Well I think this is going well so far. To start off, I think I'll talk about why I decided to do this in the first place. I explained it a little in my last post, but not in much detail. I pretty much thought it would be cool to know what was going on with me when I'm older. What I was interested in, what I did, all that stuff. I like to look at each day as if it were a book, each chapter being something different that happened that day. On Facebook, I have a bunch of friends doing this thing called "Project365" where they take a picture every day this year. And even though a picture may speak 1,000 words, those 1,000 words may only be part of one chapter. Although I may only talk about a few things per post, I think it's better than just a simple picture of a tree just to get "credit" for the project.
Another thing I've thought about is daily vlogs. Basically carrying around a camera everywhere I go and shoving it in people's faces asking what's up. The issues with vlogs are that they take forever to edit, and I don't know how happy my teachers would be with me filming myself take a test. The blog is so simple because I can just write down my thoughts and click post. There may be a bit of revising and editing, but nothing that can't be done in a minute or two.
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Last night, I was helping my friend Katie think of a name for her blog that she decided to do. After explaining the meaning behind my name, her and I set out to think of a good one for her. The Open Book is what I came up with. (No stealing!!) But then I thought about it for a little while. Anyone can write anything in a book, not necessarily just the truth. Maybe the saying "I read you like a book" isn't so truthful. It implies that you could tell what they were saying and the truth behind it, but it could just be a cover-up. The Open Book may not be so close to The Glass Door as I thought. But, I still thought it was a cool name, so I suggested it.
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Another thing that happened last night was the following conversation with my mother over Yahoo chat while I was upstairs studying:
Mom: How are you doing? :)
Me: Good :)
I heard the little ‘pop’ from the IM, I was scared for a second
Mom: Oh! Sorry… :)
Me: Haha no, it’s okay. I just thought for a minute there that I farted.
Mom: Well… I hope that you know you farted… without having a computer sound alert you to it!
Me: I know, I was worried.
I always like to speak in a way that I sound somewhat smart, because most of the non-teenage human race has this idea that teenagers have never seen a punctuation mark or capital letter in their life. (Go ahead, call me a hypocrite.) I just laughed and laughed for a solid 15 minutes at this though.
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On to something that actually happened today- the conversation I had today in the car with my dad. I was on my way to school when the car in front of us was trying to turn right in the left-turn lane. My dad started complaining about how some people in this world are just stupid and idiotic. Don't ask me how, but it ended with me getting out of the car with my father reminding me that 'People, including you, are dead weight and are worthless to society if you don't pay taxes.' And no, I already asked him, sales tax does not count.
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iTunes is a great program, right? It is. I love it. I don't know how many times I've gone to listen to a song online, then completely forgot the name or artist. I've been thinking about a song from Carolina Liar a lot lately, and I've been meaning to find/ buy it, but I forgot what it was called. I searched Carolina Liar, knowing that I would recognize the song as soon as I saw the title. While the search was loading, I said to myself "Come on, I know what I'm looking for, just show it to me!" Seconds later, I found myself in a fit of laughter with the song I was looking for on my screen. "Show Me What I'm Looking For" by Carolina Liar. Oh, irony... you never fail to amuse me!
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I already have two followers!! :D Katie and Aunt Tracy, you rock! Not only the two followers, but two comments on the first post! Uncle Mike, you get props for the first post. *high fives* Aunt Tracy, you can have a high five too if you must... *high fives* Just kidding, love you two!!
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Alas, it is here. The end of the quite successful day two. I'm going back to studying for the test that I'm sure I will end up failing tomorrow... Bye! :)
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I already have two followers!! :D Katie and Aunt Tracy, you rock! Not only the two followers, but two comments on the first post! Uncle Mike, you get props for the first post. *high fives* Aunt Tracy, you can have a high five too if you must... *high fives* Just kidding, love you two!!
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Alas, it is here. The end of the quite successful day two. I'm going back to studying for the test that I'm sure I will end up failing tomorrow... Bye! :)
Okay, never posted/responded to a Blog before so who knows how this will go....
ReplyDeleteMegan: You will NOT fail your Final tomorrow!!
Yes, I agree... your teacher (for this particular class) 1: did not really care; 2: it was a very tough/advanced HS class and; 3: you missed almost 3 weeks of the class due to your surgery.
I also KNOW that you did all you could to communicate with your teacher about getting extra help (and the help was not offered).
I know you will do your best and that's all that anyone expects of you. :-) Don't worry... you'll do great, I just know it. :-)
Love you :-) Mom
Just going back to catch up a bit and comment on posts that I didn't have time to comment upon last week... :)
ReplyDeleteI think it is fabulous that you're doing this, whether it remains daily or something less frequent down the road. In my day, alas, all we had were journals (diaries) and I was a ferocious journaler for much of my life. Going back and having those entries to review is fantastic. Many of the entries are just ramblings but provide insight into my life and thoughts at the time even though they may appear "meaningless" to someone else. But here and there are the deeper entries that speak to larger issues, various crises, and generally deep thoughts and insights I don't think I even realized I was having at the time--just concepts that looking back I realize "wow, I really knew something then!" Amazingly, you will sometimes look back, see great wisdom in your thoughts/words, and then wonder how the heck you lost that wisdom. It's always two steps forward, (at least) one step back in life afterall. :)
I also really appreciate the proper spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc. Although I am more than familiar with text-speak (heck, I think my generation started a lot of it back with chat, before we had actual texting), there's a time and a place. Blogs or emails or school assignments (yes, I've seen it, and I'm sure you have by now, too) are not the place for it. All your future teachers and employers will thank you for it. Nothing says "whatever you do, don't hire me!" like text-speak on someone's resume. *shakes head* People are strange. But...you knew that already. ;)
Loving reading all this. Gonna go reread some more posts now and see what else I wanted to comment upon that I skipped over while sick.
xoxo!