It's nice that I've been more productive these past two days than I have since…last September. Not only am I working on the Naruto/Sakura story that I started several months ago (September to be exact, ha!), but I've rekindled my interest in 'A Persistent Hope'. I read something today about how someone liked to read the preview I posted of it here in LJ so long ago (back in '06…yikes), and it inspired me. I love reading what people say about my stuff. ;) So I've gone back, reworked what I had already written, and then added some new material. Even though it's a sequel of sorts to 'A Soft Hope' it's not going to be nearly as long. I'm very close to finishing the first chapter. I'm thinking of only making it two chapters…possibly three. Who knows. I have the story pretty much planned out. I've had the ending all along. I just need to connect the dots. Easier said than done. Hopefully, I'm not too rusty. I haven't felt the drive to write like this in a long time…

And speaking of fanfiction…I haven't read anything good in a while. I need to peruse the new stuff and see what's out there.

Posted two new drabbles in 'Scattered Daydreams' - a good start if I do say so myself.

Hmm. I suck at updating. Just throwing that out there. I need to change my ways.

What have I been up to? Well, let's see.

1.) I have (FINALLY) graduated from college with a Major in Biology and a double minor in Chemistry and Art History. Summa Cum Laude, too, if I might add (yes, I'm very proud of myself).  :P

2.) I have purchased a new car. I lurve it… it's a Molten Kia Soul. If you've seen those commercials where the hamsters are driving the red SUV wannabe, then you've seen my car. It looks small - deceptively so, but is quite large once inside. It's the first large purchase I have ever made in my life, so I'm fairly nervous about it, but I do have to say that having a new car is VERY nice. J I just had to get a Hamtaro decal to put on the back, too, to pay homage to the great hamster commercial.

3.) Seeing as how school was the main reason I went on a writing hiatus, I think that I shall be at least somewhat productive, though I make no promises. I have the tendency to well…procrastinate. Heh. (I'm sure no one has noticed a bit…)

4.) I am obsessed with Neopets, unfortunately. Sad…but true. It's a huge weakness of mine. The Altador Cup is halfway through…GO SHENKUU! Ha ha.

I have just posted 'Breach of Faith'. I orginally meant to add it as a drabble to 'Scattered Daydreams', but decided instead not to. I plan on starting the second part tomorrow, and then figuring out what else I want to do with it. Maybe a three-parter? Eh, I don't know. My sisters thought the whole idea for the story was kind of odd. But, we'll see. ;)

I just posted a new NaruSaku one-shot called 'In Anger and Affection' over at ff.net. I've been piddling with it since the middle of summer, and finally found the time to finish it. With school and work, it seemed like I'd never be able to get it done. At least now that I have that out of my system, I can concentrate on the things I should have been writing on to begin with...*sheepish smile* Oh, well...

So I had a pretty nice birthday on Tuesday - nothing exciting really happened, and I had to work till 10:00 that night, but I got to eat dinner with my sisters at Waffle House afterwards, so that was interesting... ;)

Classes wise, I really like my Ecology class. For lab we went down to a nearby river, hiked a bit, and trudged around in the water. A whole lot better than sitting in a lab and tinkering with random chemicals and whatnot. We have to do this "show-and-tell" thing every week where we bring in a bit of nature to present to the class (my professor wants us to be more in touch with nature), and I brought in a hand full of clover. But, other than that class I have Art History: Renaissance-Modern, Life-Span Development (a psychology course), and Intro to Computer Programming. The last two are core requirement classes (yes after four years, I'm still not completely done with those...).

Oh, and I’m in the middle of the third installment of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, and I’m in love. She’s a very good writer. I haven’t read any young adult authors that write as good as she does in a long time.

I'm going to see Superbad tonight with friends, so hopefully that will be funny!

So, I’ve been really busy this last month. My job and other responsibilities have taken over my life, and I barely have enough time to get online much. I noticed that vicchonn has tagged me to do this meme, so here I go…

The rules:
* Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
* People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
* At the end of your blog, you need to choose (8) people to get tagged and list their names.
* Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog. (Unless they beat you to it.)

( Random Meme )

 

I’m tagging

 

 

jedijaina, jlightning_wolf, niiicko, royalbk, vanilla_rapture, sanity_escape, kyteaura, and nujin. (if you guys see this, then great – though, you don’t have to do it if you would prefer not too… -_^ )

I'm excited to say that 'A Soft Hope' has been nominated in a second catergory over at the RKRC: Kenshin & Kaoru Romance/WAFF. Thanks so much to whomever nominated me. I feel very honored!

I have a new unhealthy attachment to Neopets. Why is it so addicting? I'm currently trying to gain Neopoints for a cool paint brush for my neopet... *rolls eyes*

A good friend of mine is getting married this Saturday, so things are pretty wild in preparation for that. Get togethers for that, ect. has been gobbling up alot of my time. My goal for at least the end of the summer is to have the next chapter of 'Tendrils fo Sunset' up. It's all brainstormed - just waiting for me to plop my butt down at type away... *smile*

Meme snagged from royalbk ...

If you happen to be working on some creative writing project, fanfiction or NaNoWriMo or what have you, post exactly one sentence (or more) from each of your current work(s) in progress in your journal. It should probably be your favorite or most intriguing sentence so far, but what you choose is entirely your discretion. Mention the title (and genre) if you like, but don't mention anything else -- this is merely to whet the general appetite for your forthcoming work(s). 

The reason for my absence: I’ve been enjoying summer too much, in addition to job hunting. I have a job lined up for July if I don’t find anything before that, so I’m not overly fretting over my lack of employment. I have however, been enjoying a new hobby – fishing! There’s a public lake not far from where I live that’s stocked with fish, and my sisters and I have been having a great time catching fish. On our last trip I caught 12 fish, one sister 3 fish, and the other only caught one. I had an unbelievable amount of good luck that day. *cough* Underneath my sunburns, I hope a tan will appear, otherwise I’ll be dealing with peeling skin, which is never fun…

As for writing…I’ve been painfully neglecting it. But, since my sisters are working full-time from now through the rest of the summer, they’ll stop distracting me, so I’ll be able to get at least something done.

I went to the Nashville Zoo yesterday and took some pictures. I figured I’d share a few since I just uploaded them onto the computer.

Snagged from jedijaina.

A meme with ~103 questions not normally asked.

Here are the drabbles for 

caleb_moss

zankoku_angel