I think I now have the motivation I need

So it seems high school is flying by, being a senior and all next year.  To be honest, I have rather mixed emotions about being a senior. I guess, though, they're not as mixed as they once were, at least now I sort of know what college I want to go to, and have a back-up just in case I don't get in. Nevertheless, it's strange, seeing the seniors graduate, it's like a preview for next year I guess, which is somewhat surreal to me.

The motivation I meant to talk about was motivation for me to complete my short stories.  As of now, my work ethic is rather poor, and all I have to show for it is a page, and some ideas that are written down in my notebook in the form of little paragraphs in between drawings of random things...like toasters...I like to draw toasters sometimes.

So what is this motivation? Well, to save myself some time, it's this: http://www.knox.edu/writersscholarships.xml.  After spending about two months looking around the internet about colleges, I decided I really liked Knox College.  I wasn't sure If I was going to be able to get in though.  My main concern was my SAT, because I hadn't done so hot on my ACT a few months earlier, and at the time I decided I liked Knox I hadn't received my scores for my SATs yet, but alas, I got my scores three days ago, and I did exponentially better than my ACT, and good enough for Knox. 

My hope is that I can get all the paragraphs of ideas to turn into short stories over the summer.  And now, I've got more motivation.  If anyone actually reads this and is interested in my other college choice, it's Hope College in Michigan. It's a walk away from the shore of Lake Michigan, and like Knox, is in a beautiful town.  Really, they're both good schools, I simply prefer Knox because of its respected and well-known creative writing program.

I hate everything

I especially hate that someone on my Facebook friend's list made this note.

"First Book of Democrat

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Yesterday at 9:06pm

CAN WE GET AN AMEN!!! 





FROM THE FIRST BOOK OF DEMOCRAT 


PSALM 2008-2012 



OBAMA IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT. 

HE LEADETH ME BESIDE THE STILL FACTORIES. 

HE RESTORETH MY FAITH IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 

HE GUIDETH ME IN THE PATH OF UNEMPLOYMENT. 

YEA, THOUGH I WALK THRU THE VALLEY 

OF THE BREAD LINE, I SHALL NOT GO HUNGRY. 

OBAMA HAS ANOINTED MY INCOME WITH TAXES. 

MY EXPENSES RUNNETH OVER MY INCOME. 

SURELY, POVERTY AND HARD LIVING WILL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF HIS TERM. 

FROM HENCE FORTH WE WILL LIVE ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES IN A RENTED HOME WITH AN OVERSEAS LANDLORD. 

BUT I AM GLAD I AM AN AMERICAN, I AM GLAD THAT I AM FREE. BUT I WISH I WAS A DOG AND OBAMA WAS A TREE. 

Today's Quote: 

"Americans grew tired of being thought to be dumb by the rest of the world, 

so they went to the polls and removed all doubt.''

It's not that I'm apalled that people dislike Obama; of course people are going to dislike the president. It comes with the territory, but this note is just frustrating on so many levels.

However, I'm so sick of people talking about politics that I don't really want to go into any more detail about this.

On a happier note, I worked a lot more on my short story last thursday and friday, and I'm sure I'll eventually finish it, though, it will still probably be awhile untill I'm actually done.