Again!?

I find myself bored with nothing to do and I did make that promise to write whenever I was bored so here you find me, snuggled down, far beneath my sheets with my kitten near my feet blogging. If I had some hot chocolate it would be the perfect scene. Anyways I had an idea about what to write about, besides all of my usual ramblings of course. I was thinking about how easy I have fallen back into the habit of blogging, which made me think about how hard I found it at the beginning, which lead to think about WHY I started blogging. My mind can connect some pretty far off things... But anyways, I was thinking about my blogging experience and before I dive into my reason for blogging I am going to talk about the "epiphany" I had. I now believe the reason I had such a hard time writing at first was because I had such a hard time opening up. I mean this is real I am writing this on the Internet where anyone could stumble upon. I was terrified that someone would read this I think. I mean now I realize no one besides me, myself and I read this or really care what it has to say. So now I have just turned it into my own personnal journal. This is where I jot things down away from the eyes of my family so I won't forget. At one time or another what I write here was important...er...well some posts, others I can freely admit are just stupid and nonsensical.

So going right into my blogging story then. It all started in July. When I was in BC on Rabbit Island. A lot of things commenced there...in theory. I had a lot of revelations there which in turn lead to a lot of changes and new things happening. Before I was on Rabbit Island I was feeling very discouraged about my work, very uninspired. However while I was on Rabbit Island one night at dinner (we ended up having supper very late there both nights I stayed) someone, me or my dad, I forget, let slip that I wanted to be an author. That made for an abrupt subject change, everyone was asking me questions and was GENUINELY interested! It was great! It was so powerful that suddenly I felt powerful! As if I could write anything and it was become a hit! It was these five strangers (six later that evening) who believed in me. That's what I felt, I didn't get any questioning to if my work was good, no scolding that an author was not a sensible career, disbelief. None of that which I had recieved back home from my family! There was one man there named Bruce who even swapped plot ideas with me! We talked about writing a mystery, something I was, and still am, scared to write because I don't believe I am smart enoughg to write a captivating, secretive, mystery plot, but at that moment I could have written one! That is what support does to you, I went from shy and embarassed about my dreams being revealed to suddenly telling everyone at the table about the stories I have written! It was truly a great memory.

However that does not explain why I started blogging, that came later that night while I was talking to an inspiring woman named Michelle (for privacy reasons I will not give her full name). She used to be a teacher but now spends her days living in Panama with a MONKEY. She was very inspiring, her and I sat down on the couch and talked for an hour, at least, about my writing! She gave me great advice about which genre I should persue and how I should go about it. She listed off authors I had never heard of and told me I needed to read their material! Before we parted that night we swapped email addresses but not before she gave me one more piece of advice on how to get myself out there. BLOGGING! So that is how I got on here but of course I am going to ram le on for another five minutes about other stuff.

It was those people on the island, Dave, Osa, Dave Two, Bruce, his brother and ESPECIALLY Michelle, who helped me get back into my writing spirit. I don't know if I still would be writing if it wasn't for their advice. I was at a point where I really had given up hope, after I had finally told everyone I wanted to be an author (which took almost a year) all anything anybody told me was negative! They told me I would never make it and should rethink things. I tried to stay positive, I did. Writing was what I wanted to do and I was still hoping that my family would see and accept that! But the last straw was when I saw my grandmothers face slip from a beaming smile to a grimace when I told her I wanted to write. That was it, I was hurt immensely and it wasn't until I was on the island that I regained all the courage my family had destroyed. So now I have the attitude that I am writing for myself and o my myself. I am goi g to do what makes me happy, not what makes my family happy. Sure I still have my doubts but for the most part, thanks to the wonderful people on Rabbit Island I am writing and confident again!

So that's my ramble of the week! Happy new years!

Memo to self-- Backdoor of Midnight was an amazing book! Read more by Elizabeth Chandler.

Goodbye 2010.

