I learned a very valuable lesson today. Always, always, eat at least a bowl of cereal before leaving for a day at college. I skipped my cereal and ate granola bars this morning, only to find myself exhausted, half asleep and hungry all day. Next time, I'll make sure and eat something better than just granola bars before classes.

I really have nothing more to say. My head kind of hurts, and I'm very tired and ready for a nap.

TTFN, readers!

- Aimee

Since I'm too tired to really write anything today, please enjoy this random poem I wrote a while ago, and can't remember writing.

There is one thing I can not
(will not try to)
Comprehend:
Time. The essence of which is lies.
Time. An alliance we can not rend.
Five years is a long time.
Seven months.
Have they really passed by?
An hour since I last spoke to you.
Appears so much longer.

- Aimee

Exhausted doesn't even begin to describe my physical state right now.

Today was my first day as a college freshman. I'll admit that I wasn't too excited about starting college. It's just school, right? And I'm not taking the most exciting classes. History, Geography and Psychology are subjects that I am definitely not extremely interested in. Thankfully, I have teachers who seem very cool. I'm looking forward to Geography the most, I think, because the teacher seems like she'll make it fun to learn.

I can't stand being surrounded by people for so long, though. I can handle people for a short amount of time. I can even handle people in small amounts for very long amounts of time. But when I'm required to be pleasant while surrounded by people, it just gets exhausting. I was never meant to spend so much time with people. I'm an artist, artists, especially writers, are a lonely people. At least most of the writers I've met have been. Sure, I enjoy spending time with a small group of good friends, or even a medium sized group of people I'm only semi comfortable around. But strangers on all sides is not a situation I deal with well.

My first day of college was, I am proud to say, a success! Let's just see if I can keep it that way.

- Aimee

I remember a time when I would wake up at 6:30 every morning just to watch Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, and then Zaboomafoo. I can't remember what I loved about Sagwa, aside from the fact that it was a show about kittens, but I do remember why I loved Zaboomafoo. The Kratt brothers, Chris and Martin, were awesome! They represented everything I hoped to become when I grew up.

Now, my biggest goal is to publish a book, get married and raise a family. I'm not bashing on raising a family at all, but it's just not what I wanted when I was little. When I was little I always claimed I would never get married. In my mind, I didn't need a man to make my dreams come true. I wanted to work with animals, and do something like Chris and Martin did on Zaboomafoo, or their other show with the name I can't remember.

I wonder where those dreams went...?

Sorry, I didn't mean for this post to be so melancholy. What I actually wanted to talk about was the fact that I've been waking up at 7:50 every morning in order to condition myself to getting up at a decent time in the morning. It's worked, too. Even if I ignore my alarm clock I'm always up before 8:30, which is really unusual for me in recent years. Today I woke up an extra ten minutes early, after getting only about six hours of sleep, and all I can think is that it's my second to last morning of 'sleeping in'. Tuesday morning I'm going to have to wake up at an ungodly hour, like, 5:30 or something, so I can get to school not only in time for my classes, but to make sure we have enough time for my boyfriend to find all his classes. Goodbye waking up at 7:30, a time I never would have considered sleeping in once upon a time.

I am so not looking forward to Tuesday...

- Aimee

I received an added stress bonus today! Not only did I find out that I have homework due tonight, before my college classes have even started, but I found out that the homework was reading the first chapter of the text book and then completing the assignment on that chapter. My classes start Tuesday. This means that there is no possible way I could have ordered the book and gotten it before Tuesday. So I was practically forced into paying for the e-book, which, basically, kind of sucks. It works, I suppose. And I guess I would never need the book again after the class, but still. I wish I'd gotten more than a day's notice.

History is the only class with things to do before it even starts, though. Geography doesn't look like it will be crazy, and I probably won't even need my Psychology text book for the first class. If I do, I'm screwed. But I guess I'll have to wait for Tuesday to find out.

I am really not looking forward to the workload I'll have this semester. Not only am I taking two subjects that I really, really don't care for, but one of them is going to swamp me in homework, if today was any indication. I spent almost two hours reading the chapters and answering the multiple choice questions. The multiple choice questions are something to be thankful for, though. I suppose.

Here's hoping I don't get too swamped by homework, and that I still have a social life by the end of the year!

