- Insert Smart Phrase Here -

Late Night Show With Da Cuz

2009-12-21T02:43:41Z

Me: I'll get The One with no work at all, you'll see

Cuz: :O how?

Me: well you see, I've developed a new theory
its called The Reverse Love Theory
if I work to get (and fail) The Wrong One, then the opposite must apply

Cuz: no

Me: fuck you

Cuz: :D

Me: it defo won't hurt to try
scratch that
it defo won't hurt to NOT try (H)

Cuz: but you're not working to find the Wrong One. you're working to find out what The One should be like.

Me: -nod- and I've already found out what The One should be like
it's pretty easy

Cuz: oh?

Me: The One shall NOT be like The Wrong One

Cuz: no fucking shit
omg, answers like that get me so mad

Me: XD

Cuz: ¬¬""

Me: I don't know why, cos they're right (A)

Glossary of Terms:

Defo: From def-o. Shortened version of "definitely."

PICZZ!!

2009-12-13T21:41:37Z

So, I finally got around to taking pics of the most perfect dress in the world (for me, that is). Here they are! ('Cuse the bad quality, it's a known fact that Photoshop and I don't mix.)

It be knee length, WITH POCKETZZ!!!1!one"

It be strapless, but it comes with adaptable straps.

Lovely, eh?

News from Work

2009-12-10T13:32:37Z

"Work", aka Internship. Aka boredom from 7am to 4pm. I HAVE done stuff, but about half of the time I'm bored.

Anyway, this entry isn't about "work". It's about the fact that... yesterday... I found... the most perfect... DRESS FOR GRADUATION!!

-Insert squealy, jumpy AG-

Yeah, I'm normally not a dresses girl (even though lately I've found myself wanting to buy some), but that's what you wear for your graduation ceremony, thing that is a big deal after enduring so much crap at the university for five years. That night I'll say I'm a Mechanical Engineer (even though I won't get the certificate until later), and look FAB while I'm at it. I'll see if I can take a picture of the dress, because describing it would be butchering it.

All I know is that I'll look like a fucking Hollywood star (one that could do with a shitload of kilos less, but whatevs).

Other news, I love the BBC website: Meta Book.

The Buzz

2009-11-28T19:44:41Z

Soo... Changing Madeline has been posted on FP. If you're interested, find it here. I'm nervous over all the what-if's, but I feel that if I elaborate on them I'll only get worse... so whatever happens, happens.

Today three friends and I started the Salsa Casino lessons; it was fun, but I didn't particularly love the fact that I have to socialize. Bleh. The top dog of the academy made a demonstration of how it looks like to be a Salsa Casino pro; we were all wtf'ed... I was thinking something like, "Shit, I just hope I survive the basic level!"

Also, the internship is half way through. Woot!

(This probably is my least verbose entry in a good while...)

Pre-Changing Madeline

2009-11-25T02:25:49Z

Changing Madeline is going remarkably well. I actually pulled a bit of a sprinter this month to get the most chapters written I could (almost as though I were doing NaNo, but without the pressure). I have an undisclosed amount of chapters ready to go, so I'll post the story this Saturday.

It's always freaking scary to post a new story. Yes, I love it. I absolutely adore every character in it. I honestly hope my writing has improved for it. But what if, basically, no one gives a fuck? Yes, I'm writing the story for myself, the way I want it. But what if it slips under the table, as everything of mine tends to do? It's a dreadful prospect, I tell you.

But that's the gambit. *pulls pants up*

Also, I'm not entirely sure what rating I should give it. I have three days to mull it over... I think I'm going for M, even though there won't be smexy scenes.

Twit Like a Bird

2009-11-24T01:47:49Z

There should be no doubts of me loving GREEN.

Yes, it's just that simple

2009-11-20T03:23:51Z

So today my best uni friend and I were incredibly bored at our internship place; we literally had nothing better to do than talk about mindless topics. Such as Twilight and the crap that follows (tomorrow’s/today’s New Moon premiere). I was explaining my point of view (if you don’t like it, get out of my face), of how much it’s ruining romance for little girls. They think romance is senseless, obsessive and sickly thanks to that astounding pile of dung.

Eventually I mentioned Pride and Prejudice (insert big question mark there), to give her an example of a mind blowing romance. As one of its favour points I mentioned something Twilighters and Twibashers share a dislike for: Did you notice how in the (old, new) movie (and telly series) Mr. Darcy’s phizog wasn’t Klein model like? How about Sense and Sensibility? Hello, Alan Rickman might have something going on for him, but he and Kate Winslet back in the day? Yikes!

So here’s the low-down,

Ugly guy + pretty girl = Click

Holy stinking shnitzorz.

