Blind Date: Afterwards

So.  Much.  Fun!  Like seriously, it was awesome!  We went to a fun center/arcade, and played mini-golf and had dippn' dots (some of us for the first time) and we played laser tag, and then we had a really, really late dinner at Ihop, and by the time we finished, we realized it was about one in the morning.  Oops.
As for the date himself, he was great!  An utter gentleman (something hard to find in this day and age), and he just made me feel so relaxed.  I could be myself.  It was so refreshing!
So yep.  First date since junior year went well.  I'm no longer terrified of dating!

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira

Blind Date

So... I haven't dated since my junior year of high school.  That's a long time (okay, not that long, but still).  And tonight... I've got a blind date.
O.O
Never been on a blind date... haven't dated since high school...
We'll see how this goes, shall we?

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira

An Explanation

It has recently occurred to me that I might want to explain my farewell.  (As in, fare thee well, friend!)  Since, you know, we don't really use "thee" and "thou" anymore.  Unless you're me and you're bored, but that's beside the point.
See, my dad is huge into the Bar J Wranglers.  They're... um, I'm not actually sure if they would be considered grassroots or country (I don't really know the difference).  In any case, they perform a song called "In That Great Gettin' Up Morning," and the most repeated line in the song is "fare thee well."  It kinda got stuck in my head, and then I started saying it when I said goodbye to people.  Of course, it could only be when I said goodbye to friends, because other people would just think I was crazy, so of course I just added on "friend."  And since I say it so often, it only makes sense it would be the way I end blog posts!
So, until we meet again,

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira

Revisions

Revisions are so much easier than rough drafts.  Like, seriously, they are marvelous!  I love going in and seeing how I can make the story deeper, seeing what details I need to add or change, and I love watching the characters grow up again.  Of course, there are problems too, like wanting to let everyone read it right now but knowing it's not ready yet, but I'll get there soon! 
Overall, I'm feeling very accomplished. :)

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira

One More Week

One more week before it's back to school.  Honestly, not sure whether to be disappointed or excited by this.  On the one hand, I've really enjoyed having a nice, relaxing summer where I didn't have to deal with homework.  On the other hand, I'm taking classes on both Irish Dancing and the Welsh language, two things I've wanted to learn for YEARS!!!  This is also my first semester away from home, as well as the first of not taking the bus (seeing as I wasn't entirely willing to shell out $200 for a student pass again).  Sigh, such is the life of a college student. 

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira

Dragon Mania

Heh heh... so, there's this awesome app called My Dragon...
Daaaaaaaw!!!!!!!!  Sooooooo cuuuuuuuuuute!
The idea is that you take care of the king's dragons, and they're so cute, you pet them and their tongues hang out like Elliot from Pete's Dragon, and you can dress them up, and go on quests where they try to act creepy but only end up looking adorable...
Daw!
I really need to stop looking at these.

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira

Character Bible

So Kay has had this really interesting way of getting to know her characters.  She calls it a character bible.  She has all these pictures that look like/symbolize/remind her of her characters, and they're all pasted/taped into a notebook.  For me, it's fun to look through it because she has some serious artistic talents.  I finally decided to make my own, and slowly started gathering pictures.  Well, today I finally printed them off (read I gave Kay my USB because she's the only one that can work the printer), and I put together the beginning of my character bible!
It's actually incredibly helpful.  It makes the characters easier to imagine, and it actually gives me ideas for certain details I wasn't sure of before (like where one of my more mysterious characters hails from).  Not to mention it makes me feel all important because I have visuals of my novel. ;)

Fare thee well, friend!
Mira