My birthday!

Today I am 21. I can't really believe that I'm that old.

I had an awesome party. All of my friends was there. It was like I was a little kid again. Ben made all kinds of curry and pizza and I provided all the beer, and we had cake and chips and everyone was full by the time they left. Jessie came too, and they brought out the cake and sang happy birthday to me. I wasn't really expecting that. It was nice to finally have a large party for my birthday. Brittney was there too! I'm so glad she came out. Even though she got lost trying to find the apartment, and then had to walk around the huge hole in the middle of the road that is the construction on the street. Hehe.

I also had my tarot cards read. I figured I'd spurge for myself since it was my special day. It says that I have to follow my own ideals and not worry about what people think of them. It also said that I can't get distracted by ideals that sound promising but in reality are just a diversion from what I really want to do, because I have a habit of taking on too much at once. So true.

The cards also said that I have a large support base, mostly family, but after tonight I got a since that it was larger than that. It made me feel really happy and...supported. Hehe. So it's my birthday-new year resolution to follow my crazy dreams even if they go against the norm.

Aka, independent publishing.

Perhaps this was sparked from my 6th rejection letter for The Grandfather Clock, the children's chapter book I wrote last October. I'm vigourously re-writing it all the time. I still want to find this one a home with a "real" publisher.

Then again, I'm constantly inspired by other Canadian self-publishers who took it upon themselves to promote and pay for their books.

I'm not going to promise that I'm going to update this blog everyday. Whenever I make a promise such as that, I always tend to break it. But I do promise to be honest. More honest. I'm an adult now and I don't have time to always worry about what others are thinking.

Anyway, enough of my ranting. I'm ohhhs sleepy.