Back to School :(

OK. It's July Freaking 15th. And I just saw K-Mart's back to school commercial.

WTF.

It's July. It's the middle of summer. There is a still an entire solid month before school starts. GAH! That's just not fair. To hold something so horrid over our heads this early into summer... that's just a bit below the metaphorical belt, K-Mart.

I'm glad I don't shop at K-Mart. Those jerks. I bet they didn't have to go through IB. If they did, they wouldn't be so excited about getting their mother-flipping school supplies out in the MIDDLE OF JULY.

There's just something wrong with that.

This is America.

Oh well.

On a completely unrelated note, I'm going to see the "other" AIDA tomorrow night! And it's gonna be awesome. But not nearly as awesome as the NYT performance of AIDA. But you can't go wrong with such an awesome show.

I just saw a garbage truck go backwards down the entire length of a street from my bedroom window. It amused me greatly.

I really have nothing more to say.

Good-Bye, then. :)

So...

I've got this idea for EE. If I write, like, 300-400 words a day, my essay will be complete within two weeks. This would work, in theory. But I am not accounting for writer's block, or the fact that I'm still not entirely sure where this essay is going. I have a very rough outline, but is that enough? I have my doubts.

I would know. I outlined an entire 26,000 word book for my personal project, and even then I had problems writing.

But since this essay is a work of non-fiction (and is taken heavy donations from a kind old gentleman named Wikipedia, as well as the books I checked out from College Hill), it might be easier to write, since I'm not making things up as I go... at least I hope I'm not making things up. That would be an issue.

The Extended Essay did not fall on a convenient summer. I have much on my plate, and not much on the metaphorical plate has been fully consumed. Sure, I've taken bites out of the many bitter-tasting foods, but I am yet to actually consume an entire pork chop yet.

But at least I can find small mercies in my amazing ability to create metaphors.

That's all. Tune in next time. :)

The First Post

Hello. You have just encountered the first post of Eric's Blog of Awesome. If you are awesome, this blog is for you. If you are not awesome, we'll still put up with you.

I will be using this blog to inform you of things in my life, regardless of importance.

Right now, you might be interested to know that I'm working on my Extended Essay. Mine is on the evolution of song in musical theatre. It's quite a treat, actually. But it's also kind of not a treat because it's... well... an extended essay.

More to come! When I feel like it. Warm Regards.

(I'm not sure why I said that.)