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Pianooos

2008-02-17T15:10:00.002-06:00

I just needed a regular piano. But then I saw this and I can't imagine myself in front of anything else.

Procrastinating

2008-02-12T17:48:00.001-06:00

I've been procrastinating (as usual) on doing edits after receiving the review copy of my book. I feel uninspired. It's a sad state.

Meanwhile, I've been going cardigan crazy. Anytime I go to a mall I'm involuntarily on the look out. Is there a more perfect kind of sweater? I think not. I want one in every color imaginable.

I love it when this happens

2008-01-21T08:45:00.000-06:00

I've had this great novel idea for a few days now. I've mostly written short stories, but my idea has grown exponentially so it absolutely has to be a novel. The ideas are flowing faster than I can record them. I hope this is big.

2008-01-19T11:17:00.000-06:00

I love four day weekends. Since exams were after winter break for the first time, this is my real break because I absolutely do not have to think about school.

My baby sister's big huge birthday party is today. She turned one on January 9th.

I've cleaned up and submitted an old short story of mine for a couple of magazines. I was in the mood to submit, so I submitted.

Books

2008-01-18T09:03:00.001-06:00

Homicide Insecticide

by Orthi Rabbane

Was it a genetic flaw or something magical? Did God intend for them to be this way to prove something? Were they the effect of some cruel laboratory joke? They would stare up at the stars and planets in the vast sky above them and the possibilities would become more and more extraordinary.

When Rayney, a teenager by day and an oversized mosquito by night, chooses to befriend a patient at the hospital she makes her home, she regretfully learns about her part in an epidemic that has taken over her city.

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My Bio

2008-01-18T08:00:00.000-06:00

It all started in Uppsala, Sweden in the university hospital. On August 17, 1990, I was born weighing less than five pounds. And so, I became the first-born child of Shaida and Golam and was loved and spoiled immensely.

Many people look back to their childhood home thinking it was the ideal place. I'm just as biased as most people and I can only remember the good things about Uppsala. I remember absolutely having to stop at every playground coming home from preschool. I remember watching Pippi Longstocking on TV and eating blackberries off bushes. Even the medicine tasted good and I would take my Alvadon willingly.

I'm originally from Bangladesh and I've visited the country numerous times since I was born. I've moved enough times in my life to welcome the consistency of having relatives in a country that I will always visit.

My little sister, Annie, was born when I was five and eventually became my best friend.

I moved to India where my dad was on a contract job. I don't think I've ever been so spoiled as when I moved to this amazing country. Making a playground out of a five-star hotel for five months made my life. I played hide and seek with the other Swedish kids on our floor. I went to an American school to be exposed to the biggest diversity of kids from more countries than I could count. I first learned English. We finally moved into a beautiful house and got all of what New Delhi had to offer. Even if Sweden was my ideal home, India came in a close, strong second.

I moved back to Sweden at the age of seven. We stayed in Stockolm but nothing much happened other than I got my tonsils taken out.

Finally, I moved to Texas and I've moved around a little before settling into the home I have now. English quickly became my default language.

In the winter of my sophomore year of high school, I got another adorable baby sister, Suzanna. I'm currently a high school junior.

It came to me in a daydream

2008-01-14T07:46:00.000-06:00

Last night, as I was (what else?) procrastinating on studying, the perfect idea for a story came to me. It should be great. :)

Things I've done this weekend while avoiding studying for exams

2008-01-13T16:59:00.000-06:00

-recorded my voice onto the computer and made myself sound like a 5-year-old.
-watched a healthy amount of reality shows, reruns included.
-taught my baby sister to give me high-fives on cue
-watched travel channel to see all the places I will go when I go bestseller (or pass my exams and get a different good job)
-discovered my dad has internet on his cell phone which is fascinating
-eaten a lot of oranges
-nagged my dad about getting me a car

Need Inspiration

2008-01-10T20:23:00.000-06:00

I got the idea for Homicide Insecticide the Spring before the November I wrote it. I wrote out character outlines and a synopsis for the story. Somehow I developed it into a short novel.

Well, Spring's approaching again and I need once more I need an idea that will grow itself. I've got a couple of ideas for short stories so maybe I'll tackle those to keep me working.

I'll start reading Devil in the White City in a few of days for English. Once these exams are over.

I want a pretty website. However, I'm afraid that I'll abandon the poor thing or make it a statement of how vain I am.

11 more days...

2008-01-07T08:07:00.000-06:00

11 more days until exams are over and I can have a completely school-free long weekend.

I need my review copy to come in before my life can go on. Right now, I should probably be writing my essay for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. It's a wonderful book and the essay is super easy but I can't do it.

This blog will be...

2008-01-06T21:09:00.000-06:00

...a recording of how I'm going to sell a million books. Yes, that's a little optimistic but I hope to start on a positive note.

Of course, I should be studying for final exams instead.

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