Why I Can't Keep a Journal..

Do you ever get so overwhelmed by something so great that you get too intimidated to try it?
Yeah, that's me.
Or maybe its just my anxiety.
Anyway.
That's how I am with creative things. Journals, scrapbooking, keeping an agenda, etc.
Although I have trained myself to keep a daily planner, I cannot do any of the former activities.
Don't ask me why, its just how my brain works.
Search 'journal' on Pinterest.com and you will find these amazing, exquisite ideas and pages full of creatively-drawn doodles and heart shapes with random words around them.
Here are some examples:

Sorry, the spacing is all messed up and I don't feel like fixing it.

But seriously, ya'll.

They're gorgeous!!

I have a board on Pinterest dedicated to journalling alone, but still I cannot seem to start. I see all these prompts (check out this one) and start to get overwhelmed.

But while writing this, I decided that I will start. I don't know what notebook to start in, but I WILL start. 

For resources, check out my Pinterest account or just search 'journal prompts'. I will be doing mine randomly and may or may not post them on here. I will post them here if I really like them :)

My pinterest: KatieKatKrazy

Thanks for reading! I will update you about my progress! :)

Senior Year!

Senior year is upon us.

So many lasts. So many firsts. 

Your last English teacher.

Your last Spanish teacher yelling at you in Español: ¡Despertarse!

This year is extremely bittersweet. Bitter in the way that we are going to be thrown out into the real world in exactly 179 days. [Yes, I am counting]. Sweet in the way that we will finally be done with this society's hardest and proudest accomplishment: finishing high school. We are expected to shape the rest of our lives in these four, short years.

Okay. Besides that..

Here is how my senior year will go:

My school day consists of 7 class periods.

My first and second hour will be CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) training.

My third hour is AP Biology. I know, I'm in for a challenge. I like it so far, though.

My fourth hour is Contemporary Issues, which is an easy A. I have taken it before but I like the teacher and the class so why not retake it.

My fifth hour is College Prep English. I expect it to be a fairly easy course since English is usually my forte. 

Sixth hour consists of Government. Meh. Nothing good but nothing bad. Hopefully it'll be interesting enough to keep me awake.

Seventh hour is the dreaded mathematics class: College Prep Algebra. I have once almost failed an Algebra class but I did okay in Geometry. I expect this course to be mildly challenging since, duh, its math. I also receive credit from the local community college for taking the class. I will be placed into College level math when I go there. 

Well, thats how my next eighteen weeks will go!

After that comes winter break.

Then the real shit happens.

Omg: college applications, acceptance letters, graduation, agh.

I will be still taking AP Bio, CP English, CP Algebra, and my CNA classes. Instead of doing lots of book work in my CNA class, which we are doing this semester, we will be completing our clinical hours during our second semester. Fun!!! I can't wait!

Good luck with whatever you're doing this semester, my dear reader.

Warm snuggly hugs,

KaTiE.

[I'm secretly a five-year-old.]

The Strain FX Review

So there's this new show on FX called The Strain. Of course I checked it out because hello anything on FX is good!

Basically it's about this plane that lands in America. It came from Britain/England. When it arrives in the JFK airport, it is labeled a 'dead' airplane because there is no sign of life from outside of the plane and all of the doors are sealed. We later find that there are four survivors and two hundred and six dead for no reason. 

Ephraim Goodweather:

Is the first to come onto the plane. Eph and his partner, Nora Martinez, find no sign of struggle, wounds, or anything that might explain the situation. What they do find is an excessive amount of ammonia with no sign of a source.

Abraham Setrakian is a strange old man who owns a pawn shop. He's pretty badass. Later in the show, he comes and tells the CDC that they need to destroy all of the 'dead' bodies. But the bodies aren't actually dead, they are in a zombie-like state. They wake up, kill the medical examiner, and leave to wreck havoc on the city. 

And that's as far into the season I have gotten!
I hope everyone can enjoy this show, too!