Semester Final

Woot. The year's finally over~!

Now to slave through two more years of educational BS til I'm home free. Then I have to deal with another four years of college.... And then embrace the stress and weariness of adult life. Maybe get one of those boring corporate jobs where I wear a suit to work everyday and lead a boring-ass lifestyle which repeats itself like that one movie, Stranger Than Fiction. But all this isn't relevant to my the semester final... So let's get a crackin'.

"Do you plan on continuing to publish writing on your blog this summer, next year, or beyond? If so, what are your writing goals and how will you use your blog in the future?"

Why, yes; I do plan on writing more in the future. At first, I never really liked the idea of writing something every friggin' week... But hey, I've gotten used to it. And I must say, all the typing and writing has really helped me with my writing. I used to not be able to type much... And I usually use generic and boring topics to write about... But after this year, I've really learned how to pull random topics out of thin air or talk about some deep profound thing that sometimes even I can't understand. Of course I'll continue writing on my blog, since it'll be good practice for English next year, and hey... For someone who wants a future somewhere in the Writing business, i.e. author, I guess I'll need all the practice I can get. Besides, blogging allows me to share my ideas and get them out onto paper (or virtual computer type). The one thing I liked about Blogger was the fact that I could make things private and public. I usually just publicly posted stuff for English class, but sometimes I wanted to just let off steam or stress and type up some random stuff that I kept private. It was like having a journal or something. I know it sounds cheesy and all, but I just figured that I should let off some stress that's been building up all year. Besides, blogging has really opened up new roads to me. It allows you to control what you want to write about and provides you with a whole range of topics, like psychological stuff and/or personal opinions about regular every-day things. Heck, you can even do random rants about things that pop into your head!

As for me, I've found that I mostly use my blog to talk about psychological stuff... I wonder why. I assume it's because I always question things in my mind, or is it because I'm pessimistic by nature? I always try and find some deep dark meaning behind everything, and the world has many, many dark corners. From the so-called "glorious" revolutions and "justified" actions, I've analyzed the HELL out of it and turned it all into some warped, twisted conspiratorial

plot filled with dark motives. As for blogging... Sure, I'll continue blogging, but because I don't really have to write anymore because it's not mandatory... I doubt there'll be a regular basis posting of writing established. Perhaps some writing here and there, when I feel like it... But other than that, I doubt I'll use my blog much other than for show and to look at.

In what way(s) have you surprised yourself this semester on your blog? Have you tried topics you didn't think you'd write about? Approached a familiar topic from an unfamiliar angle? Discovered more "depth" to a topic than you first thought was possible? Explain.

One thing that's surprised me this semester was that I actually stuck to my goal of writing that I've previously stated in my Statement of Purposes:

The other goal I want to work on is changing the way I write. Every writing I've ever done was open-ended; in which I would just get a piece of paper and begin writing whatever my muse told me to. Be cause of this, I can only write well when I have no restrictions or limitations on what or how I write; which means I'm dead in the water if I have to write accordingly to a frame or format. Every organized writing I have ever done would have me sitting at my desk staring at a blank piece of paper and sweating about how the writing should be formatted.

It's amazing how much a person can change over the course of a year. I truly swear I used to type too formally and "professionally"; which limited my ways of writing very badly. It even affected how I write, since I'd spend hundreds of minutes trying to form a sentence that fit the preset guideline like the five paragraph essay. The FPE (Five Paragraph Essay) was my worst nightmare in nearly all my English classes. I never truly liked the way how all teachers wanted students to write that way... Don't they know that it completely messes with our freedom and makes writing more difficult than it should be? After this year, I've learned how to write (type) freely without a care in the world (No, really). I said I'd change my style of writing, and I did! Man, this is perhaps the first time I've ever stuck with a writing goal before... That's pretty sad, right?

Overall, this school year has been fun. I had a great time in class w/ Mr. S and the rest. Hell, I even met some new people who proved to be.... "interesting" to say the least. I swear, writing has never been as easy or as fun since I started blogging. Let's hope that next year will be just as awesome.

Peace, Blogger....