It's new years eve! Finally! I can say with all my heart that I have been waiting for this day for awhile. 2010, while holding some memories I will cherish all my life, was not the best year for me. Neither was the end of 2009 to be honest but with my exchange right around the corner I will be leaving for three months very soon! 2011 will include some big changes for me, I will be moving away from home to a town I have never seen, it will be the end of my grade ten year and the start of my eleventh. All in all I am very excited for the clock to strike twelve. I know that I am taking this whole new year thing very serious when really it's just another day, the only factor that makes it any different is that little one being added to the end of our year instead of a zero. And of course our mindset. Our mindset has a huge factor in all the things we think the new year will bring. That's what new years is all about for me, the symbolism behind it. Now I could talk about the symbolism behind new years forever and I am sure a lot of people can, probably better then I can in fact but to me it means new beginnings, it means that regardless of what happened this past year, I survived. I am coming out battered and bloody with scars that cover me and still twinge to touch but I am coming out of it alive with the hopes that the new year will bring me the hope and time to heal my wounds. New years means different things to everyone but that is what it means to me.

Yup pretty sure I am back.

Twice in one day. This is a record am I wrong? I have update back-to-back daily but never twice in one day. Guess this being able to update from my phone is pretty damn helpful. So I had the urge to blog again while I wait but I really am clueless about what to write...set back. Guess I will post more often but the posts will be small and pointless. I guess I will just write down some things that I have written down these past few months and even before. Oh and before I jump into that. Guess what? What you ask? Started writing my own novel, oh yeah. My problem is the beginning; I know where I want to go with it but just not how to start it off. I have writing multiple scenes that I will place throughout the story but I only have about a page that I am not so fond about for the beginning! Anyways I'll shut up.

This is something I wrote...quite awhile ago I think it's still very relevant to my life and I find myself relating to it more and more. "People tell you that in life there are going to be hard choices. They tell us that there are going to be ups and downs but not to worry because these difficult times will make us who we are. Well I would like to tell then that although that all sounds great on paper, in the real world sometimes it can be fucking hard. You can't always see the light at the end of the tunnel. Sometimes it just seems easier to sit down and say "Fuck you, I have had enough right now." Just something I wrote up when I was really mad at the whole world. Reminds me of my favorite saying "How can I be sure that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't just another train?"

Looking back through the books I have kept over the past year I am seeing all of these stories and brainstorms that are really good but I never persued! Why?!? It's so weird I read the brainstorms and suddenly my brain is running. I could do this or that. Make the character do that or have this and then I just want to write! I really need to go back over everything I started but didn't finish and well...FINISH it! New year, new resolutions, new beginnings, new ME. Right? So right here, right now I am going to make my new years resolution to myself;I will write everytime I am bored. Everytime an idea pops in my head I will write down even if it is ridiculous sounding! How am I supposed to get any better if I don't practice, practice, practice and write, write, write! I won't, plain and simple. So this will be my reminder to do just that!

I'm back?

Blogger has finally allowed for people to write new post from a mobile device! Yaaay. Seeing as that's all I have at the moment I am quite happy because surprisingly I have missed blogging! It's sad that I had finally gotten into the habit of posting semi-weekly when my computer dies...hopefully I will have a new one soon though! A lot of things have happened these past few months but all in all I am in a good place right now. Not writing as much as I would like but I am going to change that. The holidays were quite nice. Well...mostly. Ignoring the fact how I spen an hour of my Christmas eve. Walking around with no coat to avoid family...geez was it cold but I found a nice little playground to have my break down in. Besides my Christmas eve the holidays were alright. I spent some good, quality time with my dad and made a merry Christmas call to my brother in Vancouver at six their time. It was fun. So that about wraps it up and I really don't know what in the world to say here except thank god this dreadful, godamn year is almost over!!!! Happy new year. ;)

Just Another Pointless Post.

How pathetic is it that my excuse for not writing my essay, which is due Monday, is because I cannot find my pen? In my own defense, it is a really nice pen and if I start writing in a different one it will bug my inner OCD demon to no end until I re-write the whole rough draft over again.
What is with my and these random pointless things? I am just putting off the inevitable by browsing the web and writing this post...
Sigh, time for me to get off my derriere and go find my pen so I can finish the first draft of my paper then move onto studying...
Bye for now.

