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☁ Spring breeeeeeeeeeeak~ ......well, sort of. What we get is three extra days for Easter, so I was off starting Friday and I go back Wednesday. Sigh. Not like I could've used a week to work on papers or anything. Bastards. So goals for the break are work on papers, try to relax a bit, and work on cleaning my room. It's pretty much the worst it's ever been at the moment, which is saying something. Which is also pretty impressive considering how little I'm really here. Also I need to find my bigger pants, since there's that whole "gained 30 pounds since July" thing. Sooooooo yeah, need to do something about that. <_< I would also like to go out one of the days- Monday or Tuesday, whichever is nicer- and go to the museum or something (which is actually an extra credit thing for Western Civ if I do a write-up about it, so totally relevant to school stuff).
☁ Some of you know this, but I ended up agreeing to be vegetarian for a week, which is now done with. While I had a moment of "oh god, what have I done?" right after, it really wasn't that hard. It required a few adjustments, yes, but I'm really not that far from vegetarian to begin with. I don't eat THAT much meat really. The freaking base of my diet is carby/veggie/cheesy, so. Basically, what I learned from the experience is: 1) It confirmed for me that I could never go vegan. I love cheese too much. That's the deal breaker for me. 2) Vegetarian is not that big of a deal, although it's kind of a pain in the ass when eating out. 3) I could totally see myself going veggie part-time after this. I sort of already do that, but I mean in a more structured, deliberate way. I don't think I'd go COMPLETELY veggie mainly because if I tell myself I can't have something, that just makes me want it. But going, hey, I'm going to not eat meat for x days a week... that gives me more flexibility with it. It's also appealing because I've had really mixed feelings about the meat thing for a long time. Need the nutrients from it (also I like chicken/turkey/ham, not gonna lie), but the meat industry is... bad. Very bad. So if I can start consciously limiting my meat consumption, that would be good.
☁ Some of you also know this already, but remember that short story I said I submitted for the literary magazine at school? The one I wasn't really that happy with, but didn't have time to deal with it anymore than I already had (plus I had no more space to develop anything- there was a 1k max and I was bumping right up against that)? I got an email from them. They only email you if they're publishing you, so I was like, oh, wow! I'd been hoping for an email, but wasn't expecting one, you know what I mean? So I open the email, and this is what I find: “Congratulations! The *college literary magazine* committee has chosen *story I wrote* to be published in the 2013 edition of *college literary magazine* and has awarded it First Place in the *college literary magazine* Writing Awards.” EEEEEeeeeeeeeEEEEEEE. I stared at it a good long while, thinking that it couldn't possibly mean what I thought it meant. Just. Wow. It's mind blowing. I just hope my mother never finds out about it, because then she'll want to read it, and it's... er. Not flattering to her in the slightest. Whoops. XD
Alright, I think this is PLENTY long enough for the time being- I should really run a couple of errands anyway before it gets too much later, and then work on research paper stuff. Elizabeth I, and then either Dissociative Identity Disorder or Antisocial Personality Disorder, whichever one I eventually decide on. XD
☁ Some of you know this, but I ended up agreeing to be vegetarian for a week, which is now done with. While I had a moment of "oh god, what have I done?" right after, it really wasn't that hard. It required a few adjustments, yes, but I'm really not that far from vegetarian to begin with. I don't eat THAT much meat really. The freaking base of my diet is carby/veggie/cheesy, so. Basically, what I learned from the experience is: 1) It confirmed for me that I could never go vegan. I love cheese too much. That's the deal breaker for me. 2) Vegetarian is not that big of a deal, although it's kind of a pain in the ass when eating out. 3) I could totally see myself going veggie part-time after this. I sort of already do that, but I mean in a more structured, deliberate way. I don't think I'd go COMPLETELY veggie mainly because if I tell myself I can't have something, that just makes me want it. But going, hey, I'm going to not eat meat for x days a week... that gives me more flexibility with it. It's also appealing because I've had really mixed feelings about the meat thing for a long time. Need the nutrients from it (also I like chicken/turkey/ham, not gonna lie), but the meat industry is... bad. Very bad. So if I can start consciously limiting my meat consumption, that would be good.
☁ Some of you also know this already, but remember that short story I said I submitted for the literary magazine at school? The one I wasn't really that happy with, but didn't have time to deal with it anymore than I already had (plus I had no more space to develop anything- there was a 1k max and I was bumping right up against that)? I got an email from them. They only email you if they're publishing you, so I was like, oh, wow! I'd been hoping for an email, but wasn't expecting one, you know what I mean? So I open the email, and this is what I find: “Congratulations! The *college literary magazine* committee has chosen *story I wrote* to be published in the 2013 edition of *college literary magazine* and has awarded it First Place in the *college literary magazine* Writing Awards.” EEEEEeeeeeeeeEEEEEEE. I stared at it a good long while, thinking that it couldn't possibly mean what I thought it meant. Just. Wow. It's mind blowing. I just hope my mother never finds out about it, because then she'll want to read it, and it's... er. Not flattering to her in the slightest. Whoops. XD
Alright, I think this is PLENTY long enough for the time being- I should really run a couple of errands anyway before it gets too much later, and then work on research paper stuff. Elizabeth I, and then either Dissociative Identity Disorder or Antisocial Personality Disorder, whichever one I eventually decide on. XD
