Getting Some Things Down In Writing

Hello.

I go back to school in two weeks and I can't keep myself from thinking about how I want this year to be Different. Brilliant. I really want to talk about this on the internet and I don't want to make a video about it until it's official, or even semi-official. So, here I am. Talking about this here.

Okay, back in July I contacted Lori Earl, mother of Esther Earl, HP fan and nerdfighter extraordinaire. Yes, I am talking about the Esther Earl to whom John Green dedicated his most recent book, and the same one died from thyroid cancer two years ago at the age of sixteen. Last year, her mother and father founded a nonprofit organization called This Star Won't Go Out. Their goal is to carry a bit of that burden for hurting families through financial gifts. They do great work.

So, back to what I contacted Lori about. I want to do some sort of fundraiser with TSWGO. She very quickly responded to me and gave me numerous examples of what I could do. What I'm going to do is sell TSWGO bracelets at my high school. My school has fundraisers multiple times a year, and they usually involve bracelets. Lori told me to just email her telling her how many bracelets I need, and she'll send them to me to sell for whatever donation. The only hitch in this plan is that I will need to work heavily with my dean and guidance counselor. Eh.

Despite the fact that I would have to work with administration, I still really want to do this. Even more, I feel I need to do this.

For now, Internet. Good bye.

Time Really Does Fly

So, it's been a while. I'm sorry. I don't really have an excuse to why I haven't posted here other than I just didn't. I mean, I had time. Plenty of time. A plethora of time. And I did try to post here, but, I didn't. I would open Blogger and then write a bit, but then end up closing the page.

I've started another book. And finished none. Ah, that's a lie. I finished Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan. I started it...months ago. But I had borrowed it on Nook, and then the loan timed out. So, I never finished it. I got all of John Green's books for my birthday, so I finished Will Grayson, Will Grayson the second I got it. Literally. I'm currently reading 1984 by George Orwell, which is nice, and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

After I last posted, I went to, and returned from, Virginia. I'm in Pennsylvania now. And tomorrow, I will be in New York (not home though.) and later tomorrow night, I will be back in Pennsylvania. I also went to New Jersey the other day.

I have finally given in, and I am updating my iPhone from iOS 3.2 to the current version, iOS 5.1....yeah, I've never updated it. Can you tell?

Videos on the channel New York to Texas will resume their regular schedule on Monday, the twentieth. Caroline went back to Texas on Monday. She starts school tomorrow...or rather, today. It's almost four in the morning. Oh dear.

I've been making videos on my own channel pretty frequently though. And there will be one up by the end of the week.

Also: This is something that I didn't post about on any social networking site, not Tumblr, not Facebook, and  not Twitter, but my cat died. She was ten years old, and I've had her for almost my entire life that I can remember. Like, I have memories from before I was four, but I don't remember not having a cat. So, yeah. she had cancer, and we didn't want her to suffer because we love her.

So, I leave you on that note.

Books Read: 12
Journeys: 27

I Survived!

Remember a few months back when I posted about my LP? Well do I have amazing news or what? My darling mother has solved the problem. She bought me a replacement laptop that I just switched the hard drives and I was good to go. This is awesome. I'm still getting used to typing on a laptop keyboard again, but  is that a first world problem or what? Also...the new laptop is pink. :) And that makes me very happy because it is an adorable pink. 

So I have a lot of things to do today. I have to edit my video on the concert that Caroline and I went to...a month ago, and I have to script the video that I want to film with my brother when he comes into town which is tonight. I mean, I'm not going to film it tonight but it would be nice if I knew what was going to occur in the video before I do film it. Yeah. 

Caroline and I have been playing Super Mario Brothers Wii a lot lately, and I have discovered two things: a) that I should have really played the hand-me-down Mario video games that I got from my brother, and b) Caroline gets really angry when she plays video games. 

I'm going to put the footage that we took of us playing video games up on YouTube some day, and by some day, I mean that I'll put it in a Scrapbook style vlog some time in the future. 

I'm participating in the Nerdfighteria Blurbing Book Club this year and we are reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. John and Hank chose this book for two reasons: a) in honor of Ray Bradbury's death, and b) because Fifty Shades of Grey which is "basically Twilight fanfiction turned into a novel" has sold more copies than Bradbury did during his entire life. 

So yes. That's what is going on. Bye Internet.

Books: 11 (Yes, I am failing. No, I am not quitting.)

Journeys: 22

Thoughts On VidCon

So...VidCon...that's a thing that happened. =)

I still cannot believe that this weekend actually happened! It was so awesome (as in the actually definition of instilling awe). I met John and Hank Green and they are truly two of the most lovely people on this earth. Also on Day 1 of VidCon, I met Jenna Marbles. She is also extremely sweet.