A guy once told my friend something very cynic, but very true about life. I’ll quote him,

“You’ll see the most drop dead hot girl clinging to the arm of a fucking ugly guy, never the other way around. The truth is, despite or beer bellies, bald batches and down right disfigured faces, we still have a chance. We always have a chance. Whereas you girls... don’t. It’s sad, but it’s the truth.”

She called him a few choice names, but couldn’t help agreeing.

We’ve yet to see a coupling made of an unlucky girl in the looks department, but not so on her big fish catching skills. It’s unfair. It’s completely saddening. Worst part? We brought this upon ourselves, with our mindset of beauty glorification, including all the pain we put ourselves through to look like our ideal mental pictures.

When they just don’t care. They depend on their personalities alone; screw the rest. And if they do care, then they’re more on our side than theirs.

Sheesh, we should learn about them. Or at least from Jane Austen; the woman had her shit straight, that’s why she didn’t settle just for anyone.

And yes, if someone else gushes about Edward Cullen’s/Robert Pattinson’s or Jacob Black’s/Taylor Lautner’s perfect physiques, I’m going to spew out my innards and all their fillings to their faces.

Please. Don’t.

<3

2009-11-02T09:08:46Z

Isn't that beautiful? breejalilmade that for me, since I am now posting in the_write_awaycommunity, a community made so the other writers of plagiarismhaven can have their own... haven. Why, but I'm just full of wit tonight (might be because it's 4:30am). I don't really know what drove me to post Milky Way there, since I always thought that was one story I was writing solely for the entertainment of two friends and mine. I just wanted to post something, I think. Is that a good enough reason? (Oops if it's not.) Hopefully I'm not driving a figurative dagger through my chest with it; I'd hate if people thought that is the best I can do... not that I'm saying MW is bad, only that it's nowhere nearing the hundred percent of seriousness. Oh well, it's going to be a trial for me. We'll see how I fare.

Other news to share after a somewhat crappy week:

The writing process for Changing Madeline has officially begun! Boy, I am excited about this one. It has all the things I pin pointed that Everybody Wants Ryan lacked, not to mention I'm virtually dying to get to a certain part of the plot. While everybody's tearing at their hair for NaNo, I'm going to use this month to get further into ChM, with no pressure. After I get a decent lead I'll post it on FP. I have six chapters ready as you read this. Usually I wait until I have ten written to post the story, but we'll see. I kind of want to write more than ten before that so the internship doesn't interfere with my updating schedule (since I should be starting that fucker soon).

Heavenbound is finished on FP! I posted the last chapter (a kind of epilogue) yesterday, as expected (thankfully FP's admins solved whatever problem they had during the week before Saturday). I'm quite happy (and in shock?) over the amount of reviews the story achieved; thank you all! They were very lovely reviews. Hopefully everybody are as excited as I am over kanilla_maxwell's Earthbound! (Which she started already, by the way.)

Finally, since I was still in a party mood lat week, two friends and I planned a Halloween party for Saturday. It was AWESOME. Sure, at times I got bored, but the up-moments more than made up for that. Special mention to the best disguises of the party, three friends whom cross dressed (and looked one like an old woman, another like a hobo woman, and the last one like a ho) to entertain us. Cheers!

Hope you all had fun during the weekend!

Still Festive

2009-10-26T21:55:23Z

This is pretty funny stuff. Three weeks ago the Technical Tour (TT for short) started, just one week after I returned from Europe and almost failed my last class. It was two weeks of hardcore partying with the uni friends... and visiting industries during our spare time. My goodness, it was GREAT. I'm so happy I went. It would have sucked to miss out on it. I should probably post a list of some of the best things that happened but...

Guess what?

AG is one lazy bum.

Fine, just a summary. I feel like sharing the joy a bit.

0- Way too much booze. Yay!
1- A friend cheated on her bf. He cheated on her during his TT last year.
2- There was a massive hangover one night. Four ppl (me included) were the only ones sober enough to bury the dead.
3- Too much pool party going on, even more beaches.
4- We got screwed over each and every day of the two weeks. But we enjoyed it. (Masochists...)
5- Bad food, even worse sleep. Bad hotels, even worse highways.
6- A lot of group bonding, except for...
7- One despicable guy. One time I landed five punches on his gut. I wasn't the only one who beat him up.
Last but not least,
8- Quality time with a certain guy.

And a date that followed. I think?

But after that... nothing.

Anyway. We had a TT afterparty, too. And who knows? We might have a TT-afterparty afterparty. With the way we're going... It's like we endured the entire career for the sake of going to the TT.

