Pictures of Home

The title explains it all.

July First.

Yeah, I kinda just.....suck with titles. 
     So....I haven't posted in a while, like usual.  Things are going good...  I've got a new job, at a clothing store that just opened.  In fact, I helped put the store together.  It's also pretty nice, because all my fellow employees are new like me.  Most have been in retail for 5-20 years, unlike me, who only has Braum's fastfood as a reference.  And today was just my third day actually selling clothes.  I'm getting better, and more comfortable I think. 

   And...in the last month, I have went into a deep Avatar (The Last Airbender) phase.  It's really good.  The characters are pretty deep, and there's a lot of failing.  I like that. It's more realistic to how things really go.  I think most people fail a few times before they get it.  Oh, and of course Korra is really good too.  Both shows are very emotionally overwhelming.  Just too good.  And so I attached a drawing I made of General Iroh.  One of my favorite characters- even though I love just about everyone of them.

I've put a pause on my book...again.  I just need more inspiration on the plot.  The characters are still growing into their full potential.

Change.

Lots has passed.  I feel like with this upcoming year, I am leaving a lot behind.  One year left until college?  That's crazy!
     I got a new job.  It's at a clothing store that's opening at our mall here.  In fact, today was my last day at Braum's.  It's weird now, thinking it's over.  I.... may miss it, just a bit.  I made lots of friends, and unless I visit them at work, I doubt I'll ever see them again.  But...maybe because of that, I'm glad a left.  There was a certain part of me I got from it I'm glad to leave.
    I'm still working on my book.  I've changed it though, it's about demon's or something now,(Dunno if I said that in another post..) and I've been thinking about it none stop.  I'm already attached to my characters, and I haven't even started writing about them yet!  It's difficult for me to sit down and write, I feel as though I have to face a part of myself, if I really want to make a book, it will be final.  I don't know, I guess I'm just a bit  conflicted right now.
   Harvest Moon has been fun, been playing LOADS of that.  And I got married in the game...and now I don't know what to do anymore.  *sigh*
    Well, I'm gonna start writing more of that book, and I'll put up some later..

  

Limited Patience

So....Today I had my English AP test.  And, no, I'm not going to talk about the content.  That would make my test 'invalid' as they love to say while you're taking it.  No- I'm gonna talk about the girl sitting next to me.  The test is about 4 hours long, and in the large room with many table,  you are seated at your own small table to share with one other, who would sit next to you.  When we first started, my table sharer had not arrived, and I thought maybe I had gotten lucky, and would get the whole table to myself!  But...no such luck.  The girl came and took a seat next to me...  And so it began.  I'm one of those people, who likes no noise or nonsense during test taking.  I get distracted easily.  Well, I started hearing clicking noises... small but  high pitched sound, a continuous clicking set to an annoying rhythm...  I ignored it to the best of my ablility, which was pretty good actually.  BUT THEN...she moved her legs so that they were facing me, and she began to kick my chair on occasion, and even push it a bit.... I was deeply disturbed, and tried to move my chair so she would stop, but her legs stopped me from budging.  Then....she started reading loudly to herself, like some kind of raspy whisper...  Well, in the end, we both came out alive, but I really thought I might die from annoyance.  Okay, I'm done complaining.... Everything went great after that. 
   Here I have some pictures and things from today.  Some doodles.... I'm still working on that story.   Still not totally set on it, but I've been making some more characters, and the two men are some of them.  A picture of the Virgin Mary from the front of our church. I thought it was beautiful.

Sherlocked

M'kay, so....it hasn't even been very long since I last wrote- but SOOOO much seems to have happened!  I got confirmed into the Catholic Church, and I feel like my faith has been saved.  I pray all the time now, I feel a complete happiness that I never have previously had- a feeling my teacher has said you can only get with faith.  And I have it!  I was losing it before- I never prayed, I doubted everything, my relationships were going down hill...but now, it's all fine.  As though my problems (most of them)  just resolved themselves on their own!  It's amazing.  And it's because of my teacher, I swear, he was truly inspiring.  I want to write his name, but I'll just have to give him credit as "Mr.P".  A wonderful, amazing teacher.  I'm sad that classes have ended now... :'( For religious reasons and because I have people I want to see... 
     ANYWAY, I've really gotten into the BBC show "Sherlock" with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.  It's a present day Sherlock Holmes, but I think it's just absolutely wonderful.  One of the co-producers is Steven Moffat, who also does Doctor Who, so the slightly similar elements make it even better.  http://www.thescienceofdeduction.co.uk/ This is a link to the fictional blog of Holmes from the series...after watching, I've become very interested in the habits of people, and how to read and deduce their actions and appearance... 
     This fall on CBS, a show called "Elementary" is coming out, and it's another modern day Sherlock Holmes, only he's in Manhattan.  I saw the commercial, looks alright, but the thing that's really got me is....that Dr. John Watson... Is now Dr. JOAN Watson.  I'm just wondering how they're going to make the transition of the traditionally male character into a woman.  They'll probably end up putting in some romance between them, and somehow I feel that would ruin it all... but I dunno, maybe it'll be an awesome show!  I'll just have to wait and see..

Emma and Friends...(hah)

Just a pic of some of the characters that'll be in the story..

Still not totally set on one idea....

So, I decided that in my story, the main character is going to move to Oklahoma, to the town where I live, because, I feel as though I will know what I am describing and writing about.  So it will be fictional, with some real stuff in there too.  I don't have much written yet... All I have has really nothing to do with the main plot or anything, but rather just an introduction scene setting the characters mood.  Or something along those lines...
....-"Yeah, you can clock out now..." I squeal inside with joy at my dismissal.  My boss gives me an amused look,yet her glassy eyes reveal a tired and dull mood.  "Thank you!" I manage to tell her before running out the massive glass doors of the ice cream shop.  Today was pay day, and I've made enough to finally buy the bike I've been saving up for.  It's white and sleek, and absolutely gorgeous.  I'll be able to go everywhere in my little suburbian town that exists within the real city limits.  I sprint down the sidewalk, past the nearely neon trees, the last rain making them bright as well as giving them a slightly tropical glow.  Wind bellows past me, giving me some resistance on my way.  By the time I arrive home, I've panting pretty hard, guess I'm out of shape...The ice cream I've been sneaking at work probably doesn't help, but it's just so yummy.. Anyway, my Auntie, old and frail, yet with her will of iron, is waiting for me at the door.  She has a nervous smile playing on her lips.  No.  This stops me in my tracks.  Auntie doesn't get nervous. EVER.  "Dear..." she starts.  I panic inside.  Oh no....Do I even want to know....? "We're moving."  "What?"  I ask incredulously, and it just gets better.. "To a town in Oklahoma."  "WHAT!?" I squeak, absolutely horrified, even if I know nothing about Oklahoma ,except that "wind comes sweeping down the plains", as the play says.

Yep, that's it... my intro..