I am making some progress when it comes to my new years resolution to have (at least) 365 poems by the end of 2010. I already have 10 poems under my belt. Two of them are revisions of two poems I wrote this year, but I still count them as separate poems as they are a bit different from the original versions. Still enough to catch up on, so I hope I bring more poetry to life soon.

I have been working more on my 5th book Treasure, which will be pocket size as opposed to the 6x9 size that my other books are. I am happy with the progress I am making. Treasure will be my first long poetic tale and I am very excited about it. I hope that I am able to finish it by the end of the year at the latest. Will have to see what happens though. I don't want to force it.

 

I have recently joined a site called HubPages.com where I write hubs (aka articles) on different topics. I am excited to have embarked on this new project and have already written seven hubs. I will keep on writing more in the near future. To check out my hubs please go to the following link: http://www.hubpages.com/profile/lovebuglena

 

I had come up with a New Year's resolution to write a poem a day (or more) ... By the end of the year I'd have at least 365 poems. That would be awesome. I haven't written one poem yet this year and it's already January 7th. Maybe I can still catch up.

 

Today is my bday! Woohoo! I am 27 today. And there is snow outside on the ground (from this weekend's snowstorm).

I always wish for snow on my bday and this year I got it early. It was a Winter Wonderland this weekend, especially on Saturday night, and I am thankful that even though it didn't snow today that at least remains of the snow are still here.

I wonder what presents I will get this year... Hopefully it'll be something other than money cause I don't like as much getting $ for my bday. I prefer real tangible gifts.

 

I found out over the weekend that I have been let go from my job and let me tell you that this bit of news was a breath of fresh air. I am so relieved! So happy! I am finally free! I am gonna try to make the most of my free time cause I will have to start looking for new opportunities soon.

 

I've found this great group online that you might be interested in. It's called A Truth Universally Acknowledged and can be found at this link: http://austenism.gather.com/

Here you will find stuff about Jane Austen books and much more... Go ahead and check it out.

 

I am currently working on a new book of verse Diary of a Crush. It will contain poetry, songs, and fantasies (written in prose form) about crushes, love, relationships, heartbreak, and anything else related to guys. Not all pieces will necessarily be of a completely personal nature but there will still be bits of my experiences in each one. You will surely relate to the content in the book. As this is a work-in-progress, the release date for this book is yet to be determined.

If you have stories of your own to tell about crushes feel free to share them… I’d love to read them.
 

I just ordered a poetry book by Amber Tamblyn Free Stallion, which was published in 2005. I've wanted to get her book before but for some reason could not find it, and now I have and can't wait to receive it and dive in. Her book is published under Simon & Schuster but for some reason it is under the children's publishing division, which according to reviews I've seen is the wrong classification for the book, and I agree. Perhaps at the time she published her book her age was not old enough for Simon & Schuster to publish it and so they did it under the children's publishing division. Otherwise it makes no sense. I wish I could publish my book through Simon & Schuster too. I wonder how that could be done...

 

What do you do when someone you love, adore, and care about, who feels the same way about you, just vanishes from your life without a word or an explanation? How do you go on when days go by and you still don't hear from the person? How do you go on when with each passing day you miss the person like crazy and any hope that you've got of him returning seems to shrink and shrink? How do you find out what's going on? How do you cope? What can you do to stop the worry in your mind that you've been left behind, and that perhaps the person is going through something bad and you can't help in any way?

So many questions. So many questions waiting to be answered. Living each day not knowing what's to come of it. Finding myself sinking into the down emotion and tasting the salty tears as they cover my face. And all because that person that I adore, love, and care about, that person who feels the same way about me (at least did before he disappeared), has vanished without a trace, without so much as an explanation. Days go by and I am filled with worry that something bad happened to him, filled with sadness because I miss him so much, filled with even more sadness at the thought that he is never coming back.

Yeah I can try to write songs about it, but that will not solve the problem. They are not gonna make me a happy person, not as long as I spent my days to come without the guy who means so much to me. It will take a very long while to get myself to a point where I won't fall into sorrow at the thought that he is no longer in my life...

 

I was born in Minsk, Belarus where the winters were filled with lots of snow, at times even up to my knees. I loved to play in the snow, and built snowmen. It always cheered me up, and I had lots of fun when snow was around.

Now that I am 26 and living in New York City I still feel the same way about snow. I love it a lot and I always wish for it on my birthday on Dec 24th and throughout the whole winter in fact. Sometimes my wish comes true but sometimes it doesn't. Either way whenever it snows my spirits are lifted and I feel very happy. If I was sad I no longer am.

I love to touch the snow, throw it, play with it, built castles or snowmen or whatever else out of it, and I don't care that I am 26 and not a kid anymore.

This winter it snows more than it did last winter and I am thrilled about that. It snowed yesterday in fact. And in the evening time when I got home I shoveled the snow near our house and then I had me some more fun and built a snow castle. I really enjoyed myself, and the weather was perfect. I had the best time, and my mood which had been down earlier was no longer that way. I was very happy and smiling and thinking happy thoughts... And that's the way I like it...