And now that the waters are still, I read a book and... why am I still in a party mood? No, I'm going to write this week. Who knows? I might even use NaNo month to write like mad on Changing Madeline.

No more partying for AG. Hmph.

Oh noes! The fair is coming...!!

This past Thursday the Undiscovered ladies interviewed me. Normally they only interview Spotlight authors, but they made an exception for me. For some reason. Yay! It was a bloody lot of fun! I can't wait for the podcast ep to be out, even though I won't listen to it (it's like Nicole Kidman. She never watches the movies she's in). The following night they interviewed Mister Black, and they let me listen in on it! Now that is one podcast ep I can't wait to hear.

Now the internship is looming. We'll see what happens in AG's life up next.

But yes, this all means I'm back for good.

Tomorrow

2009-09-20T22:08:57Z

Off to momma country, at last! I'm gonna miss Europe. What I'm not gonna miss about it are the prices...

A Post For the Hell of It

2009-09-19T23:07:14Z

I'm in Frankfurt, bitches!!

News That Don't Break

2009-09-13T23:56:43Z

Yeah, you know, since I like to shout BREAKING NEWS a lot and all...

So after some dimwitted troubles I safely got to Spain. Fucking Spain... You see, we have a love-hate relationship. I love to hate Spain, and Spain hates to love me, so it always hurts me like a bad boyfriend. This time it's my right foot; must've pulled a muscle or something as I was hurrying to catch my train to Valencia from Alicante (which I did miss in the end) while carrying about fifteen kilograms of baggage. Or ten? They felt like a ton.

What we learnt from this story: Buy one of those huge-ass cases with wheels.

Right the next day was my birthday. I'm 22 years old now peeps, absolutely, atrociously and tremendously old. That day was the last day with official internet, so I used it to post the Cybernetic Pizza (bet one-shot) and update Heavenbound. From then on it went down hill... I had to help my sister since my birthday (yes...) to move to her new apartment, doing the work for her boyfriend who is still in Sweden for work reasons. That certainly didn't help my stupid, fucking foot to get any better. My sister's also had a bit of a nervous breackdown this week (a lot of stress at work, a lot of shit to sort through at her new place, getting her car towed and having to pay a lot of money to get it back...), so it hasn't really been er, boring. My mum on the other hand is worried (now? the hell for?) by the fact that I'm cutting class to be in Europe (like I was gonna skip out on the chance...), so she's now fretting over the exams I'm going to have to take right after I get back. (I should really be studying already. Hah hah!)

What we learnt from this story: Follow your vacation's destination path and not the course work's.

On Saturday we went to the mediterranean beach (well, one in a billion). I hate the beach with a passion, but this one won me ver. I will now forever rightfully complain about every other country's awful bitches, I mean, beaches. After that my sister and I picked up two of her friends and we went to this mountain town, where there was going to be a fair. The fair wasn't hugely successful because it rained, and the band (which was good. They played Welcome To The Jungle first) had to stop before their intrsuments blew up. We went to bed after that (c'mon, we're all grandfolks), but rumour has it the party continued until seven in the morning or so. I wouldn't know, because I was out like a light... until the fucking church's bell started ringing once every hour. I indeed got my eight hours of sleep, in one at a time. Needless to say I'm kinda sleepy.

What we learnt from this story: Even though town's fairs are famous they will suck. A town's a town. Although the food there is awesome.

So we went back "home" (to stupid, boring Valencia) and rented a movie to unwind. It was Becoming Jane, Jane Austen's (supposed) story. My sister and I were very sad afterwards, although I played tough as usual. Dude, if Jane Austen didn't get her happy ending... will I?

What we learnt from this story: Shit happens to the best people, so become the worst people in order for shit not to happen to you. (Is that a moral for real?!)

Girona on Friday. Frankfurt on Saturday. Home on Monday. Exams on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Freedom for one week. Then technical tour for two. After that internship, December and the thesis.

And then graduation.

And then?

What we learnt from this story: Absolutely nothing at all.

Peachy Keen

2009-09-04T13:37:30Z

Today is the last day in Goteborg, Sweden, and I have to admit I'm fucking sad about leaving. No, I didn't meet Prince Charming here (or any local for that matter), but I LOVED the place. And that's saying something; I mean, I was pretty sure I was going to be bored to tears here, since... c'mon, it's SWEDEN.

But Sweden was unexpectedly cool, literally.

I left today, Friday, the-last-day-in-viking-land for updating Heavenb (the readers have been waiting for... four or five weeks?) and posting the bet one-shot (LilyAnna, I'm coming for you...), but guess what? FP is down. Just my luck! Which means, if it doesn't get fixed by today I'll have to post on... Sunday? Or next week. Maybe next week, cos Sundays are dead days at FP.

