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Hello all sentient beings visiting this blog from far and near. I guess I should provide you a little bit of information about myself. My name is Gwen and I live in the gorgeously crowded city that is Chicago. I just started my junior year as an English major at Belgrave Academy and I couldn't be happier. I guess if you want to know more, you'll just have to ask. Live long and prosper.

[gwenabrams-blog]

This week was rough

[jamesxxsirius]

Only a little bit. But creating your own world can be fun so really, you shouldn’t be embarrassed if you are. JK Rowling managed to earn billions by doing just that. Fiction is more interesting than non-fiction unless there’s a particular subject you’re interested in. I’m sure those karma points will be needed in the future after they kill the examination board for disqualifying them.

[gwenabrams-blog]

I'm not looking to earn billions, although that would be really nice. It's just a way of escaping the real world, you know? And just because that escape can help earn me a degree, I thought I might as well go for it. I'm not really embarrassed about how much time I spend thinking about people and creating, I just don't think about how many other people don't think the way I do. Those karma points might go towards helping them with a murder, but the question is if they try to kill the examination board or if they save your life just to kill you again for being the reason behind their disqualification.

[faultedheart]

I love how you still refer to me as a carrot. Is that our new thing?

[gwenabrams-blog]

I sure hope it's our new thing or I would just sound like an idiot. 

[laylafabs]

I know, I was exaggerating. 

[gwenabrams-blog]

I hope you were exaggerating because, not even including the epidemic/vaccine issue, injuries aren't something you can catch like a disease. I just thought I would clarify.

[wheelyartie]

Being any one of them would be an honor really. Oh, really? And what movie would that be dearest sister?

[gwenabrams-blog]

I'd make you the cricket from Mulan. You pretend you have all the luck in the world but really you're just a bug. 

[mathieusmythe]

Nothing lame at all. If I actually had my books, I’d probably have cracked them open myself so definitely not lame.

[gwenabrams-blog]

Or maybe the case is that we're actually just outliers in the population and we're both just really lame and actually want to get back to school.

[sherllockedhollmes]

If I do that I can get out of practice and I can’t be out of practice are you crazy? My major is Ballet and I need to have my dance class. I need to be perfect if I want to get into a company. I cannot fall behind. And I landed wrong. I made a dumb mistake and landed wrong.

[gwenabrams-blog]

You're really not going to be practicing technically... I guess that doesn't make it much better. Don't think about it right now. You still have a little while before classes start. What you should focus on is getting better and then through physical therapy so you can be back on your feet faster. Then you won't fall too behind. Everyone messes up, they must have some sort of contingency plan for that. 

[sherllockedhollmes]

That’s going to have to be the plan. I’m going to be so behind.

[gwenabrams-blog]

That sucks super hard. Maybe you're just going to have make this semester full of liberal arts credits if you need any. What even happened?

[laylafabs]

Is getting hurt some kind of epidemic? Am I gonna have to get an injection? I’m not feeling this.

[gwenabrams-blog]

I'm pretty sure they don't have vaccines for epidemics, that's how they infect enough people to reach epidemic status. 

[wheelyartie]

"As I was saying, I’m pretty sure if I were a Disney character I would be one of the muses. And that’s the gospel truth."

[gwenabrams-blog]

Oh really? If you were any of them you'd be the shorter one who gets to belt out all of the runs but is too short to help hold up the parthenon. But I'd probably put you in a different movie.   

[mathieusmythe]

I really need this semester to hurry up and start already.

[gwenabrams-blog]

I feel that. I've already started to read some of the books on my textbook list. Is that lame?

[faultedheart]

You don’t have to do that, Gwen. Honestly, it’s fine. I just to get better, even if it’ll take a long time.

[gwenabrams-blog]

I know I don't need to, but what's a fellow carrot for but to make kind gestures to a fallen comrade?  

