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30-day writing challenge: Day 30

01 Wednesday Jul 2015

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Day 30: Your highs and lows for the month

Well, this is the end of the road for this challenge.

I can honestly say I had some fun with this. I’m not joking when I saw I had low expectations for this challenge seeing as I have a tendency to forget things easily and I had a strong feeling I’d be skipping posts. Thankfully, I did every post on time and finished all 30 days.

Michael Scott, "The Office"

Michael Scott, “The Office”

Most of the lows came from moments of writer’s block or trying to find the best videos to link to songs and trailers. Seeing as I’ve been using WordPress for a while, I’m used to the format of the posts and how to use the settings.

I experienced a great deal of highs. Sometimes it was watching my mom try to figure out what would be in the daily post and other times it was typing furiously trying to finish before I fell asleep on my keyboard. I had fun doing this and even more fun seeing people “Like” a post because someone other than family and myself were getting something out of the challenge. One writer even asked if she could steal the idea to which I responded I stole it from another blogger via Google Images.

I think by ding a writing challenge helps you remind yourself who you are in a time when your head is spinning from work, school and reality. I’ll probably do another challenge at some point in a few months but for now I’ll focus on blogging about projects I’m working on or things going on around the world.

See ya writing challenge, it’s been real.

Here’s a hint: soon there will a post about the big equal rights victory from last week.

30-day writing challenge: Day 29

30 Tuesday Jun 2015

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Day 29: What are your goals for the nest 30 days?

If I had been doing this writing challenge during the school year, this post would be very different. From the last week of August to the first week of May, I typically have a pretty clear plan for my week. I usually seek out ways to balance my work and school assignments, then look for ways to feed my little to non-existent social life and finally when I can nap. Even during breaks I have to search for time to see friends that are returning for the holidays and I don’t really sleep while in school; I just take long naps.

I think for the next 30 days I’m going to play it by ear.

Keira Knightley, "Pride & Prejudice"

Keira Knightley, “Pride & Prejudice”

It’s nice not having to worry about sleeping through my alarm and possibly being late for class. It’s nice not having to worry about my friends leaving for school within the next two weeks so there’s no pressure to find the time to all get together. One of my friends is coming home from a month in France and London so I can’t wait to get together with her to hear the stories and see the pictures.

I don’t have a clear set of goals to accomplish other than to rest and mentally prepare for another school year of balancing work, assignments and friends.

And I’ll get as much sleep as possible now seeing as it will be a myth once school starts back up again.

30-day writing challenge: Day 28

29 Monday Jun 2015

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Day 28: Post five things that make you laugh-out-loud

There are many things that make me “lol” but I’ve put down the fail-proof ones.

My mom
I love her and she is quite possibly the most mischievous individual in the world. The funniest part? She has an innocent face so she gets away with everything.

The Try Guys

The Try Guys

Buzzfeed’s Try Guys
I discovered the Try Guys on accident when watching make-up tutorials on YouTube. If I remember correctly, I was watching a video on contouring and in the suggested videos a “The Try Guys Try Drag For The First Time” video was listed and I couldn’t resist. One of my favorite parts of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” is when the queens are challenged to turn normal men into drag divas because the process is hilarious. I watched the Try Guys video and basically had to hold in the laughter the whole time in fear of waking up my parents. They also led me to be addicted to BuzzfeedVideo but I always return to Zach, Keith, Eugene and Ned for a laugh. Their Mother’s Day five-part series was amazing.

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Hannah Hart (*Note: I made a gallery of gifs because I couldn’t choose just one)
A few years ago I had watched a Jenna Marbles video paying homage to My Drunk Kitchen. After watching Jenna Marbles’ video, I had to hop over to Hannah Hart’s web series and I absolutely love her puns and mason jars. Some of my favorites are the MREs, No Quitter Fritters and Eggs Benedict.

My dogs
I’ve always loved my animals but they always make me laugh. Jules used to patrol the living room like a warden does a cell house and run into walls then huff at them as if they were harshing her mellow for being there. Kitty, our Yorkie, acts like an angel and stares at my parents with a sparkle in her eye but as soon as she looks at me her head goes down and she glares because I’m her rival. Jackson, our bulldog we lost a year-and-a-half-ago, would growl and snap at you if you got too close but as soon as there was a thunderstorm the sausage with legs would be a teeth chattering shaking mess and try to edge into your person. Mr. Bosworth, our Maltese and newest addition, is energetic and looks for trouble to cause or things to destroy. I believe he thinks my mom goes into my Macbook when she goes on vacation because anytime she’s left he gets to see her trapped on my Skype or FaceTime. I edited together a video of things he’s done while I am trying to work because he thinks he needs to rescue his mama.

My nephew
Austin, my 4-year-old nephew, loves to blame me for everything. The worst part is my mom thinks it’s too funny to pass up so she eggs him on. He also loves to tell me how to do things, what I’m doing wrong and what I should watch. He starts talking about Groot, I tell him I haven’t seen Guardians of the Galaxy, he gives me a “what the f***” type look, then tells me I have to watch it and even goes as far as saying he’ll let me borrow the movie…that isn’t his. He also told me I need to get Spiderman sunglasses because it will make me cooler.