Sorry y'all. (To those who care.)

Breaking News

2009-09-02T12:11:39Z

Heavenbound is officially, really over. I crash-wrote the last six chapters in three days, am I not great or what?

I'm expecting some questions from the readers (honestly), but all I'll have to say is... that will be explained later (and they're well familiar with that phrase).

Trying to be productive...

2009-09-01T13:02:01Z

Okay so, my stay in Sweden is quickly coming to an end. This Saturday I'll be travelling to Valencia, Spain. It will probably take me all day because I'll have to go to Alicante by plane, and then to Valencia by train. And thanks to that, it would be the fourth (I think) weekend in a row without updating Heavenbound (also caused by the fact that I hadn't chapters ready to post).

So I thought it couldn't go on like that, and got the bug. You know, the I-want-to-finish-this-story-to-start-another-one bug. And so I sailed onto an epic journey, called:

Finishing Heavenbound in Less Than Five Days

This shouldn't be impossible. I mean, I've written three chapters of the same story in one day on a few occasions; easy as cake, right?

Well no, finishing a story is always the hardest part for me. But I have to say, it's gone quite well. Just on Sunday I wrote two chapters, yesterday (Monday) I wrote the climax chapter. And that means...

Only three chapters to go until it's a wrap. Figuratively speaking, that is. I realize I have to overhaul the first seven chapters from scratch, and some opening paragraphs are going. But that's gonna be for later.

I got two tremendously constructive reviews the past week; one person very nicely pointed out a couple of details I need to fix on Headline, and another one did the same with Chasing The Babysitter. I still have to get around to do that.

But right now my main focus is finishing Heavenbound this week (I should be concentrating on the school work I have to do, hmm?), updating it this Friday (and telling everybody the news about the FPSSA... again), and starting... Changing Madeline!!

-Insert excited AG-

Plan is to write at least one more chapter, right now.

Medicine For The Soul

2009-08-29T23:18:26Z

Holy Smokes!!

2009-08-18T12:21:44Z

I did win a FPSSA!! Well, Heavenbound did. I found out today thanks to HeartLace who sent me a PM, thank you! And special thanks to the people (and the judges) at FPSSA, it's an honour.

Wow

2009-08-13T23:16:24Z

Er, well yeah. That pretty much explains it all. HUGE thanks to all the lovely people who voted for EWR!! Thank you.

This means I lost my bet with LilyAnna (you set me up, you little minx), and I have to write a one-shot dedicated to her (Conditions of the bet: If I won the award, which I was pretty sure wasn't gonna happen, I had to write a one-shot. If I lost, which I was pretty sure was gonna happen, then she had to do something... which I was supposed to decide after I lost! Dang it). Luckily for you, I have a few ideas already, Sweden has kind of been an inspiration for it.

We got a deal girl, don't forget.

I'm kinda disappointed by the fact that Heavenbound didn't win anything at all at the FPSSA, I was way more confident about that story. It's a bit ironic, I suppose, because that's my best story so far, but there's nothing I can do about it. So I gotta get a-move on, huh? I just don't want to think it wasn't "good enough" (which I guess was the case, really).

Crazy Indian Song

2009-08-02T18:46:20Z

Okay, no offence anyone. I'm not making fun of the Hindi music or culture. But you gotta admit, this video is the cream of the crop!

Undiscovered Yappin'

2009-08-01T22:43:09Z

The people at Undiscovered have a new website solely for members networking; there you'll find the spotlighted/highlighted authors and all staff members. It's a lot of fun, not to mention they have a super nifty chat feature. Join here!

The Day Story of AG

2009-08-01T19:48:41Z

Yesterday was one of those days. You know, the incredibly annoying, lasts for too long kind of day. Possibly everything went wrong. No, I'm not exaggerating.

I had Power Generation exam at 11am; I told a friend to go to the uni at 9 to bullshit each other (aka group revise); we wanted to take the exam yesterday, because postponing it for next week would be very complicated (we're full next week). After a while of enduring the intense heat and sun, and realizing we really weren't quite as prepared for the exam as we thought, we said, "Hey, maybe next week it'd be better!"

So we started talking to people; most of them wanted it next week. We started gathering signatures.

The teacher got to the uni at 10:30ish. People asked him if he could move the exam. He said...

No.

But he didn't even have the exam ready!

As it turned out, the motherfucker indeed do the exam. And it was horrible. I didn't know any of the theory, and only did one and a half of the two problems. To make matters worse, I thought I had the one-complete problem alright-ish. Well guess what?

