Never have I had such exercise in the pool!

For the past few weeks I’ve been waking up really early. Like, lets say 2 hours earlier then I should wake up. And that would be 5 ‘clock, but recently I have been waking up at 6 o’clock instead. And this is all natural to me. No alarm clock was involved.

My writing has improved. All thanks to my latest composition project for school. I thought I would never say that. Usually I really dislike composition!

I need to write a “short story” for the upcoming test, and that’s why my writing has improved. But it’s nice, because they show you direct directions to make notes before writing. Anyway, the really cool thing is that those directions lead me to thinking of a plot, background, and characters in the quickest time ever! I have never done that before. But I’m a little worried that it won’t turn out good because they asked for a short story, and I have so many ideas for it that I’m not sure if I can make it short.

My drawing has improved also. Just the other day I was drawing little scribbles and all of a sudden I noticed it looked very different then what I drew that morning. I was really skeptical about it before, but now I just feel content.

I have been meaning to put my new domain up, and it’s been sitting there for months and months. But every time I make a new layout (I keep on making new layouts for it because I can’t decide what I like best!) I find myself constantly editing the content and getting new ideas that after that time of mentaling on it, I decide I don’t like it anymore. Man, am I picky! But I also have so many other ideas for making websites, and I can’t decide which one to start. It’s so frustrating…

Almost for the past week I haven’t played any video games. That’s unusual! But yesterday I did play some for a change.

Speaking of video games, I am totally crazy about Final Fantasy X. I know it’s for the PS2 and I only have GameCube, but I just love the story and characters. I have been to tons of websites, and they basically have most of the same information, but there was one website were they have a “.txt” file of almost half of the game story. And since I read that, I know quite a lot about the story and characters considering I haven’t played the game before. And since I’ve been to so many websites I basically know the whole story. Unfortunately, there are some confusing parts because there are some tiny details that are not clear to me. I still like it. But I don’t think I would like the game itself because it is a combat game. And combat is not my best skill in video games. I like adventure/RPG games, no doubt. But in adventure games you get to explore too, other then just fighting. But it seems that FFX (for short) does only combat to get through most of the story. But the graphics are amazing in those FMVs (Full Motions Videos). I have like 3 or 4 of those on my hard drive and when I watch then they just leave me completely speechless.

I was grouchy today. It was probably because I went to bed late last night. Why? That’s another topic. Anyway, in the composition class today I was supposed to write an essay about one poem's sound effects and why you liked that poem. I couldn’t really choose a poem because I am not a very big fan of poetry. I mean, yes, there is some poetry I like but it’s somewhat rare that I find one. Anyway, I was getting all cranky because I couldn’t find a poem that I liked and rhyme. It was annoying. But I have to admit I was relieved when Mom suggested I try doing it later in the afternoon.

Remember my last post where I said I was downloading the Inuyasha episode 147 and 148? Well, I haven’t watched it yet. Only because I haven’t been able to download it! On the first try (which was almost 3 weeks ago) it was downloading fine, except accidentally I closed the download window. It was a complete accident because I wanted to close another program, but I didn’t realize I was on the BitTorrent program window (that’s the program which downloads it for me) so I had to re-download the whole stupid file again. And it’s a BIG file, 146.1 MG to be precise. And it only had 9 hours left to go. Anyway, then I tried downloading it again-- after having a couple days of cooling off from the frustration, that is. It worked fine except my computer froze and got all crazy one me so I had restart. Once I restarted I realized that the download would have been cancelled. And I was right, of course. So after a couple days I decided to try it out again yesterday. And it’s still downloading, but thankfully nothing has happened yet. A relief, I tell you. I hope nothing goes wrong… I don’t think I would be able to take it any longer. Actually, I probably would because I’m so stuck on downloading it.

I went swimming today. When Liana came to ask me if I wanted to go swimming, it took me a while to decide if I wanted to or not, but finally I thought “Oh, what the heck.” When I went down stairs and went to the kitchen to wait for Liana I saw not only Liana there but Marciana, too! At first I was surprised because usually she doesn’t go. I was a little worried at first because Marciana is a very energetic and bubbly person. And when she starts going, she never stops. Even though she’s 19 years old, she still acts like a regular teenager. But so does Liana, she just is more quiet. But not when Marciana is around! Anyway, I am glad she came because we laughed so much. I swear, I thought I was having a headache from all the laughing. First we just goofed off a little, not knowing what do to. Then Marciana started it all. She took out one of those floating things you lay in the pool. She kept on trying to get on it, but we always ended up laughing when she had fallen off. Then we played “monkey in the middle” with the ball we had. They call it something else here, but it’s same game. It so much fun! It was so funny though, because there were times when I passed the ball and then Liana and Marciana ended up strangling themselves just to get the ball! It was hilarious to watch. I got to be in the middle only like 3 or 4 times, so I think I did well. Anyway, so we played that for most of the time. After that Marciana started going on the float thingy again then we got an idea. Marciana first went on, and then while Marciana was still sitting on it, Liana would go on it too. And then maybe I would go on it. And then we would have to balance ourselves. It was plain silly, really, but so much fun. If I didn’t go on it would just be them two on it, and I would have to shake them until they fell off.

We left sometime after that. I didn’t know when but sometime past 4:30. And I still feel sore from it all. I definitely got exercise, that’s for sure. But it was really nice. I haven’t acted so silly in a while, just laughing at just about anything.

I’m reading a book called “The Wish” written by… hold on–- Gail Carson Levine! (Wow, I just realized that now. She’s one those simple authors I like.) I’m it reading for the second time. I haven’t read it in like 2 years. I remember when I first read it I thought it was weird. I still think so a little, but only for some specific parts. (Not really. I don’t know. It’s all good, I guess.) I’ve already read half of the book. It’s a small book, only 197 pages.

I should be writing. I mean, writing my more of my “short story” composition. I haven’t written much, but it’s probably because I keep re-writing it.

Anyway, I’m exhausted and for once, I want to go to bed. I have a headache. Another reason to get away from the computer. Good night to all and sweet dreams.