Hi everybody! So I signed up for NaNoWriMo again this year, for a couple of reasons. First up, to get me back onto Live Journal, and secondly to see if I can actually write a fan fic or two. I've had a couple of ideas bouncing around in my head for a couple of months, so I thought to myself; "Why not?" and "How hard can it be ( Read more... )

I ended up completing the NaNoWriMo Challenge 10 am Thursday 28th November (I finished off with 50,172 words). Thank you so very much for putting up with my ramblings! I didn't end up posting a lot of it on here, as it ended up being a heap more personal than I thought it would - and considering what I did post here, you can only imagine what that ( Read more... )

I have nothing of great import of tell you; it's just that I've gotten in the habit of posting everyday, and it was bugging me that I wouldn't be posting anything today otherwise ( Read more... )

Oh my goodness, I got goosebumps. Twice. That was exceptional. So much more than I was expecting, and so  much greater than I could ever imagine.

Dear future me,
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just got a phone call from the car dealership; my car is there ready to pick up!
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Has anyone ever done a scientific study on how fast small children are? I swear to dog, that when a 3 or 4 year old gets some speed on and goes running towards a busy road, they are faster than Usain Bolt. If they could keep up that initial burst of speed they do over a significant amount of time, and not get distracted by people walking dogs on ( Read more... )

If you’re reading something, and on what you’re reading you see that a person’s surname is ‘Short’, do you automatically imagine that that person is not just short in name but short in statue? Nope, just me then?

I had another “I feel like a  grown-up moment” today; I made pasta salad from scratch. I don’t know why that is making me feel like I’ve ( Read more... )

Oh my god; have you guys been watching The Blacklist? What is it about James Spader that makes him so deliciously creepy?

A friend of mine tried to tell me that Blacklist was like Arrow, as they both had lists of bad guys to take down. Uh, that’s like saying that Melrose Place is the same as Good Times because they’re both set in an apartment ( Read more... )

What is it about cats that make them so emotional? Is the word I’m looking for emotional? Flighty? Paranoid? Assassin-y? And their memories are so incredibly selective!

For example, last night just as I had gotten into bed Owen decided that now would be the perfect opportunity to go outside and do ..... I assume that he has another family elsewhere ( Read more... )