No! I made a HUGE mistake! At the beginning. So it's all wrong!

Which means, I possibly did worse than everybody else. Go me.

I prophecize myself retaking exams of Power Generation come lte September...

So I got home. Today was last week pool party (which was postponed due to rain). Now guess what? It rained yesterday. Fucking hell! It had never rained so much down here!

I had not sold any of my sixteen tickets; my high school friends bailed out for various reasons, and the rest were pretty much selling tickets too.

That worry aside, I set to have lunch with my family while quietly laughing at my misfortune. After that the sky cleared, I got in contact with my fellow pool party organizers and they told me the thing wasn't gonna be postponed.

Okay cool, that meant I had to get ready. So I went to take a shower and...

Ladies and gentlemen, third country. No water.

I freaked out for a few minutes and ultimately decided on using the emergency resources. Pay close attention to these, in case you ever need the tips: 20 L of mineral water to bathe a la old fashioned, half a Nivea bottle to shave my legs.

Best part? Not the first time I've had to do it, certainly not.

So anyway, 6-ish pm and a friend picks me up. We go to the pool place. I spend about four hours standing/walking around trying to sell my tickets in mid drizzle (stupid fucking clouds). No such luck; I'm taken pity upon and my friends manage to get rid of six of my tickets.

I still have to pay ten from my pocket.

Last but no least, I couldn't dive in the pool. I am after all, recovering from a bad cold, and enough was with me standing the drizzle (put a towel on my head though; seems like I'm the only one made out of sugar), so I spent the last two hours sitting by the pool, watching other people have fun while I was so incredibly really fucking bored.

A friend walked by like three or four times waving like a nutjob at me; I'd return the gesture. When everybody was leaving he asked if I had fun, and I summarized the entire experience by telling him not one bit. He then said he waved at me and that those times I should've called him if I was bored so he'd entertain me.

Insert a truly sad groan there.

I got a million things to do and study for next week; but I'm so going to mope around today.

Big Deal

2009-07-30T04:27:54Z

First of all: Thirteen days to take off. Sweden is waiting for me. So is my older sister with chicken pox (no sweat, I got vaccinated against it yesterday. This is the vaccines year, because anti-chicken pox makes my third- fourth?).

Second of all: Heavenbound is officially completed- in the planning, that is. Yesterday I got my ass around to plotting the final chapters for real, which means I'm writing them soon (as soon as the university lets me, that is). It's going to be sixty two chapters in total. 56 is already written, so that means there's only six more to go until it's a wrap. Normally this would mean seven more weeks (or two months) until the end, but as I stated in some prior posts, I don't know how much I'll manage to write during the summer. But cheer up, that means Kanilla can officially start Earthbound!

Third and last (but not least) of all: Voting for the SKoWs ends next Wednesday (the fifth). The moderators of the site/awards gave the nominees the option of finding out how well (or not) they're doing, but you see, I'm such a huge chicken shit, I won't ask. Instead I'll wait for the worst (which I'm sure will come), so I won't be surprised one tiny bit.

Everybody Wants Ryan for President!! Er, vote?

Fiction With Chompers

2009-07-28T02:34:29Z

Now we can flaunt some banners to show off our mad skillz (aka, these are for writers whose stories are featured in Fiction With Bite. Mine's here!)

This blows

2009-07-25T03:13:58Z

This majorly blows.

You see, we're doing preparations to go on a Technical Tour in October (that is, a trip around the country visiting the biggest industries in different cities, as well as taking some well deserved touristic detours to the beaches and such; to us it's frankly an excuse to make a grand scale trip with friends around the country for fifteen days).

What blows isn't the fact that we're going to beaches. I hate beaches with a deep rooted passion.

Nooo...

We had this huge funds raising activity for yesterday. We rented this gigantic place with a humongous pool and slides for a private night party for about five hundred people.

But it rained in the afternoon.

Not only was I pretty damn stunned out of my mind, there was no way I was stepping outside. I've had a nasty cold... or flu, dunno... for the past two weeks. No way I was risking getting worse for anything in the world, not to mention I have to be perfectly peachy to travel abroad in two fucking weeks.

So, okay. I was staying home. At the risk of not selling any tickets and then having to pay up with my pocket's (aka bank account) money (if by chance, the event was still gonna be held after the rain).

Fortunately for me it was postponed for next Friday. Wahoy!

Not.

I hate pools as well.

Holy WHOAS Batman!!

2009-07-21T23:42:57Z

I have news. Pretty shocking news.

Everybody Wants Ryan has been nominated to the SKoW Awards!! For the Best Awkward Moment category.

Oh my God... Now who's gonna vote for it? ><