Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what you're really looking for are the 64-color boxes with the sharpeners on the back. I fancy myself to be a 64-color box. Though I've got a few missing it's ok because I've got some more vibrant colors like periwinkle at my disposal. I have a bit of a problem though in that I can only meet the 8-color boxes. Does anyone else have that problem? I mean there are so many different colors of life...

- John Mayer

"What a roadtrip stands for is hope. Hope that somewhere, anywhere, is better than here. That somewhere on the road, I will turn into the person I want to be. I will turn into the person I believe I could be, that I am."

-Ira Glass

The woman was a complete mystery. No one really knew who she was. Her presence didn’t give off any special ambience, and she wasn’t exactly the type of lady to receive a second glance. The only person who knew the woman was the woman herself. In contrast to her unknown, she was not a stranger amongst her surroundings. You would see her, you just didn’t know her. She lived her life throughout the small town, never to leave one trace of herself. A ghost, yet not quite. Who is she? 

M

"Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny."
~Aristotle

It wasn't until this afternoon that I had an epiphany for a new post. I haven't been working on any new short stories lately, but I do have a lot of great ideas I've listed in my head that I'm hoping to get into for future preference. However, I'm not going to get into much of that topic because I always like my stories to be a surprise. ;)

Now as far the weather goes here in my city, that itself hasn't been so great. It's been raining. For like... Days. While many other places are well adapted to this kind of weather, my city isn't! It's pouring heavily right now, and it's quite discouraging to say the least. Come to think of it, bad weather and new blog posts seem to coincide well with one another. When it's beautiful outside, I'm prompted to go out for a walk, spend time with a few friends, or do some sort of errand. Otherwise, when the weather isn't so good, I'll definitely stay in and do something productive just to keep me busy. So yes, that's that.

Oh, and some news I haven't bothered to bring up on Mon Amour... I've completed my first year of college! Yaaay! One academic year is only 6 months (3 months per semester) it goes by very quickly. Throughout those 6 months, I honestly didn't have a life haha. It was just study-study-study. It doesn't sound appealing, but considering I wasn't working it was really nice to at least have something to work on. Like they say, the first year responsibilities of post-ed is always grueling - and it is. Although I particularly enjoyed the responsibility. What can I say? I'm a workaholic! :)

Since completing my first year, I've now had this 4 month summer holiday to enjoy until September when I have to head back for the new semester. It's been great having all this time, because now I can devote more time to writing. I know I should be, being that I completely neglected this blog all throughout my studies. I'm aware that I should've at least posted something when I had the slightest chance, but I was so immersed in my studies that the very little I did have off, I'd give it to myself to just relax and read. These days, I can truly say it's been rad getting back into the blogging circuit again.

Till next my next post.

M

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