A Step Within Reality

I bought these for my mother this Easter.

Not the best quality, but the fact that I caught this on an iPhone through a telescope should be enough to let that slide, right? 

I actually took this photo with my old Blackberry Curve 8520, than I tried to edit it on my iPhone 4s.

Hey everyone,

Just a year ago I was in a huge slump of a mess. One that I thought I couldn’t get out of. One I didn’t want to deal with because I didn’t know how to. It was today last year that she helped me change who I am and move forward in my life. 

Today is a special day. I’ve been with my girlfriend for an entire year now.I am blessed to have her for even a single day-year alone an entire year. It’s a leap year, so technically our anniversary was yesterday, but according to our calendars, March 1st-the day we started dating-is today. The thought itself puts a smile on my face. Time won’t stop to wait for you, nor will it ever speed up, but the past 365 days flew by incredibly fast! I’m truly the luckiest guy in the world and I am a strong believer of that-for I am the only person out of nearly 7 billion who has a girlfriend as unique and astounding as I do.

My girlfriend is an amazing, beautiful, smart and special girl, and although she doesn’t always admit it, this is by far the truth. She helped me out of a lot of tough situation that she probably doesn’t realize right now, but I know she will soon. Before I was with her I felt as there was no possibility of me every finding happiness. I was depressed, and I needed someone more than I realized, and it’s almost as she knew I needed her. Our relationship was almost spontaneous. It just happened, and I’m totally grateful that it did. I love her, and I will always love and support her like she has for me. I thank god for him putting her in my life.

To celebrate our one year anniversary I have something that I hope she finds very special planned out, and maybe I’ll write about how it goes tomorrow.

Thanks for Reading

-Christian

P.S.

If you happen to read this.. I love you so much and thank you for being my own. I am blessed to have you and there is no real way to explain how I feel about everything you have done within me. Thank you Sarah <3 

I hope you all had a great Valentines Day! For those of you who didn’t.. I hope you have a better one next year and a great week following to make up for the misfortune on your special day. 

To all you men.. I hope you treated your sweetheart with respect an did something special for her to remember. Also, I hope she showed you appreciation and respect for you being her own. 

To all you ladies.. I hope you all had a wonderful Valentines Day, heart-broken, or love-struck. Smile and move onward. 

To me, Valentines Day is a day to show appreciation of your partner or the friends and family you have around you. Although I believe you should be doing this on a daily basis, I think it’s great that there’s a holiday that reminds us all to do so. So on this note, Happy Valentines Day (2012), and continue your rest of the week with a bright smile on your face. 

Thanks for Reading!

-Christian 

Lately I’ve been incredibly busy! Last week was examination week in my high school, meaning, tons of studying, early nights, and earlier mornings. This semester I only had to take three exams though; however, it was still a lot to prepare for.

I’d taken my English, Mathematics, and Science-C exam. I think I performed well. I received the highest course and exam mark in mathematics throughout my entire grade. I received the 2nd highest exam grade within my science course, and I was only the 2nd by 1%. I also did fairly well on the unreasonably long English exam that I had to take. So overall, I’m proud that I met my own expectations.

Though exams were over and I did receive a couple days off of school, I still had to work and I took a lot of time for myself to just relax and catch up on some sleep before semester 2 began, which happens to be a far more challenging semester than the previous.

This semester I’m enrolled in Chemistry, Biology, Socials, and CALM (Careers and Life Management. Which happens to be lessons on business, finances, sex-ed etc). All of my courses I’m taking are the most challenging of the courses available to someone in my grade. Usually, people wait a while before taking courses like Chemistry and CALM, but I couldn’t wait and I am well prepared. This should be a challenging, but interesting 2nd semester.

Because of all this, I haven’t had very much time for myself or time to work on my novel. Although, I am currently working on Chapter 2 as I write. This chapter will give the readers a better idea about who my main character really is and her personal morals, personality, and so on. I’m very excited to be working on a piece that I can be as creative as I want to be. It’s a different sort of excitement, it makes me strive for more and pushes me beyond my boundaries. I think this is something only I understand.

Anyways, I’ll keep you all up to date and try to post more often! 

Thanks for Reading

-Christian

Hey Everyone,

So as some of you may know I began working on my very first novel-Of the YA Dystopian Fiction genre-about 10 days ago. In those 10 days, I managed to finish my first chapter. This was not easy. I wanted to create a chapter so gripping and detailed that it would draw in the reader to the point where they are left wondering and eager to read more. This took lots of plotting out characters, locations, and other elements that make a great story.

Out of the 10 days, I only spent 5 of them working on the first chapter. The rest of the time, I spent creating characters that I hope people will enjoy reading and stuff like that. I also had found myself someone-trust worthy and totally brilliant-who agreed to edit my work for me. Every time I complete a chapter, I will email them my rough draft and they will let me know of any mistakes, missing details, and even leave notes on how I can improve the quality of my writing. I’m very grateful for this!

I’m not rushing this novel at all! Especially because I have my mid-term exams in 4 days, which makes things pretty hectic. I spend majority of my time writing late in the evening, which usually results in me being up to like 2 am, which happens to be extremely tiring! But when I’m in the mood to write, it’s almost as if I can’t be pulled away until I’m satisfied with not only the amount of work I’d completed, but the quality of it. Although, this doesn’t really help me, because for whatever reason, I’m almost never satisfied with what I have typed into file.

So I’m hoping some of you are actually interested to hear more! My working title so far is, The Gifted. Here’s a little exert from chapter one:

I take a deep breath and as silent as I can, I whisper that I will speak to him after our exam. He doesn’t hear me, so I speak up and repeat myself, but just as I’m hissing to Vince, I’m cut off by a loud, vexatious voice, over the auditoriums intercom.

  “Ms. Abigail Emmerson, report to the front of the room immediately.”

If you have any questions or would like a to know a bit more about the novel itself, message me. 

Thanks for reading,
- Christian  

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