Well, as Sundays go, today was pretty sweet |D

Was out 'til 4am last night (birthday drinks with Adam), so I didn't get up 'til 12:30 today. Had lunch whilst keeping a watchful eye on the Grand Prix, cut the grass, hacked down a bush that was growing in among the conifers, found an empty bird nest (which now sits in my room~), did some weeding, got in to find dinner ready and waiting for me, cast a watchful eye over the Ashes (before tuning in to the radio commentary as it became apparent how tight the finish was gonna be - good result, all things considered!), had a shower, aaaand am now having a nice lazy evening.

Also, Steph's new boyfriend said he might be able to get me a job with the landscaping firm he works with, since I "enjoy gardening so much."

... *facefaults* >_>

As I've said to many people, I enjoy the end result, not the work itself. But then, if I'm getting paid for it, maybe it'll be another issue entirely!

May or may not be at LFCC on the 18th, maybe or maybe not with Shini. Any other UK flisties likely to be there, the Waywards aside?

Feelin': chipper
Current Music: Metallica - Breadfan

Ari-ness! :D

Feelin': pleased

Am thinking about YCon, and making the assumption that I'll be able to get a job and the time off to attend it. If this is the case, I'll want to do the bishie thing, naturally, but haven't really put the time into coming up with a good act thus far. Given the time available to me, I'm not sure I'll necessarily be able to do anything too elaborate either.

So what I'm thinking is maybe reading/reciting a couple of Shakespeare's sonnets; specifically, sonnets 18 and 20, regarding the 'beautiful youth'.

( Sonnets under cut )

Any thoughts on the idea, oh flisties? Naturally, I'd practice-practice-practice 'til I'm doing it right, and would wear something suitable for the act (though whether I'd go for 'smart' dress or period costume, I'm not sure yet). Just want to know whether it'd be likely to go down well or not!

Feelin': thoughtful
Current Music: Gravitation - Super Drive (Silent Beat Mix)

Having been home for 24hrs, I am reminded again why I have so often thought how good it'll be to finally get my own place. Pottering around the house sorting out this and that, those silly little things accumulate quite rapidly. As does the rubbish in my absence, apparently (and it would've been nice if she'd actually remembered to leave the sofabeds, carpet, lamp etc out for the council to collect like was arranged...).

Still, enough bitching. Fresh bedsheets to look forward to tonight, after I have my shower, after I burn a load of crap. This, I am looking forward to.

Got two job applications in today - one I match perfectly, the other a bit more optimistic - so hopefully there'll be joy to report in the near future. Haven't heard back from the council for the two I applied for, so by now that likely means no luck, but so it goes, I guess.

Am totally in love with the Misfits' music all over again ♥

Roll on July 15th - holiday is in limbo 'til then! 8D

Edit: Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck...

Just got an email back from the job I matched all the requirements for, asking how much electronic experience I have. YOU SAID NOTHING ABOUT THAT IN YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION, YOU BASTARDS!!!

Have really played up what little I have (did it at GCSE, took it as an extra module for my apprenticeship, did some small jobs at Elster), but craaap, that doesn't sound good. Like, in the "We like what we've seen, but it won't be enough" kind of way. Unless they have another position that's electronics-focussed available, and they were hoping to put me in for that...?

*crosses fingers* *prays* *burns incense* *leaves offerings* *daubs religious symbology all over body* *etc*

Feelin': irritated
Current Music: Misfits - Last Caress

Just been looking through my pics from the holiday (153 passed the "not good enough" test x_x;), and just had to share this one early. Tweaked the colour a little, cropped it a little, and voila:



Happy belated 4th July, US-flisties! ^^

Feelin': pleased
Current Music: Misfits - Dust to Dust

Am back from holiday. Am alive! Holiday was win, awesome, lulz and skittles ♥ More detailed post on the subject and likely a picture dump to come in the near future.

In the meantime, though, this interview is superb. I've just gotten so much more respect for Daniel Radcliffe after reading it. There's honesty, humour, normality and intelligence in there!

"The one piece of advice I would give to any actor is, if you want to go out on the street without being recognised, without even being looked at, go out with a 6ft 8in beautiful transexual [...] No one gives you a second glance. Especially when you're 5ft 5in. I'd love to play a drag queen or transvestite, but not just because of the costumes. Wait, what am I saying? Yes, because of the costumes! If the script was good - I wouldn't just do it because I got to dress up. Although I maintain that I look good with eye make-up. And I'm not going to be an emo kid, so the only other option is drag queen."

Feelin': drained

Alright, mon mews - it is time for the neko to jet off! Take care, and don't go getting piggy flu before I have a chance to come back and make inappropriate jokes!



8D

Feelin': chipper
Current Music: Boney M - It's a Holi-Holiday

Yesterday's haul: 32 strawberries (1lb)
Today's haul: 45 strawberries (1lb 8oz)

Total: 77 strawberries, weighing 2lb 8oz. Over 1kg of them. That's more in two days than I got in my entire haul last year.

Freakin' win~ ^^

Feelin': win~!
Current Music: Katsura Hinagiku - Zankoku na Tenshi no TE-ZE

So, my sister's got some friends from Ireland staying over at the mo.

I think I've been pretty reasonable so far - I ignored the loud music at 1am. After all, they're here to have fun, let 'em enjoy themselves. I ignored the slamming against my bedroom door at 2am - they were drunking and messing about, and didn't know my room was a bedroom (was their first night). I ignored being woken up at 5am for a sodding Wii remote. I took being woken up at half 5 in the morning by the fire alarm after drunken idiots tried to grill frozen chicken with good grace.

So, bearing all that in mind, am I being a little unreasonable in being pissy today at waking up to find someone's gone tapdancing through my carrot patch? >.< No-one knows who did it (Steph insists they were all out last night, but they came home at some point, right?), but frankly, that's not the issue for me. I don't care who did it; it's the fact it happened at all. I mean, the area's off to one side out of the way, so there's no need to be there anyway, and it's fenced off; if that wasn't enough of a clue that you shouldn't be walking there, you'd think maybe all the plants growing there would be a subtle hint, you know?

Thankfully, I think I can recover most of them, but that's hardly the point here...

Whatever. Positive thoughts, Mewble - holiday tomorrow! Get packing, book that taxi to the station (unless you fancy trying a bus?), re-pack about a million times, and steal all their caffienated drinks by means of revenge!

Feelin': pissed off
Current Music: Immortal - Tyrants

After a couple of early teasers, I finally have my first "proper" harvest of strawberries.

( Ever wondered what 1lb of home-grown strawberries looks like? )

And just to add to the joy, there's still a load of green 'uns left. So there's more to come =^.^=

(Yeah, when was the last time I bust the neko face out on here? They're that good!)

Feelin': delighted