~~~November 27, 2006~~~
The Most Important Note: I have not given up on Of Tetonya. It will be finished. It will be updated. Just not yet.
About my writing:
Strength and Duty: Last updated April 9, 2006 -- Chapter 1 (Complete!)
A short angsty story about a soldier who blames himself for the death of the woman he loves. I don't really know what else to say about it, but I've left some questions at the bottom of the page to help focus your reviews!
I'm Hungry!: Last updated March 26, 2006 -- Chapter 1 (Complete!)
I am a picky eater. I can't help it; I just am. However, it drives my roommates crazy. So, I wrote a little description, as true to life as I could make it, about what happens in our apartment every single day, at least as far as me trying to eat goes. It looks daunting, but it's really not that bad! Go ahead, read and review it! You'll never get another chance to go inside the head of a picky eater.
Gone: Last updated March 24, 2006 -- Chapter 1 (Complete!)
I had a tough semester Spring 2006, and it hit an all time low on February 22. I was getting ready for a social function that I simply couldn't bear to go to--but had to anyway--and I looked in the mirror, and my eyes looked . . . blank. And I felt blank, and lost, and it occurred to me that I had felt this way all day. Like I was lost in thought, only there was nothing in my head. I was on autopilot, but no one had even noticed, because when I was faced with people, the "social niceties" autopilot kicked in, and I smiled and said all the right things, and no one ever knew. I was just . . . lost is the best word I have to describe it. I was lost so deeply within my own mind that I couldn't find my way out (and I, of all people, should have known my way around my own mind). I was lost in thought so deeply that my conscious mind was blank. Completely blank. It was really an odd feeling, because I was devoid of emotion.
In any case, I was staring at blank eyes in the mirror when I came up with this. Short, sweet, simple, and it describes a small portion of what I was feeling that day, in a sort of hypothetical way. So, without further ado, meet Fluffy, who got so lost within her mind that the ubiquitous "they" decided she would be perfect to use as the first human lab rat.
PS - I changed the title from Despondency to Gone. Too many people use the word "depsondency" in their titles, but no one seems to use the word "gone," and it is, perhaps, a more accurate description of what the story is about.
Of Tetonya: Last updated October 11, 2005 -- Chapter 8
When I say I updated, what I really mean is that I changed the Author's Notes. I'll see what I can do to add some entirely new content very soon. Like, maybe by the end of the year.
I've had this idea in my head since 8th grade, or at least that's when I started writing it. I remember very clearly sitting in the back of my science classroom, bored almost to tears, and finally pulling out my notebook and starting to write. I wrote in class that entire year, and longer, and I still have all of the original manuscript, incomplete though it is. The story has evolved considerably since then, but the main characters and the general idea are still the same. And I still love it. My problem with it is taking all of the millions of scenes in my head and picking the few that will make the most coherant plot. I have a general idea of the plot, but I keep trying to add favorite random scenes that don't really fit.
The Peasant Comes to Call: Last update October 7, 2005 -- Chapter 1 (Complete!)
A Peasant comes to visit the palace at the invitation of The Queen and The Prince. Funny, short, satirical, complete. It only takes a minute to READ and REVIEW!
Coming soon (read: eventually):
Two things: First is a narrative about my experiences in the Philippines, which if I ever write it, will be very interesting to read. And second is a story that I dreamed one night. The details are fading fast, but I dreamed it so vividly that I sometimes wonder if it wasn't real. Maybe it was. In any case, it was so vivid that I could read the story off of the pages at times, although it's no story that I've consciously read. I remember enough to make a story, and I don't have millions of random scenes crowding it, so I'm hoping it will be more coherant and easier to write. It should be good.
While you're waiting for me to update, I strongly recommend "Adaela" by Asriya (followed by "Adaela: Book II," which is a continuation of the story) and "Winter Mist" and "The Fairy Kingdom" by FantasiaFirst. If she ever updates "Winter Mist" again. As well as the others in my Favorite Stories list. But check out those three first.
All about me:
I'm a graduate student in Utah working on a Master's Degree. I just graduated in May with a degree in Public Health Education, with a minors in music, theatre, and chemistry. My major used to be Music Education with a Choral Emphasis, but although I still want a music major, teaching in high school is probably not for me. I really just wanted to direct a choir anyway, and I don't need a music major to do that. In any case, I want to get a masters degree in public health, then go to medical school, and then work in public health/medicine in Asia. The Philippines is my favorite right now (mostly because they speak a lot of English), with China as a close second (I don't speak Chinese, and most of them don't speak English, which makes things difficult), but that's because they're the only places I've actually been. I really want to go to Thailand, but that will have to wait.
By way of other interests, I like to sing (mostly in choirs), play the piano (mostly just for myself), read (everything, but "the classics" and Robert Jordan and Harry Potter are my latest thrills), write (stories--fiction or non-fiction), and learn. I actually love to learn. I love to learn all sorts of things, really, but I don't like to have to worry about grades and homework and tests. That's what I don't like about college. Yes, it's a learning atmosphere, but it's not learner-oriented. It's grades-/tests-/homework-oriented. It's also very specialized, which in and of itself is not a bad thing, unless you're like me and would rather learn everything there is to know, instead of only everything about one subject. With the exception of two years of music classes and a few general education classes, all I really get to learn about as an undergrad is Public Health. And the science behind it. Science was not my favorite subject to learn about, but it's growing on me rapidly.
Unfortunately, with all of the learning that I'm doing, I don't have time to write or update much. You try taking 13 graduate credits, a variable amount of religion credits, holding down a job, and still trying to find time for studying, eating, and sleeping (in that order). I don't have time to write. Not that anyone cares, but it's a nice thought.
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