Tests

They are the real vampires.  They suck out your GPA, your energy and pretty much your whole life.  And I have three left to take before Thursday morning, when I fly back home.
Now THAT would make a great book.  "Ella, your grade is like a drug to me," Edwin said. (There were more allusions I wrote, but trust me, you're glad I deleted them.)

Step By Step

After writing over 30,000 words in November, I'm stuck.  Why?  You tell me!  I have the turning part in the story, the big reveal if you will, coming up, and I'm stuck!  Very frustrating.
On a completely related note, I've been listening to the openings and closings of the anime Detective Conan.  Because it's in Japanese, I don't get all that distracted by the music and I can write more.  There's a couple stanzas that I really like in the first closing song.  (This is from Anime Lyrics dot Com).
Step by step/I won't be impatient/Case by case/Unconcerned, I'll pass the time laughing/[...]/ I gotta go my own way.
Step by step/I'm gonna do things the way I like/Case by case/ and I don't mind, even if that's the hard way/[...]/I gotta go my own way.
I guess the best way to finish is to go step by step and take things one thing at a time.  Even if other people think it would be easier to schedule times, or to write in a notebook, or whatnot, I know that for me the best way is to write when I can, take my finals, then write a little more.  Even if it's hard to focus.  "I gotta go my own way!"

I'm going to a Christmas party!!!!

except up till now I was going on a ward activity to the temple.  Now my roommate has absconded with my christmas present.  Sad...
(See, totally working on my goal!)

Surprise! I'm lazy!

I was pretty much impressed by a friend on goodreads.com.  Or, more specifically, her blog.  (It's here, in case you were wondering.)  Then I looked at my own blog.  And felt like a loser.
I know she updates everyday, then I looked at my own blog.  The last three posts (counting this one) were all in three different months.  And felt like a loser (again).
So what's stopping me from updating?
Well, I am a college student. I'm busy.  I go to school, work and try to have some semblance of a social life.
NOT a good excuse.  I don't really have a social life anyway.
So what's the excuse?  Bottom line: I'm lazy.
I really hate it when it's a problem with me instead of everyone else.  Life is so much harder this way.
I'm pretty sure this is also why I didn't win NaNo.  I wasn't putting enough time.  I wasn't being consistent.
So my new goal?  Write and blog three times a week.  Or more.
I can totally do this...