So today I was just playing with photoshop and I threw up some t-shirts XD I think some of them look pretty nice. Personally I want like a horde of people in black Espresso Love System is Everything shirts and black sunglasses running around like a staff team hahaha And the Takatsu one is like a band tee :3 Then there’s the funny bullshit one LOL I’ll be making more! Enjoy!
Go here to try on diff colors and get the shirts! http://society6.com/Takatsu/tshirts
Hmm, other than that, it’s essay and exam season but I’m doing alright. Things are going well. I’ve apparently won the President’s Creative Writing award for my year and will be attending an award ceremony and reception on Monday to my surprise and delight. More on that after Monday!
Still working on Espresso Love, there’s going to be a need for another four months to go to finish the first draft and then alot of editing. But this award especially was a great encouragement from my professor, and is driving me to hope and strive for more. The award is just something small in my view, it’s nominated for my school work this year, and is within the university. I’m looking forward to putting out Espresso Love as my debut full novel and hoping a big publisher will see its potential and pick it up. And perhaps awards for it to come? 😛 I’m aiming and dreaming big. I think my novel has potential to become a milestone piece of literature.
Currently, my creativity is all poured into this novel – it is constantly on my mind and it’s hard to think of anything else. However, this is a good sign, it’s a time of production and focus. But I’m also excited for when I’m finished because I will be relatively more liberated to pursue other things. Particularly, after writing this first draft, I will have the energy and focus so that I can turn my attention to writing smaller pieces to send off to literary magazines, contests and other platforms, as well as going out to events, conventions and network.
On the other hand, it’s getting a little warmer so that’s always a plus. Having to wear so many things just to go outside is quite the hassle. But still, this year has been a good year, horrible winter or not. A good start. Good things are to come. This year has been a year of growth of skill, the mind and the intellect. My way of thinking has matured so much, as seen in Espresso Love and I’m beginning my attempt to write my book of personal philosophies. This has all been a combination of factors. One particular source of inspiration is creative writing classes no doubt, which has pushed me forward to return to full prose and take on a demanding mature ambitious form of writing as well as having given me a lot of encouragement when I receive recognition for my writing. And for example, despite my writing, I’ve been balancing some music too. Feeling much more confident in my singing now, I’ve been recording alot of covers, and will continue to do so. Perhaps an original or two will come along the way. It’s alot more fun to sing now, because my skill has improved so much, and I’ve acquired a pretty large range now. Looking forward to what I’ll be able to do onwards from here. This, I think is the growth of the mind, that capacity to balance multiple things and be diligent and focused in all of it. It’s not something I could have done years ago. Years ago, with Secondhand Memories, I couldn’t handle anything else if I was focusing on it. And its subject matter is the matter of emotions and innocent relationships. This is good and all, but it just shows me how much I’ve grown. That I am completely on a different level now and have a different worldview.
I’ve also been meeting and talking to lots of great people online or in real life, especially through the facebook network of cell phone novelists. It’s been amazing to connect with others on a deep level, influence, encourage, inspire and just make people laugh and enjoy life. Being able to help people through their problems and present my personal philosophies, advice and ideas, and then being able to receive respect and positive energy back. It has been very nurturing. Giving and receiving in return. I think this is what drives me on.
There are some points in life where I have not received much. But as I reach out more and give more to others and the world, there is some return now, and surely more to come.
Life is getting back on track and steadily climbing to a higher place. At the moment, I may sound a little over confident or conceited, but I know I’m just capitalizing on my positive side during my positive time. No doubt, there will be a downhill somewhere in the future, but I’m not afraid. Forward we go