October halfway point! Yikes. I have a midterm, a photography field trip, and a bunch of other stuff to do. Aside from school there are 3 things takin up most of my concern:

1. NaNoWriMo- begins on November 1st, which is fast approaching. I need to have the apartment stacked with a month's worth of food, a month's worth of clean clothes and a lot of organization. I also need to complete character sketches.


2. Guns n' Roses are coming to Bridgestone Arena!!    (December 4th)


3. Christmas (Duh!) on December 25th.

September 30

It's the last day of the month and Ii can't even remember it. If I try really hard I think the first week was rained out, the second week I was sick, and the third week I was trying to get back on track. This past week, I've spent mainly on school...so, yeah, september, not very glamourous. On that note lets see if the last day can bring it up a notch. I have some chronic trepidation about my job right now because of some dame with chronic negativity, but...I have faith that God can handle her even though my chest tightens at the thought of spending eight hours with her. Light conquers darkness. Happy Friday!

Hello September! Hitting the books & the playground this month

     Well...it's September 1st and I'm officially back in school. So far I like my classes and feel genuine interest for the subjects. My major is still up in the air but I'm pretty sure I'm going for Liberal Studies, which will allow me to keep this erratic course selection I've been choosing and still graduate at a semi-decent date. More than anything, I am trying to find a way to make money doing things I already love to do. 


      My interest in writing has never been stronger. This is unfortunate in a way, because my sister, the self-proclaimed "greatest writer in the world" (and rightfully so) has narrowed her focus on this area of her particular giftedness as well. So like singing before it, I find myself in the "me too" category of a talent that I am genuinely good at...but perhaps not as genius at as the aforementioned sister. Still, I am good enough and the lifestyle beckons me as none so strongly have beckoned me since my acting aspirations. I know MY category is supposed to be photography (and I DO like it...a lot) but it's more of a pleasure hobby, for me....a great escape. I tend to glaaaaze over when the technical jargon kicks in.
     
     Anyway, I suppose the only way to wrestle myself from that second status, into a niche of my own is to actually write something that I'll actually allow other people to read. Ha ha! Yes, I do write things just for me...but seriously, it's time to write in public. Funnily enough, the more I read, the more I like to write, and the more I write, the more I want to write anything. So I'm going to have to give myself a writing assignment, designed for public consumption and SHARE IT. I think I'm going to push through NaNoWriMo this year and emerge with a product. And I think I'm going to pull from my unfinished Script Frenzy bone-yard.


     **On a totally off-topic side note: I am keeping up with my fitness better than I EVER have in my life! I work out minimum 30 min x3 weekly! MINIMUM. If I had a bike, it would be more. The best thing about committing to fitness is that I'm not suffering through torturous sessions...I'm re-learning how to play. Yes play. Play is fun and it's why we all miss childhood so much sometimes. It doesn't have to be the kind of organized games called "sports" that the masses expect adults to do. It can be silly and crazy and fun. It can have no rules or made-up rules. It can be whatever gets you moving and laughing and enjoying yourself and I guarantee it will burn calories...laughing burns calories. 


     Anyway, all for now. Hello September, nice to see you, please be gentle. :)

Just Say No!... to the end of summer

Everywhere I look, something or someone is trying VERY hard to convince me that summer is already over. Seriously! It's only the 21st of August. Summer doesn't end for another entire month!

It began with swimsuit clearance in July. The stores weren't quite ready to stop making money off the surfers, swimmers & sunbathers so they rolld out new lines of swimwear mid-July labeled "Resort 2012"; as though you'll only need a swimsuit in July if you're planning some vacation to the islands in January. It's baloney.

Then all the back to school nostalgia from when kids went back to school after the summer harvests, before they went to year-round school that has them back-2-School during the summer. People don't like to think of poor kids having to sit in classrooms during the summer, it ruins their fantasy of summer vacation as a free-for-all & also ruins the idea of new back to school sweaters, crisp apples & chilly mornings. It's easier to pretend it's already fall...in July.

