Okay, I'm giving in. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, but I am a huge Stargate fan. I've watched it since the very first episode of Stargate: SG-1 and I continued on to Stargate: Atlantis (so awesome).

Needless to say, I am wary of Stargate: Universe. The abrupt cancelation of SG-A while they continued with a new show has left a bad taste in my mouth because I seriously miss John and Rodney and the rest of the lot. I don't really see the point of a new show.

Nevertheless, I was wary of SG-A, too, but that turned out to be my favorite of the SG series (even if SG-1 will always be my first love). I have therefore decided to give SG-U a chance. They have one season to convince me that it's worthy my time and no more. One season.

So... while I wait for it to load so I can watch the first two episodes, I have decided to mention my worries before I watch it. I want good, solidly formed (and acted) characters, a decent plot (plot can always be improved on, after all), and proper continuation of the stargate canon. *sigh* I expect less.

Anyways, it's done loading so I'm going to watch it now. Wish me luck.

My laptop's still... comatose, but I've commandeered my mother's school computer in the meantime. Fun.

Anyways, I have a goal! I am going to finish all of my fanfics by the end of the summer. Hopefully. I really would like to finish something longer than three chapters at some point or another. Maybe I'll even manage to finish the first draft of my original story.

One can hope.

-sigh-

I was right.  Technology does hate me.  Once again, my laptop has died.  On my birthday, of all days.  Yes, yes, it's all very sad, and it does happen, but my computer isn't even two years old, it's just over a year old, in fact.

Why does this happen to me?

And, to make things even worse, my backup thumbdrive, the one with all of my NaNo story and my fanfics is corrupted and I can't access any of it.  So, aside from what I've actually posted on fanfiction.net before, I have none of my stuff, and it sucks.

So I'm stuck nicking my friends' and family's computers when they won't notice, which means unpredictable and probably ranting posts when I can manage it.

Wonderful.

(Also, I apparently can't type properly.  I typed "even" instead of "event" in the previous entry.  I'm sure I'll get better... maybe.)

I am so behind.  No, really.  I don't even think I'm halfway to the point I'm supposed to be, which is sad.  Do you see my icon over there?  Yes, well, I actually typed that at one point (I'd meant to write "intelligent") and, sadly, considered keeping it because it upped my word count.  It's shameful.

Right... anyways... I should probably, well, focus and what-not so I'm going to go and write, or attempt to, at the very least.

Bye.

I have a serious problem with technology. You see, I grew up with computers and what-not, but I *looks around cautiously* still prefer books and paper.

I know, I know. It's outdated, and probably environmentally unfriendly. (I don't even want to consider how much paper waste I go through with my horrible preference for writing everything out by hand first and printed newspapers and magazines. Well, at least it's stuff like Newsweek and Time, with some substance.) Nevertheless, I do see the appeal in a nice, new book, or a filled notebook, or a huge library.

The problem is: I think my computer(s) know it.

( Out to Get Me )

Moving on.... I have shamelessly convinced a few of my friends to join me in doing NaNoWriMo this year. Instead of selling my soul, I (sometimes I think, stupidly) agreed to help them come up with ideas or plot or whatever. And, since they're busy with, you know, school and stuff and I seem to be using a lot of text messages to "help" them, I've decided to at least attempt to write some sort of. . . guide, if you will here. That way I can just point them to this site if it's just generic help they're looking for.

Disclaimer: This is in no way the advice of a professional. I'm just someone who writes all the time (really, I'm not joking about that. I feel uncomfortable without a writing utensil and paper-like material). I have never been paid for my writing and I've only been published either one or two times (and once it was poetry and I was six... and it was about snow, which I had never seen before.)

( Coming Up With an Idea )

( Examples )
Okay... now that I've completely bored you all with my musings, I'm gonna take off. Bye.

Look: I'm posting again and it hasn't even been 24 hours, yet.  (At least, I think it hasn't.)  Anyways, I'm sitting here watching the Presidential Debate (missed the first showing, sadly enough) and I thought I might want to document some of my, I dunno, thoughts or what-not.  After all, this is my first vote, as a new American adult (I cringe at the horrid word).

( The Election )

It's not definite; but that's where I'm leaning.  Feel free to try to convince me otherwise; just, please, don't be stupid about it.
( Education )
Okay, sorry, my rant's over.  Bye.

*Sigh*  I am a failure.  I couldn't even manage to do one entry as I had planned.  You know, that once-a-week thing?  Therefore, I fail at life.  It's embarassing.

Right... so continue my record of idiocy, I've also joined NaNoWriMo.  I had heard about it in previous years, but this is the first time I've plucked up the courage to actually join.  On the up side, I've also gotten a couple of my friends to join along with me.

So, that's all I've got for now.  Um, bye.

Hi all,

I just thought I'd put up a little posting to greet everyone and, well, just to put up a first entry. Yay for me.

Anyways, my name's Bridget or Jet (or a variety of other nicknames that I'll probably go into some other time) and I'll answer to either one. I'm a first year university student currently living in Honolulu, Hawaii in the dorms despite the fact that I live about fifteen minutes away from the school.

I'm a writer. That is what I want to do for a living, and that is what I will do even if I have to get another job (which, no matter what, will always be my second job). Someone (I really have no idea who) said that one cannot choose to be a writer, it is something innate that one can either ignore or embrace. I think the same person said that he (or she) writes not because he enjoys it (although the person said that he/she did enjoy writing) but to shut up the voices telling him to write. I'm not sure if this makes me crazy or not, but I completely agree.

I love reading, too. I will, really, read anything that has words and sits still long enough, even if it's in another language that I don't know very well. It's pathetic, I know. And I always finish books I start, even if they're horrible or it takes me a few years. I will, eventually, finish the dang book. I'm always open to suggestions, too, if anyone has them.

Okay... now for my one, huge, obsession. I, like so many others, am obsessed with the Harry Potter books. Now, I'll save the story for another posting, but I am one of the few, proud fans who can honestly say that I started reading the books before they became popular. I read the first book when it first came out in America. Thus, I am awesome. Nah, just joking, but it is kinda cool, isn't it?

I love most things to do with Harry Potter and I am a book purist. Although I will usually shut up long enough to allow other non-book-readers enjoy the movie, I cannot say how long it will last. I don't really like the movies because of what they cut out and/or added. I understand time constraints, but I cannot understand some of the decisions they made. This is, once again, enough information for yet another entry.

Most of what I write has to do with Harry Potter. I write a lot of fanfiction, although I trash most of it because I don't like how it turned out. I also write analytical essays on the books, which I 'll probably also post at some point. Um... I can't think of anything else to post right now, so, bye.

-Jet