So that was January
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choccoweebleThursday was (flexible) cinema night, and this visit, I am Legend. Good atmosphere, nice special effects and enough adrenalin moments to keep me happy.
Saturday dawned bright and early with a trip to Monmouth for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shazrasha and midnightoak's Gran's 90th. Food nice, company nice, travelling, not so nice. Photos on Flickr.
Arrival back in Chester was accomplished at 6ish, followed by takeaway and then off to Sale forelektrobard's housewarming. Much fun and chat was had (although not alcohol as I was driving), and great to see cuthrose, ephrael, redhillian, foul_temptress, kardrath, wiserabbit, kingandy, masati, psion_x, and everyone else I've forgotten. Then home again home again jiggity jig in the wee small hours.
Sunday started lazily with "Transformers" at the abode ofshazrasha and midnightoak's brother, followed by shopping in town (grr my jacket pr0n was out of stock, 3 weeks until I get it!), dinner at Frankie and Benny's, then home and zonk on the sofa!
So the weekend was mostly a blur. And it's already Thursday? Jesoos!! Ah well, should have thouroughly danced my socks off by this Sunday (whilst everyone else I know is having fun at Waypoint - Grr).
I've also decided to take a leaf out ofmaviscruet's book and give you a monthly round up of how I'm doing with my 2008 goals.
1. Be less of a lazy arse. This will encompass being tidier, doing more of the things I say I'm going to do, and wasting less of my life on Facebook as a few examples.
Kitchen currently tidy. Living room not too bad. Number of hours spent on Facebook approximately 2 - improvement, general laziness - down. 6/10
2. Get a permanent job. Hopefully at the company I'm with, now I actually have the tools to do my job and can prove myself invaluable, but if not something else I will enjoy.
Long discussions with agency 2. Job applications 4. Interviews 2. Rejections 2. Hmm... Oh well, have talked things over with agency and they have given me positive feedback on the 2 interviews, I just didn't have the quals to match my experience. So I await news on the other 2 and see what else comes up. 4/10
3. LARP. (lots)
1 broadly speaking LARP evening with pretty costumes but no actual LARP. 1/10
4. Make some of my own larp kit. Then shazrasha will have more chance of doing all the stuff that she has planned.
0/10
5. Get a lot more done on my CIMA course. Even though I have already told myself that Larp is a priority, as happiness is surely what life is all about, this has to come second on the list. And is also likely to assist with 2.
1 textbook duly devoured. Multiple sets of Practice Questions completed correctly (therefore receipt of stars, smiley faces and stickers fromshazrasha). Exams booked 1. 9/10.
6. Work on my photography. Now I have a really good camera with all the kit I need I'm taking a lot more pictures and want to improve.
Photos taken ~250. Photos uploaded to Flickr 94. Photo projects started 1. (Drop a comment if you want to join). New cameras acquired 1 (This is a keep in my pocket camera). New lenses requested from birthday bunny 1. Am also considering applying for this 9/10
7. Would like to have a house with shazrasha. Not sure how realistic this is, as a lot depends on what the housing market does and also on 2.
0/10
8. Read more books and do some bloody writing. This will be facilitated by 1.
3 books read and thoroughly enjoyed. Writing, none - anyone need help with any LARP plot? (Sideways poke tojenna_elise) 4/10
9. Stop buying video games until I've finished a significant number of the bazillions I already have.
Games purchased 0. Existing games completed 0. 5/10
10. Most of all have lots of fun and follow my heart. I'm going to get all annoying and cliche here for a moment, but life is short and even though I don't believe in regrets (just learning experiences) if I'm going to have any, I'd rather regret things I have done than things I haven't done. Watch out world!!
Parties 3. Trips to cinema 2. Meals out 3. Evenings of rocking like a badger 1. Amount of pointless, smutty tripe uttered - multitudes. Self indulgent, frivolous items ordered 1. 8/10
Overall Score 46/100.