The Time Will Come For Us To Finally Win.

So the title is just random lyrics that I am listening to!

Day 11- What's in your makeup bag?
Alright well, when I am at my house my makeup doesn't go into a bag, it is just in this bin thing! :P But when I do leave my house I usually bring; mascara, eyeliner, lipgloss, the lipstick I am wearing and a coverup. Basically just what I wear that day.

Day 10- A photo of our favorite place to eat.
Alright so I just copy and paste this off of a site and now it is saying "our favorite place to eat"? I think it's time I stop doing this stupid thing...it is making NO sense and I don't really get to write a lot about the questions, just little things like a paragraph...

Day 9- A photo of the last item you purchased.
Uhm well the last item I purchased was a muffin and chocolate milk at lunch the other day so I can't really show ya a picture of that...


Okay well I am going to say with it, just 'cause I don't want to fail at this. :P

Music makes the world go 'round.

Alright, so this is gonna be a quickie. [haha, that's what she said] ANYWAYS, this is just gonna be a quick one paragraoh kind of post because I am dead tired and I still have to get ready for school tomorrow before I go to bed.
So for Day 8 the task is...
Day 8 - A song to match your mood.
Uhm, a song to match my mood, my mood right now is soooo tired! But I suppose that I will go with the whole new school year, new hair, new start kind of feel and say Fifteen-Taylor Swift? Bahaha, that is te only song I know about starting school but that's about your freshman year and I'm in my sophomore! Whatever, I'm tired and cannot think more then that. Some songs that I am really diggin' now is the Punk Goes Pop albums! They are awesome, probably my fav out of all of them is When I Grow up covered by Mayday parade! :D
Anywho, I have to jet, :)

Taking a Break!

Alright so, I have stuck to this 30 Day Blog Posts thing pretty darn well if I do say so myself, and I do. However, tonight I will be taking a break. Well, not really as I am still posting a post...that desnt make sense, let me re-phrase that, I am still putting up a new post (much better) I am just not following that whole Day 7 : write this. Why not? Well because the topic I should be writing about today is...my dream wedding. Yeah, I don't think that is happening. Again, why not? Well because first off I am 14 bloody years old (15 in 3 months I will add) and I am not the kind of girl who has fantasized about her wedding since she was in diapers. All I know is that it will have to be big because I have a HUGE family (no honestly, I will have 300 people just for my side) and we better go some place damn nice for our honeymoon. I don't know what bloody flowers I want or what my dress will look like so how am I expected to write about my dream wedding? Gosh, some of these topics are just ridiculous.

So now that I have spent an hour saying why I won't be following the 30 Day Blog Post tonight I think it's time for me to start writing about something important, hmmm? This is still me we are talking about though so chances are whatever I write about will not be important. It will just be a long ramble. :)

So I start school tomorrow, *insert groan here*. Now don't get the wrong idea, I actually enjoy school! I am a dork, and I like to learn! I am proud of it too! I just don't want summer to end, summer 2010 has been a memorable one for sure. I got to see the west coast for the very first time, I got to spend time on a private island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, all at the tender age of 14. Insane, right? Now my trip out west wasn't all peachy, there were some...bad moments. All in all however, it was something I will never forget. Rabbit Island was the most amazing place in the world. How did Herb put it, "A little piece of God's heaven." so true, it was amazing. *insert picture that does the island no justice*^^^^ View from my cabin. ^^^^

Sigh, I miss it. It was wonderful. Middle of the ocean, no way to get anywheres except for boat. It got my creative juices flowing, with a little help from the "locals", meaning the two brothers from another island about 20 minutes away. Anyway, afer Bruce found out that I wanted to be an author me and him traded ideas about a plot. I'm not going to really say anything about it here but hopefully, someday, I will be able to publish it. Sigh, wouldn't that be great? A girl can dream.

Well, I have a lot to do before I go to sleep tonight so, au revior pour maintenant! Je veut ecrire demain!

Last one for the night! Woot.

