%%USERNAME%%    %%ACCWORDS%% %%ONOFF%% |
 |
Vivien Limon's blog |
| A blog about everything...eclectic and a reflection of me...and hopefully interesting to others. |
| One of my new goals is to be accepted into the Magic Castle in Hollywood. For those who don't know, it is a private club that features magicians and magic aficionados. Many famous magicians have their visage immortalized here in caricature. Some of the magicians I can remember include Siegfried and Roy, David Copperfield, Harry Anderson, and many, many more. One of the resulting consequences is that I'm heavy into magic right now. I want to see it, breathe it, and learn it. I even want to write fiction and non-fiction about it. I've decided that I will specialize in card and coin sleight-of-hand. Because of this, I decided I wanted to see as many magicians I can. Combine this goal with a trip to arguably the magic capital of the world--Las Vegas (in August, though)—and it looked like a match made in heaven. I bought tickets to Criss Angel's two shows there and I was about to buy tickets to Mac King, David Copperfield, and Penn and Teller(I've already seen Lance Burton), and it looked awesome. But unfortunately, my luck did not hold as it often does not in Las Vegas. Criss Angel canceled his shows in August. I was very unhappy. Why do they always pick August? Anyway, I’m still going to try other magicians but I was really looking forward to Criss. Do you have a goal that you are intent on realizing? Do you have something you looked forward to but something happened? (By the way, if you’re interested in a book that marries magic and mystery, I recommend the Houdini mystery series by Daniel Stashower). |
| I keep coming back to writing but I get stuck after the first day. But then I read the first pages of a book by Randy Ingermanson called How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method and I began to feel better about things. Using Goldilocks and other characters he illustrates how some people may get stuck using various methods. He doesn't say his method will work for everyone, but to just give it a chance. I'm learning more from him. His method is neither the outline method or the "seat of the pants" method. So, I ask you, how do you write and how do you keep going? |
| 3 things today…all of which deserve their own essay. I really want to adopt this cat who seems to have adopted us. It seems so easy, right? Wrong. My cat hates this other cat, who I’ve named K’eylhr, (Yes, I named her after a Klingon in Star Trek). She really is friendly, even wanting to be friends with my cat. But alas, no. However, I can barely sleep anymore. I’m so worried about K’eylhr being outside all the time. As of now, she is an outside cat and I worry as we get closer to Independence Day, she might get hurt. I really need to come up with a solution, not just for K’eylhr’s sake but mine, also. My mood has been bad lately. I mean, I’ve been depressed. I can barely drag myself out of bed. Work sucks. It’s so bad, I’m looking for something else to do, even if I have to retire. I keep coming back to writing but I feel I don’t have the discipline to do that. I have to turn it around. A few weeks ago, I finally read my Facebook messages from the beginning of the year. (I swore off social media for awhile). I learned my best friend from college had passed. I was hit with a horrible feeling. I should have known. I should have at least spent a little bit of time talking to her before her time. Maybe, that’s why work sucks. It’s not shat I want to do. Still, the real question is what does God want me to do? |
View Portfolio
Visit Notebook
Send Gift Points
Awards
Badges
Send Email
Community Newsfeed
General Discussion
Sponsored Items
Book of Trinkets
Static Items
Books
Groups
Interactive Stories
Audio
Campfire Creatives
Community Notes
Crossword Puzzles
Documents
Folders
Images
In & Outs
Madlibs
Photo Albums
Polls
Product Reviews
Quizzes
Survey Forms
Web Pages
Word Searches
