catching up

Once again, it's been far too long since I've written something new. I know why I go so long in between but I also know that if I'm ever going to get better at writing, I have to keep doing it. I just need to write, all the time, about anything at all. I've had a few ideas lately just to get myself started. I should have plenty to write about, since it's been at least a few months since my last little life update, but writing about things I've done always turns out too much like a list and I don't like that.

Just in case anyone is really interested, I'm about to finish up my second year of school. I have three class days left and two days of finals and then it's summer. I've had a ton of dental appointments lately, which has been awful, but I'm almost all done with those. I do have to have my wisdom teeth looked at soon though. I went to Magic Mountain with my brother last week and lost my cell phone, so now I'm using my mom's old phone and you wouldn't believe how inconvenient that is. That's one of things I might like to write about actually - cell phone/technology dependency.

I was talking to a friend the other week and he suggested writing about things that I could research. That's probably a better idea than constantly writing about my own thoughts and feelings, at least for journalism practice, which is exactly what I need. I really need to talk to someone about writing for the paper at my school, but I'm nervous about it too. It's been two years since I wrote anything like that. Eek.

As for now, I'm too frustrated and distracted to get into that right away. I'm waiting on an email about an interview assignment for one of my communications classes. I emailed someone I know who runs a music review website a few days ago. I sent him a handful of questions that would literally take a few minutes to answer, but he hasn't responded yet. He told me Monday that he'd get to it that night and apologized for the delay, but it's Wednesday evening now and still no email. You can imagine my annoyance. This assignment is due tomorrow and he expressed interest in being my subject, but now I have to worry about getting it done because he hasn't gotten around to answering a few simple questions. Sigh.

Other than that, I believe I have one big group project (a presentation and a group paper) and my finals to get through. My best friend is home for the summer and I've already seen her once. My cousin is having a baby shower next weekend that I'll be attending with my mom. Hopefully I'll be finding a job this summer, and if not, I'll be volunteering.

See what I meant about the list thing? Life updates are silly.