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Sick today. My throat got irritated late last night, and I woke up with it sore this morning. I've been trying to fight it off, so we'll see what happens. The days are just changing so drastically. Yesterday it barely hit 20. Today it almost hit 30. So the weather is increasing about 10 degrees a day. I just hope I don't get too sick. March is so crazy.

I love WordPress. Blogger is a pain for a few reasons. One is that they haven't changed the designs in years. While I can't change the CSS to the WordPress templates without paying, the templates are better than the Blogger ones, and they add to them and make them more modern. Blogger also had no stats system. It's not exceedingly important that I know people are reading it, but it's nice to see when you don't get any comments. I also love that the tags make it so that people can find your posts. It's all networked. It's pretty cool. I also was able to import my old stuff from Blogger. The Dashboard at WordPress is a little overwhelming at first, especially if you've been using things like Blogger and LiveJournal, which are fairly easy to figure out. There's just a lot to WordPress, but it doesn't take very long to get the hang of it.

Anyway, I did set up over there. I even put up the Kelly Clarkson album review. I think I'm getting confident in writing my opinions again. I've also been a little more motivated lately, so I can try to keep things updated. Here's the new URL: http://hearmeasiam.wordpress.com/

And now...time to get ready for bed since my medicine kicked in, and I'm now very sleepy...
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I hate this. I hate this. I hate this. I hate this.

Don't mind me. I've just lost my mind.

I've been doing my best to combat this ridiculous case of writer's block (which, I actually think is mostly in my head...let's face it, I ramble here A LOT). I was hoping this would help because music is something I like a lot, and I've been thinking of doing this for at least a half a year now. The other thing is to get stuff I've written out there. I hope that some feedback or at least being more confident about what I do write will help me.

And I'm totally skipping out on reading 40 pages tonight. Go me. I read the ten pages I had to to do my assignment. I really need to focus. But I have five essays due next Wednesday. I did have a moment of sorts and attacked my Emerson assignment. That felt good. Oh, don't look at me that way. I AM an English major after all.

So, the first thing we have is a blog I've started. At the moment, the lone entry is about David Cook's new single. However, I'm hoping writing on something I like a lot and am passionate about will help. I feel a low confidence right now, so if it comes across that way in the entries at first, then, yes, that is how I feel. So, if you're interested in something like that, go right ahead and read it. It got kind of rambly, I think. I promise I'll try to work on that.

http://noisyhearts.blogspot.com/


The second is a journal (okay, I used a community...but, yeah, same difference) where I can post some of the writing I've done. My goal with this is to actually get some feedback on the stuff I am writing. I hope some suggestions, criticism, or something gives me a little push. I know that poem sounds depressing. It's just writer's block for crying out loud. But oh, mon Dieu is it giving me issues. Writing through writer's block...not the easiest or most fun thing in the world, let me tell you.

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I honestly think most of it is in my head and that I have a confidence issue with this. We'll see how this goes. You in no way have to feel obligated to visit these. I just thought I'd put them here because people have run into my lj on occasion and commented. Thought it might get it out there a little bit. I'm trying here. I hope something good comes of all of this. I just need to focus and be okay with my writing again.

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