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I have a question that I need answered, and I world really appreciate it if you could take 2 seconds and write an answer.

In one or two sentences tell me,

WHY DO YOU WRITE?

I’m spending the morning researching.

I have a rather substantial collection of occult and occult history books, and today they are going to serve their purpose by inspiring me. I’ve been stuck for a few days on what happens next in my story, so I’m going to start digging around for some neat ideas and hope for a spark of creativity to hit.

A while ago someone asked me for tips on coming up with plots, here’s another one: read everything and anything related to what you’re writing about.

I need to add some meat to my story. I’ve got the basics down so now it’s time to start going back and filling in some of the gaps and adding some style to it. I’m looking in histories of witchcraft in america, children’s books about magic, folklore and fairy stories, basically I’m looking for anything that might give me a good idea, or help strengthen so of the idea I already have. 

I’ve got a cup of coffee and the sky is a perfect steely grey that just invites curling up and reading. It’s time to slip on my wizard hat and start researching! 

I’m awake at one in the morning and here’s what is on me mind (a list):

• Which smart phone do I want?
• How do you make friends
• schools starts in a few days, yay…?
• The volume of a sphere is 4/3 πr^3
• Why is my neighbour still awake?
• What’s my favourite poem?
• How many scarves is too many, because I think I only need one.
• boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass
  Yeah that’s that super bass
• I want to go somewhere
• Maybe I should start introducing myself under a different name?
• Where can you buy a human skull?
• boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom— No! Stop that!
• I wonder what this (¶) is called.
• ∀x∃z(F(xz)^(Gx→Gz)). ∴∃x∃z(F(xz)→(Gz→∀xGx))
• I think my neighbour is a spy.
• Maybe I should just get on a bus, and go somewhere.
• I’d like to be a spy.
• …No I really wouldn’t.
• Breakfast would be nice.
• Why do I Take My Tea With Sugar
• I think I want an iPhone.

Day in the life:

• Woke up.
• Peaches and Nutella on toast avec coffee.
• Bus + Subway = Mall
• Earky morning mall yoga!
• Post yoga tea sampling for early yoga-going mall people.
• Chai Latte,
• Sour cream glazed doughnut!
• Lazing around the store.
• Sell people tea.
• Lazing around the store.
• Lazing around the store.
• Crazy rush of customers (all of whom I really enjoyed working with!)
• Lazing around the store.
• Coffee.
• Lazing around the store.
• More customers, who were less fun.
• Oatmeal, although I would have prefered a sub.
• Important paper work.
• Lazing around the store.
• Etc. etc. etc… blah blah blah
• Cool customer who inexplicably knew my name.
• TUMBLR!

Now you all up to date with my fast passed and fabulous life.

What did you do today?

I have a great night planned!

So after a long day of packing and painting I have an excellent night to come.

Here’s the plan: first, I’m making pizza (I know what you’re thinking, but as awesome as that is there’s more awesome to come!) Second I’m making a drink to enjoy while I read, while waiting for the pizza to cook. Third I’m going to sit my ass down and watch either Buffy The Vampire Slayer, or Friends, or a movie… or several movies… or some combination of movies and TV series. Four: make another drink. And finally step five: repeat steps three and four until I go to bed! 

What are you doing tonight?

P.s. as I was reading this I thought to myself ”’or some combination of movies and old TV series’—that’s a bomb combination… it’s a BOMBINATION!” feel free to unfollow me, due to my lameness awesomeness.

Shopping!

I just go back from shopping. I don’t really like shopping, but today I had a blast! I went out fully knowing that I’d be spending lots of money, but it’s okay because everything I bought is really useful and should last for a long time… or else. 

So here’s what I got:

• A beautiful, thin, aluminium, 750GB portable harddrive.
• After much deliberation, I chose to get AIR PEGASUS+ running shoes. I’m really excited to try them out!
• And finally, a Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter. So now I can hook my macbook up to my projector and play movies on the side of my house!

What have you done today? 

I’m going to go try out my shoes, although it’s like a million degrees outside so maybe I’ll just put them on and sit in front of a fan, thats exercise right?

My ask box is right here if you want to slide something, anything, into it.

I made cake in a mug, and it was delicious!

I was going to take a picture and be all like: “oh, check out this awesome cute cake I made. Yeah, it was nothing, just a little of this and some of that and BAM a sweet-ass little hipster cake is a dainty manly little mug. You’re welcome internet.” But then I ate the cake instead…

because eating cakes is far superior to blogging about them.

I’m in Massachusetts!

First stop: FOOD!

