i can do a danish accent

(desperately searches for a gif that suits the insanity of this semester) (oh there’s one) (it’s Sherlock even better)

Miracles do happen. I’m alive, people!

Granted, I am 1000% ready for the summer. I’ve got a bunch of fun plans for the next few (i.e. million) blog posts. In the meantime, though, I’m just trying to recover from the last two months of my life. You would not believe the insanity if I tried to describe them. However, insanity is sometimes better communicated in a list format, which is why I’m going to tell you about it in a list of 27 things I randomly did this semester without ever planning to do them.

So in case you ever wanted to know, here’s why I disappeared over the last two months. Not a thinking post, just a rant to say hello and hopefully make someone laugh. I did some good things as well as some not-so-wise things. Learn from my mistakes and copy the things I did right, and hopefully you will survive your junior year as well. (Maybe.)

In the past half-semester of school, I:

Signed up for five courses in eight weeks.
Subsequently learned that you’re only supposed to take two or three courses in eight weeks.
Tested the “you need at least eight hours of sleep in order to function normally” hypothesis. It is in fact true.
Learned how to bluff my way through a paper.
Wrote a total of 28 essays (some shorter, some longer, there is no in between).
Got really, really good at finding scholarly sources for papers.
Mastered the skill of citing those sources in multiple formats in my sleep.
Tweeted a lot about #college and #studentlife. (Still did not learn how to use Facebook.)
Concluded that I go to college with a bunch of Andersons.
Speaking of Anderson, finally sat down and watched Sherlock.
Became a full-fledged & slightly insane Sherlockian (see also: gif).
Also watched Doctor Strange way more often than I should have.
Perplexedly tried to figure out why most people I talked to hate Doctor Strange.
Basically watched any movie that has Benedict Cumberbatch as a sarcastic jerk.
Wrote parodies for Doctor Strange and Rogue One.
Perfected an impression of Mads Mikkelsen for aforementioned parodies.
Discovered just how hard it is for American me to learn a Danish accent.
Did not do any decent filming- we must hold out until the summer. Sigh…
Re-wired yet another old draft of a novel.
Turned that novel into a fantasy thriller turned romance novel turned Greek tragedy turned… well, I don’t really know what it is yet, but it’s cool.
Invented an eccentric INTP who may will probably turn out to be an antagonist.
Also invented his twin ESFJ sister who is the sweetest little cinnamon roll that ever managed a kingdom.
Let my characters start another war. They’re really good at that.
Published two whole blog posts (although I admit one of those was written beforehand).
Promised myself I would take off the summer and resisted any and all attempts by my college to get me to come back.
Made a resolution to take violin lessons.
Ranted about all of it on my blog.

So that was the last few months of school for me. Needless to say, I’m just glad the semester is over, and I plan to have a lot of fun during the next one.

Happy summer, kids.

Hanashlyn

my blog about writing and the rest of life

i can do a danish accent

Miracles do happen. I’m alive, people!

In the past half-semester of school, I:

Signed up for five courses in eight weeks.

Subsequently learned that you’re only supposed to take two or three courses in eight weeks.

Tested the “you need at least eight hours of sleep in order to function normally” hypothesis. It is in fact true.

Learned how to bluff my way through a paper.

Wrote a total of 28 essays (some shorter, some longer, there is no in between).

Got really, really good at finding scholarly sources for papers.

Mastered the skill of citing those sources in multiple formats in my sleep.

Tweeted a lot about #college and #studentlife. (Still did not learn how to use Facebook.)

Concluded that I go to college with a bunch of Andersons.

Speaking of Anderson, finally sat down and watched Sherlock.

Became a full-fledged & slightly insane Sherlockian (see also: gif).

Also watched Doctor Strange way more often than I should have.

Perplexedly tried to figure out why most people I talked to hate Doctor Strange.

Basically watched any movie that has Benedict Cumberbatch as a sarcastic jerk.

Wrote parodies for Doctor Strange and Rogue One.

Perfected an impression of Mads Mikkelsen for aforementioned parodies.

Discovered just how hard it is for American me to learn a Danish accent.

Did not do any decent filming- we must hold out until the summer. Sigh…

Re-wired yet another old draft of a novel.

Turned that novel into a fantasy thriller turned romance novel turned Greek tragedy turned… well, I don’t really know what it is yet, but it’s cool.

Invented an eccentric INTP who may will probably turn out to be an antagonist.

Also invented his twin ESFJ sister who is the sweetest little cinnamon roll that ever managed a kingdom.

Let my characters start another war. They’re really good at that.

Published two whole blog posts (although I admit one of those was written beforehand).

Promised myself I would take off the summer and resisted any and all attempts by my college to get me to come back.

Made a resolution to take violin lessons.

Ranted about all of it on my blog.

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