12/25/09
Yes, I traveled on Christmas Day. At night. What's the first thing that comes to mind with this combination...?
CHRISTMAS DINNER. On a PLANE.
Yes, that's right... My Christmas dinner consisted of a cold, limp turkey sandwich about 3 inches long (I couldn't even eat the lettuce), a mini Twix bar, and an incredibly inflated, puffed up bag of Ruffles chips (it had ridges!). Hey, it was better than last year, when they didn't even SERVE us dinner! I guess I should be thankful for something... but it's just not hitting me.
Anyway, technically today was "Day 0" since I didn't really do much except sit on a plane and halfheartedly factor polynomials, simplify expressions, and reduce square and cube roots (oh, the joys of receiving graded math assignments over winter break). We arrived at the Miami airport at approximately 9:30 PM. After checking out our rental car, we drove straight to the hotel, and after a quick shower (ARGH why do the hotels always provide "VOLUMIZING SHAMPOO!" I mean seriously, not EVERYONE needs ridiculously floofy and frizzy hair) I crashed in those oh-so-comfy hotel pillows and crisp, impeccably ironed white sheets, eagerly awaiting a bright day tomorrow.
12/26/09
HUGE Updates, and... Winter Break!
First of all, yes it's been a long time. There are plenty of things to write about that I could be writing about that has happened in the past... what... 1 month that I've sadly ignored my blog, including fencing updates, school rants, grammar rants, rants on my newest hero/idol, who happens to be almost 200 years dead (VIVE L'EMPEREUR)...the possible topics are endless. Hopefully I'll have some time to write about all those promising subjects at a later time. But for now, I'll stick to current events and gradually catch up, one topic at a time.
So, first thing's first. Happy (belated) Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, whatever seasonal holiday you celebrate. I hope everyone (or what little amount of people still bother to read this) is enjoying their nice winter break... And for those of you who are all freezing your butts off up in the Tri-State area, I'll be enjoying all the nice an sunny weather down here in FLORIDA!
That's right... I'm in Miami, b-insert censor here-tch. (no cookie for very obvious reference) :)
Actually I'll be traveling all around Florida to tour a few nice places, and it started this morning after waking up from a (not very) long 3-hour plane ride. Some areas of interest include: Everglade National Park (airboat tours), Miami Beach, Key West, Key Largos (which will include snorkeling and other water-related activities), and possibly even a visit to the legendary Ernest Hemmingway's house.
After finally finding a way to "borrow" internet connection from the hotel I am currently in (I mean seriously, charging 10 bucks for 1 hour of internet time?! Absurd.), I hope I can maintain this nightly internet connection for this period of 5 or so days so I can keep a journal of my adventures around Florida. Maybe I'll be able to post a few pictures later on, just to make you people who are standing in the freezing snow jealous.
...oh wait, that would be mean. :P
So, first thing's first. Happy (belated) Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, whatever seasonal holiday you celebrate. I hope everyone (or what little amount of people still bother to read this) is enjoying their nice winter break... And for those of you who are all freezing your butts off up in the Tri-State area, I'll be enjoying all the nice an sunny weather down here in FLORIDA!
That's right... I'm in Miami, b-insert censor here-tch. (no cookie for very obvious reference) :)
Actually I'll be traveling all around Florida to tour a few nice places, and it started this morning after waking up from a (not very) long 3-hour plane ride. Some areas of interest include: Everglade National Park (airboat tours), Miami Beach, Key West, Key Largos (which will include snorkeling and other water-related activities), and possibly even a visit to the legendary Ernest Hemmingway's house.
After finally finding a way to "borrow" internet connection from the hotel I am currently in (I mean seriously, charging 10 bucks for 1 hour of internet time?! Absurd.), I hope I can maintain this nightly internet connection for this period of 5 or so days so I can keep a journal of my adventures around Florida. Maybe I'll be able to post a few pictures later on, just to make you people who are standing in the freezing snow jealous.
...oh wait, that would be mean. :P
11/9/09
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 timeprocrastinating 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...!
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
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...!
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