- Aimee

I can't seem to keep any of my projects straight right now. I have my fantasy novel in progress, my mystery short story in it's third re-write, the novel me and my co-author are working on, plus the script that I decided to write, got the first chapter of my novel in to, and then never worked on again. Also, I have my piano, all the songs I'm struggling to learn, and in a few days I'll have college classes to worry about.

Can anyone say 'stress'?

- Aimee

Today's post brought to you by, the letter 'S'. And, the number 15.

I have spent the last day or so trying desperately to learn a new song on the piano. My student let me borrow the sheet music, since she has given up trying to use youtube tutorials to learn it. Some of you may recognize the title River Flows in You. If you don't recognize the title, then maybe you'll recognize the tune. It's a very pretty song, and I really hope I can learn it correctly soon. I want to learn to play it as it's played in the youtube video I am going to share with you all.

My entire life is a series of cycles, I've come to realize. When I pulled my game cube out of the closet and bought Animal Crossing, I played it almost nonstop for months. And then I was given Super Smash Bros. Melee for my birthday, and that was what I spent my time on, until I got tired of it. After a while I moved on to watching the television series Bones, and now I'm spending a lot of time playing Pokemon Fire Red. I can almost guarantee that eventually I'll be tired of at least one of those pass times, maybe both, and I'll move on to something else. I'm already considering playing Animal Crossing again.

But what I've also realized, is that my interests aren't the only cycle I live my life under. My emotions also have a cycle they follow. It's a rather vicious spiral. I go through a period of extreme conceit (however imaginary) and high self-esteem, and then all of a sudden my emotions plummet, and I suffer low self-esteem, the strange paranoia that maybe my friends aren't really my friends at all. It's really weird.

Anyway, I think I'm done with my little self-examination. I have a head ache, and my clothes are probably ready to be put in the dryer. So, please enjoy the video I shared!

- Aimee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOqUFqF_ZwM

Inspiration

It's always fun to go back and look at something that has inspired you. It's fun to see where your inspiration comes from, and to review how your mind works. My mind seems to work in mysterious ways. Even I can't fully fathom how I am inspired most of the time. I once wrote an entire short story based on the words: Cherry pie.

The specific instance of inspiration I am referring to is a movie I watched several years ago. I don't know how many of you have seen Stardust. I have only seen it twice, myself, once when it came out, and then again just the other day. It's the story of a young man whose mother was a captured princess. He goes on an epic quest to find a fallen star, in order to prove his love for a girl who does not really love him.

That movie is the movie that sent a jolt of inspiration into my mind several years ago, and that, dear readers, was the birth of my fantasy novel. I'm not going to tell you the premise of my story. You'll have to wait for that, since I don't want anyone stealing my ideas. (You can't be too careful, after all.)

It's always fun to go back and find your original source of inspiration. I should do it more often. It's really awesome for getting that drive back, the drive to finish a novel you've been working on for years.

- Aimee

I am so bad at keeping up with blogs, or things that I have to update frequently. I'm sorry I haven't been posting very much. Life's been busy, and awesome, this summer.

I just got my driver's license the other day, which means I can finally drive around as much as I want to. As long as I can borrow my mom's minivan. It's lame not having a car, but hey, it's not like I really need to drive around a whole lot. So I'm alright not having a car. For now.

A few days ago I decided to rewrite my mystery. Again. But hopefully for the last time. I have just over a thousand words, and a great idea. I'm just not exactly sure how I'm going to finish it all in another 1,500 words. Wish me luck on that, readers!

And now, before I run away to play pokémon, I'm going to promise to update more frequently. At least once a week, if not more!

- Aimee

You'll never guess what I've decided to do.

And since you'll never guess, then I'll tell you. I've decided to try my hand at screen writing. I've mentioned my fantasy novel before. I've told you about the crucial moment I just recently reached. But now I'm telling you that the story was really meant to be a movie. As much as I love what I've written, I just feel like it would be so much better as a movie, and so, I'm going to try writing a script for it! So far I'm not sure how well I'm doing. I've never even tried writing a script before. I guess I'll just have to go with it, and see how things turn out.

If anyone has any experience writing scripts, then I'd appreciate advice!

That's all I have to say for now, readers. I'm off to work on some random story I haven't mentioned yet in any of my posts. Good night!

- Aimee