Finally, I have caught up! Woo. :)





Day 6 - A photo of an animal you'd love to keep as a pet.





Man, what is with all this ones that ask for photos! Sheesh.

Haha, joking, those actually are my pets. My little babies, the one in the back is Survivor and I've had him since gosh knows when, almost ten years now! He is truly my little man and had stuck with me through everything, not that he had much of a choice, I mean I do control his food. ;) MUAHAHA.

Ahem...anyways, the black and white one closer to the front is Oreo, I've had this gem for just over a year. She is a lot more hyper then I remember Survivor being, anyways, I love her to death, she is perfect to cuddle with now that Survivor thinks he is too good to cuddle with me. Anyways, I really get into it when I talk about my pets, the truth is, if given the choice, I don't know what animal I would like to keep as a pet. Maybe I might own a lab again, I love labs, I had three growing up but when I moved into the city we had to give them away. I would love to own a horse! To be able to run free, *sigh* I love animals so I'll take one of everything! :)

Another one. :)

Hi again, if you want an explanation for these back to back posts, consult post below. Merci and have a nice day.

Day 5 - A picture of yourself 2 years ago.

Oh god, do I really want to put this on the internet...maybe I should just skip this one... *sigh* I'll do it...

Alright, so that ones not too bad! Sucess! I just look a little odd...and not smiling, but trust me, if you could see the other options you would be cringing, I know I was! I looked so young and weird back then, two years really makes a difference...more then we even realize.

My Apologies!

So I didn't update at all this weekend! That is due to the fact that I spent the weekend at my mum's and didn't have my laptop! Boo! Anyways, here I am on a Sunday night and I am going to write the two posts I missed and the post for today right now! I promised myself that I was going to stick to this and I will! I am going to start at the post for Day 4 and work my way up to the post for Day 6!

Day 4 - Your favorite photograph of your best friend.

Man, I kind of don't feel right just putting up pictures of my friends without their permission...however I guess I will put up one picture of me and two of my friends from a couple of weeks ago. Warning: We look stupid.

This is what happens when you get me and my friends to try and take a decent picture. Yeah, it doesn't end well. We all look like retards and someone's head is cut off. God...that was a fun night though.

...Hi :)

Okay so I'm kind of crap with titles...I have no clue what to put while I'm doing the blog challenge. Oh well, it will just be randomness, I don't really care.

Day 3 - Your idea of the perfect first date.

Hmmm, I have to think about this, I'm not going to say dinner and a movie because A- I'm more original then that B- You can't talk during movies so how are you supposed to get to know the person and C- I cannot eat in front of a guy, I wolf everything down on my plate in record time. So, what is my idea of the perfect first date. Well, if I lived in a dream world, it would be fall (kind of chilly, but still able to get away with wearing a cardi), I would be on a date with someone amazing and we would go to a small little cafe. We would order something to drink and just sit there and chat. Afterwards we would go for a walk, maybe in a nice park, just walk around continue talking because neither of us would want to end the night, and since it might be a little chilly it would be an excuse to stay close, maybe cuddle. ;) Eventually he would drop me off at the house, and mayyyyybe he might get a little kiss goodnight. ;)

Okay well that would be my dream date, and it would be with Eli Goldsworthy. However, since he is a fictional character...I don't think that would happen... So my idea of a perfect date that would ACTUALLY happen would probaly be me and some guy and we would go to one of my high school football games. Or maybe a QMJHL game in my town. Some place where we could talk and bond, plus have a good time! I love hockey and football, so I would have fun, plus since it isn't with the amazing Elijah Goldsworthy if things got a little awkward I would have an excuse and could just watch the game! Haha!

So that would be my idea of an amazing first date! Hmm, I'm a hopeless romantic. I would love to have that perfect first date, and I would love to fall in love with a boy who loved me flaws and all. Who would bring me flowers, know the perfect things to say...

Man, I am such a hopeless romantic inside. *sigh* Someday I will fall in love, and hopefully it will be just like it is in books. I doubt it, but you can always dream right?

