Heading For Nowhere {thirty day writing challenge} [unfinished]

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day nine: about the author

dedicated to me

so first off, my [pen]name is alyssa. in case you're wondering, my real name is an indian one, and tbh idc if you guys know it, it's just really difficult to pronounce so that's why i don't go by it. you can pm me or something if you're just dying to know, which i'm sure you are.

2. my favorite mealtime is dessert and breakfast and lunch and dinner and snacks. dessert: cakes and cupcakes [cakes + cupcakes must be red velvet for maximum enjoyment]  and cheesecake and pound cake and blondies and my mom's brownies and fudge omfg and funnel cakes and FUNNEL CAKE FRIES IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THESE YOU HAVE NOT LIVED and ice cream [ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR PISTACHIO AND COFFEE/COFFEE FLAVORS  esp. chocolate chip cookie dough, moose tracks, chocolate moose tracks, mint moose tracks (OMF I HAD THIS ONCE IT WAS AMAZING), mint, dutch chocolate, neopolitan swirl]. breakfast: waffles [frozen or fresh; however, must be chocolate chip], pancakes [again, chocolate chip, but here it is only a preference] muffins [any flavor tbh], oatmeal [cinnamon + apples motherfuckas], cold cereal [from special k to frosted flakes to lucky charms dude i eat it all EXCEPT apple jacks and coco puffs], my mom's french toast [LITERALLY HEAVEN ON EARTH ESPECIALLY WITH NUTELLA AND FLUFF OH MY GOD], and anything from bob evan's or perkin's. lunch and dinner: lots of stuff that i'm too lazy to type out lol but mainly pasta. snacks: doritos, ice cream, fruit snacks [NOT MOTT'S OMFG BUT SCOOBY DOO THOSE ARE MY CHILDHOOD], cherry tomatoes, um um yeah i eat an assortment.

basically i eat a lot.

3. my favorite recreational activities are reading, writing, badminton, acting, listening to music. reading: anything, seriously. from romance to sci fi to high fantasy i literally read anything and everything. writing: as you can tell from this challenge i write random stuff. badminton: not professionally but in my backyard. acting: i was in a play called hooray for hollywood in middle school and tomorrow i'm trying out for the good doctor at my high school [i was supposed to today but some stuff happened and i couldn't WISH ME LUCK]. listening to music [see #4].

4. bands + artists - the beatles, led zeppelin, vampire weekend, matt nathanson, billy joel, the who, andrew lloyd weber, passenger, arthur fielder + the boston pops orchestra, béla fleck and edgar meyer, bon jovi, coldplay, onerepublic, imagine dragons, death cab for cutie, the eagles, oasis, the script, wilco, simon and garfunkel, sara bareilles, and macklemore.

5. songs - anything could happen, burn, human by ellie goulding; thank you by MKTO; down by the water by the decemberists; mozart's violin sonata in E minor performed by hilary hahn and natalie zhu; carry on by F.U.N.; swimming by florence + the machine; flaws by bastille; 1 by joy zipper; jump by van halen; jumper by third eye blind; put your records on by corinna bailey rae; sweater weather by the neighbourhood; smoke on the water by deep purple; harder better faster stronger, tron soundtrack by daft punk; remember the name by fort minor; where is the love by black eyed peas; levitate by hadouken; always look on the bright side of life by monty python; the high road by broken bells; heading for nowhere by jets overhead; break me out by the rescues; sail by AWOLNATION; dream's in the ditch by deer tick; panic attack by octavarium.

4. subjects - math, english, history, science, health, orchestra -- oops i love school. i think i'm the only one??? i mean, i don't like the enormous amount of homework or the ridiculously early waking up but once i'm at school, learning and chilling with my friends, like that is the happiest you'll find me [aside from in my bed on tumblr with ice cream].

5. books - partials by dan wells, harry potter by jk rowling, gone by michael grant, to kill a mockingbird by harper lee, ender's game by orson scott card, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy by douglas adams [ 42 ], the name of this book is secret by pseudonymous bosch, a series of unfortunate events by lemony snicket, lord of the rings by jrr tolkien, hunger games by suzanne collins, gregor the overlander by suzanne collins, the sisters' grimm by michael buckley.

6. movies - iron giant, mean girls, she's the man, kung fu hustle, shaolin soccer, lord of the rings [especially #3], harry potter, inception, batman, spider-man [the original series with tobey macguire], x-men, anything disney.

7. tv shows - sherlock, arrested development, under the dome, avatar the last airbender, danny phantom, drake and josh, that's so raven, teen titans, code lyoko.

7. hi

8. i've written a lot lol

9. okay last thing: i can type super fast + i can touch type but i think that's a trait shared by all writers so

10. i lied this is the last thing: i'm eating doritos right now

11. i eat fudge with a spoon bc i'm so classy

12. currently in history we're learning about the civil war WHICH BTW IS MY FAVORITE WAR JUST SAYIN ROBERT E LEE WAS MY HOMEBROW AND LINCOLN WAS A SWAGMASTA [shout out to my civil war fangirl buddy, tara da potato]

13. also in math we're doing prob + stat and i have to go do my homework

14. i went back through here and added more stuff so all the numbers are messed up lol

14. i usually end really long messages by saying okay bye

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okay bye

-alyssa-