Fail cupcakes. The stupid paper liner/cup/things I used were crappy so a whole tray of itty bitty cupcakes was lost. I even added blue, pink, and green coloring(separately) to the batter so they were pretty.
Fail frosting. I followed directions completely. The only thing I can think of that I did wrong would be that I didn't cook the first step long enough even though the mix was the correct consistency. Oh well. I decided that instead of sending my friends semi-suck cupcakes, I'll just be lame and go buy some mix and frosting so that it's sure to not be screwed up instead of working from scratch. Or I could just buy frosting to put on the cute ones that didn't suck. Or I could just find another frosting recipe. It would be a better idea. Less wasteful sort of.
The awesomeness of the day came in the form of an epiphany. I was thinking about what classes I am going to take for this upcoming semester(often called winter semester, but some say spring). I want to be able to travel whenever I want or to be in a spot with lots of resources. ["Resources" will be explained in a later post, but in general I mean that I want to be in a place that isn't 20 minutes from everywhere, a place that has people, a place that has theatre and music and opportunity.] That means either taking a class in a school that I fall in love with or a class taken online. But in order to take a class, I need money and in order to get money I need a job. What kind of job can I get without grounding myself and hating life for a little while? (cue sparkly, twinkly revelation music)
Freelancing.
What could I freelance as? I haven't been to school to have the qualifications that lots of people require (not hating on that notion, it's understandable to want people with experience) and I haven't picked one thing toward which I would devote my time and energy. So I'm not "the best" at any one thing. I know "it's never too late" but the frustration is still there and enough to form a huge fence of procrastination to prevent me from picking something. That and I want to do so many things that I have a hard time choosing just one thing. Baby steps are still progress, though. So I must pick one thing and devote myself to it. Seems easy enough, mostly requiring discipline to follow through. Which is not easy.
Just to recap, in case it was sort of vague, the awesome of today was the realization of what I can do that would satisfy my monetary and traveling needs. That and not letting my day be ruined by fail frosting. =3
How was your day?
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Days One through Three
Day One:
The first day of this project was magnificent. My new camera was delivered. I found a cheap set of rings that were exactly for what I had been searching for months (they were only $4 else I'd have gotten them from etsy ) and I got an awesome hat that I'm told makes me look like a train conductor person thing, but I don't care. It's awesome and I put my triforce pin on it so now it's even more awesome.
Purchases aside(mostly), I was feeling amazing. For some reason, my mood was not low and my mind was active with progressive thoughts. Then, at Border's, I found a magazine called Bust, "For women with something to get off their chests." How spectacular. I sat down with tea in a corner of the store and read through the first few pages of content. It was dripping with so much awesome that I had to buy it so that I could reference it for future awesome doses. For a while, I wasn't buying magazines for the trees, but I decided that inspiration will take me farther than not buying the magazine and I can make up for it in other ways(buying organic, planting trees, walking places, carpooling, and others).
Perhaps I didn't get a lot done in the way of cleaning or homework accomplishment, but I felt great for the majority of the day. It's not necessary to do everything all day everyday. And today? A day without much "valid" accomplishment? Today was awesome.
Day Two:
This day started out with a mediocre mood. I did the lots of laundry and organization that were necessary. Since I woke up late, these tasks, along with updating and cleaning my computer, took up most of my day. When evening rolled around, I got online for a dose of awesome. The vlogbrothers and ipower videos increased the awesome of the day. I was inspired and wanted to do awesome.
I already had the idea for this site but I didn't think that I needed to make my own because:
1. everyone and their brother has a site, why would my thoughts be valid enough to document?
2. there is already a lot of awesome on the internet, I wouldn't want to be redundant.
3. there is already a lot of awesome on the internet.