Day Two. :)

Happy September 1st! Can't you just feel school in the air? Ick... Anyways on with the Blog Post Challenge question of the day!

Day 2- A photo of something you ate today.

So this isn't exactly what I ate today, obviously I got this off the internet. But I did eat at Subway today, twice actually. I had Subway for lunch and supper. It was very delicious.

I don't know exactly how I can elaborate on a Turkey and Ham sub...

The reason I had it twice today was because I was out of town, at Magic Mountain with my bestie, and it was just down the highway a little bit. Also, my friend is a vegetarian so there isn't a lot of fast food she can eat!

Alright well, I am burnt to a crisp. I am very tired. I just got home, and I plan on taking a long cold bath then going to bed! I just had to get this up because I promised myself I would finish this Thirty Day Blog Challenge! :)

30 Day Blog Challenge.

Now I know that a mentioned that I was doing a four week writing prompt and that I would post some up on my blog but I obviously haven't been! So I stumbled across this on someone elses blog and I thought this wold be the perfect thing to write about and it will make me update everyday! :)


Day One - A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.

So this is the most recent picture I have on my computer! It was the day after I dyed my hair brown (previously it was blonde!) so this was taken on Sunday. Now, how was my day. My day was very good actually, I got a lot done! I went out and bought all of my school books so I have them all organized and ready for school. Which is exactly one week...but that is another matter all together! So yes, I think I had a very good day, I spent the morning and some of the afternoon with my little sister and we actually got along so no complaints there! Then I did my shopping and when I got home me and my dad watched a movie together. Now that I am typing out what I did today it actually doesn't sound as if I did that much, but the books piled high beside my bed beg to differ! I am actually getting a little excited about starting a new school year! It's going to be different classes, I have different hair, a different attiude. This year will definitely be different and I cannot wait if I'm being honest! I will be working very hard this year, I have a very full course! Then I will be moving in January! Oh life, I cannot wait. Well, I guess my ramble about my day turned into a ramble about the future? Eh, the point of this blog was just to give me an outlet to write about the most random things and life. :)

Shamefully... Degrassi Again!

*Clare and Eli make out.*
Eli: I gotta go, I have a french exam.
Clare: Oh you passed.

Clare: Or maybe you could lie low with your girlfriend?
Eli: Yeah, girlfriend.

Okay so unfortunately I am writing this WHILE I am watching it so I keep writing paragraphs but then having to backspace the whole thing because something else happens that contridicts what I was saying!

Okay the show is now over. I think I am safe to write what I want now. I have caught up with the past two episodes and all I can really say is...holy crap. There are only two episodes left...how they are going to wrap this up I do not know, but I know it is going to be good. Eli and Clare FINALLY became a couple in this episode but now I think they are broken up? 'Cause Clare is going to the dance with Fitz, who is practically Eli and Adam's worst enemy. Then! The episode ended with Drew, who is dating Alli, going into the boiler room with Bianca! Drama-rama-rama!

Okay, so I will stop my ramble about Degrassi because I really don't want to turn this blog into me talking about T.V.! So I think I will keep this post short and sweet and I'll update later or tomorrow with something more exciting!

DEGRASSI.

Kay so, twice in a row, woo, but onto way more important things...DEGRASSI. :

I know I am a little late on this, but I JUST watched the promo for the final week (this week) and now I'm glad that I did wait because if I had watched that any earlier I think I would have absolutely DIED. Okay, that was a long sentence with a lot of connecting words...but only one thing is running hrough my mind right now as I continue hyperventilating and shaking; ELIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!

So maybe my addiction with this show is unhealthy but add on the fact that in the promo Eli gets a KNIFE drawn on him in a deserted hallway, with Clare watching, by Fitz it looks like, at least I assume it's Fitz. I mean he definitely has a grudge against Eli with Eli making him the whole fake I.D. with a arsonist name on it and everything. ANYWAYS, I missed tonight's episode too!!!

