Update #3 on Resolutions

All of this must be taken with the fact that I had to have an unplanned surgery a couple of weeks ago in mind - it affected some of these :/


1. So it's mostly halfway done! :) I've figured out I can just sit down and write the thing from start to finish - I have to jump around. A lot, actually. So now maybe it will go smoother!

2. Always room for improvement. And I haven't done it in a few days.

3. Again, always room for improvement, but I feel better than I have in a long time about our Relationship! :)

4.

5. So, I had to have surgery. A rather large one. Hence, no workouts for me.

6.  I blame the surgery for the state of my room. Twas pristine, but as I haven't had the energy to clean it in the last few weeks, it's state of cleanliness has declined. Planning on ammending that this week, though.

7. CAN'T DRIVE. SURGERY.

8. Believe I shall this summer.

9. As good as there. Just need to figure out who I'm going to be living with o.O

10. May be doing a no-grain-no-sugar thing to help with my recovery. We'll see.

11. Been doing that here lately :)

12. I've read 3-4 books here lately. Yay! :)

13. Um. Surgery.....? *blushes*

14. Working on it, seeing results :)

15. NOT EVEN TWO WEEKS, BABY

16. Um. Ok, so here's the thing. I just dyed my hair (dark brown) and mom cut my split ends off. I don't get my hair cut often. About four inches had to be chopped off. So I'm thinking after graduation.....I may bob it. We'll see.

17. I believe it's going well :)

18. I haven't gone evangelizing recently, but I hope I'm living it out!

19. OH MY WORD I HAD NO IDEA HOW IMPORTANT THIS WOULD BE. This has gotten me out of MAJOR writer's block. And it just feels lovely.

20. Virtually, which is not what I had planned on, but is still very good to do, and feels wonderful. God has been using this as such a big tool for me here lately.

21. Hopefully I am.

22. BEST. EXPERIENCE. OF MY LIFE. I shall write a blogpost entry, or at least post the letter I wrote about it.

23. Yes...and no. Mostly no, if I must admit. :/

24. Success! :D

25. Very good advice to myself, and I believe I'm sticking to it!

26. WIP!

27. ....nope. *hangs head in shame*

28. Hopefully I'll start it this summer :)

29.  It was 82 degrees outside today. I don't think so.

30. This will take years to complete. Working on it.

31. Pretty good at this, actually. Only a few circumstances where I'm not. Some aspects of the future. Other than that,

32. Hey, I've probably already blogged more this year than last, and it's only May. I count that as success.

33.  WIP.

34. THIS SATURDAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY

35. May be a while since I've vowed to finish my other first. 

The Nameless

So I've noticed a trend. A lot of my favorite fairytale characters are nameless. They have no names. No names may be mentioned throughout the story. Some examples are:

The Little Match Girl
The Princess and the Pea
The Goose Girl
The Little Mermaid
The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Even a more recent book: The Polar Express only mentions the name on one character, Billy, and a few others by titles instead of names; "Hero Boy", "Hero Girl", etc.

Googling to see if I could find any others to list above, I realized by finding on a site that they mention the parables Jesus tells. He gives titles or mentions the characters by their jobs - "the sower" for example. Why? Was giving names to the characters taking away from the blatant moral of the story that was the main point in the Savior telling these parables? If this was Jesus' preferred method of storytelling, I say it is worth a closer look.

These stories are timeless and classic and fantastical. They're beautiful and the kind I can't wait to read to my own children. And you know what? I didn't realize until today that the characters were nameless. Some had titles, but none of the above in the original versions had actual names. Does that take away from the story? I don't think so. I think it's because of the kind of stories that these are.

These stories are not told in the same way as the Hunger Games or the Percy Jackson series, for example. Both of those have first person narrative, and are meant to grab your attention as a reader for a very long time - for a few books, at least. The tales and parables that feature nameless characters are meant to be short - and I think it takes the focus away from the character and puts the spotlight onto the actual story. The 'nameless' stories also are generally shorter - I don't know of a series that features a nameless character (a successful one, that is). I don't think it would work to grab reader's attention if the main character was nameless during a whole series. I don't think it's possible for them to connect as well over such a long period of time.

They're also generally told in the third person. Referring to the characters by their "title": the "Eldest Princess", "The Little Mermaid", "The Little Match Girl", etc. Polar Express may or may not follow this rule - unfortunately I don't have the book handy to check.

Anyway, that's about all I have to say about it, I just found it interesting. Have a wonderful rest of the day!

UPDATE #2

1. On Chapter 3 now! Chapter 2 took FOREVER. Hopefully the pace will pick up!

2. About the same at the moment.

3. Maybe a little bit better?

4. Yeah. I may start that up again later, but I'm reading books sporadically at the moment.

5. Have been doing as well with this as possible - have had a lot of health complications that make it harder some days.

6. Have been doing really well with this actually.....minus today, of course.

7.  Werkin on it.

8. This is complicated, but no, I don't have one yet and am probably just going to wait and get a summer job.

9. GOING TO BRYAN COLLEGE THIS FALL!!! OFFICIAL!! WOOT WOOT!!

10.  This is going ok, I guess

11. Actually haven't done this much. Thought this would be one of the only ones I completely fullfilled this year. Hmm. Actually am planning on doing some today though :)

12. I've read the Divergent series, Louisa May Alcott thrillers, and am currently reading the House of Hades. I'm doing pretty well. THE DIVERGENT SERIES THOUGH. OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS.

13. I think I'm doing a least a little better on this. If I'm on the computer, it's mainly either to IM with someone or to write. Though I will admit to having a Pinterest tab open.

14. Working on Back "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire". So, yeah, workin on that.

15. GRADUATION IN MAY! YEAH BABY.

16. I've even sworn a friend in on this resolution. This, I am sticking to. And then I'm chopping it off to this next year:

Pretty excited.

17. I think, personally, I'm doing well on this. If I'm not, I'd like to know.

18. I'm going to be given a great opportunity to do this next week. More on that below.

19. Check.

20. Darn. Oh look. Still on my desk. But I'll be using it more next week.

21. I think I'm doing this. I hope I am.

22. LEAVING FOR SAID MISSION TRIP ON SUNDAY!!!!!!!! AH! SO EXCITED!

23. Uh. Maso-menos.

24. Just got done painting my nails for the third time this year- Plum, Lilac, and now ice blue. Not saying they're great quality, but practice makes perfect. :)

25. >HAPPY<

26. Not done yet! Looking at it now ;)

27. :/ Do scholarships count?

28. Still planning on doing this.

29. Ouch. Skin irritations forced me to forgo this one for this winter. We'll try again in the fall.

30. Oh goodness. I wish I could say I woke up the other day and BOOM, had this one covered. Needless to say, still very much growing.

31. Nope.  We're good. We're chill.

32. *blushes again*

33. Ug. Don't get me started.

34. Got me prom dress!!!

35. I'm going to do this after I finish my main novel, but I've already got the story outline for it.