I'm Setting Some Goals for Myself for this Semester

Hey All,

Again, it's been too long since I've been back here and updating on a regular basis. I'd like to have a good reason, like I'm too busy co-producing a web show for the freshmen at my school, or preparing to move into a new apartment. But in all honesty, I've had plenty of time to go on the Internet and goof around of Facebook and Tumblr, so I have no excuse for not showing up here other than being lazy.

Well I want that to change. This year I'm going to set some goals and goddammit I plan on meeting them by New Years.

1. All A's in my classes this semester.
2. Produce the best 4 episodes of The Lowdown that Emerson can handle!
3. Production position on Good Morning Emerson.
4. 50-100 pages of "The Weaver Journals" completed.
5. SAVE MY F***ING MONEY
6. Make this (or something very similar):

I mean, I work in a costume shop and stock room, I should be able to figure out how to make one of these, right?

Because it will be a cold day in Hell when I pay $160 for a fleece jacket that probably doesn't even keep me warm. Screw that, I'll make it myself (with a little help from my friends and bosses).

(For those of you rich enough to dole out the cash for one of these: http://www.etsy.com/listing/107317627/water-tribe-fleece-avatar-the-last?ref=v1_other_1)









OK, so six things may not seem like much, but it's gonna be hard to do, I can already tell. Classes haven't even started yet and I'm already feeling overwhelmed with all that I still have to learn about producing (not to mention actually paying attention and retaining whatever's being said in my classes).

It's going to be tough, and I'll probably be missing out on some sleep most weeks (aka don't call me on the weekends, because I will be dead in my bed) because it's now about a 40 minute ride to school four days a week.
Awesome.

But the only way I can make things happen is if I set my bar and run for it.

That's all I wanted to say today.
Sorry I've been away for so long.

Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz

It is truly amazing...

The lengths I will go to not do work.

Like, I haven't updated this in FOREVER because I got a little too excited about The Legend of Korra and my new Tumblr so I just sort of...forgot I had a real blog.
Oh well, past is past.

Well, I don't want to go write this email or those thank you letters, so:
I'm listening to fun. "It Gets Better"
I'm watching "King of Queens" on TBS
My phone has been dormant since I left work
I'm reading a few things, including Jodi Picoult and Sam Van Leer's "Between the Lines", oh and my best friend's dad's book "The Fourth Trail." He's kind of new to this whole writing game, so I'm going through it and making comments as I read. I'm ignoring grammatical errors, though, or else I'll never finish the darn thing.
I'm wearing a t-shirt and dark-wash skinny jeans
Oh, and I changed the channel. "Victorious" is on Nickelodeon.

I should be making progress in my Weaver Journals manuscript, but because I'm a lazy fuck, that's not happening. Or technically, I should be writing an email to this guy's manager so we can get him on my show in a few weeks -and that will happen shortly. Or I really should be writing thank you letters to the people responsible for getting my scholarship for the 3rd year in a row...

God, why am I so lazy?

Thanks for reading,
Amy Liz

PS
one more pug gif:

Getting Back on Track

Hello All,

Okay, so midterms are finally winding down and I'm actually getting a handle on some of the things that I'm supposed to be doing for school.
There's still a ton of stuff that I need to do and think about, and then there are things that I don't need to think about right now that I can't help but obsess over because it feels like it is life-changing...which it is, but I really don't have to think about it right now, not for a few months at least.

So yeah,
I just got through with reading Becca Fitzpatrick's newest book in her paranormal series Hush, Hush, called Silence. I think it was the best one in the series so far, the story catapulting onto a whole new level of drama, risk and threat. It was time well-spent, and I highly recommend picking it up.

Also discovered that I will be needing to locate an affordable apartment in Boston for next year because the people that run Housing and Admissions at Emerson College can't count, apparently. Which, of course, got me wondering how much money I could make off of a debut novel, which lead me to this information:
Writers are poor!

So... yes, it seems no matter what job I get, if it's in publishing, I'm probably going to always be dirt poor. Thank goodness I have that bartender's license haha

I've also been spending a lot of time working on and promoting my school's channel and the show I work most on, Good Morning Emerson. It's amazing and it airs live every Tuesday and Thursday, and every day I go in studio, I am just amazed by the professionalism that these college students show when they're working for this show (these roles don't pay, either, so that's doubly impressive).
We also have live performances or interviews every episode, like last week we had the Jacob Jeffries Band come in to promote their on-going tour around the country this year, and I also had Becca Fitzpatrick when she was promoting Silence in Boston a few weeks ago.
To see some episodes of Good Morning Emerson, including my interview with Becca (episode 7), click here.

Other distracting things going on in life:

• movies with roommates
• Brit Lit hw
• discovering Pokemon online
• re-watching old Adult Swim anime
• reading other books
• Bite Club
• Incarceron
• Living Dead in Dallas
• Eeeee Eee Eeee
• Meridian
•  naps
• late night yoga
• Google+ games
• Twitter (follow me, please)

That's it for now,

I'll try to update more often, but my distractions normally distract me from most things I'd rather be doing, including this blog, as well.

Here's shooting for a November 9th update!

Thanks for reading

-Amy Liz