But then I thought, with the help of the inspirational videos, those awesome things exist because people contribute. I love the awesome, I live off of the awesome; I should give back somehow, even if it is in a very small way that will often come in posts of three and late. So here it is and I hope I can post daily, but realistically, I won't have the time, internet access or discipline. However, I won't give up, and if I can keep it up for a month to only decide it's not awesome enough, then maybe I'll knock it off. Until that decision or month is up, here's how today was.
Day Three:
I was in town and had some fun with my new camera. I blow dried my hair after the shower so it was super huge, like Harry Potter book one Hermione huge. Totally awesome. I wore my hat too so it was even more awesome. After town, I finished reading Bust and wrote down a slew of things to investigate. I will spout off about Bust another time. For now just know that it is an amazing magazine for women(growing girls, teenage girls, females in general) and I'm going to buy another copy or two to give to my friend(s). So today ended up being awesome. In the last two of the twenty four hours, one thought provoking magazine made the entire day super amazing instead of just amazing (and made up for yesterday's somewhat crappy start). That event suggests that it's never too late for a day to be awesome. And why limit that concept to a day? Why not expand to people and lives and mindsets?
How was your day?
DFTBA.
The first day of this project was magnificent. My new camera was delivered. I found a cheap set of rings that were exactly for what I had been searching for months (they were only $4 else I'd have gotten them from etsy ) and I got an awesome hat that I'm told makes me look like a train conductor person thing, but I don't care. It's awesome and I put my triforce pin on it so now it's even more awesome.
Purchases aside(mostly), I was feeling amazing. For some reason, my mood was not low and my mind was active with progressive thoughts. Then, at Border's, I found a magazine called Bust, "For women with something to get off their chests." How spectacular. I sat down with tea in a corner of the store and read through the first few pages of content. It was dripping with so much awesome that I had to buy it so that I could reference it for future awesome doses. For a while, I wasn't buying magazines for the trees, but I decided that inspiration will take me farther than not buying the magazine and I can make up for it in other ways(buying organic, planting trees, walking places, carpooling, and others).
Perhaps I didn't get a lot done in the way of cleaning or homework accomplishment, but I felt great for the majority of the day. It's not necessary to do everything all day everyday. And today? A day without much "valid" accomplishment? Today was awesome.
Day Two:
This day started out with a mediocre mood. I did the lots of laundry and organization that were necessary. Since I woke up late, these tasks, along with updating and cleaning my computer, took up most of my day. When evening rolled around, I got online for a dose of awesome. The vlogbrothers and ipower videos increased the awesome of the day. I was inspired and wanted to do awesome.
I already had the idea for this site but I didn't think that I needed to make my own because:
1. everyone and their brother has a site, why would my thoughts be valid enough to document?
2. there is already a lot of awesome on the internet, I wouldn't want to be redundant.
3. there is already a lot of awesome on the internet.
But then I thought, with the help of the inspirational videos, those awesome things exist because people contribute. I love the awesome, I live off of the awesome; I should give back somehow, even if it is in a very small way that will often come in posts of three and late. So here it is and I hope I can post daily, but realistically, I won't have the time, internet access or discipline. However, I won't give up, and if I can keep it up for a month to only decide it's not awesome enough, then maybe I'll knock it off. Until that decision or month is up, here's how today was.
Day Three:
I was in town and had some fun with my new camera. I blow dried my hair after the shower so it was super huge, like Harry Potter book one Hermione huge. Totally awesome. I wore my hat too so it was even more awesome. After town, I finished reading Bust and wrote down a slew of things to investigate. I will spout off about Bust another time. For now just know that it is an amazing magazine for women(growing girls, teenage girls, females in general) and I'm going to buy another copy or two to give to my friend(s). So today ended up being awesome. In the last two of the twenty four hours, one thought provoking magazine made the entire day super amazing instead of just amazing (and made up for yesterday's somewhat crappy start). That event suggests that it's never too late for a day to be awesome. And why limit that concept to a day? Why not expand to people and lives and mindsets?
How was your day?
DFTBA.
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