So basically this is how my past ten minutes have gone:

10:20- Anna was innocently reading her daily dose of FanFiction which happened to be about Eclare when she saw that floorplanhobo had left an author's note saying: "... I am extremely amused at the fact that I had this chapter outlined way before the promo for the season finale came out. Are you stealing my ideas, Degrassi? ;)" What? Intrigued Anna realized that she had never watched the Degrassi season finale promo. So Anna decided to hop on over to her beloved YouTube to watch said promo.

10:24- Anna finishes watching said promo and starts hyperventilating, trying to calm down by taking deep breaths and finally when she calms down enough to take deep, calming breaths she realized that her hands were shaking uncontrollably. All I could could make out was Eli, Eli, Eli, NO! Because said promo, ends with Eli against a door, and the guy with the knife, let's just call him Fitz for kicks, well "Fitz" is blocking him. So "Fitz" has Eli backed into a corner!!!! With a knife in his hand! :( :( :( :(

10:26- Anna realizes that she missed tonight's episode of Degrassi and starts flipping out all over again!

10:28- You could find Anna on muchmusic.com to see if they have the episode up yet, which of course they don't!

10:29- You could find Anna sitting on her bed not sure what to do.

And that brings us back to the present...

For some reason this blog has turned into Anna's Favorite T.V. Shows? I don't know but I had to put this up, I just had to rant about this for a little while. Wanna know the saddest part of my life...I WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE TOMORROW'S EPISODE EITHER!!! :(

I am going to Nova Scotia tomorrow, I am leaving at ten o'clock tomorrow! So that means that if they don't have tonight's episode up before 9:15 tomorrow I won't be able to see tonight's OR tomorrow's episode, which will lead to a VERY angry Anna on this trip... It will also lead to an Anna who will be on her laptop at 1:00am when I get home tomorrow watching the new episodes online. *sigh* Degrassi...

Well I think I am going to end this ramble about Degrassi because I have gotten all that I needed to get out and my friend just called me. :) So tomorrow night, or early Wednesday morning I will hopefully put up a new update telling you all about my trip to Nova Scotia, including the FIVE hour car drive! I'll tell you all about it!

Bye for now! Peaceee! xoxo.

Random ramble on CSI...?

Hello Guys! So I am updating again, second post this weekend! I am getting better at this! So I don't really have anything to write about right now. I am however watching a very interesting of CSI: New York. I must admit, I'm not a big fan of CSI: New York, I'm a CSI: Crime Scene Investigation kind of girl. The old episodes too, when it was the original team; Grissom, Sarah, Catherine, Warrick, Nick and even Greg! :) I have a secret crush on Greg, I'm not sure why, I just find him and his cute, geeky ways absolutely adorable! It's kind of weird, I have a thing for the geeks on practically every crime scene show! Take Criminal Minds for example, I love Spencer Reid! Matthew Gray Grubler. Now, most people don't even find him cute, but I find him down right sexy! I know...I really need help. I can't help it, for some reason I just adore him! I'm not sure why... I love him in real life and in the show! He is an amazing actor in real life, and his character in the show is just...wow. Spencer Reid, or should I say Dr. Reid is so intelligent! Like whoa...

I'm sorry, I just went on a random ramble about frickin' CSI, Criminal Minds and my obsession with t.v. nerds? I don't even understand myself...but this is what happens when I tell myself I have to update my blog and I have nothing to write about. But it's nice, to just write about random stuff, I know that none of this stuff is serious or anything but it feels nice to just get it off of my chest! Well that's it for now. Hopefully when I update next I will have something more important to say!

Simple Pleasures Prompt!

So I will fully admit that I am horrible with updating this blog...I try, I really do but whenever I am on the computer something else always seems to catch my eye...I apologize. Hopefully once school starts updates will come more frequently and regularly! I will have to make a schedule where I will update my blog at least once a week. It gives me creative freedom where I can express myself instead of being trapped my the walls of a specific plot which recently is what has been happening to me! So on with the Simple Pleasures Prompt which I mentioned in my last post back around the first of August. Now I won't lie, I have not been doing this daily like the prompt calls for...it's terrible to admit that I can't even spare 10 minutes in my day for the prompt! I have just been so busy with life, now that summer is coming to an end I have been trying to get out as much as I can before the colder weather comes back! So hopefully I will finish this prompt soon, I might have to take the time to write a couple prompts a day because as it's looking write now I won't finish in the month that was planned! So I will remind you of the rules of the Simple Pleasures Prompt and then start writing!

