Dreamwidth Entry

So I've migrated from Livejournal to Dreamwidth.

I suppose it's mostly because I don't like how things are getting more facebook-friendly nowadays, and having an option to cross-post my journal to my facebook was a little much for me. Oh, I know it's an option that I don't have to use, but it's probably because I'm a bit tired of seeing facebook everywhere, and hopefully Dreamwidth won't do that for the time being. And besides, I think that I like being in a community that seems fresh and new. Like seeing the possibilities of a clean slate, and also the dangers of one and inhibited it can be. Very exciting.

I think I'll commemorate this journal with something significant that had happened in my life: I've finally gotten my driver's permit from the DMV. Having just barely passed the exam, I'm now ready to practice driving a car! I already practiced driving in a straight line in the parking lot with my dad, but I now see that I have a long way to go and I'm pretty excited by the possibilities of finally gaining greater mobility. But I guess I shouldn't give up on the public transportation system quite soon, though.

Hobbies-wise, I've gotten back to reading for pleasure, which is something that I haven't actually done for a long time. What prompted me was that I was trying to write some fan fiction involving Vincent Valentine and Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy VII and what I usually do is that I would write it all down by hand and then eventually transfer it to the computer. Well, after doing the first chapter, I came up to the point when I began to feel that the story isn't really going anywhere and I felt limited by my writing abilities. So for a time I'll be going back to my old mentors in writing: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, some writing non-fiction books, and Tolstoy. Pretty old-fashioned sort of people, I know, but they are just a couple of the many masters in writing and I hope to be inspired and instructed by them through their words.

Tips: $39

Note to self: get my mood icons back