatoes.
I run out of the backdoor, dodging the elephants trunk as it tries to squish me and my unborn brat. I approach one of the elephants feet, jab it with the potato knife once, and suddenly it's falling down dead.
Woohoo!
All of the little kiddies and my auntie and my brother crawl out of the elephants mouth, covered in elephant spit and they’re all cheering for me.
But then suddenly, the elephants trunk jerks up, squishing me and my baby.
This is when I woke up.
Any dream specialists out there, please tell me what the heck this dream is supposed to mean?
Guess it’s true that if you eat cheese before bed, you’re gonna have nightmares.
Kadie xxx
scaredI've completely gone off the story idea that i've spent the last MONTH preparing to write. I did character pages, chapter outlines, timelines, story maps, everything, and now i just feel like throwing the idea away all together in favour of something else that i conjured up in my head last night while i couldn't sleep.
This seems to be my pattern. I invest myself in and idea, and then a few weeks later i think up something else and then fall in love with that. I'm getting really frustrated, i feel like pulling my hair out right now.
Maybe i should just stick to writing short stories?
I've never once completed a full length novel, so maybe it's just not for me?
I have a whole folder full of planning and ideas, and nothing to show for it.
Have you ever found yourself in a similar situation? If so, i would really appreciate advice. Even if you've never been in the same situation yourself, and suggestions you may have would be helpful.
I've considered writing multiple novels at once, but i scrapped the idea since i'm yet to complete even one.
Please help.
Kadie xxx
Thanks to Painted Layouts for the awesome layout. Credit for the header and icon goes to me, so let me know what you think of it :-)
Some of you probably remember me mentioning something about a writing competition called Ficathon that i was taking part in. Well, i failed. The deadline is Monday, and i deleted what i'd previously wrote because it was the biggest pile of rubbish i'd ever written. I could probably spout out 3000 words by tomorrow if i really tried, but i don't have the time.
The first draft of my Tempest essay is due in tomorrow also, it's 25% of my grade, and i haven't even started it yet. So it looks like i'll be doing an all nighter tonight.
On a brighter note, my ticket for GOOD CHARLOTTE arrived the other day!!! I'm going to see them on April 13th, and i can't wait! I've never actually been to a concert before, so it should be really good. I'm even going to buy a band t-shirt especially for it :P
I haven't been writing much lately, but i have been cooking up a story idea in my head for a while now. If i decide to actually write it, i'm pretty sure the title will be 'Tagged'. I'm not gonna tell you what it's about yet, it's a romance of course, because i want you to comment and tell me what impression or idea of the story you get just from that title. So if you could leave a comment and let me know, i would be really grateful.
Ok, so i guess that's it for now.
Until next time.
Kadie xxx
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