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Published.

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My piece "I lead a quiet rebellion." was published in the January issue of TeenInk.

If you're unfamiliar with TeenInk, it's a publication for writers by writers than runs solely on submissions by its readers. Published as "My Quiet Rebellion," my piece was featured on the cover and had a prominent spot in the Non-Fiction section of the magazine. It nearly had a page dedicated to it, but since a bit of my work was edited out, it shares a page with an article talking about how to buy a plunger. Uh. I suppose I can't complain, but I saw that and laughed about it hard.

I submitted a few things to TeenInk just to see what could happen and I never thought that anything would come of it. It's pretty surreal.
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Summer is gone.

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A lot in my life has changed since the last entry, and I'm very happy to say that the changes are just what I needed.

Somewhere in the middle of the summer, I made the choice of becoming a vegetarian, which wasn't all that difficult, thankfully. For the first week or two the only thing I missed was chicken nuggets, which hardly qualifies as meat anyway. Somewhere after that, I lost all cravings for meat. It's been a good process, and I've felt a lot better and I've lost the weight I wanted to as well. While I was at my heaviest, I made some angsty declaration that I needed to lose fifty pounds, and I met that goal a few weeks ago by changing habits and making better ones. I'm feeling confident, and if you had talked to me a few years ago, I'd be nowhere near as happy as I am now.

I started college back on the first, taking classes Mondays through Thursdays, and I'm enjoying what I've experienced so far. It's going to be a lot of work, but it's a welcome change from high school. I'm working to obtain my Liberal Arts degree, which is code for I have no idea what the hell I want to be when I grow up, but I hope that it'll open more employment options for me, or at least boost me up to a higher level of education after that. I'm considering pursuing Journalism after my stint at the local college is over, but we'll see when the time comes. I realize that I enjoy writing quite a bit, and that's not something that I want to drop just yet.

Ashley and I plan on starting a crafting blog, detailing our amateur pursuits at making low cost, visually appealing things, and I'm looking forward to it. Ideally, we'd like to develop that into a larger project, but time will tell. We hung out here last weekend and spent most of Saturday in my kitchen making new dishes to both good and not so good results. We learned how to properly prepare tofu, which is a lot easier than I thought initially, and developed it into a stir-fry and a sort of empanada baked thing. The tofu and the stir-fry turned out great, but the empanadas, not so much. We made a vegetarian chili to accompany the meal, which was our second time making the dish, and it was a lot better than our already high expectations for the recipe.

Needless to say, I'm in a good place right now. I don't have as much time for writing as I'd like, but I'm managing. I have a journal that I'm using as a sort of idea notebook where I can jot down whatever comes to my head, and I know that's going to be an aid in writing more things, whether I find them to be of the sharing quality or not. My life is busier than usual, but dA is important to me, and I'm not going to stop.
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I'm alive.

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I've finally graduated.

The last month was spent finishing up homework and filming a movie for AP Literature. I was covered in eyeliner and dirt, and was trapped in a cage for a large portion of the filming. While the finished product received a 96% and was far better than anything else our peers produced, I'm not sure if all of the torture was worth it.

This summer seems as though it will be promising.
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I stole this from the lovely o-ohhai who took it from iPawed. You should read their writing, as they're both very talented individuals.

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It seems as though I've lost a little steam in this project. I intend to complete this eventually, but day three is killing me. I've been told I'm taking this day far too seriously, and I agree. I'm not entirely sure how someone would go about winning my heart, but I'm working on it.

That being said, I have most of my other ideas for the days after three, and that should mean I'll start posting more frequently. I find this entry a little irrelevant, but if I write it down, I'm going to have to force myself to work through a slump. Here's for trying.

Day One:
Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Complete.

Day Two:
Nine things about yourself.
Complete.

Day Three:
Eight ways to win your heart.
Incomplete.

Day Four:
Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Incomplete.

Day Five:
Six things you wish you'd never done.
Incomplete.

Day Six:
Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever).
Incomplete.

Day Seven:
Four turn offs.
Incomplete.

Day Eight:
Three turn ons.
Incomplete.

Day Nine:
Two events/actions that describe your life right now.
Incomplete.

Day Ten:
One confession.
Incomplete.
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:)

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"Sometimes you are the only person who believes in me, so today, let me say I believe in you."

And that's all I needed to hear.
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