Rather light-headed.

So, I still intend to blog. But as you may have noticed, I'm also doing Nanowrimo. And there are only a certain amount of words in the old noggin per day. (At least that's what's happening this year...)

So for the duration of the month, I think I'll direct you over to my writing blog, Stories Of Medusa, where whatever leftover words I have are coming to rest. There resides such FASCINATING things as me griping, interviewing my characters, and maybe someday, word counts!

So not much different from here. :D

Anyhow, have a good day!

(Also I cut a foot of my hair off last night, to donate. My head feels rather funny.)

Decision Making: THE NEXT LEVEL

So I HAVE made decisions about my life in my past. You know, the normal stuff, like "should I cut my hair," and "should I read that book," and also bigger things, like "should I go to this college," and "should I move home after college." Decisions are not entirely foreign to me.

BUT! I realized today that all of the "Big Decisions," I've made in the past have been Yes or No type things. Do I stay or do I go now.... *sings*

Ah-hem. *cough*

Anyhow. Yes. Decision making being Y/N! I'm pretty cool with that, and making the decision and moving on. Only now, I'm faced with a decision that's all "oh, pick one of these three options with two mixed variables and several possible outcomes with three funding choices- or not."

SO MANY OPTIONS. AUUUUUUUUUUGH.

I could go to St FX, or STU, or even MUN, if they accept me. And I could start in January, or September. And I could go on loans, if I could get them, or I could mainly work my way through. And I could study anything in the arts faculty. And today MUN made things MUCH harder, by DARING to have interesting classes I wanna take. So now decisions are hard again. *sulks*

OR I could just give it all up and hitch-hike across Europe! Not gonna like, option Europe is looking pretty good.

Thank you for tuning in. This has been your episode of Jasmine Angsts. Tune in next time to hear Jasmine talk about housing woes. Because woe is me, I'm so woe, and I have woes.

We had a campfire today! Mommy made hamburgers on a grate on the coals, and I showed the younger ones how to make your marshmallows last for AGES by just taking off the outer shell.

Also, I wrote OVER 1667 words. *nods* It was a triumphant moment.

Gah, I forgot to blog about something that makes me happy yesterday! Fail Jasmine- OH WAIT.

It wasn't a fail, cause I was writing. ^_^

I've been having a really hard time with NaNoWriMo this year, but yesterday I left my sanity in a closet and cranked out 1300 words. Go me?

And here's a quote from the 11th that delighted me.

"If you're not going to use the mic when you lead a crowd in the singing of God Save The Queen, don't do an interpretive version."

Also, this song rocks my world

"For I have slipped the surly bonds of earth..."

November 11th is Remembrence Day, here in Canada, so that was- nice? One of the awkward things about facebook is how everyone jumps onto bandwagons, particularly about holidays. Even when I wholeheartedly believe in the status of a holiday, it seems like everyone is trying to one-up the other with profile pics and quotes? Which just strikes me as odd, when the holiday is about something like remembering, which is not necessarily done with trumpets and bells. Which is to say that if you saw me on FB, it probably looks like I didn't remember. But I did! :D

I am lucky enough to have had four generations of my family in the Canadian Military, and they've all come home. I have two cousins in active service, and two of my childhood friends just joined the US Army and the US Marines. Plus the many many family friends who are on active service.

So I remember.

And even though the introvert in me is a little weirded out by the loud remembering, it's still good to see online, and to see the crowds who turn out to the wreath laying ceremony. Makes me proud of my country/friends/town, and family. :D

"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe."

I found this video today, and it delights me. It reminded me how the world, and how the world is constructed, is truly amazing. I'm pretty sure that the people quoted did not mean it in a theistic way, but I'm DIFFERENT, okay? :D

Quotes from Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking, auto-tuned and toyed with.
(Also, you can do amazing things with language and the description of the world, eh?)

Also, I went to the library for a write-in! This time the internet kicked me off, so I got almost a thousand words written. Which is a thousand words more than I had yesterday! :D

Additionally, St Thomas gave me the gift of not accepting my credits, so that they are are not the clear leader in the university search. So now I get to play CHOOSE THE SCHOOL this weekend, which is a game we all love to play. ^_^

I hope your day was full of things to be happy about!

I am the Everyman.

Today I had one of those moments, that I'm sure we are all totally familiar with, where you look at the website of your chosen university, and you notice that half of the students are boys. This, of course, is when gentle fingers of terror close around your heart, and you develop a strong desire to crawl into your drop-safe and disappear.

Also, a 59 year old man asked me out on a date. Or more specially, to "share a box of chicken some night." he then mentioned marriage, and I said all my evenings were full.

So yes, my life continues to be perfectly normal.

The adventures in funding continue...

Right, so, I kind have no way to ease into this, and limited time. So I'll just dive right into the heart of the matter and say that I've been thinking about WHY I'm going to school. Obviously edification of my mind is right up there, but at some point you have to turn the learning time into a job.

So with the information that is available to me right now, it looks like there are three job options once I'm done with my BA.

1. Go on, stay in school, write and teach. 
1. I'd probably be writing more in terms of research than in terms of fiction, but I think I'd like this option. I like teaching (I think maybe?) and I definitely am fond of school.
2. This is the option I know least about, more research is required
2. Write Fiction.
1. Not a high-income life, and not something I can get a job in right out of school. There would have to be some lean years in there while I work on my craft. But I love writing, and people tell me I'm good at it. 
2. Am I good enough to publish, and take the many many rejections that come with this job? Really, only time will tell.
3. Join the Military.
1. Despite my lifelong fascination with the Military, I'd never really thought I could make it in that job. Then, like a lightening strike, we (my family) realized that I wouldn't have to be an infantry officer to join the forces. Because to be honest, I do not think that is where my strength lie. But there are other jobs, and a few of them sound really, really, REALLY interesting. Plus I wouldn't have to worry about money OR wardrobe any more. *beams at everyone*
2. I'm not exactly sure if my strong interests and talents do fit into the jobs that I find interesting. More research required as to what I like to study.

So where am I? These jobs all sound interesting, but they all have one thing in common. 

I really can't decide yet. :P

Especially with the military, I am truly between two minds in a way I rarely am. I look at the job, and then I look at it again, and then I see the part about sports training, and then I see the part about leadership, and then I see... it goes on and on. *head implodes*

Therefore it seems the most prudent thing to do would be to go to school under my OWN steam, (weak cheer,) and after I know what I like in that field, and how good I am at it, I reevaluate. ^_^ 

I look forward to the news that renders this post entirely invalid the moment I post it, as news has a habit of doing.