[gwenabrams-blog]

This week was rough

[jamesxxsirius]

As depressing as it sounds, sometimes creating your own people can be a lot more fun than dealing with real ones. Don’t worry, I get the feeling you’re the type of person who could write a series of novels about how shit the education system is. And now definitely isn’t the time to see whether I’m correct or not. But then those people who call 911 during the exam would probably end up getting disqualified for having their phones out and talking despite the fact that they would have saved me.

[gwenabrams-blog]

It's not depressing, it's creating a whole new world out of nothing, it's exhilarating. I love to spend my time creating and thinking about people more than actually spending time with people. Okay, maybe it is a bit depressing, or maybe it's just an English major thing? I'm pretty sure you're right, but it would be more of an encyclopedia about the injustice of every American system. Too bad I spend so much of my time on fiction. Oh no, you're right. They would get disqualified, but your life would be saved. They'd gain good karma points despite failing out of college. 

[gwenabrams-blog]

Midnight premiere here I come.

[huntinterrupted-blog]

At least more script writers,or writers in general,  seem to realize that and write women with more layers than just one or reduce them to their appearance. How did you know that? But yeah, it’s the most recent example to I guess it  was a bit predictable. Animated or not, like you said it was pretty much perfect. And I don’t just say that because I might have a thing for musicals. There’s so much wrong with Exodus than just  the casting but that’s another story. I could say I’m not most people but while  that’s  true it also sounds lame. You might have noticed that I’m  still an active participant in this conversation so that’s reason one. Reason two is that I find your appearance pleasing. And well, even if you claim you talk a lot and fast, you have valid points and  you’re  being passionate about it. I like it. 

[gwenabrams-blog]

Well, I guess it really depends on the movie you're seeing, because a lot of writers are still sticking to the adding more layers but using those layers as a reason she needs a boyfriend. Obviously not having a man is all any well adjusted woman thinks about when they're already successful career-wise. I knew because I was about to bring up Exodus and you beat me to the punch. But yes, the music makes it that much better. Maybe Ridley Scott should have thought to add that, it could have made his movie tolerable. I like reason 1 better, you should stick to that. I like your passion too. It could honestly rival mine, maybe I should be the one that's nervous, although it's probably obvious by now that I already am. 

[gwenabrams-blog]

This week was rough

[jamesxxsirius]

So you’re a creative writer? Disliking reading would definitely be a problem in this major. Thank God, I didn’t make that mistake. Most students have probably experienced the horrors of having to retain an insane amount of information in their brains, most of which doesn’t even come up in the exams. The joys of the education system, huh? And that’s true, at least if I die I’ll get more time in the exam.

[gwenabrams-blog]

I love writing and I love creating characters, so I guess you could say that. Oh, the education system. Don't even get me started on the insanity that is the American education system. You can have a heart attack and survive. Hopefully in the middle of an exam people would have their cell phones at the ready to call 911 and the probability that at least one person in the class knows CPR is pretty high, so your chances of survival would be high as well. 

[jovialsaladartisan]

About to hop on a plane!

On my way back to college to ring in the New Year US of A style for the first time! If anyone is around to watch the ball drop with me for the first time hit me up I’m super excited!

[gwenabrams-blog]

Do they not do ball drops where you're from? How do you know when it's the new year?

[faultedheart]

You really don’t have to, you know.

[gwenabrams-blog]

No, I'm pretty sure I do because you deserve it. 

[gwenabrams-blog]

This week was rough

[jamesxxsirius]

Same here, however this school is huge therefore there are probably a vast amount of students studying English. Doing the reading isn’t an issue; I love the reading side of English. It’s really just the remembering things issue and staying awake during class whilst simultaneously trying to not give myself a heart attack by pouring too much caffeine down my throat.

[gwenabrams-blog]

That's very true and there are so many different tracts, and I'm more into the fictional creative writing and critical theory classes. Well, I would hope you enjoyed the reading or else you would be in the completely wrong major. Hmm, that is quite the dilemma, it sounds like something every English major has faced, even though your troubles are decidedly more severe. On the bright side, if the caffeine did end up giving you a heart attack in the middle of a test or something, you could probably get an extension.