I am a pretty creative person. I play flute, I draw, and I will on occasion write. This year, however, my writing well of awesome ideas has dried up. Currently, the only thing that gets me motivated to actually write is when it's assigned. Sad panda. Of course, once it's assigned I immediately check to see when it's due. I know what you're thinking, "Oh, what a good student! She checks to see how much time she has to make her writing the best it can be". Hahahahahaha no. I am a procrastinator. A bad one. Although I am getting better. But anyway, I check to see when it's due so that I can mark it in my assignment notebook in an attempt to get myself to start early. I usually just ignore it. So, a week or two before the paper or essay or poem or what have you, I might begin writing. Maybe. It usually depends on how important the assignment is.
I usually start by clicking that Itunes symbol on my desktop. Teachers always say that we shouldn't listen to music while doing homework. Well, I'm addicted to music. Not only that, but the best way I learn is through music. So I have an excuse. Next, I open a blank word document. You're probably like "Well, yeah, duh." but that's unfair. I COULD HAVE BEEN WRITING ON PAPER! So there. Anyway, I stare at this document for two minutes minimum. It would probably stare back if it had eyes. Then, I get up and get a blanket. This may seem random, but my house is always cold. I use blankets in summer (and we usually don't even use our air conditioning). Once I return to my perch in front of the computer, I think about what I want to say in the assignment, what my task is, what I need to accomplish. Then, I just start writing. I form thoughts in my head and type them out. I don't stop to think about how I should word something unless it's super confusing. It's like freewriting in a way. I kind of go into a trance. By the end, I don't honestly think I could tell you a majority of the stuff I wrote about. Only after I have done this, do I start to really type my essay/paper/whatever. I go back and add things in; I take things away. I fix punctuation and grammatical errors. After that, I go back and do it again, and again, and again. In fact, what you are reading right now is the four-time edited version of my original post.
Mmmmmmmmm. Now that that's done, let's talk about something fun! I was on youtube the other day. Actually, it was a couple of weeks ago. On a Saturday. I found this really weird and kind of scary video. It wasn't scary as in horror movie, zombies coming to get you scary. It was scary as in "what the heck? This makes absolutely no sense whatsoever and I think my brain might have just exploded from the sheer wierdness of this." Essentially, when I was watching it my face was like
Except for, you know, I'm not an old man.
This video was part one for a movie. You would think that after reacting like that, I would stop watching the movie. Wrong. I was strangely addicted, but I have no idea why. I think I got through about a half an hour before I had to go do something else. I can't wait to finish it.
In case anyone is interested and/or is bored with some time on his or her hands, this is the link to part one of the movie. I feel like I should warn you though, It's in Korean (with subtitles). That's right, it's a Korean drama. Be afraid. Be very afraid. The main characters are members of one of my favorite bands, yes they are Korean, and yes, I know I have weird tastes. Get over it. But, in my defense, they are all pretty. I mean pretty good. Actually, they are amazing at singing. And dancing. And general awesomeness. Here is a link to the first song I ever heard of theirs called Hug and here is a link to an awesome Christmas song that they did called Magic Castle (I think it's a Christmas song, anyway). If you watch the first video, please watch the at least one of the other ones. I feel like I have to defend them. And if you don't want to watch the first video, watch the second or third anyway! They have some serious talent. I listen to them a lot while writing.
I don't know if what I just said can be considered "substantial" but it is what it is.
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