Name: Christine

Age: 19

Location: Indiana, United States

So I had some free time and decided I should make this page a little less sparse.

Five Random Facts About Me

1. I absolutely love to read. Sometimes I read when I should be doing other things. Just one more bad habit to add to the list. At least it's a better habit than most.

2. I avoid confrontation at all costs. Example: In Government class we had to write two 100-word paragraphs on an article every week. One week I did the work, but totally spaced and didn't remember to turn it in before leaving school on Friday. So Monday I got out the article, wrote a little note on the front telling him I was really sorry that I forgot to turn it in and that it would never happen again. And begged for him to give me at least some credit for it. I waited until he left his desk so that I could avoid his questions and put it on the desk about 10 minutes before class was out. Five minutes went by and I sat on the edge of my seat praying that he wouldn't say anything. Then I heard 'Miss (insert last name here) please come here." Only five minutes later and I could have bolted as soon as the bell rang, but of course he didn't let me slip by with it. I slowly walked to his desk, my face heating up. 'So Miss (insert last name here) what, did you not want to face me like a man?' In my head I'm shouting at him 'Of course not! I know you would give me a hard time about it and you kind of scare me too!' Instead of answering his semi-rhetorical question, I avoided eye contact. He says 'Yes I will accept your article.' I let out a sigh of relief and turned away. I heard my friend James laughing behind me and turned to glare at him as I returned to my seat. When I got to my seat all I could think was 'Thank God that's over.'

3. I am very opinionated. It's a bit hard with the whole non-confrontational side and all, but I work with what I've got.

4. I tend to be a bit ADD. When I'm supposed to be focusing on something any little thing seems to distract me. I go to clean my room and get distracted by things that I find. I go to do a test and one of the questions reminds me of something and I space for a couple of minutes until I realize that I'm still taking a test. Then there was always art class which I absolutely loved (had it for two periods). I would be working on my project but would be distracted every few minutes by other students conversations. That's when I learned that my MP3 player was my new best friend.

5. I am very detail-oriented sometimes. I already know I'm a bit OCD. Sometimes when I'm writing I have to erase what I've written and write it again if it goes below the line when it's not supposed to. Though I'm not full on because my room is a complete pigsty. People would be shocked to see my room. So my OCD normally deals with writing. My eye seems to pick up every misspelled or missing word. It's like a tick or something.

Well I'll leave you with just five of my many characteristics. Yeah, I know, I've got issues. :)

Twilight Connections

Through these past couple of years of reading and adoring Twilight I've become very adept at connecting almost everything to Twilight. I mean, when you are keeping up with 20 in-progress stories and coming up with story ideas left and right, it's kind of hard not to. So I've decided to keep a list of things that I notice that seem to tie things in my life directly to Twilight. And here we go:

1. I had to get a medical thing done (just your run-of-the-mill getting radioactive tracers injected into you to see how your body is working, kind of thing) and the attending that administered the procedure had a badge with his name on it. And what may you ask was on this badge, well I'll tell you, Eddie. I know not Edward (though it's implied) and the guy didn't look like him, though he was pretty good looking. But if you have a doctor and you see the name Eddie, how are you not going to think Twilight.

2. There is this store that I pass several times a week. It has to do with sandblasting and stuff like that. The name is: Whitlock's. So everytime I see the sign I think Jasper which in turn makes me think of...oh, what was it? Oh yeah, Twilight.

3. I can't even escape Twilight when I go into the craft store. I was in Hobby Lobby and I was looking at the paints, when some writing on a piece of paper caught my eye. So naturally I pick it up and read it. This is what it said, "Emmett was here!" It gave me a good laugh when I in a surly mood because of the lack of needed supplies. Once again Twilight saves the day, lol. Sadly though I didn't take it with me, but maybe whoever saw it after me got a little pick-me-up.

4. So I have a great aunt on my dad's side. I've never met her, at least that I'm aware of. I don't think she was fond of my grandpa, which isn't a surprise. Anyway, when my mom mentioned her name I obviously thought of Twilight. What is her name you ask? Well, it is Rosalie. Spelled the same and everything.

5. Something that isn't necessarily exciting or anything is that my father's name was Edward (though everyone just called him Ed). Kinda creepy when you are in love with Edward Cullen, haha. But everyone did love my dad. Also, my uncle Bryan's middle name is Edward, too.

