The Axiomatic Musings of a Teen who loveloveloves her Lit Class.

Just an update on the Occasional Paper.

I decided I would read it to the class and I did. I went after another girl in my class who read hers, she was fantastic. Just a beautifully written description essay of only a few moments but they were described just amazingly. I was getting all nervous like HOW THE HELL DO I FOLLOW THAT but my teacher called on me and so I read it. I started getting kinda shaky in the middle but I pulled it off and finished and the class applauded and then they gave comments. They said that the end of the first paragraph was great because when I read it, I started speeding up like everything was piling on faster, it gave it an added effect. My teacher even agreed that the way that first paragraph was written was absolutely perfectly for the feeling I was trying to convey and it was just great, I was really proud because that means a lot coming from her :). She said the whole thing had that undertone of the fear of a loss of control that was haunting and really intensely well-written. So that made me really happy! One of my classmates mentioned that she almost was scared for the narrator, not of her, because it screamed E.D. Which is exactly what I was going for: the essay sounding so good and convincing although the reader knows in the back of their mind, 'but wait, that's not supposed to be right, yet they're justifying it...' So it got the intended effect I wanted and I also got to straighten out my own thoughts by writing them down: everyone wins! :). I also just love how they can understand and be mature about it and comment on the writing of the essay and not just react like, "YOU'RE A SCARY YOU MUST BE ANOREXIC I'M REPORTING YOU TO GUIDANCE" the way most other kids in my grade would. So I really do appreciate everyone in that class, it's just the best atmosphere ever :).

I'm big into self-improvement lately. Just being the best I can be by like, cleaning my room, working out, dressing nicely, rehearsing choreography at home, anything I can to make myself better. It's a great feeling, knowing you're the best you can be, so I'm in a delightful mood today :). Although I am worried about Ash. He has tons of make-up work to do and it's stressing him out like crazy which just puts him in a weird mood around me. Like we went on a date yesterday and then he came over for dinner and it was just a perfect afternoon, he made me so happy. But then it's like as soon as he gets back home or at school he's just off again :(. Freaking teachers, idk why they couldn't just cut him some slack with all this work, it's inhumane. I mean goodness knows it took me 2 weeks to catch up with the week of school I missed in Aussie, I can't imagine how much it must suck for him...:\.

Anyway. Must get back into positive mode. Gonna go work hard on homework so my grades can be the best they can be, too!! :D

♪: "Friday" by Rebecca Black (if you haven't already heard of it, go google it. Lawls shall ensue.)
♪♪: "Hey, Soul Sister" by Train (part of my new tumblr URL and just so peppy like I've been recently!)