On the above picture:
I'm reminded of spring break, when I was desperate for an escape, hoping that the absent rock faces and barren terrain of the Owhyee County outside of Caldwell would cure what ailed me; fill me with that sort of inspiration that only my home can. It very much did. I'm always enamored when I see dense forests and towering trees, but something about rocks and sagebrush and nothing but hills and flatness puts something deep inside of me at ease. Reminds me of something I don't consciously remember, but helps whatever that part of me is.
Despite the fact we decided to go on a rainy day where the trail was slippery, followed but us taking possibly the most slippery icy straight wall of a trail which resulted in a peach sized bruise on my ass. Ouch.
Anyway.
On nanowrimo:
I got to somewhere under 30k. I'm not beating myself up over it, though. I got 30k more than I would have originally. I'm still working on editing it off and on. . . which at this point, is mostly just cutting the shit out of its fur, so to speak.
On other stories:
I've been trying to write YA sort of material over break if only to practice the tone. Working on what will probably end up being a short story with a dumb (read also:no) plot. But! It's stupid and romantic and fun to write so there's that.
On school:
I'm burnt out and that's all I'll say because it's frustrating talking/thinking/acknowledging it.
On music:
Caribou is an excellent band. I've been listening to "Swim" on repeat while reading. Also I wasn't aware of The Lonely Island's second album and been listening to that off and on.
On reading:
I have total of 18 books I want to read over break. I'll make a separate post for these. If I get through all of them I'll be super impressed with myself.
On the new year:
2011 sucked but I'm finding myself sort of optimistic- there is really no way 2012 can suck as much as this year did. I'll probably ramble about this later.
