SkullCandy

Titles elude me. They always have. I swear i spend more time thinking of them than i do actually thinking of what i want to write. This particular title was randomly chosen for the fact i have Skullcandys on my head now. It could be worse. On my left, is the storybook "Peter Rabbit: Easter Egg Hunt". =P

I tend to write only for three motives:

1. I get a great idea for a story, a blog post, etc. 

2. I'm in extreme joy/sadness and my feelings help really well. I am, after all, writing in a blog, which is basically a personal diary.

3. I need to ramble until my brain hits the creative thinking spot. Think of it as a game of pinball. i type to let my thought zing around my head until i find the one i want.

In this case, I'm influenced by number 2. 

“Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.”

—

Benjamin Franklin I found this quote on Tumblr. A couple of hours ago, i posted it, thinking "What if you run out of matches, and the fire still won't start?"  But the candle did light up. =)  Recently i acquired a virus in my computer, that hides all your programs and files, and feed you pop-ups claiming the hard drive is unreadable, and thus, the programs are gone. The worst part was, i just spent a whole hour of my afternoon writing a new 900 word chapter for one of the stories i'm writing. And when all my files disappeared, and my chapter gone as well, i kinda had no mood to write anymore. It seemed like a waste. I didn't feel like rewriting that chapter anymore, because i felt like that was one of the best attempts i put forward in that chapter. I revised it over and over, and did a lot of research to make sure every detail was just right. Then it disappeared! I was really moody with the computer. =( "Persevere, Clare. "       - Henry (The Time Traveler's Wife ~Audrey Niffenegger) But a couple days later, e.g today, i was googling ways to fix the problem again and i finally found something. It said that my files were hidden, not deleted. =) So i worked hours on that. And.... i think it worked. It's still too early to tell, but my files are back, and my story too. So, yeah. I'm feeling particularly great that i managed to solve this problem. =) Thats the reason i'm writing this post. There's a lot to gain in persevering and not giving up, no matter the obstacles you have to face.