Quick general update

[annabtg]

My fingers are itchy; I want to write. Got a new original fic idea eating at me. I decided to keep it for NaNoWriMo, though, so for now I'm stuck with mere planning it. Oh well. I need to work out the beginning anyway (my ideas are mostly about the later parts of the story so far).

On the exams front, after two exams that went very well, got one that was pure failure and two that didn't go very well. Parents are complaining again. I'm going out tomorrow and the day after tomorrow AND I've got to go register for the Analytical Chemistry and Biochemistry labs at the uni on Monday morning so I'm expecting loads of the "wasting all your time and going out and not studying and blah blah" treatment again. It doesn't make me feel guilty anymore, though; now it only irritates me. Which is bad because Dad doesn't like me snapping at him. And I can't help myself.

Can I manage my time the way I want it, study for my exams at the rate I want, and pass my university life without that much stress? I'm responsible enough not to stay woefully behind, and I'll have plenty of time to live constantly under pressure when I start working for real. But I guess my parents don't trust me enough for that.

Incidentally, my mom found me a girl to teach English to. (My first paid job ever, should I be touched?) It's not a bad idea but the reasoning she accepted the job on my behalf without even asking me if I wanted to do it:

So that she [=me] does something other than sitting in front of the computer all night and sleeping all day.

...Whatever.

I have a lot to say on the subject of parents/uni/internet/time management but I have to wake up at 11 tomorrow to meet a couple of IRC friends. With a little bit of luck, my father will be out running some errand or other and I'll be spared the lecture till after I'm back. :P

Ta-ta for now.

Comments

[doranwen.livejournal.com]

Parents hate it when their kids spend a lot of time on the comp, don't they? Mine certainly do. I think that's half the reason they like me having a boyfriend. *g* I actually spend time with him doing stuff--like getting homework done on school nights--and am away from my comp a decent amount of time.

[annabtg.livejournal.com]

Good for you! :D It's nice having someone to do homework with - and even better when that someone is your boyfriend! ;)

See ya,
Anna.

[timetraveled.livejournal.com]

Anna! I'm jealous you have a NaNoWroMo plot (because I don't and I want to try again this year, and what let me down last year was a lack of plot and direction :().

[annabtg.livejournal.com]

Awww *hugs* But there's one whole month until NaNoWriMo, maybe you'll come up with something until then! :))

Schmooooooooooooze ♥

Anna.

[disorientedly.livejournal.com]

OH GOD, I SO NEED A PLOT FOR NANOWRIMO AND I DON'T HAVE ONE. AND EVERYONE IS MAKING ME DO IT! ;_____; LIFE, I HATE YOU.

Well, teaching English sounds like it would be pretty fun. I think I can safely say that your English is better than at least 50% of all native English speakers, which is a little bit depressing.

*hugs* Good luck with uni & exams, though D: Let us know how things go!

[enchantedteacup.livejournal.com]

Ooh, NaNoWriMo! I can't wait for November, though I still need to think of an original fiction idea so I don't write 50,000 words of unpublish-able content again.

I hate exams. ('Nuff said. :D)

&heats;

[annabtg.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D

Good luck finding a plot... not that having a plot is everything (!) I had one last year and I only made it to 5,430 words. And I haven't worked on it since. *sigh*

This year I'll be writing in Greek, though. Technically, it should make for a higher writing speed. In reality, I don't know if it will, because I have almost zero experience of writing in Greek (!) But one of the reasons I decided to go for it is that I need the practice. *sweatdrop*

TTYS,

Anna ♥ ♥

[annabtg.livejournal.com]

A 50,000-word fic doesn't sound like a bad idea to me, tbh :D But good luck finding an original fic idea - there's something to be said about the feeling of writing such a long original piece. :)

Hugs,

Anna ♥ ♥