Life and Times September 29, 2009
Posted by Katie Oh in : Such As , trackbackI am back. That is to say: I have changed locations again, I am back to one of my homes, to one of my comfort zones.
The end of my summer was just that: an end. Unspectacular. No fireworks. I played “Born to Run” and drove 70 on roads with 45 speed limits going home from work and felt at peace when I left Westmoreland County. I will be back.
School this year is perhaps the most intense it has ever been. 18 credits and working part-time for America Reads has made me have two crying spells already.
My subjects:
- Fiction Studio
- Literature of Pop Culture: Harry Potter
- Bookmaking
- Reading & Writing Brooklyn
- The Professional Workplace
- Writer’s Forum
- Independent Study (about the lexicon of feminist journalism)
Harry Potter is one of the best classes, but at the same time, also the hardest. I forgot that the books are, at their shortest, 350 pages. The next one is over 600, and I have a week to read it. Ouch.
I turned twenty a few weeks ago: it was unceremonious. I worked all day and went out for a lovely birthday dinner with my friends. The night before, however, my friends baked me a cake:
That is perhaps the most unflattering picture ever taken of me, but I look joyous. And that is what matters.
I am already surprised at my resilience. I have written several stories and have yet to hit a block. I even have more material started for the future. I know it is not perfect, but I am trying. A writer-in-polishing.
This is all what matters.
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it’s 3 in the morning and i decide to look up elliot smith at the oscars on youtube and suddenly i realize i’m watching a video you uploaded