Tomorrow I’m checking out Boston and then the next day I’m heading over to Salem. SALEM! WITCHES! I’m so excited!

Pic’s coming soon, but right now I need to eat something and then sleep, I’ve been on the road since 4:30 this morning.

Well I’m done my first year of uni.

I:

- am still single.
- avoided the “freshmen fifteen”.
- passed all my classes, even the stupid pointless ones.
- am still living at home.
- still can’t really grow a beard.
- learned a lot of mostly pointless stuff involving upside down “A”s and backwards “E”s.

What are my thoughts on university? Well, since you asked I’ll tell you: It was alright. It wasn’t as hard or as stressful as everyone made it out to be. I was told I’d be crying into a can of Redbull and living on skittles and instant noodles, and I kind of hoped that I would sink to that level of pathetic, shamefull existence. But no, I didn’t. I ate well, and got everything done, on time.

Now that I’m done my first year, it’s time for me to start thinking about graduate school. If you can’t guess, I’m eager to be done my undergrad.

My goal for the summer is to read a few books that are going to pertain to my specific field of interest: children’s literature.

Also to get all muscly and stuff. We’ll see.

If you’re done school send my your thoughts I’d love to hear them. Or send me your summer goals, are you like me (and everyone I know) and you set yourself an impossible list of things to accomplish before September?

I hope you all have a great summer!

P.s. it snowed this morning… Screw you Canada.

I feel like I’ve got to get out of the city for a little bit.

I’ve been really busy with school and work for the last week and I starting to feel it.

I haven’t gone running in a long time, and I’ve been eating poorly (or not at all) and I haven’t had a minute to myself in forever. The last month has been really busy at work and there have also been a lot of additional stresses added to that, none of which I really feel comfortable talking about on the interwebs. No having school four days a week and work seven days a week I’m starting to feel a little stifled. Right now, for example, I should be reading the Norton Anthology of Short Fiction and a PDF about logical proofs, but I needed to just take a minute. Don’t misinterpret me, I’m not complaining about my course load, I’m complaining about my lack of a time-turner. I knew balancing school and work would be difficult but I can’t do 8:00am to 10:00pm again.

Circling back to my initial point, I need to get out of the city for a little bit, even just an afternoon. Don’t you find that going for a drive though the country for a while makes you feel so much better. I’m definitely a city boy, but I’ve got some country in me still.

I want to know your thought, what do you to seriously de-stress?

Two new segments are coming to my blog!

Hello dear readers,

As I’m sure you will all be overcome with excitement and tingles to hear itakemyteawithsugar is getting two new segments this summer!

In addition to all the random crap I post and reblog, I will soon be adding a 100 facts about me section. Facts will post daily for the rest of the summer, so keep your eyes open for those. On top of that I will be writing stories, hopefully a few times a week, about the weird-ass-freaky-messed-up people I encounter frequently whilst working in the public service industry, called Shop Life. 

Posts are going to start soon so look out for #100facts and #Shop Life tags coming to a dashboard in front of you!

-Kevin

Toys

I’ve spent today boxing up all my stuff, (which feels really weird like I’m moving out), and at one point I was going through all my old action figures and Ty beanie-babies. We had some quality toys when we were little! I was the kind of child that took a toy everywhere, maybe because I was an only child, but no matter where I went I would definitely be clutching a action figure or dragging along a reluctant stuffed animal.

Do you ever miss that, being little I mean? When your biggest concern was whether or not you were giving your toys enough attention so as not to make one feel excluded and unloved (thank you Toy Story). I do, things now are hard and confusing and really, really complicated. For example, I still haven’t decided which white I want to paint my room, it’s been days and I can’t pick a white! When I was little I was like “I want my room purple with splatters of other colours.” and so it was, I didn’t stress over things. 

Of course when I was little I never had discussions about books, or architecture, or beer. I guess both youth and experience have their advantages and the secret to a good life it to never fully forget the joy and passion of youth. That being said I’m going to go play with my Dragon Ball Z action figures and my Transformers, I suggest you go find your old toys and spend a little time being a little kid again. 

I swear this is true.

So about an hour ago I decided I should go for a run (usually I go in the morning but today I slept in). So I put on my shorts and shoes and was getting ready to go when I felt the ever present call of the internet. Foolishly I sat down to “quickly” check tumblr. But to my disappointment I could not connect to the internet. I checked my router and it was fine and I checked my ipad and it connected fine, it seemed it was just my macbook that couldn’t connect. Weird I thought but I figured I’d fix it when I got back so I went for my run. 

When I sat down after I got back it was connected. The internet gods were like “No, you may not go on the internet until after you exercise.” Spooky stuff… spooky.