I'm scared.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Workshop
I had a workshop for my manuscript on Tuesday, and, well, basically, my classmates said that my story didn't make much sense. They also said that my description was very good, but that made it really easy to pinpoint the places where the description was not very good.
The workshop overall, however, was very helpful. Just sitting there, unable to argue, allowed me to take in what everyone said, without having my own prejudices getting in the way.
The workshop overall, however, was very helpful. Just sitting there, unable to argue, allowed me to take in what everyone said, without having my own prejudices getting in the way.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Halloween
Well, this is a filler post, 'cuz I feel bad for not writing in a week plus change and need something to talk about.
So, Happy belated...very belated...Halloween!
So I'd originally planned to go trick-o-treating with my friends, but then they decided to go out for dinner instead. So my parents were going to pick me up from college to go trick-o-treating in thirty minutes, and I didn't want to go alone. So I go around:
"Hey, Gray, want to come with me?" "Sorry I'm busy"
"Hey, Noura, want to come?" "Sure, i'll be there in an hour." "Oh, we're leaving in half an hour." "sorry, then I can't make it." "oh well."
Then...
"Hey Chris, want to come?" "OMG I haven't gone trick since I was like seven!!!...but Pacman hasn't dried yet."
He gestured to a giant, yellow cardboard pacman lying in the grass.
"Oh well, you'll be a ninja then."
I spent the next ten minutes muzzling Chris with black shirts, creating a ninja mask.
"Wow, I look badass."
"Now, you have to put on your aviators."
When we reached our home, I realized that a ninja, jester, and plumber (my sister) would be a strange sight. So, I decided that all of us should be ninjas. Ergo, I spent the next ten minutes teaching my sister to muzzle herself with black shirts, creating a ninja mask.
However, unlike Chris and Rachel, I didn't have any long-sleeved, black shirt to go with my ninja costume. I didn't have any dark jeans, either.
So, I went in navy sweatpants and a too-small blazer. My sister was in her black karate gear. Chris was in a windbreaker and aviators. It was pretty epic. We set off to go trick-o-treating.
Some highlights:
"Who's this?"
"Rachel and Roland, with an exchange student."
"I kom from ZHAPAN" (chris with an extremely convicing japanese accent)
"Oh! Well, welcome to the US!"
Then our neighbor, an old white lady, starts talking in Japanese with chris. go figure.
Later...
"um....are you ninjas?"
"yes..."
"ok, good, I thought you were like Muslim or something"
afterwards, chris is like "I wanted to punch her, I mean, you wouldn't go around dressing like a Jew, for halloween right?"
Later...
"It's Rachel and Roland and Henry!"
"Wow, Henry, you grew so tall!"
Henry's our eight-year-old brother. We managed to convince our next-door-neighbor, without trying, that an eight-year-old was five foot ten.
Later...
"This is an exchange student from japan"
Chris waves a Japanese flag that he just happens to have in his coat pocket.
So, that was pretty much my trick-o-treating experience for the year. Full of epicness and stuff, and convincing japanese accents.
~Roland
So, Happy belated...very belated...Halloween!
So I'd originally planned to go trick-o-treating with my friends, but then they decided to go out for dinner instead. So my parents were going to pick me up from college to go trick-o-treating in thirty minutes, and I didn't want to go alone. So I go around:
"Hey, Gray, want to come with me?" "Sorry I'm busy"
"Hey, Noura, want to come?" "Sure, i'll be there in an hour." "Oh, we're leaving in half an hour." "sorry, then I can't make it." "oh well."
Then...
"Hey Chris, want to come?" "OMG I haven't gone trick since I was like seven!!!...but Pacman hasn't dried yet."
He gestured to a giant, yellow cardboard pacman lying in the grass.
"Oh well, you'll be a ninja then."
I spent the next ten minutes muzzling Chris with black shirts, creating a ninja mask.
"Wow, I look badass."
"Now, you have to put on your aviators."
When we reached our home, I realized that a ninja, jester, and plumber (my sister) would be a strange sight. So, I decided that all of us should be ninjas. Ergo, I spent the next ten minutes teaching my sister to muzzle herself with black shirts, creating a ninja mask.
However, unlike Chris and Rachel, I didn't have any long-sleeved, black shirt to go with my ninja costume. I didn't have any dark jeans, either.
So, I went in navy sweatpants and a too-small blazer. My sister was in her black karate gear. Chris was in a windbreaker and aviators. It was pretty epic. We set off to go trick-o-treating.
Some highlights:
"Who's this?"
"Rachel and Roland, with an exchange student."
"I kom from ZHAPAN" (chris with an extremely convicing japanese accent)
"Oh! Well, welcome to the US!"
Then our neighbor, an old white lady, starts talking in Japanese with chris. go figure.
Later...
"um....are you ninjas?"
"yes..."
"ok, good, I thought you were like Muslim or something"
afterwards, chris is like "I wanted to punch her, I mean, you wouldn't go around dressing like a Jew, for halloween right?"
Later...
"It's Rachel and Roland and Henry!"
"Wow, Henry, you grew so tall!"
Henry's our eight-year-old brother. We managed to convince our next-door-neighbor, without trying, that an eight-year-old was five foot ten.
Later...
"This is an exchange student from japan"
Chris waves a Japanese flag that he just happens to have in his coat pocket.
So, that was pretty much my trick-o-treating experience for the year. Full of epicness and stuff, and convincing japanese accents.
~Roland
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