National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)

To be honest, I had never intended on actually participating in such a ridiculously impossible event. But, as it turns out, I was somehow suckered into participating, and now there's no way out...!

Basically, NaNoWriMo is exactly as its title might suggest: You are to write a 50,000 word (that's approximately 100 pages on a Microsoft Word Document, 12 pt. font) novel in 30 days during the National Novel Writing Month- which is, naturally, November. Now if you do the math, you would find out that in order to meet this requirement, one would have to type approximately 1,667 words EVERY SINGLE DAY, for all 30 DAYS.

What?! Yeah, that's right. It sounds ridiculous even to me, who spends most of their time procrastinating ranting on miscellaneous things. Also, I was a bit late to join, beginning my novel on the 5th of November, 5 days AFTER the official countdown had started. If you count up those missed days, that totals up to 8,335 words behind schedule. Now, today being the 9th of November, we are officially supposed to be up to count on a total of 15,003 words.Guess how many words I've written?

Roughly 4,000. That's not even half of what I had to catch up on. Can you say "officially screwed?" Of course, my nature being by default that of a procrastinator, things are not looking good for me as of present. Do I believe I can still hit the 50,000 words mark by the 30th of November? Perhaps, if I didn't have so many assignments in my normal English class. Every word I type out now is valuable, and I've come to face the sad truth that if I want to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days, not every single sentence is going to be of my normal quality content. Oh well. So kids, remember to never procrastinate!

...and if you're up to the challenge of starting 15,000 words behind, I highly recommend that you take the challenge. Here's their official website: http://www.nanowrimo.org

Ack! The above 338 words could have been time spent writing words for my novel...!

My Sister's Pet Hamster...

...ran away.

...Three days ago. For three agonizing days (at least in the eyes of my sister), her "poor" hamster lived as a rogue nomad/wanderer, mingling with the basement spiders and then some. I could imagine it, squeaking with joy, "I'm a FREE hamster now!" (to the tone of Pinnochio's "I'm a REAL boy now!") It met up with the basement mice gang, defeated their leader, and climbed its way to the top of the rodent social ladder.

Just as it was enjoying its freedom, hunger began to gnaw at the pits of its tiny stomach. My sister, being the semi-clever one, left the door to the hamster cage open, attempting to tempt (haha) it with some delectable morsels of dried corn and... stuff. For three nights she waited, observing the slight change in the food level. She knew her precious hamster was alive; just in hiding. Like a refugee. Finally, she could bear it no longer. She hired me, the bounty hunter, to go off in search of this rogue hamster. As I snuck downstairs into the basement, I heard a faint shuffling sound, like tiny rodent paws clawing at the smooth wooden flooring. The corner of my eye caught the glimpse of a tiny shadow, scampering across the floor. Turning on the lights, I dashed after it, snatching the pathetic thing up in my nimble hands then plopping it back into its cage. The rodent squeaked and screeched in protest, but I would not open that cage door again.

Sorry lil' fella, but your life as a free hamster is over.

...and that just about sums up my (non)epic story of how I the bounty hunter successfully caught the rogue hamster and was rewarded... nothing. She didn't even say thanks! -.-

(Yep this is what procrastination does to you)

Phoenix Wright

I needed something to distract myself, so I thought of the one-and-only, amazing Phoenix Wright. Despite first appearances of a rather silly yet strategical game, he, as well as his rivals and allies give amazingly insightful quotes. Again, the only purpose of this post is to steer myself away from my problems in the world outside of games... and for entertainment purposes. Here are some of my favorites. Some may be humorous, others may be serious, and others yet are actually quite insightful and might actually make you think. Without further ado:

• "Just my luck... An assassin with a conscience. Who would've figured...?" --Phoenix Wright
• "And their fate is to live with the knowledge of their guilt on their shoulders." --Shelly De Killer (the assassin with a conscience)
  
• "Sink or swim... The only way through is forward!" --Phoenix Wright
• "Your... precious... UUUUURNNN!!" --Adrian Andrews (oh wow)
  
• "Life doesn't end with the closing of a case." --Lana Skye
• "And even though the weather outside is gorgeous today, it's raining inside my heart..." --Phoenix Wright
• "I am not totally confident here, but I know I must press on, no matter what!" --Phoenix Wright
• "I know the path I have walked. You don't need to tell me." --Miles Edgeworth
• "There's a sad feeling in the air, now that the party's over..." --Phoenix Wright
• "Even if the whole world turns against me, this is one fight I can't give up on!" --Phoenix Wright
• "But have I just run out of luck this time...? Is all our hope for naught...?" --Phoenix Wright
• "Why are you speaking in riddles all of a sudden...?" --Phoenix Wright (to Mia Fey)
  