But now the weather itself is conspiring. I don't remember a summer before that had such cool mornings in August. But they are already cooling off. The days are getting shorter too...even though Halloween is still 71 days away. I expect the fashion magazines and Walgreens to be ahead of the seasons but the weather itself is working against me.

I'm determined to soldier on and see summer out to the end. I will keep swimming in my pool & eating ice cream until it gets too cold. I will continue to wear tank tops & flip flops by day and a single sheet & double fans at night until it really gets too cold and Halloween & the end of Daylight Saving's are closer.

I plan on squeezing every last drop of summer in the next 4 weeks until it really turns to fall on September 22 or so. Enjoy. The rest of your summer! Don't let corporate advertisers short you of your most relaxing, gloriously fun filled, low key, inexpensive month from you. Hold your ground with me & let's jump back into the pool!

Ummm...

I've been busy. Sorry. I'll return with something mesmerizing soon I'm sure. I'm trying to get a focus on what this space means to me...

Is it a soapbox for ranting? A forum for art? A dumping ground to complain? A spot for shits and giggles? I'm figuring it out. As soon as I do, this space will reborn. :)

I want this! I NEED this!!!

It's almost here...

California Love: Repost of Last Year's MySpace Blog!

Im showing love to my home state, which bore me, raised me and was essential during my formative years. I miss it and here are some reasons (in no particular order) why:

Sunshine year round (okay Bay Area is overcast alot)

Oakland Hills

Skaters

BART
Burrito Trucks


2Pac

Green Day

The Sunset Strip

Tower Records (R-I-P)
Jack London Square
California knows how to party
Fred Segal

The Lost Boys (on location in Santa Cruz)
Riots!

Spanish names of cities and streets

San Francisco fog
Snoop Dogg
Francis Ford Coppola

Counter-culture

Haight-Ashbury
Gap

Guns-n-Roses
Compton
The Rainbow
Poison
Wish they all could be California girls
Amoeba
Richmond High School
Chris Isaak

Surfers

In-n-Out Burger
The Castro
Graffitti (sometimes...the good stuff not general tagging)
The Whiskey

ILM (Industrial Light & Magic)
Skywalker Ranch
Sublime
Hollywood Walk of Fame

Good Sushi (and Sake)
The Beach Boys

The Fillmore

Pier 39

Good Chinese food
Heritage festivals
Metallica
The State bear on the flag
The Barrymores (I heart Drew)
Cal Mex

vintage cars for general use
winding hilly streets
Harvey Milk

Berkeley
Motley Crue
Baja

Mullholland Drive
Red Hot Chili Peppers
DISNEYLAND!

Mount Shasta
Garlic Festival in Gilroy

Death Valley

Wind Turbines
Cowboys and Indians
Chicken & Waffles

Tai Chi in Golden Gate Park
Napa Valley and Sonoma County Wineries

Malibu
San Francisco Victorian Houses (the "painted ladies")

Tea salons
Californication
Elusive element of Cool

Diversity

Dr. Dre and NWA
Solano Avenue
Smoke shops
Racers
Baywatch

Drifters
Gold Rush
Chinatown
A's, Giants, Raider's, 49er's and the Sharks
Great America (in Santa Clara)

I might've left off some, I'll add them as they come to me. Much love Cali! I don't care about your dirty streets and problems with the homeless, drugs or immigration, I don't care if San Francisco smells like urine or if there's graffitti on the Neiman Marcus...I don't care if panhandlers shake cups at me or the air is smoggy or hookers proposition you on Hollywood Boulevard. I love it!

I'm obsessed with this song! It runs through my head all day & I love it!

My Script

Well I'm still sorting the script out. I have a lead character and a basic premise. My lead character has also evolved from a platinum blonde, alpha female; to a feisty red-head girl ready to break free from her opressive home life and find out what she's made of. All by page 4. Nice.

I can't help it, I have to let these things unfold organically. I am an intuitive writer and I have to let the characters tell me what they are like...I get that  that has a kind of new-agey vibe, but its my method, I don't have another one. =)

I'll be posting updates periodically!