elle1978

it’s not done although it is accomplished on this list. I have a japanese roommate who has lived in romania and new zealand, and through him, I have met a lot of people from europe and japan and learned a lot about different perspectives on the U.S. I learned that some believe we are always killing each other, because they only hear of our crime rates and lack of gun control. Others believe our president is dumb and that we are crazy for voting for him twice. I’ve heard that we are hypocritical – we condemn cruelty of other countries, but we developed our own country by killing native Americans. Then others didn’t fully understand the katrina situation – one friend of mine from Switzerland said she never understand why the people didn’t leave New Orleans until she lived in the South for a year, and learned how often tornado warnings and sirens go off, and threats of hurricanes occur in the coastal areas…she said she no longer reacts to tornado sirens since they sound so often and many times, no significant damage occurs. That caused her to realize that some people didn’t leave with the hurricane because those that remained largely were comprised of those who didn’t have enough money to leave and/or couldn’t risk potentially losing their job if the hurricane warning had been a false alarm.

bought a bulletin board to start tacking up pictures and images to help inspire me. That will help me to keep focused on working toward my future goals each day.

I started to write a children’s book several years ago, with intention of it being short. I never finished it. I could not come up with an ending and the more I tried, the more the book grew, until one day it was way, way too long and unfocused. At one point during writing it, I was reading Ayn Rand and its influence is evident in the work, as the book begins to takes a very “un-childlike” philosophical tone..way too philosophical, unfocused and long -

I have gone back to look at it and think it might have potential if I write an outline first, but I would have to develop the story differently and an ending.