(Sidebar: I noticed something really weird about all of the names coinciding with other things in my life. Edward was my uncle's middle name and then my mom married an Edward. My grandpa's middle name is Milton, and where do we end up living: Milton. So I say that if I marry a guy named Allen (my brother's middle name) and live in Lynn (my father's middle name) then it would be way too crazy.)

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August 12, 2008

So my story, Pain's Devastation, is coming along. It is taking longer to get the chapters out than I would like, but that's my fault and I need to work harder. I hope everyone is liking it and will review with comments or critiques. I have several other stories that are in the outlining stages. I think that if I get one story under my belt, that I'll be able to push myself into others. I'll know that I can do it, so I have no excuses. Though some of my themes won't be completely original, (it's hard to do when most of the ideas have been played out) I will make sure that the story reflects me and will have many new characteristics. Well I guess that's it for now. Until next time,

-Christine (christinemarie13)

September 25, 2008

Well I've now got a job a the child development center (daycare) at my school. It's exhausting me completely. I wake up at 5:30 or 6 a.m. get ready for work and then work until noon. Then I go to class. After that I come home and collapse. It's more than I can handle. Plus I've got a kidney infection that is killing me. I am trying to keep my updates pretty regular. I know that the chapters are pretty short, but right now that's all I can handle. I'll try to work harder, but at the moment I'm just lucky to get my homework done. Thanks for reading.

-Christine

November 14, 2008 (Pain's Devastation update)

I can't believe how long it's been since I've updated. It gives me a lot more appreciation for the other writers on this site. I am so sorry that I haven't updated Pain's Devastation in about two months. I was only intending it to be a small reprieve from the story, but it seems as though the leave will be longer. I'm having a difficult time surpassing this chapter, and along with the lack of inspiration I've been sick a lot. I'm recovering from the stomach flu as of right now, along with a cold or whatever it is, that has been constant these past few weeks. You add my exhaustion, sickness, and the amount of schoolwork that is looming and threatening to bury me, and that equals a very non-writing feeling that is pressing down on me. Then there are the other stories that I'm working on, but even those haven't gotten worked on in the past few weeks. I've already decided that I won't start posting those until they are complete because I don't want another Pain's Devastation on my hands. You guys don't deserve that. I know that some of you are probably disappointed and I'm really sorry. I'll try to work on it as much as time allows, but I make no promises. Thank you for taking the time to read this and my work.

-Christine

March 10, 2009

I really can't believe how much time has passed since my last little update. I truly am sorry for my lack of updating on my story. I try to work on it when I can, but everytime I sit down to write it's like I'm stuck. I really can't figure out a way to finish the story up, it's not like there is a lot to work with. It's pretty much done, I just have to wrap it all up, but that is proving more difficult than I imagined it would be. So I apologize again and will try to work harder, but with school and work I just never seem to have the time. Very sorry.

-Christine

October 9, 2009

So, good news for those of you who even care, I finished Pain's devastation. It took me almost a year to even write anymore on it, but when I did, I forced myself to finish it. I have been done for probably around a month, but life is conspiring against me getting everything posted. I have to change the format and get each chapter posted separately and so on and so on. As I was writing I decided to re-vamp the whole story. Same concept and most of the same writing, but edited and added to. I think it's quite a bit better than some of my original posted chapters.

Though I am not necessarily happy with the story as a whole. My writing seems to be lacking, and it just doesn't fell right. But no matter what I feel, my readers deserve to be able to finish the story. And if a reader is reading this, please re-read the entire story. I changed some things and you also might want to familiarize yourself with the whole plot again. Not to mention that some of the things I've added are important to the ending. But it shouldn't be a problem for anyone, because the chapters were all so short.

Well, I've also been working on several other stories. Most of them aren't very near being finished, but each time I strike inspiration I type it all up. I have so many stories started and waiting for more plot and dialogue that it's hard to keep up with any of them. But like I said, I won't even contemplate starting posting a story until the whole story is complete. We all know what happened to the last story that I didn't finish writing before posting.

Anyway, I'm glad to be able to inform you all of that little update. I'll try to get the chapters all posted and done. I hope you all enjoy, and thanks for all the support and such.

-Christine

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