Very excited! Season 2 of Tangle has been given the go-ahead ;)

I went and saw The Time Traveler's Wife at the cinema yesterday. It was a beautiful movie with superb acting.

I am a little bit sick of romantic comedies so this was a really nice change. I love serious, and with its pure drama, this was just my cup of tea.

And I am happy to say that I did not shed a tear. Amazing!

Does anyone know if there is a Mercy community? I have searched but can't find one - but sometimes communities get missed by the search.

Ever since seeing the BBC's latest adaption of Jane Eyre, I have cherished the book and the story even more. The the BBC are so wonderfully brilliant at creating these period drama adaptations. Jane Eyre is in a long line of productions, but so far, in my opinion at least, it has been their greatest. It's just amazing. And today I will watch it again.

I haven't had a coffee in about five weeks.

And the rest of my fitness plan? Its out the window.

I've decided to leave it for now. No point in doing anything during the festive season when there is all that temptation around!!!

Uni is finally over for the year - what a relief. I really feel satisfied with my dedication to uni work this semester. I've managed to pull three Distinctions out of my hat and quite a few credits. But gosh I am glad for the break. I am sick of reading and thinking!

So what am I doing with myself in the break? well I have spent the last week relaxing and sitting in our pool trying to escape the heat. Its been a nice change. No deadlines to worry about, and nothing but relaxing on my mind. Lovely.

I also signed up at a youth organisation as one of their volunteers. I'm looking forward to starting. I get to do a suicide prevention course as part of the gig (two days) and its at their expense which is wonderful. I've got the opportunity to help out in a lot of different areas too, from event support right through to helping out with case management. Not sure when I'll be starting but hopefully over the next few weeks. Nice for the resume as well as great experience. Very exciting!

So I just upped my account to paid. I can't believe I let it expire! Well I can believe it but hmm I shouldn't have!

 

 I have been checking my friends page frequently today as I have been working on an assignment all day. It seems I am not the only one who went on a hiatus! People I used to read are no longer posting at the amount they used to and I find this highly distressing! How can it be that all of us have just turned our back on journaling? That we have turned our backs on writing about what matters to us most??? 

I want to see some action. One post each day from all of you guys who like me have ditched LJ. I've been making an effort and it feels really nice to be back in the swing of things. Lets make it a group effort though because I miss you guys! Even if it is a small post, it doesn't matter, just post.

 I think its fairly awesome that Flinders St Station in Melbourne has been SLIMED Nickelodeon style

 I signed up for yuletide! This is the first time in a long time that I will be on a uni break over summer so I want to get back into fic writing. Even if it is just one 1000 word fic.

When I first heard that Jolene Anderson was joining Rush, I wasn't really sure that she would be a good fit for the show. But after catching up on a lot of Rush eps lately, I can see that she slots in quite well as Shannon. Shannon is a little bit rough around the edges as you would expect her to be (because she is a replacement character) but In saying that I think she brings a great new layer to the show. She is tough without being a tom-boy. She has been around the block a time or two and knows what she is doing in cop-world. 

Her relationship with Josh...well I am not sold on that just yet, but I do enjoy seeing what emotions it evokes within Josh, and how these emotions effect Shannon. 

I'm loving seeing Asher Keddie on tv again. She is so far from Julia (love my way) that it's not funny, and I think this is fantastic. She's a hard nosed journalist who knows how to look after herself, and can't quite work out how to let anybody else take care of her. It's awesome watching the relationship between her and Lawson develop because they are so alike, but so so different at the same time.

This is turning out to be a great season. I am glad they decided to extend and do more eps. Heck, even Michael is growing on me!

I'm going to do a big LJ clean out.

Going to:

cull the friends list (because honestly I don't know who half of you are)
remove myself from some groups
redo my bio
redo my interests

Bleh tho, my paid account expired and its annoying the crap out of me! Must fix that next time I have spare cash. I figured it would be a good incentive for me to keep the updates going. Although it seems as though I don't need incentives because this is my third entry for the day :o

If any of you are desperate to stay on my list speak now so that you can stay.

 I've been reading back over some of my past entries and I have come to realise how much I miss writing. I haven't written a fic or an original story in about a year and I have to say that I am disappointed in myself for letting that happen.