• "OBJECTION!" --Self explanatory
• "I feel as if... Something inside me has died." --Miles Edgeworth
• "I can't forgive myself for what I've done... And no one else should forgive me either!" --Miles Edgeworth
• "...Zvarri! The truth has once again been elegantly revealed to me!" --Luke Atmey
  
• "I am sorry to learn you are no longer that person." --Judge
• "Why is it... That all I want to do lately is cry?" --Phoenix Wright
• "Why is it... I suddenly feel like I want to scream?" --Phoenix Wright
• "I set my ATM card's number to '0001' because I'm number one!" --Manfred von Karma
• "...and the world just got a whole lot crueler..." --Phoenix Wright
• "...I ate it." --Phoenix Wright
• "I'm such a fool... It took me all this time to realize it." --Lana Skye
• "No one can change the past. The only thing we can do is strive to make up for our mistakes. Why must we make up for our mistakes, you ask? Because in doing so... we can find the way back to our path. And once we've found our path, we can move on from our past mistakes toward a brighter future." --Phoenix Wright (this is my favorite)

I've accumulated a list far longer than this, but these are the highlights and among some of my favorites. Now here comes my testimonial/rant... zomgphoenixwrightisanamazinggameandithinkallofyoushouldgetitandplayit,becauseitwillgiveyourperpectionoftheworldawholedifferentangle, andyoumightstartevenapproachingsituationswithalittlemorerationalitythanbefore, andthinkthingsthroughfirst,asihavelearnedfromthis. SOGOPLAYPHOENIXWRIGHT! [/addiction]

Irony.

So, lately I've been doing a lot of thinking. When someone is given a long time to think, think harder, and rethink, they start to notice many smaller details of life that they may not have registered before. I've always found a fascination with the stranger half of life, namely, irony in its pure, most ironic form. I would insert some lame pun about iron (Fe) and irony due to our current science unit about the Periodic Table of Elements, but the inspiration is repelling me like same-pole magnets. (Whoops I think I made that one too vague. Fe Co Ni ring any bells? If it doesn't then good... now you know that I'm the only one going insane.)

Anyway, so... about irony. I've began to notice so much of it nowadays that I feel as if it's always been around me; I've just never taken the time to think about it. I don't know the official definition of irony, but it goes something like this: A form of "humor" (humor as some may call it... I personally don't find it funny at all; simply intriguing to notice and quite amus-ing. Ahh stupid science unit.) that occurs as a result of something else that is contrary to that other thing. I really don't know how to explain it... You really have to experience it yourself. Since this is a public blog (that no one reads anyway, but that's off the point), I can't go into my usual violent rants about irony. But I will say the following: Iron[y] is all around you... And if you ever happen to have the time to go searching for it, you don't have to look very far. Just think of what's happened in the past few hours, or days, or weeks... You're bound to find tons of examples.

My final words of nonsense (I've thought of way too many of these lately)-- Take an iron, add a why, and you have irony.

ANYWAY VS. ANYWAYS

Warning: This entry may contain a large amount of ranting. If you were not expecting a rant, it's not too late to turn back and go to some other page... This is your last chance... Okay, here goes:

Why must the human nature be so... stubborn? As you can already infer from this title, this is about how people never change their old ways, either because they are too used to it, or they purposely do it, simply for the pleasure of seeing how others react. Now, before I go off on a tangent and start ranting about cheese or something, I'll steer myself back on topic by saying: just what exactly am I ranting about? Well, there's an easy answer:

One. Simple. Word.

"Anyways."

For those who are going, "What?! 'Anyways' isn't a real word..?! Q.Q" Well, tough luck. It's not a word, and never will be (I hope... -gulp-). Really, in order to be grammatically correct, you must use the real form of this imaginary word, "anyway." NOTICE, THERE IS NO "S." YOU HEAR ME...?!Now, if this is news to you, do not despair! For I too, used to be a fan of the word "anyways." But alas, that was before I found out, that this word, despite its popularity, does not exist! From that point on, I made it my goal to correct those poor souls who still believe that such a word exists! You would not believe how many times I come across such popular usage of this word on a daily basis. I have already made it clear of my intolerance for this word to my friends and acquaintances-- And yet, they instead, have seen it as my main pet peeve, and have now turned it to their advantage! Oh, the horror of it all! (YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING TO...)

So be it. If they choose to use such a nonexistent word, then I shall not give more of a rat's cheese worth of thought on it. My opinion: Continuing to use the nonexistent word "anyways" in everyday life, whether because of old habit or for personal entertainment, shows immaturity and lack of true understanding of such a complicated language as English. Now, I can not say that I know everything there is to such a diverse language, but I do know this:

"ANYWAYS" DOES NOT EXIST.

But whatever. "It's your future."
("itz ur brain." Only a few select people will actually understand the reference... But ANYWAY...)

Disclaimer: No, I usually don't make my rants this short. I wouldn't even call this a "rant..." But it will have to suffice.