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Novel » Misguided Angel by Melissa De La Cruz

As a college student, most of us have heard of Adderall. It is a pill that is often prescribed to those suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to increase alertness & concentration. However, roughly 6.4% of full-time college students use Adderall even though they don’t have ADHD. Usage of this drug amongst those without ADHD have reported to increase concentration, libido, & decrease daydreaming & fatigue allowing for all-nighters without any interruption by Facebook.

Some of you may be thinking, “what a bunch of cheaters!!” while others ponder, “HOW DO I GET MY HANDS ON THIS?!?! TIFFANY, CAN YOUR MOM SELL ME SOME?!”, but that’s not the point. I won’t deny that I haven’t wanted to experiment with it myself. I waste so much time not studying when I should & it affects my grades. How could anyone blame me or anyone else for being curious? Wouldn’t you jump at the person that offered a pill that would allow you to stop procrastinating for hours & focus on studying instead? It’s made me wonder if I have the ability to find the concentration & focus for 6+ hours sans fatigue without the drug.

I spent a total of 24 hours working on this “Holiday Cheer” themed layout. The CSS occupied me for 23 hours for 3 days. I didn’t take any pills to focus so intently on my work, it was out of my own will & strive for “perfection” that I worked tirelessly without random play from 7 pm to 5:30 am on Thursday. My personality type is a “perfectionist” & it’s pretty much the reason why I was able to work 10 hours straight on something that wouldn’t benefit me in any shape or form. My brain stimulated its own dopamine, without the help of drugs, similarly how Adderall sparks motivation & concentration.

It’s difficult for me to apply that same drive to studying. Studying is not something I enjoy & as much as I hate coding, I enjoy seeing the end product of my designs. However, if you can produce interest in your studying or other necessary tasks, you will concentrate & perform better. The reason why I did so well in my Biological Anthropology lab was because it fascinated me so I was willing to spend hours studying every single bone of the human skeleton.

Some of you may need a stimulant like Adderall to focus, but others who have been able to work on something tirelessly for 6+ hours without lollygagging, have the ability to generate your own mind stimulants. You have the ability to focus on your work without surfing the web for things to roflcopter at. Harness your attention to the assignment & find motivation to do it, whether it’s because you might flunk out of school or get punched in the face. Instead of sitting there loathing your assignment, relax, take deep breaths, & find something about it that interests you. Set goals, reward yourself, & don’t pretend to like the subject; truly believe that you find it riveting. Only then can you retain all the information you need to know & focus for extended periods of time.

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Just wanted to quickly announce that I have added & remodeled the wallpapers page. I’ve added some of my photography to it & all of the .ZIP files come with at least 4 sizes: 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 1024, 1920 x 1440 or 1920 x 1080.

I’m working on writing this blog that will have several pictures so stay tuned. A Letter to Anyone is still going on, so if you want a chance to win advertising for a month, write a letter!! I will return comments today because I am going to fight my laziness. Hopefully by the end of today or tomorrow, I’ll be done with remodeling the icons page.

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[Mood:] Pooped
[Music:] “Point of No Return” by DJ Encore
[Novel:] Dracula by Bram Stoker

I think I’ve been reading too much Dracula because seriously, the other night I had a dream that I was holding the door shut so that Dracula wouldn’t come in & kill my friends & me in our hotel room. We were in the mountains or something & I accidentally let the door go & Dracula came in!! I was so scared. I was like, “Suppp, I read Dracula, it’s a pretty good book…please don’t hurt us!!” & then he cornered me & I told him that I’d sacrifice myself for the safety of my friends & he totally went for it. I told him I’d be his lover or something because I knew he was lonely or something. He bit my neck but then I woke up. I didn’t feel anything in the dream either. I was scared of him biting me. I’ll have you know that the Dracula in my dream was gorgeous so it’s not like I was sacrificing myself to an old guy.

UPDATE! New layout! Finally! I’m so happy with this one. Well I’ll say that I had a vision for it but it came out well in my opinion. I used a bunch of brushes from places I don’t remember but I credited them all! So you can definitely find them. My July 4th was super uneventful but I did eat a hot dog. :yum: That’s as American as I got that day. I also uploaded a new wallpaper featuring Dave Annable <3. He's gorgeoussss. :lust: I don't know why I created so many sizes but if you guys can't find the right size, tell me! I will gladly resize them to your needed size.

It took me seriously 6 hours to fix my website since there were so many random things wrong with it in the coding. So I had to fix that up. At 3 AM, there were like 2 people viewing my website & I felt so bad because my website was so ridiculously messed up & they saw a messed up layout instead of a put together one. Oh well, it’s done now!

What’d you guys do for your 4th of July?

[Mood:] Content
[Music:] “Driftwood: A Fairy Tale” by Cursive
[Novel:] Dracula by Bram Stoker

I woke up way too late to get my cap & gown so I’m getting it later at 1ish. Jeremy said he’d get me my belated birthday present; a fish! I can’t wait for a new fish for my fish tank. Actually I had a really bad dream about how a bunch of fish were eating each other in my fish tank & it made me sad. This is so surreal, I can’t believe it. It still hasn’t hit me yet that graduation is on Thursday!

I’ll work on adding more wallpapers. So far I only have one up, I have a bunch, I’ve just been lazy. Anyway, I’ve added a bunch of tutorials that might not even be useful because it’s basic knowledge but hey, you never know. Some people just don’t know how to use iTunes. Click here if you’d like to see my other tutorials that aren’t for photoshop. I need to start my Music Portfolio though. I don’t want to be behind.

Enough on that, time for the real important stuff. An update on my To-Do List.

x Start Music 100 Portfolio
x Register for School
_ Make Xanga Layouts
x Upload Wallpapers
x Add more tutorials
_ Make new Wallpapers
_ Upload old Xanga Layouts
_ Make Website Layouts
x Organize Icons Page
_ Make a new layout