Prompt 95: List 31 simple pleasures. Every day for 4 weeks, write about one pleasure for five minutes.

The simple pleasure I'll be writing about is: Silence

Silence is something that none of us really think of, unless you live in a house where it never is silent. Where there is always someone screaming or a t.v. is blaring, phones are ringing. When the only time it is silent is when it is two in the morning and you are still up writing away on your computer. You get where I'm coming from? Unless you deal with this you never will understand the true beauty of silence, however I bet most of us have been in the situation where you are ready to slam your head against the wall for some peace and quiet. It happens to me daily. Sometimes you just can't take anymore.

Then there comes the time where everything around you is silent. It might be that you are home alone, or it is late at night and you are the only person insane enough to be still up. Whatever the reason is, silence is a simple pleasure. It is sometimes a rare occurence and whenever the noise finally quiets down I relish it. Who knows when it will happen next? So I close my eyes and just relax, let my mind drift...I enjoy it throughly because I know that the next thing I know all the noise will start back up and all will be back to normal.

Silence, I love it! At the moment however, I am getting none of it. I hear my brother and his girlfriend yelling at each other in the next room and I am trying to drown them out with my radio. Which in short, is not working. So it was a little hard to write about silence when I can barely remember what it is like.

Just a heads up, now that I am looking over the list I made it seems that it turned into 31 Things Anna loves. However I think that's okay so I will not be changing my list. :)

I hope you all are having a wonderful Friday!

New Prompts...

So recently I googled "writing prompts" and I found this prompt.

Prompt 95: List 31 simple pleasures. Every day for 4 weeks, write about one pleasure for five minutes.

This website has over 300 prompts for you to choose from, 346 to be exact, and all of them are different, creative ways to get you writing. Now, I saw the selection the had and I was floored, I didn't know which one to choose! So I randomly scrolled over number 95 and now I'm glad I did. I think this excercise will be a great way to recognize all the simple things in life that we all enjoy! It's a great way to stop being so vain and worrying about all the wrong things! Although, I might not follow the 5 minute rule. As soon as I start writing, it's hard for me to stop until I'm finished. So having a time limit to get what I want to say across won't work! So I decided to start this prompt today, hopefully I will be finished around the first of school and I will share a select few prompts with you! Today I think my simple pleasure will be...writing, because it is literally the simplest thing you can do. All you need is a pen and paper, or a computer. Plus, it's my favorite thing to do!

So, what about you? What are your simple pleasures in life? Something you enjoy to do with friends, by yourself or on a rainy day?? Comment and let me know!

You can visit the website I mentioned in this post at http://www.creativewritingprompts.com/

"What we see depends mainly on what we look for." - John Lubbock

What we see depends mainly on what we look for... How true is that one simple line?
You can see the glass as half empty or as half full, they both mean the same thing but are from two different points of view; the pessimist and the optimist. Two very different outlooks on life. If you can find, in any situation, no matter how dark and dire it may be, a postitive outlook then maybe you're the one living your life right, not letting anything get you down. However, is that not a sign of naivety? Always the positive one? It's common in young children who do not know what is going around them to be the postive ones. Children take joy and pleasure out of the simplest of things, something I am afraid that you lose as you age. So does always being positive make you naive? Give you the air of a child-like innocent? Even if it does, is that a bad thing? Why should it be? Or are you the complete opposite? Always looking at things from the darkest perspectives. Maybe you are the ones who truly get it, your protecting yourself. It is completley unerstandable. If you don't hold everything up to the highest standard you will never be dissapointed. If you focus on the worst that can happened you will never be taken by surprised, never hurt.

So which one are you? Are you the pessimist, or the optimist? Or are you like me, stuck in the middle, confused?

What we see depends mainly on what we look for, or what we look at. It depends on our outlook on life. So, what are you looking for?