Plans for February 2013

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I began February with a few goals in mind.   I'm almost done with my applications, all I have to do is mail them off. I still have to apply for graduation by March 1 were I to graduate in May this year.

I also started writing poetry again, and they have been published on a blog ran by my friend and fellow writer. The same poem has been accepted onto Stories Space, a place where my non erotica poetry and short stories are posted.

I also started a couple of love stories that I had simmering in the back of my brain. The first one, is based on a affair across an ocean. It's inspired by a guy I have gotten to know very well via Skype. The second story is based on a true account I went through a few years, costing me someone that I was really close with in high school.  The stories will turned into eBooks under my nom de plume. I have to find the cover art for the stories and titles for each.

I want to have everything done by March 1. It's time to go to work!

My January, Thus Far

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22 days into 2013 and so far, things are going well, and I have a lot to do before I leave the world of community college with my Associate of the Arts degree in May, pending the acceptance of my graduation application.  I have lost a great friend , I dumped a guy I met online (more on him and the other guys in a later post), and really started to consider what I want in my life: a thriving career in journalism/photojournalism. 

Is it possible to become a journalist that takes National Geographic-worthy pictures, know her way around all social media outlets, and can put together a mini documentary using Final Cut Pro?  I do know one thing: I want to sharpen my skills in Photoshop, Flash, and HTML. I have to arrange for those refresher courses on a later date.

I have to go to bed and get up early in the morning to go to my part-time job that I enjoy very much, and it doesn't pay the bills completely.  I am looking for another job that will help my pay the bills on time, and I'm looking for an apartment with a move-in date set for August (pending available funds).

That's it for now. I'm striving for straight A's this semester and working hard with my extracurricular activities.  Good night!

An Open Letter to Close 2012

Dear 2012:

You have been a bitch to me. At first, you were nice. I pulled my grades up sky high, I became happy in a part-time job, and I became a member of a great group at school where I went from provisional member to becoming an officer. Then, the honeymoon came to an abrupt end, and you showed me your true colors. You didn't want me to celebrate a big milestone in my life, and I was denied the chance to kick a class in its nuts. I did get some insight on it all, and gained a great friend who witnessed all that I went through in your year. She held my hand, helped dry my tears, and was there for me when I needed an empathetic ear at my darkest moment. Through it all, I really found out who were my real friends, and who only came around when their so-called busy schedules allowed them to see me for only fifteen minutes.

2013 promises to become a great year for me, something you wouldn't show me. No, I'm not getting engaged, married, having a baby or getting involved in juvenile behavior. 2013 will allow me to take the year by the cojones and I will celebrate big: releasing an eBook under a pseudonym, graduation, small party, new school, new job that will lead into the career I want, and a weekend trip I am taking solo. 2013 will allow me to overcome a lot, and I won't get denied that chance anymore.

I'm going to forget the bad shit that has happened in 2012 and only remember the good. I'll take what I learned and apply it to 2013.  No more will I sit on the sidelines of life. I will become a participant and live it up to the fullest!

Sincerely,
Sharon Pearson

A Transition From 2012 to 2013

2013 arrives next Tuesday, along with the number of New Year's resolutions people work hard to achieve.  I haven't made a resolution in years, because I knew I would break them once the words left my mouth.  Instead, I decided to make goals for myself throughout 2012 that I want to actually carry out.

1. Not wanting to keep up with the Joneses.  I decided in 2012 that I will not worry about what a person had, nor will I get jealous when someone gets something I desire.  2013 is the year I get to achieve the things I need and want in my life.
2. Letting past situations go definitely.  I spent too much of 2012 wondering about stuff that had happened in the past, and not focusing my attention towards the future.  I won't allow myself to think about what could've been and what if such-and-such happened.  It's the past, and I want my future filled with opportunities and a thriving life.
3. Knowing who my friends really are, and who weren't. Although I wanted my thirtieth birthday to be a special event for me, I had a friend that didn't come through for me, for reasons that seem suspicious to me.  This same friend turned around and invited me to her birthday party.   I turned her down, and I let it go. My male friend invited me to go Christmas shopping. I told him that I refused to come his way for shopping, especially when he refuses to come my way.  He then changed it and said he wanted to go downtown, something he didn't tell me beforehand. I still said no, and I let ti go. 2013 will be the year I stay distant from them, and only hang out with those who actually want to come around me.
4. Becoming more of a money honey, not a broke joke.  I just have to be more vigilant in saving money for the things I need, and to have a rainy day fund.

There are more I'm probably forgetting. I'm trading in  my laptop for a few books to read on this Christmas Eve through New Year's.  I'll be back for my year in review on what I have accomplished, and what I can improve on in my life.  Happy Holidays!

Love,
Sharon

Let the Contdown to Christmas Begin!

The official shopping season for Christmas began on Black Friday.  I don't see the point in opening stores on Thanksgiving night when people are in a food coma. Personally, I won't brave the crowds on that day or on Black Friday. I can watch the fights unfold on television or on YouTube.  I rather order off of Amazon, Overstock, and Barnes and Noble for presents, not yank someone's hair out of their scalp for a smart phone or a flat-screen TV.

I can go to a dollar store for the cheap stuff to give to my friends and family. I can wait for the after-Christmas sales to buy what I want to get

 

Sick!

I don't really have too much to say, as I lay here with  laryngitis.   I hope it goes away by Monday before I attend my classes.  Thanks to the ever-changing weather, I can't get the cold in my chest cleared up.  For now, I'll just climb back into bed and watch one of my favorite movies, Saturday Night Fever.

When I was in the Chicago Public School system and was sick, I would watch soap operas with my grandma until cartoons came on.  As I grew older, I discovered daytime talk shows and laughed at the phoniness of those shows.  I turned off the television and decided to read books, since Maury and Jerry Springer were killing my brain cells.

I need to get back in the bed and try not to talk too much or do a lot.  There's always homework that needs to be done.

Sharon Pearson: Photographer?

One of the hobbies I work on a lot is photography.  I've mostly taken photos around the city while I'm out on foot, or on the trains going from place to place. I also taken pictures while I was on the road constantly; but for privacy reasons, I cannot post their pictures online.  I took a few shots while I was out on a few cloudy days and here they are.

I think I was on the Brown Line heading to a friend's house. Photo taken by Sharon Pearson

I was on the #12 Roosevelt Rd. bus heading west. Photo taken by Sharon Pearson

On the Red Line looking east. Photo taken by Sharon Pearson

On the Red Line, looking east in Rogers Park. Photo taken by Sharon Pearson

On the campus of Northwestern University. I was tempted to lay on the ground and make angels. Photo taken by Sharon Pearson.

The pond over at Northwestern University. Photo taken by Sharon Pearson.

I plan on making a gallery filled with my amateur photography relatively soon.