Poem collection

I decided that over this winter break, I am going to collect all of my poems and put them together into a book. I have been wanting to do this for quite some time but never really got around to it. This time, I will. It's going to take time and effort to find all of my poems, finish some, and revise others but I think it should be worth it. I think I'm going to put them in order chronologically. I'm always surprised by the amount of poetry I've written over the years--I must have written close to a hundred by now. That's quite a bit considering I destroyed a lot of poetry. Hmmm...this should be a massive but very rewarding undertaking. We'll see.

Also, I want to make a poem book called "GARMTAG", just for fun. It will be good documentation of my love poem writings over my college years.

Stories and Writing

I sat and wrote for fun today. It was the first time in months I had done that and I had forgotten how fun writing can be. It allows me to flex my brain muscles and let my creative juices flow and just get out all I've been meaning to say and write.

I like the word "creative juices." Every time, I think of it, I imagine this misty, sparkly fluid flowing out from me that's full of musical notes, architecture, dragons, and changing colors.

As for my story, I took inspiration from a book called The Book of Enchantment. It has this story about a girl whose family is cursed to become werewolves. I thought it was cool so I wrote a story about a girl who goes to school to study it and makes friends with a Lady of the Lake and buys this mysterious bent sword. I wonder where it's going to go...

Yogo's

My friend Beth invited me to this place called Yogo's and it was the most fantastical frozen yogurt shop I had ever visited. They had eight different base yogurts and combinations of those yogurts as well. There were at least a dozen different toppings, four kinds of sauces (I chose chocolate sauce), and extra fruit toppings, too. I want to take my other friends here too! Beth originally invited me because her school had this organization where a part of the proceeds from the frozen yogurt would go towards buying Christmas gifts for local children. How can you not support that?

Also, Beth is very intelligent. I was shown how intelligent as we sat and discussed everything from housing architecture to science, the universe, Stephen Hawking to art and colors. Among many others. I took her with me as I did grocery shopping and she commented on the appalling inadequacies of America's education system. "Kids these days don't know how to imagine!" she said.

It's funny how we're both young and would still be called "kids" in many respects, but we already quote expressions such as "kids these days." I suppose that we are older than what most consider "kids" but I still see myself as a kid sometimes so it's new to think of the younger generation as separate from mine. I suppose she's right however. People just five years younger than me are doing things that I didn't dream of until I was well-past their age.

Funny how things change as you age.

Peanuts and Steampunk

Today, I was walking to school when I had the sudden craving for boiled peanuts. Mmmm...the soft skin and the subtle sweet taste. Nothing better to warm you. Well, other than hot chocolate maybe. Or coffee if you're a coffee lover. Or tea, if that's your cup of...tea.

Anyway, there's something's that got me bouncing with anticipation. There's a steampunk ball coming up and I'm going to go! If I save up money, I can afford it.

For those of you who don't know what steampunk is, it's a genre related to science fiction, fantasy, and the Victorian era. It's basically the era of the steam engine (hence, steampunk) combined with Victorian style dress. There's also steampunk novels, films, and music bands. There's the costumes, too! It's very much like Victorian formal wear combined with goggles, leather belts, and whatever mechanical addendums you can add to the fray. If I go, I get to dress up in top hats and mechanical appendages and boots and vests with stopwatch chains! It's going to be splendid. Now all I need is to find a place to buy all of this stuff...