Where stories go to die

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Yes, I am very guilty of immortalizing my bad stories with the Sims. You know how sometimes you just get a really clear vision of a character, and you feel the need to memorialize it with its digital twin? No?

Well, I do. Because usually the characters I feel compelled to do so with are the ones from flailing stories, who may have been great characters in my mind, but whose stories were, after several weeks of daydreaming lost trying to revitalize the story, still stunk for whatever reason. 

Well, I cant just abandon them because they're in a cliche/predictable/lacking in emotional fodder situation. But unfortunately, the ones that make it to the Sims usually don't come out. Once I place them on a lot, they're done. 

Actually, the characters of my favorite stories are the ones I don't necessarily envision super clearly. Physically, at least. Huh. 

And then there's the literary recreation Sims, but I won't go into that aspect of my geekitude. 

Gold Star to the re-creators of their favorite books via Sims.

Going Somewhere.

I've been noticing a change since I bought a plane ticket to Korea (to visit this lovely lady). Im happy, smiling, in love with Korean drama and still productive (which is really quite counter-intuitive). One would say I'm a bit in love and its true. I've forgotten how fun it is to be going somewhere. I haven't really been in a while.

Part of what is motivating me to work is the need to pay back my plane ticket, but another part is that there is something to work towards. Something oh-so-worthwhile as travel is.

So that's my major inspiration for the next month :)

Gold Star to the adventurers.

Happy Valentines day!

Oh wait, is it really?

Anyway, my tip for today is totally unrelated, but very relevant to my current life:

Don't watch anything with subtitles if you have to work.

Especially something as engrossing and filled with attractive young men as the Korean version of "Boys over Flowers"

You should be realizing this by now, but these "tips" are really more like "lessons learned."

A very chocolaty and rosy Gold Star to the lovers (And my loves).

Wanderlust strikes again

(here)

This reminds me of a lantern store I saw in Vietnam. I didn't get a picture of it though, so all I have is nostalgia. And this pretty bit to look at. 

I'll just have to find a lantern store in Korea :)

Gold Star to the reasons I'm going to korea

Livre wonderland

Source: imgur.com via Anna on Pinterest

Why yes, I would love to shop for books here everyday.

Gold Star to those who dream of book worlds.

Bookish

So cliche! A writer who loves books. But I truly, truly do. The past couple of months of my internship have been a bogged down by fighting through Internet marketing. I motivated myself by telling myself it was a good thing to learn, that I was getting all sorts of valuable experience in search engine optimization, building inlinks and outlinks and sidelinks, learning about Internet searching and all sorts of three-letter acronyms about all things Internet. And it is valuable to know. And it's valuable to know that it is very hard to motivate myself to do it.

However, now I have a book. And the work I'm doing with it is probably the most dull version of editing. I'm type-setting and formatting more than editing, but I love it. I love being among words, I love the rhythm  of it, and I love soaking up the information this book has to offer in and amongst the alien translations Word did.

I guess it helps to know your passions, and know how well you can do your job when its something you're passionate about. And how to do your job and motivate yourself when it's something that doesn't exactly light your fire.

Gold Star to the lexophiles.

Color

I've written about my affection for the color green, but the fact is, I'm inspired by all sorts of color. And new for me, this is including pastels and neutrals. I still bear an intense love of fully saturated beauties like plum, teal, and kelly green, but I also like mint and lilac. And I got an awesome new thread organizer which lets me see my colors all the more clearly.

 I particularly like this trio of spools.

I kind of wish the spools were of more uniform heights, but considering these were free and came on charming wooden spools...

Gold Star to the rainbow children.

A new tool

Okay, bloglovin' isn't anything new. But its fabulously valuable to keep track of a myriad of blogs, which is exactly what I've spent way too much time finding. But bloglovin' makes it organized and makes my hobby feel less procrastinatory. And now I'm there!

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