movie vs. novel

So I’ve been told by my mother and CW both that I’m supposed to write a novel.  My mother has been saying it for my whole life, all she does is change what she thinks the novel is supposed to be about.  She used to worry that it was going to be horror b/c when I was 10 I started reading Stephen King novels and he was my favorite author back then.  Currently I have two ideas and they’re both science fiction.   Now the only other choice is to write a novel or a movie script.

When I write stories I can always “see” what I’m writing happening in my imagination.  My stories play out before me like watching a movie, complete with dialogue, scenery, and a soundtrack.  I agonize over the settings of various scenes, what the clothing should look like and how the music should sound.  I already know that one thing I really need to do is learn to draw.  If I could draw things out it would definitely help.  Maybe I could pick that up while I”m not working.

Anyway, I’ve started working on one of my ideas and plan on finishing the rough draft by the end of the year.  Wish me luck!

New laptop

Yea!!  I am writing this blog from my new laptop!!  My mom bought it for me b/c she knows that I’ve really been wanting one.  B/c of her position as the Minister of Finance at our church, she occasionally is required to teach classes about church finance and administration to people from other churches.  She is paid well for each time that she teaches the class and decided to use the money from her latest class to buy me a laptop.

The fact that I have it is not nearly as awesome as the story of how I got it.  I went to Best Buy yesterday, determined not to pay more than $500 for the laptop b/c as we all know by the time you buy the warranty, Microsoft Office Suite, antivirus software these days you’re practically buying a second laptop.  Plus I needed to buy a wireless router so that I could have a wireless network in my house.  CW and I read the specs for all the laptops that were $550 or less.  The one that I was most interested in had 3GB of RAM and a 250GB hard drive and was only $400, but that was sold out.  Apparently there had been a mad rush for that laptop on Sunday morning, b/c it was advertised in the Sunday paper and they were sold out by 11:30 on Sunday morning.  That was clearly not meant to be my laptop as I am always in church at that time.

The second laptop that I wanted was also sold out.  This initially made me think that if they were both sold out, then the displays should be taken down, but what do I know.  So we kept looking.  The problem was that the other ones that were in my intended price range were just not as impressive.  I noticed some laptops in one of the cages, that didn’t have displays, so we asked one of the sales associates if he could find out the prices.  He was really nice and actually looked up the 4 that were there, but only told me the price for one.  He said that it as $431.  When I asked him what the specs were he said “Just trust me, its a steal.”  Long story short that’s the one I bought. 

This laptop is a Toshiba Satellite with 4GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, a CD/DVD burner and a built-in webcam and microphone.  This is actually way better than the other two that I had looked at since they only had 3GB of RAM, a CD burner and no webcam or mic!  This is one of the laptops that they had on sale at Christmas time and they thought they had sold them all, so the display one had even been sold already.  Its not even on the website anymore! 

Alot of people would call that luck, but I call that a good ole’ fashion act of God.  Who knows what other blessings I’ll receive now that I have this.  I’m so excited!!

P.S.  As for the job hunt it’s going okay.  I’ve applied for a lot of jobs, but one of the jobs actually contacted my references last week.  I’m expecting good things to come of that.

        

My Birthday!!

So last night it dawned on me that my 30th birthday is fast approaching and I haven’t started planning my party yet.  That’s a problem!  I haven’t had a birthday party since I turned 16 and I think that’s ridiculous.  My family usually just goes out for birthdays and the birthday girl gets to choose the restaurant.  Well, I want to enter 30 with a bigger “to do” than that.  I’ve been trying to get my parents to plan something, but they just laugh about it.  I’m sure they know that I”m excited about it, but I don’t think they take me seriously when it comes to me actually wanting a party.  Well, if I have to throw it myself then I will.

With that said, if anyone has any suggestions then let me know.  My first order of business will be to find a location, b/c I want to invite more than just my family, even though that alone is about 20 people.  Last night when we went dancing I was on the dance floor thinking “My iPod could DJ better than this guy is”, so I’ll save money there.  I’ve got about 2 months to add party songs to my collection, then I can just hook up my iPod, put it on “shuffle” and let it go.  I’ll also save money by making the cupcakes myself instead of buying a cake.  Real Simple magazine did a book about celebrations that I bought that has some great ways to spruce up box cupcake mix so I can easily use that..  I think this is going to be my best birthday yet!

An Entertainer

The other day CW and I were discussing the fact that I regularly say that I’m bored.  He asked me about a relationship I had where me and the guy didn’t argue a lot.  He was trying to say that it was mostly b/c me and that guy had sex regularly, saying that b/c he and I are celibate we need to work harder to entertain ourselves.  I said that wasn’t true b/c I could only think of one relationship where the guy didn’t get on my nerves on a regular basis and that was with GJ.  He asked me why that was, what did G do that I liked.  By the time I finished listing things he said that G kept me entertained.  He may not have been purposely trying to do that, but his personality was just naturally entertaining to me.

I’m realizing that that is true.  He was so funny all the time.  In other relationships I’m always the one who is funny and constantly making the other person laugh.  I don’t do it on purpose though.  My mother is always telling me that I’m funny, and from my point of view I’m just talking, but CW says the same thing.  I was never bored with G b/c he was a lot of fun.  We could spend all day in the house and I wouldn’t be bored once.  We watched a lot of the same TV shows, played games, our conversations were fun, I just enjoyed so much about him.  “Well why aren’t you with him anymore?” you’re probably wondering.  Well the relationship ended b/c he cheated on me.  He was man enough to admit it on his own, but it still happened and I wasn’t going to put up with that.  Honestly, if that hadn’t happened though I would have married him. 

Anyway, its official.  I’m adding that to my list.  I need a man who is naturally entertaining.  I never knew that about myself, but it makes total sense.

No excuses

Okay, no excuses.  Its been about 2 months since I’ve posted anything.  No too much has happened since then, but that’s still no excuse.  I couldn’t blog from the school where I was teaching and b/c I hate being tied to a desk I wasn’t turning my computer on.  Well, that’s all in the past, so today is the first day of a new goal to post at least once a week.

Let’s catch up!

My last day as a teacher was January 23.  That’s right, I resigned!  Teaching was just not a good fit for me, at least not teaching public school.  I still enjoyed working with children, but there is just too much wrong with the way schools here are run and it totally drained me.  I was loathing going to work in the morning and coming home completely drained even after one day.  If I’m going to work with kids, I’ll have to find another way to do it.  I totally enjoyed teaching writing though, much more than teaching literature so I may investigate ways to do that in the future.

Right now I’m just looking for another job.  I make it a point to apply for at least 20 jobs a week.  So at this point I’ve applied for about 27.  I know that something is going to work out so for now I’m just enjoying my time off.  That’s basically it.  I’m still dancing on Sundays and dating CW. 

I’m trying to convince my mom to let me volunteer to be her secretary until I get a job, but I think she’s worried that her boss will hire me and that it won’t pay enough.  She just keeps saying “there’s no money in the budget for me to have a secretary.”  I say “Mom, I’m going to volunteer to do it for free.”  She says “You’ll get a job soon.”‘ I know I’ll get a job soon, but I guess she just doesn’t want to risk that ending up as my job.

Well, I’ll mark that today is Tuesday and that by next Tuesday I’ll need to have updated you.

I’m so excited about my future!!