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Should’ve Done This A Long Time Ago

Jun. 30, 2010 2 comments Thoughts, Blogger's Block, Blogging, Designer's Block, Expectations, Freedom, Hobbies, Obligations, Stress, Websites

None of my previous websites ever really worked out, even if a few did last a bit long. Resource sites, design blogs, ezines – they just always felt like work when they were meant to be hobbies. I hate it when things that you would normally enjoy doing suddenly start feeling like chores.

I was a stupid little girl, trying to be professional from the beginning, though it was definitely something I couldn’t pull off. Once I tried making a website that was more personal, everything got so much easier.

Since I’m not trying to live up to any expectations or anything for this site, I don’t feel obligated to do anything. I don’t feel that I need to update it maybe thrice every week. That’s just so stressful to think about; I already have so many other things to deal with.

Designer’s block hasn’t been as much of a … (read more)

Like The Start Of A New School Year

Jun. 28, 2010 7 comments Life, Classmates, Confusion, Excitement, School, Teachers

Today, I went to school, like on any normal weekday. Except, this time, I was in a completely different classroom, filled with completely different people. It’s like the start of the school year all over again. There were two huge differences though – the excitement and the confusion.

I had said a few days ago that I was transferring to a different class. Not just any class – this was the class that I’ve wanted to be a part of since this school year began. I was in an extremely good mood the entire day because of that, so I can sincerely say that I was actually excited to go to school today – that barely ever happens to anyone.

Too bad that, no matter how amazing the class is, there will always be a bad side to changing sections. I had to deal with new teachers, new schedules and … (read more)

Denimized

Jun. 27, 2010 4 comments Design, Updates, Blue, CSS3, Denim Theme, Denimized, Layout, Sidebars, Vintage 1.2 Theme

Because I’m in such a good mood now, I was finally able to get the inspiration I needed to finish coding my layout. Obviously, I finished it.

I’m going to miss my old layout, Vintage, and all it’s textured glory. I was never that good at textured layouts, but I really loved that one. You can see a full sized printscreen of it if you want but remember that when I say full sized, I really do mean full sized. I’m very sorry if it makes your computer hang or something.

I am terrible with layout names, so excuse the strange post title. I also did a few other strange things with this layout – things I’m not that used to doing.

It was originally gonna be the same colors as my old layout. I realized that I definitely didn’t want to do that, so I switched the main … (read more)

The Sudden Awesomeness

Jun. 25, 2010 5 comments Life, Praises, Bad Mood, Classmates, Good Mood, Inspiration, Life Lesson, Negativity, Positivity, School

As most of you probably know, I’ve been in a very bad mood lately; I’ve been feeling insecure and out of place in my class, losing inspiration and dealing with a few personal things.

Within a day, everything has been resolved. My life is, once again, awesome, and I’ve been so happy that I almost got an asthma attack from the excitement! Nah, not really – my throat just started to hurt, but it’s fine now!

By next Monday, I’m gonna be in a new, awesome class. Like I said before, I barely knew anyone in my class, and I still don’t. I feel so out of place there all the time. It’s not that I don’t like my class; I just don’t think I belong there. The class I’m moving to has my Grade 6, Grade 7 and Freshman friends. I go there every morning and talk to the … (read more)

Distractions

Jun. 23, 2010 5 comments Life, Homework, Internet, Layout, Multitasking, Posts, Procrastination, Texting

I tend to multitask a lot, and I’m usually completely fine that way, but the Internet has given me too much to do. Right now, I’m doing my homework, returning comments, coding a new layout, chatting in YM, online on Facebook and Tumblr, browsing forums and, apparently, writing a new blog post. I’m even texting. For now, it’s pretty manageable, but, when I start getting harder assignments, this could be a problem.

I really shouldn’t get used to working while doing these things, but it’s just so hard not to with all these research assignments I’ve been getting. I’ve been doing this a lot though definitely not this much until today.

There’s just so many things I do when I’m on the computer that it’s so easy to just get lost in it all. So many times, I’ve told myself, “Just 5 more minutes…” and end up procrastinating for one … (read more)