A Quiet Summer Day

Hi everyone! I'm currently sitting in my room at my computer, which is something I've been doing for most of the day. The grand total of things I've done thus far include:

Check my emails
Check my other emails
Check Facebook
Play Minecraft
Check my emails again
And so on...

Can't you tell I'm having quite a productive day? >_>

Anyway...As I'm currently sitting at my computer, I realize that there are quite a few things I could be doing. Like writing my book. v_v Unfortunately, I'm feeling sort of at a loss as to what should happen next. I have a rough idea...but I'm not sure! D""""= I suppose I'll be inspired soon...I hope v_v

Also, I've been trying to write more songs on the piano. I've written one more, which I performed at my baccalaureate...I'll have to make a decent recording of it sometime, I suppose. xD

*Checks clock* *is supposed to go driving in 40 minutes*

With regards to the driving...There was a time when I EXTREMELY DISLIKED IT. I mean...I didn't even want to be behind the wheel. There's something intimidating about driving a huge vehicle and putting yourself and others in danger...everyone's lives are in YOUR HANDS...that's the general feeling I get. I tend to feel responsible for things, even if they have nothing to do with me, so driving = not so fun sometimes. xD But as of a couple days ago, I got behind the wheel...

AND ACTUALLY *GASP* HAD FUN.

Yes, you read that right. I ENJOYED DRIVING.

I suppose that's a good thing. I'm going to have to enjoy driving someday; I'm going to have to get used to the feeling of steering a giant machine that runs on gasoline and has four wheels and is made (mostly) of metal...

In other news, I am beginning to be extremely frustrated with ye olde computer, which I long ago dubbed Lois -2.0, due to it's *gasp* being pink. (Sometimes I wonder why I got a pink computer. I guess it's because the yellow, which I was also considering, made the computer look like a bumblebee, the black and grey and white looked too ordinary, the blue wasn't my preferred blue, the purple was too dark...et cetera. The pink isn't a particularly bright pink, anyway. It's a sort of...purplish pink, I guess? Though it's more on the pink side. And to make it a bit less...pink...I added a Hyper sticker to cover the Dell logo. Suffice it to say that I will probably NEVER get a Dell again, unless I somehow get enough money to get an XPS, which has good graphics and stuff.)

Anyway...enough of that tangent. My computer has become EXTREMELY SLOW due to the myriad photos and videos and old school assignments that I have stored on it. It's become so slow that even though I deleted both my flight simulators, most of the games, a lot of the video conversion programs I'd attempted to use, many pictures and videos, and whatnot, I can still barely install things on it any more. I can't even play Minecraft without it freezing up. Which is not a good thing, considering that the slowness of the game and the fact that I can't really walk or see what I'm doing half the time makes it hard to fight monsters...and not drown. (Yeah. My computer literally KILLED me. xD Which is annyoing, because I lost all my armor! D""""=)

So I went on Craigslist to look for computers in good condition, but I'm finding them...well, I'm not really finding them. You see, a good computer is usually pretty expensive, and I don't really have the money for it at the moment. Ah, well, I suppose I'll just wait until I head off to college. I've talked to my parents, and they've said that that's probably when I can get a new computer.

And when I do, I'm hoping to get a Mac, instead of a Windows computer. Not that I have anything (much) to say against Windows...they just have a lot of problems. I've used them since I was...four?...so I'm really familiar with them, and they usually cooperate with me, unless they happen to be my computer (or just really old). I think a Mac will be a) a nice change, and b) the solution to my electronics-caused woes. v_v Our iPad and my iPod like me, after all. xD

 By the way, Jamie, as regards the potential for working at the Apple vs. Windows store, I feel that if I were to work at the Apple store, I'd actually *gasp* have a bigger headache. Why, you ask? Well, because there are just so many people in there...it's SO LOUD...the Windows Store is peaceful in comparison. Still has customers to help and such, but it's a lot quieter, and therefore will wreak less havoc on my sanity. xD

Although working at the Apple Store would be AWESOME. (Not to mention I might be able to get a discount on the stuff there...I don't know if that happens, but it would be really nice if it did. xD)

So anyway...I've joined a local fitness center and I'm planning on going there a lot to do weight training and stuff, I'm going to karate more, we're planning for a trip next week, I've been riding my caster board, reading Red (still...I know...), I've bought some new drawing pencils, and I am really looking forward to watching the Olympics. The scary part about the Olympics is that a lot of the people competing are actually younger than me now! Some of them are even fifteen! It makes me feel so....OLD!...o_o

*looks at clock* *25 more minutes*

I've been reading your blogs, Jamie and Rachel. I must say I'm really enjoying Jamie's recap of her trip. And Rachel, when are you going to post again? xD I think a cloudy Sunday is an oxymoron, by the way :P

We should do another Skype chat or freewrite party soon. I miss you guys! And I hope I'll be able to visit both of you sometime in the near future ^_^

*really needs to start writing letters*

*answers Jamie's blog poll* Well, I suppose "a few times a month" would be an accurate response to how often I journal. I really should journal more. My last entry was on...let's see...*looks it up* March 19, 2012.

Has it really been that long? O.o

Wow. I really need to write in there more. I guess this blog sort of took over for it. But I suppose I should journal about the strange dreams I've had (one of which involved my being able to turn into a white poodle) and the other things which would, dear readers, either bore you or rather frighten you. xD

So until next time. Maybe I'll be reading White by then. Who knows?

That is all u_u