Pathetic Revision and Five Things I Want To Do Before I Die!

Here is my situation, I come home from school and with a half-empty bottle of water at my side, collective thoughts of my math test and much science homework due tomorrow, I sit at my seven-year old computer to figure out something to blog about. And now, I've decided to save myself from further block - lack of anything to blog about and solely to keep this blog going - I go to Google. And yes, I highly recommend, if you have problems go to Google; life-saver. ;) First, I type in "random blog topic generator". I stumble across one good generator and you choose a category and then click "generate" and it randomly picks a topic. I mean, these really plainly random topic. I clicked it many times and found topics like, "Martha Stewart jail time" and "celebs you hate". Of course, I could rant about the celebrities I don't like but frankly, I don't like immersing myself into that world of plastic women, airy singers, and rappers. I don't like many celebrities - if not any - so I won't have much to blog about. Therefore, I won't do that either. And I am certainly not doing Martha Stewart's jail time, one; because I didn't know she went to jail, and two; I honestly don't care. And likely, if I don't care, you're not going to waste your time reading it...

So, I'm back at Google and I look at the results it brought up for "random blog topic generator" and I see a website that gives you an "Imagination Prompt Generator". I decide to give that a whirl. The result appears below the sites logo and it reads: Write About 3 Things That You Want to Do in Your Life.

Finally, a worthy topic!

And this leaves you at my answer to that question, what do I want to do? Well, read a bit further and you'll find out and of course, they're not going to be in any particular order because I don't want to rank them... too difficult and I'm going to be naming them by the seat of my pants, guys, just warning you. I guess you could call this a rough draft of my Bucket List as well. (I might do a bit of narrating, it's fun! :D)

BUT! Sorry to delay, but I must say this. Since some of my frequent readers are writers and so am I if you haven't notice... But I must discuss this.

In English today, I come into the class and set down my binder at the corner desk closest to the board with the agenda inked onto it. I always get a clear shot of it from my desk and so, out of lack of anything else better to do while I wait for other students to arrive to the class, I check out the door. It reads:
-Grammar
-Expository Writing. Rough Draft Due Next Class!

First of all, I didn't know what expository writing was to begin with. I've heard of it but never have I attempted to write it... because I don't know what it is. At the first sight of this, I'm groaning. That is, of course, until I hear what it is. But that's beside the point!
The point is were are going over grammar. And I don't mean the long, complicated rules of grammar; I mean the basic-basic grammar such as comma usage, capitalization, and commonly missed words. Yeah, that basic stuff.

Class starts and my teacher comes in to explain to us why we have grammar on our agenda. She said it was because that, "many of you don't know what the rules are or completely refuse to use them." That's pretty much what she said, or something to that affect. My English teacher is very blunt about things; she's a give-it-to-you-straight type of person, which is nice because she won't lace her sentences will high-vocabulary words... or anything. Not like I've had a teacher like that...

I'm sorry, but in my opinion, I think it's pathetic. But let's be honest, I suck at grammar. I know how to use commas when I should, periods when I should, words when I should and structure sentences when I should because that's just part of being a writer! These things just come naturally to us and we don't really give my thought into it. I remember last year in seventh grade, we learned the types of clauses (sentences, basically) and you know, I don't really think about what type of sentences of CLAUSES I'm writing. I just write sentences and they come out the way they come out.
And now that there is revision on grammar, I'm a bit agitated mostly at the people in my class. C'mon people! It's not that hard; it's called putting effort into things! But there, I am a hypocrite because I already stated that I suck at grammar. Okay, GRAMMAR doesn't come as naturally as other English-type-things do.
The assignment for grammar was four pages and out of seventy questions total I missed only thirteen. That's a bit disappointing to myself but on the contrary, writer's aren't born perfect spellers, I'm not trust me, and, like I stated to the guy that sits in front of me when he saw my minus thirteen questions total, "Just because I'm a writer doesn't automatically mean I'm good a grammar..." Because it's true!
Mostly what I missed were the commonly missed words. The words, "all right, alright, all ready, and already" are confusing! And I simply don't know those words...
What are your opinions, if you're a writer, about grammar so I can get a little number of how many people are good at it. This is your time to shine... and sorry if you're a reader that isn't a writer. You should be a writer, there are a lot of benefits and it's fun. And... if this interesting you anymore... you can kill people and get away with it. >:) (FYI: I am not influencing murder)

My water bottle is now empty, the sun is setting and my science and math homework are looming high over me; probably should get started. This blog post is already long but I don't care; as long as the reader enjoys it... :)

"Chelsea's Credulous Bucket List of Things She Wants To Do Before Her Death"
By: Yourself truly.

1. Sky Diving.
The first thing that comes to mind whenever the words "Bucket List" come up or "Want I Want To Do Before I Die" come up, sky diving is always the first one that comes to mind.
I've discussed sky diving to my Canadian Bestie/Pen Pal and discussed how much I want to do it. He reckons it's dangerous and began to say that, "you could die because your parachute doesn't work." My only retort is, "that doesn't normally happen... there is a 99% chance that it WON'T happen." But it looks so much fun! Like I've already said, I'm an adrenaline seeker and this looks so exhilarating!
SERIOUSLY, it's the closest thing you get to FLYING... only that you're falling but really high up. It would be so amazing but, being me, I would probably stand at the lip of the plane look down, drain of colour and demand to get off. Of course, I'm typing this from the safety of my computer room in my house...

2. Meet Karen Traviss
If you don't already know that Karen Traviss is my absolutely FAVOURITE author... well, now you do. I would do just about anything in the world just to meet her; sit down and talk to her for an hour or something. She's amazing and I love all of her books. She's my inspiration! But come to think of it, I've had a couple of conversations back and forth with her through email... it was INTERESTING!
And for being my inspiration and producing such an ENJOYABLE book series and AWESOMELY intriguing tie-ins, she will be promptly put on my dedication page of my book, Xenophobia. (Oh yes, status of that book is: if my DANG COMPUTER WOULD LOAD maybe I would tell you... Why is it when I need it, it won't come up and if I don't particular need it it WON'T come up. Screw it, you win computer...)

3. Go Bungee Jumping
Like I already said, I like to find sources for my adrenaline and this might be a good one! Dude, you're not "flying" like sky diving but you're actually falling... off a bridge and then you're abruptly yanked back up by the bungee cord.
It's about the closest things you'll get to falling off of a building and Superman randomly coming to save you. I'm sorry, but I don't know about you... but I would really like to experience that.

My mind is drawing blank and dinner is ready and I'm HUNGRY. So, I must depart and I hope you enjoyed the hour and a half that I devoted out of my homework time to write this... just... for... you... Oh, don't feel bad. I don't want to do my homework ;)

~Chelsea/Too-Lazy-To-Put-Anything-Here-For-My-Other-Names-Because-I-Have-Come-To-See-It-Is-Utterly-Pointless-Like-How-I'm-Delaying-More-Time-To-Do-My-Homework-To-Type-This-All-Out-Yeah-I'm-That-Crazy.