Lately

Long time no post!

Actually, a very long time.

I guess we have a lot to catch up on (although I don't have much interesting to share). Where to begin...

• High school: check. I've wrapped up my second semester neatly. Now, I'm totally ready to move on to the next adventure in store: college. It's taken me alllll of senior year, but it's hit me. I'm finally, genuinely excited to head to university this fall. It'll be good for me too meet new people; not that my high school friends were necessarily bad, but they aren't very good for hanging out or having fun with.
• I'm in love. Yep, as corny, cliched, and teenager-y as it sounds, it feels legitimate.
• And I still don't have a driver's license.
• On that note, how many of you do?

Is it too late to share New Year's resolutions? And...

If by new year resolutions, you mean "same old list I very well may not complete again this year", then you're on the right track. It's feels good have dreams, and even better to achieve them, but come on...How often are these resolutions actually resolved. I'm guilty of this myself; year after year I would consistently create this litany of things I would love to do (travel abroad, for instance). This would go on until I eventually just gave up--I'd let these lofty resolutions go to waste. I found it more effective to see these resolutions not as the typical New Year's Day fare. I created my goals as the year progressed. This year, I'll share my resolutions I've come up with as-of-yet here.

Oh my goodness, I'm going to make another list. I've done this for the last few entries. I am so sorry. But not sorry enough to stop.

1. Read more. A lot of people I know just don't read, and I'd like to change that within myself.
2. Clear up all of my clutter, both concrete and personal. I'm a very messy person. You know you have a problem when you coughcough loseveryimportantletterspertainingtoyourcollegeeducation cough. Ahem. Moving on.
3. Adventure! I would love to go outside and just myself--or just get lost. There's a new, emerging part of me that longs to go and see places with my friends, making new friends along the way.
4. Be consistent. Any one of my very few readers will be able to attest to why I need to focus on this one. Yep.

That's all I could really think of. Shoot.

Well, that's just the thing about resolutions. Many of them rarely leave the metaphorical drawing board, left to collect dust and never come to fruition. Perhaps this year will be different. Perhaps I'll finally start setting and reaching goals. I can already tell you that in the few weeks since I've compiled the items on this list I've taken action in some of them. Maybe this year, I'll be able to carry everything out. Here's hoping!

All These Things I've (Never) Done

I was talking to my friend on the phone one night and he asked, "Jordan, do you like parades?" Honestly, I've only seen them on television, but they aren't unpleasant. So I replied with a "yes", which prompted him to ask me whether or not I've been to a parade. I'm a terrible liar, really, so I had to tell him the truth. I've never been to a parade.

Later on today, I'll be watching my first parade. It's got me thinking about all the things I'd like to do in life. I'll compile those into a list and see all that I have completed.

• Travel abroad
• See a parade
• Learn another language
• Save a large amount of money
• Spend a large amount of money
• Work in a bakery
• Write a novel (ugggh I bombed Nanowrimo this year.)
• Publish my work
• Finish a script
• Teach
• Go on a road trip with friends

Out of all of those, I've only traveled (I went to Turkey earlier this year), and am about to see a parade. There's so much I want to do with my life, but how much am I going to be able to do before adulthood and responsibility sets in?

Lately, again.

So. Harry Potter 7. Who hasn't seen it yet?

I went to the movies this past Saturday armed with a warm hoodie and a bucket of excessive popcorn, ready to enjoy Part 1 of Harry, Hermione, and Ron's last adventure together. And what an adventure it was.

The film starts off on a very saddening note; Hermione erases her existence from her parents' memory. I'm not going to talk more about the beginning or anything in the storyline. But I will say that Hermione really stole the show. Emma Watson's acting was simply awesome. When Hermione was sad, I was sad. When she was frustrated with Ron, so was I. My personal favorite part of the movie was the Camping Follies of Harry and Hermione (Sans Ron).

Much like my wizarding heroes, I'll be turning 17 this upcoming Sunday. I don't know what to really expect; life is probably going to go on per usual. But 16 is such a comfortable age. Iconic, even. I'm the second-youngest in my school's senior class, and typically have been among the younger ones. Youth is something I'm kind of used to. However, I'm not getting any younger. I've hit a rut, that feeling in which you no longer feel jittery the night before your birthday. I've even forgotten my own birthday a few times this month. What is most likely going to happen is that a few close friends will come over to the house. We'll sit around, talk, eat. Perhaps go outside, if it isn't bitterly cold.

I don't know, guys. I just don't know.

Because it is Pointless

I thought it would be nice for you, fair reader, to get to know a little more about me. :I So here you go.

• I come home and listen to "One Jump Ahead" and "A Whole New World" from Aladdin every day.
• I really like ginger ale an cranberry juice. Separately, though.
• I plan on majoring in Creative Writing next year in college. No, I don't enjoy eating and having a place to live.
• I have a (mostly) decent sense of morals. Is that the right word? For example, I pick up trash in-passing at school just because it bothers me, and I can't even lie in a game of BS.
• The movie Mulan has been ruined for me. It's a long story.

I'll put more later. Sorry for the loser blog post..I've been very busy with school an Nanowrimo and and and...I'm just giving more excuses at this point.

Curiosity

I apologize in advance for the tiny update. But then again, it's my blog, and should I be able to update with whatever I want to?

Anyhow.

I think that people are just naturally curious. Get a taste of something and you want a plate full, right? But sometimes you could go on not knowing things, or would choose to not know things, or what ever. People like to learn. Maybe I'll go so far as to say we have a desire for knowledge (what you classify as "knowledge" may vary) and, in some cases, would do whatever it takes to attain said knowledge.

Okay, so probably not whatever it takes, but if we have the ability to find something out about whatever, we use it. Sometimes not the best idea.

I don't know. This is something I kind of dwell on--the past--even thought everyone says "the past is the past" and all of that. I know I shouldn't worry about what has already happened. It's incredibly "teenage girl" of me to do so. But a friend told me this once: "If history is doomed to repeat itself, what does that make us?"

Best way to sum up how I'm feeling? FSfklghnaods;ifhnvjv.

Today I realised how childish and unbecoming holding a grudge can be. Does one think that holding onto something so ugly will make someone else "get what they deserve"? Maybe so. Or perhaps you're just impeding your own personal growth and wasting time.

That's all.