Part of the problem was that my writing folder got deleted and I did not have a backup of it. The other part of the problem was just me not making time to sit down and put pen to paper....well fingers to keyboard.

It really saddens me to think that I have not got writing in my life. It has been something constant for many years and I don't know how I could just let go of it like that. 

 Hearing about everyone else's NaNo experiences has me envious.

Like every year my uni workload has prevented me from trying my hand at it. I know it sounds like a cop-out, but I want to finish NaNo and I don't think that is possible with the amount of assignments that have been thrown at me this November. This semester is by far the worst I've been through in my academic life, everything has been due in late october, early november. It's just mad. 

So I take my hat off to those who are writing madly during November. NaNo is tough, and if you are doing it whilst studying you are a better person than me. Good luck everyone

I'm back (again). Who wants to place bets on how long for?

It's November, you guys! I can't believe the year has passed by so quickly. So what's new with me?

- I have been given the opportunity to upgrade to a Masters in Social Work (professional qualifying). I have accepted and am happy with my decision to do so. I still finish at the end of 2010 like originally planned, its just that the assignments have just gotten a whole lot bigger and there is a whole lot more of them to cope with! But that's okay because I get to come out with a Masters instead of another Bachelors degree.

- We have moved. I'm not sure if I mentioned it? but it has finally happened. My Nan sold her house and bought on the other side of town. Thank goodness I came home because it was an absolute nightmare (the move that is). Electrical checks are not mandatory or even an option when buying a new home, so guess what? we moved into a death trap. In the shed/garage there were LIVE WIRES hanging out of the walls. Then there is the extension part of the house - was running on a whole heap of extension leads instead of proper electrical wire.

- And on top of that my uncle has had an undiagnosed ankle for the past eight months and now needs an operation to correct it because of some incapable/incompetent Emergency staff.  On top of this he is STILL waiting for his hernia to be operated on.

- The above lead me to join a private health fund

- We got a pool installed. It's coming along nicely. 

- I am totally and utterly addicted to the new Melrose Place. Violate is the new crazy chick, except they are kicking her out so i'm mighty mad. Excited to see Amanda come back - I was a true fangirl of the original. In saying that I just have to exclaim that I LOVE SYDNEY and its fan-freaking-tastic that she did not die the first time round, and it sucks arse that she is dead the second time around. Hang the person who killed her! (unless it was violet!!!)

Bad thing....

- My cat Spock has been missing for the past month.


And so that's my life up until this very moment. I will be back sooner rather than later next time. 

 is the xf_drabble  still running? if not is there another?

 I spent the day with a friend from uni. We were meant to be working on a group assignment but the majority of the day was spent discussing her problems. This particular person has some very deep scars, from what I am not sure, but she's been suicidal in the past and is very lucky to be here today. 

She is a very lovely girl and we get along well. She's very open with me and trusting, which is nice. But this whole thing has really made me think. She is so desperate to get out of this world, and so, so so, many people are so desperate to stay here but can't. She's attempted to take her own life more than once, and I really think its a sign that she is meant to be here for one reason or another. She is here to make a difference in some way...

She's doing the right thing - booked herself into a support group, talking about her feelings, seeking professional help. I hope she can learn to love herself more and appreciate that life is so very short. It seems like she is trying to extend her circle of friends and reaching out to me, I hope, has helped her. I've tried the best I know how, to offer her support....

I guess i'm just thrown, you know? 

 PS I was looking at my profile page and got confused. Who the hell are Mike/Kate? I have them down as a couple that I love. I love them so much that I cannot even remember them?! It's not Mike/Kate from All Saints because I detest them. Who is it????

I have really lost interest in LJ for some reason. I know I am not the only one though, a few people I know have pulled back from LJ a bit as well.

Isn't it funny though? I used to blog at least twice a week and now I can't even manage once a month. 

 

I guess a part of it is that I don't have a lot that I need to vent about and I am not in any emotional distress. For once, life is going well, even though there are a lot of things happening for me right now. And I guess when you don't have those feelings you need to get off your chest, you struggle to find things to write about. What else is there? TV? What I had for lunch? Because I don't think you guys would be interested in the mundane things I do each day.
 

A good friend told me that I should update tonight. I've been thinking and thinking, and I had no clue as to what to put in an entry. If you rewind to a year ago this never would have happened. 

 

Am I the only one?