Not grim, but plenty of room for improvement
Saturday dawned bright and early with a trip to Monmouth for
shazrasha and midnightoak's Gran's 90th. Food nice, company nice, travelling, not so nice. Photos on Flickr. Arrival back in Chester was accomplished at 6ish, followed by takeaway and then off to Sale for
elektrobard's housewarming. Much fun and chat was had (although not alcohol as I was driving), and great to see cuthrose, ephrael, redhillian, foul_temptress, kardrath, wiserabbit, kingandy, masati, psion_x, and everyone else I've forgotten. Then home again home again jiggity jig in the wee small hours.Sunday started lazily with "Transformers" at the abode of
shazrasha and midnightoak's brother, followed by shopping in town (grr my jacket pr0n was out of stock, 3 weeks until I get it!), dinner at Frankie and Benny's, then home and zonk on the sofa!So the weekend was mostly a blur. And it's already Thursday? Jesoos!! Ah well, should have thouroughly danced my socks off by this Sunday (whilst everyone else I know is having fun at Waypoint - Grr).
I've also decided to take a leaf out of
maviscruet's book and give you a monthly round up of how I'm doing with my 2008 goals.1. Be less of a lazy arse. This will encompass being tidier, doing more of the things I say I'm going to do, and wasting less of my life on Facebook as a few examples.
Kitchen currently tidy. Living room not too bad. Number of hours spent on Facebook approximately 2 - improvement, general laziness - down. 6/10
2. Get a permanent job. Hopefully at the company I'm with, now I actually have the tools to do my job and can prove myself invaluable, but if not something else I will enjoy.
Long discussions with agency 2. Job applications 4. Interviews 2. Rejections 2. Hmm... Oh well, have talked things over with agency and they have given me positive feedback on the 2 interviews, I just didn't have the quals to match my experience. So I await news on the other 2 and see what else comes up. 4/10
3. LARP. (lots)
1 broadly speaking LARP evening with pretty costumes but no actual LARP. 1/10
4. Make some of my own larp kit. Then shazrasha will have more chance of doing all the stuff that she has planned.
0/10
5. Get a lot more done on my CIMA course. Even though I have already told myself that Larp is a priority, as happiness is surely what life is all about, this has to come second on the list. And is also likely to assist with 2.
1 textbook duly devoured. Multiple sets of Practice Questions completed correctly (therefore receipt of stars, smiley faces and stickers from
shazrasha). Exams booked 1. 9/10.6. Work on my photography. Now I have a really good camera with all the kit I need I'm taking a lot more pictures and want to improve.
Photos taken ~250. Photos uploaded to Flickr 94. Photo projects started 1. (Drop a comment if you want to join). New cameras acquired 1 (This is a keep in my pocket camera). New lenses requested from birthday bunny 1. Am also considering applying for this 9/10
7. Would like to have a house with shazrasha. Not sure how realistic this is, as a lot depends on what the housing market does and also on 2.
0/10
8. Read more books and do some bloody writing. This will be facilitated by 1.
3 books read and thoroughly enjoyed. Writing, none - anyone need help with any LARP plot? (Sideways poke to
jenna_elise) 4/109. Stop buying video games until I've finished a significant number of the bazillions I already have.
Games purchased 0. Existing games completed 0. 5/10
10. Most of all have lots of fun and follow my heart. I'm going to get all annoying and cliche here for a moment, but life is short and even though I don't believe in regrets (just learning experiences) if I'm going to have any, I'd rather regret things I have done than things I haven't done. Watch out world!!
Parties 3. Trips to cinema 2. Meals out 3. Evenings of rocking like a badger 1. Amount of pointless, smutty tripe uttered - multitudes. Self indulgent, frivolous items ordered 1. 8/10
Overall Score 46/100.
Not grim, but plenty of room for improvement
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Date: 2008-02-01 08:41 am (UTC)I was GOING to do that today but I've never done that before. I've done a monthly recap of my monthly goals.....
That's just funny.....
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Date: 2008-02-01 09:10 am (UTC)Either that or I'm just psychic.... (der doo der doo...)
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Date: 2008-02-01 02:47 pm (UTC)When I wake up
When I get over being dragged into work at 6am post event of no sleep... and ironed ashirt and made lunnch...
I'll get onto it eventually... :)