Pain, Names, and Restlessness

Have you ever felt that pain on your neck when you sleep on one side too long or when you sleep with your neck in a crooked angle? I really hate that and today I woke up like that but multiply the pain by 100. I've never EVER had this much pain before on my neck, it's so bad that I can't even bend down or move my neck by half an inch.

I've been stuck in bed all day with the smell of po sum on oil and icy hot lingering around me, like that dust cloud that pig pen has around him. At least it's a pleasant smell. Looking on the bright side of things, I got to relax a bit today and take a breather from all of the reading that I've been required to do for my George Eliot class. I don't mind reading, believe me I don't. I just hate having to read at a faster pace then what I'm usually used to. Reading around 200 pages in a period of two days isn't easy, especially when the material that I have to read isn't necessarily "light reading".

Moving onto another subject, this past weekend I was talking to my cousin about the book that I'm currently working on. When it comes to names or titles I usually don't have a hard time coming up with them. It tends to come easily for me to think of a name for a character or a title for the story. That "streak" of mine ended with this book. For the first time I was absolutely stuck with coming up with a name for the book and a name for the place/setting where the book takes place.

So, I was on the computer listening to some dubstep and messing around with picnik and my cousin kept asking me questions about the book. I was telling him how I didn't have a name for the book and we were just throwing out names and random words to see if we could come up with something. We didn't get anything and I was close to giving up for the day when suddenly he went on my itunes and played the song "Restlessness" by Bastien Laval feat. Layla.

I really love that song, especially the lyrics. So when he played it I was singing a long and suddenly I found my title! The first verse is:


Good morning midnight
Hello again
If I dont close my eyes
Days never end
Tick tick tock tock... 
Whos keeping time?
Throw away the stop watch
Losing my mind
Im so fixed on this high that I found
Once you touch the sky
There is no coming down


My title is: Midnight In The Universe


The funny thing about it is that I've had this song on my playlist for the book for a while now. I never would have expected to find my title through that song! And I really love the title! It fits the story PERFECTLY! Now, the only thing i'm missing is to come up with a name for the "place" where the story takes place.


I hope it comes to me soon! :)

2012! Kindle Fire! FIU! Oh My!

So, this is my first post of 2012 and let me tell you, I was definitely not expecting to start the year by getting a Kindle Fire. Yup, me! 


Me!-who has always been against ereaders! 


Me!-who swore to read the printed word. Yeah... me o_o


The feeling of a book in your hands, seeing the cover, the noise of flipping a page- I love that. To me, that makes the reading experience...real.


I guess you could say that I was surprised by how useful having an e-reader can be and how it can save you a lot of money when buying books, especially books for college/university. This is the exact reason why I made the decision to get an e-reader. Majority of the books I need for my classes can be downloaded for free from Amazon. Now who doesn't like free stuff?


This past week has been strange and kind of quiet. It's so weird to think that 2012 is here and I'm already a Junior attending FIU. Last year I was a complete nervous wreck, especially while I was in the middle of the transferring process from MDC to FIU. I was in a position where I honestly could not see where I was going to be in the coming year. That has never happened before. The strange part is that I KNEW I would be attending FIU but it's almost as if I couldn't SEE myself there. I don't really know how to explain it but it is a terrible and scary feeling when all you can see is a blank canvas when you stop to think about the future.


I've always been the kind of person who felt sure about certain things. I was never terrified of the future, in fact I kind of looked forward to it. You never know what is going to come up in life and sometimes those surprises can be wonderful. Looking at this past week, I can't help but smile because things are okay and I feel tranquil. If only I could have told myself back in August that things would go smooth.


I'm still a bit surprised at the fact that I'm attending FIU. I really like my campus, Biscayne Bay is beautiful and I love that the campus is small, almost the same size as Wolfson. I also like my classes: Renaissance Drama, Major British Writer: George Eliot, World Ethnography, and Approach to Literature. I'm happy that as I continue my education, the only classes I have to take are the ones regarding my major. In other words, NO MORE MATH! Simply reading and writing <3

I will admit though that a part of me really misses the Wolfson campus. Attending school in downtown Miami was an amazing experience for me. I was completely inspired by the city and I had such an awesome time during those two years I was attending MDC. This a new chapter in my life and I'm glad I'm starting it with FIU. I wonder what will be in store for me these next two years...