On Day 2 of VidCon I ended up on a line, completely by accident, that was to meet Charlie McDonnell. (and Michael Aranda) Charlie is just...adorable. He called my ukulele cool because it has a dolphin on it. Later on I met Laci Green on the elevator and she was also really really nice.

Speaking of people that I made he acquaintance of whist on the elevator, I also ran into Tom Milsom, Frezned, and Michael Aranda more times than I can count.

I met Hayley Hoover (hayleyghoover) while I was in the courtyard outside of the convention center after attending the Footy Pajama Meetup organized by Kristina Horner and Lex.

On the line to meet Charlie, I met three very nice girls :Kaitlin, Jordan (jordanthecake) and Kylie. That was nice.

So VidCon was amazing and I cannot wait until next year when Julia can hopefully come with me to Anaheim.

I'm sitting in the Long Beach Airport (LGB) waiting for my flight which was just delayed for an hour...=(

Okay Internet, the next time we will speak is when I'm in a different timezone, so.. Bye.

Books: 11
Journeys: 19 (soon to be twenty.)

Camp NaNoWriMo 2012!

Well, the June session of Camp NaNoWriMo has begun. I got into the game a little late. Ahem, about twelve days late. So I'm going to have to write about 2500 words a day rather than 1667 words a day in order to finish in time. But I'm still very determined. I got myself sponsored via www.stayclassy.org and got a nifty badge for my camper profile which can be found here.

And I was just procrastinating, because I am terrible, and I found out that they have little participant badges so here's mine. They're available for all types of internet real state.
So, I must get back to noveling. I shall speak with you later internet.

Books: 10
Journeys: 14

Summer Projects!

So a couple of posts back I wrote about my busy summer plans. Well, in keeping with the Theresa-is-moderately-insane theme that this blog has taken on over the past few months, I am now going to share with you my Summer Projects for 2012. Yay!

Okay so the 7th of June is my last day of class, but I'm considering the 13th to be the beginning of my summer vacation as I am finished with finals. I have regents on the 14th and 19th and I get my report card on the 22nd, but whatever. And I am considering the 7th of September to be my end of Summer. That's a full three months for me to complete some awesome non school related projects. So shall we?

• Since I'm going to be traveling a lot this summer, and participating in a lot of events, I'm going to keep a summer trip/event journal. I'm going to put this in a marble-composition-type-notebook because their durable, and easy to carry around. 
• I'm going to be continuing my Awesome Notebook in which I state why each day is awesome. In the back I've been keeping a list of books I've read for the 50 Book Challenge, which brings me to the next project.
• I'm going to try to read 15 books this summer, which may not even allow me to complete the 50 Book Challenge. But I WILL complete it. Mostly because I am terrified of failure in any form. 
• Videos can be expected on my channel: www.youtube.com/theresak419, EVERY WEEK! Oh my Gosh! What a change!!!

So those are my summer project. I'll also be updating this as often as I can, which should be much more often than I have been since I have the Blogger app for my iPhone. But you know. 

So I'm home from PA, and I think that within the next two weeks you can expect a video on my channel with Julia. It would have been up two weeks ago, but I need to refilm because my head isn't in the frame. This is mostly because I have better posture than Julia, despite her being taller than me. 

Okay, Internet, this is the first time I am ever going to say this but, please subscribe/follow me on Blogger, Twitter, YouTube, and Tumblr. It would mean a lot. Also comment underneath this post, or any post. I'd like to know that I'm being read and comprehended. 

Ooh! And in about a month I'm going to be announcing something big that only Caroline and Julia know. Enjoy perusing the internet. 

Books: 10 (soon to be 11)

Journeys: 14!

Quarterly Crisis

Every three months or so, I go through this crisis in which I question all of my beliefs, everything I stand for, and everything I want for myself. While I think that questioning beliefs and internal reflection leads to personal growth, I don't this that these spurts of self doubt are helping.

They all start the same: I have a bad throat day or I don't tune my guitar, and BAM I am singer/songwriter/guitarist/actress to walk the planet and my life with never be what I want it to be. Then I fall behind on my work: schoolwork, videos, planning for performances. Then comes my favorite part of all: I decide that all of my friends aren't true friends, that no one will ever love me, and I will die alone from anaphylactic shock or asthma because I live with a hundred cats even though I'm allergic and then they will eat my flesh when I'm dead.
I honestly was going through one of these today. But now everything is okay because I have so much good in my life. I have so many people who do love me, I have great friends because I'm a great friend, and there's always going to be someone I know with a harder life. They could be poor, abused, suicidal, ECT. I'm just a little egocentric at 2:30 in the morning.

I'm in PA right now so I get to add that to the journeys list. Haven't finished any books lately, but I'm reading The Catcher in the Rye. It's good.

Good night Internet.

Books: 10
Journeys:12!