Amendment to Dream Number One: Before I'm 20!!!

I am: in my Venturing uniform.

What's the anime freak listening to now? Leave out All the Rest by Linkin Park

Dream Diary: Dream Number One, Dream Number One!!!!

I had a confrontation with my dad today. I told him I don't want to be so involved in Venturing, that I'd rather dedicate that time to my book. Every once in a while I get panicked and anxious like this. In a way, it's desperation, but it's not reckless desperation; I channel it effectively. I like to call it printlust. Lol.

I feel rededicated to this chase today. As I told my dad, if I can get an agent this semester, I still could be on the shelf I turn 20. But I have to get an agent before my 18th birthday, and even that might cut it too close. . . .

I think he was impressed I had this calculated. He knows I'm giving my all to this.

One-Day Intern

I am: At my Uncle Ed-itor's house in Texas.

What's the anime freak listening to now? Megumeru, the Clannad opening theme.

Dream Diary: Agents. And something else I can't remember. I think it had to do with prairie dogs.

The prairie dog thing would be from talking with an editor I interned with for one day at Boy's Life Magazine. She was telling me how she looked up prairie dogs online one time, and she found this site that had been poorly translated: "Piece of prairie dog has napkin party!"

It was interesting seeing how magazines operate--which parts are creative and which arent. I did a lot of fact-checking for them. Emails, phone calls, websites.

I never want to go into journalism.