Would you ever go on a silent retreat? How long do you think you could go without talking?
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In ninth grade we embarked on a year of hiking, running, skiing and generally all-round-fitness and bush/outdoors activies which culminated in a four day hike, a six day hike and a 28km (half)marathon. It was, no doubt, one of the best years of my ( Read more... )

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?:
Drank. Went out to a club. Got back at 3am. Danced with a boy. Stayed up until 4am. Gave blood.

2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions and will you make more for next year?
Can’t remember last year’s New Year resolutions; probably something to do with better eating habits, being more ( Read more... )

Even though Thanksgiving was almost 2 weeks ago, this BTT meme was too appropriate to pass up:

Now, you may have noticed that the global economy isn’t exactly doing well. There’s war. Starvation. All sorts of bad, scary things going on.

So-just for today-how about sharing 7 things that you’re thankful for?

This can be about books, sure-authors you ( Read more... )

ceilidh_ann sort of tagged me, I suppose, if by tagging you mean “ I commented on her post and she asked me 5 questions.” So, if you comment on this post, I will ask you 5 questions you must answer, and you do the same to anyone who comments on your post. It's a question cycle like that. Anyway, she's asked me some great ones.

1. If you could have ( Read more... )

*A favourite quote from a poster in our yr 9 library:

The more you read, the more you know
The more you know, the smarter you grow
The smarter you grow, the louder your voice
When speaking your mind, or making a choice

*N tagged bookmarked me a while ago at my request, and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

*A book that made you laugh: The Messenger, by ( Read more... )

If you had the chance to go crazy and completely overhaul your appearance, what would you do?

Considering I'm a pretty conservative, straight laced kind of gal, I would
-get a tattoo
-dye my hair, probably blonde, but if I'm gonna go crazy, why not go pink?! 
-go goth um, never
-get a nose piercing, and maybe a belly button one too
-wear heels. all ( Read more... )

So, when I grow up, I want to be a writer. But now that I'm studying creative writing at uni, I'm freaking out about it. I mean, who am I to be able to make a career out of it? Who am I to say I'm a good writer, deserving of being published? It's tough career to crack. I should know, my father had the same dream but never made it. I'd also like to ( Read more... )