A Hot Date

I have a hot date tonight! 

It's with my book character, Xave.  Lol I know it's a little pathetic.  But I've been working till 2 a.m. lately and haven't written in a week.  I miss the story and am excited to get back to it.  Especially since that's the only way I've experienced romance lately.  Oh well, he is better than real-life men because he doesn't ever annoy me. 

I prefer to write at night.  It seems more private, I guess.  It also makes me less self-conscious.  In the day, I get too critical.  While writing, I give myself a pass to suck.  If I didn't, I would freeze up and never think anything was good enough to put down.  I just know that I will edit later.  That keeps my words flowing.

On a side note: Harry Potter marathon is on this weekend.  I would watch it if the commercials didn't make the movies four hours long.  I do have it on in the background though.  It just caught my attention because clips are playing from HP and the DH Part II.  Voldemort was holding Harry's face (like squishing his mouth) and said, "Why do you live?" Harry replied, "Because I have something worth living for."

It was probably supposed to be an intense scene but it came across a bit comical.  Harry mumbled it through his squished mouth. 

Hmmm, I smell my peanut butter cookies in the oven. 

Happy Weekend :)

What is it with Bad Boys?

Okay, so what is it about bad boys?  The mystery, the challenge, the carelessness?   I think it's a bit of all of them.

I watched Real World: Las Vegas tonight for the first time and one of the guys is a self-proclaimed bad boy.  He uses it to get girls.  He plans on telling a girl he went to juvi because he thinks she'll find that irresistible. To me, that's just sleazy.

Once a guy proclaims himself as a bad boy he loses the appeal.  Part of the intrigue is the devil-may-care attitude they possess.  If he is actually trying to be a bad boy, then he does care... not as sexy. 

Zombies Ahead

In my travels through the internets I discovered this story about a highway sign being hacked to say "Zombies Ahead."  Apparently there are instructions on the aforementioned internets on how to do change the signs.  I'm surprised this hasn't been done before.  I'm a big zombie fan, so this made me happy.  I wish it would have elaborated a bit to say something like "Zombies Ahead, Take Exit 105 to Joe's Hardware for half-off chain saws" 

A lady the newspaper interviewed said "I'm not aware of any zombies here, but stranger things have happened."  Wtf? Stranger things have happened there than zombies?!?  Maybe I should relocate to Boulder.

Just Do It

I've been thinking a little bit about motivation lately.  I read Absolutely American a few years ago and there is something one of the West Point Cadets says to another that has always stuck with me.  It helped get me through college.  I don't have the book with me, so this is a very rough paraphrase.

Cadet 1 is on the verge of quitting on a group run.  
Senior Cadet: You can do this.  This, like the best things in life, is You Vs. You.  You alone decide the outcome.  You can succeed or you can fail...but you get to decide.  You can continue and be in this pain for maybe another hour or you can quit and regret for years.  You have to minimize regret.

That conversation helps me when I'm tired and burnt out.  For me it applies more for mental fatigue, like writing and studying.  You have to minimize regret.  Will I regret not doing this for longer than I would feel the pain of continuing.   If the answer is yes then proceed.  It's worth it.  

P.S. Happy Pi Day  :)  I miss getting free pie in college on this day :(

Tickling

Be warned: this is a really random post.

I've noticed I can feel one loose hair as it rubs against my back or arm but the thousands attached do not bother me.  Isn't that weird how the skin recognizes it as "foreign" since it is no longer attached?  Crazy.  Well I came across an article yesterday about self-tickling.

No, this post isn't about some sexual euphemism.  You cannot tickle yourself.  Even if you move your fingers in exactly the same way as someone tickling you, it does not work.  Your brain recognizes you're doing it. Apparently this works because ticking is a defense response to spiders and other creepy crawlers. 

Let me have it, Universe...please :)

 I am making this blog post to try The Secret- type thing.  So I am putting what I want out into the universe.  My goals for the rest of 2011 are to lose 10 pounds, publish a novel (self-publish or not), and end my first semester of med school in the top 25% of the class.

The great thing about these first two goals is they are completely doable.  I only have to actually do the work.  If I do the work, results are guaranteed.  The last goal is almost like this (work = results) but not exactly.  I am making progress meters to give myself a visual aid for motivation.  Let's hope it works.

<3 Jules