Unoriginal post is unoriginal
I'd have posted sooner, but I've been busy. Y'know, saving the world and all that... Ok. No. Anyway, lame excuses aside, it's been three months since I posted last, so here, have an entirely unoriginal post. Really, I insist. Consider it a gift. You know, like that really, really hideous jumper you got from your Great Aunt. The one who hasn't seen you since you were five, and still thinks you like My Little Pony. Or something like that.
...Ok, so it's probably not that bad, it's just unoriginal.
2009 - A summary.
The Good
Skins - The first new obsession of 2009, and the reason I discovered LJ. I cannot explain my love for this show (well the second generation, anyway. I'm not watching S1&2 until S4 is over, just in case they're better and I end up ruining S4.) I think it has something to do with wanting to be 17 again, or wanting to be that kind of 17 year old. Almost time for S4. YAY!
Graduating with First Class honours - I still can't quite believe I managed that, and I feel a little bit guilty because I could have done more. Admittedly, not during exam time (if I'd done any more then I would have DIED) but throughout the second and third year. Still, I did it. Go me.
Disney World - Possibly THE BEST use of what remained of my student loan EVER. Words cannot describe just how awesome it was.
Demi/Selena - So my discovery of D/S has also, unsurprisingly, lead to my discovery of Wizards of Waverly Place and Sonny With A Chance, with Wizards officially replacing Kim Possible as my favourite Disney Channel show (KP is now in second place and Sonny in third). I don't know. I've never been this into a ship before (I know they're only 17 but I can't quite bring myself to feel weird about it). It's at the point where I'm actually writing fic, which is good but (maybe) bad also. Good because whenever I get into that weird introspective/out-of-touch-with-reality/creative mindset I have something to focus on, so I don't feel crazy. But possibly bad because I would most definitely NOT describe myself as a good writer. But I would describe myself as somewhat of a perfectionist. A combination that will almost certainly mean I'll spend vast amounts of time writing something that is mediocre at best and as a result will probably never show anyone.
SNOW - It snowed! TWICE!
The, uh, less good
Unemployment - So it seems that even with a first people still don't want to employ me. I can't get a paid Psychology job because I don't have the right experience, which is fair enough. But I can't get a paid regular job either, again because I lack experience. Which is not fair enough, because I'm only looking at temporary jobs and honestly, how much experience do you need to do data entry? I guess that's what happens when there's lots of people fighting for the same jobs. But, hopefully things are starting to look up. I'm supposed to be getting in contact with the lead Clinical-Neuro psychologist for Mid Sussex in January, so fingers crossed.
Moving back home - It's not a bad thing, exactly. It's just that I've not lived here for the past three years and I'm used to doing things on my own terms and being independent. Obviously there are good points, like not having to pay for my own shopping or think about bills (grr BT), it's just that having to live under someone else's rules again feels like going backwards.
The future (a semi-serious list of suggestions for getting the most out of 2010)
Firstly, I need to learn that real life is more important than fandom. Probably. It's not that I don't have a life, it's just that when I'm participating in the real world I am inevitably thinking about fandom.
If this is not possible then I need to develop slightly more mainstream interests/obsessions (I've made a start with Skins). Failing that I need to convince my friends that my interests > their interests.
Or I could just get a job. And a haircut. Seriously, I need new hair. I'm thinking of cutting it all off, but the style I'm thinking of is kind of Tegan and Sara hair, I think that makes me some kind of cliché. In my defense I don't want it because it's Tegan and Sara hair, they just happen to have to hair I want.
Finally, I need to catch up on Buffy comics. I am so far behind it's ridiculous. I am aware that this may hinder my effort to learn that real life is more important than fandom.
I've obviously missed a whole load of stuff out, these were just the first things I thought of. So yeah, 2009.
...Ok, so it's probably not that bad, it's just unoriginal.
2009 - A summary.
The Good
Skins - The first new obsession of 2009, and the reason I discovered LJ. I cannot explain my love for this show (well the second generation, anyway. I'm not watching S1&2 until S4 is over, just in case they're better and I end up ruining S4.) I think it has something to do with wanting to be 17 again, or wanting to be that kind of 17 year old. Almost time for S4. YAY!
Graduating with First Class honours - I still can't quite believe I managed that, and I feel a little bit guilty because I could have done more. Admittedly, not during exam time (if I'd done any more then I would have DIED) but throughout the second and third year. Still, I did it. Go me.
Disney World - Possibly THE BEST use of what remained of my student loan EVER. Words cannot describe just how awesome it was.
Demi/Selena - So my discovery of D/S has also, unsurprisingly, lead to my discovery of Wizards of Waverly Place and Sonny With A Chance, with Wizards officially replacing Kim Possible as my favourite Disney Channel show (KP is now in second place and Sonny in third). I don't know. I've never been this into a ship before (I know they're only 17 but I can't quite bring myself to feel weird about it). It's at the point where I'm actually writing fic, which is good but (maybe) bad also. Good because whenever I get into that weird introspective/out-of-touch-with-reality/creative mindset I have something to focus on, so I don't feel crazy. But possibly bad because I would most definitely NOT describe myself as a good writer. But I would describe myself as somewhat of a perfectionist. A combination that will almost certainly mean I'll spend vast amounts of time writing something that is mediocre at best and as a result will probably never show anyone.
SNOW - It snowed! TWICE!
The, uh, less good
Unemployment - So it seems that even with a first people still don't want to employ me. I can't get a paid Psychology job because I don't have the right experience, which is fair enough. But I can't get a paid regular job either, again because I lack experience. Which is not fair enough, because I'm only looking at temporary jobs and honestly, how much experience do you need to do data entry? I guess that's what happens when there's lots of people fighting for the same jobs. But, hopefully things are starting to look up. I'm supposed to be getting in contact with the lead Clinical-Neuro psychologist for Mid Sussex in January, so fingers crossed.
Moving back home - It's not a bad thing, exactly. It's just that I've not lived here for the past three years and I'm used to doing things on my own terms and being independent. Obviously there are good points, like not having to pay for my own shopping or think about bills (grr BT), it's just that having to live under someone else's rules again feels like going backwards.
The future (a semi-serious list of suggestions for getting the most out of 2010)
Firstly, I need to learn that real life is more important than fandom. Probably. It's not that I don't have a life, it's just that when I'm participating in the real world I am inevitably thinking about fandom.
If this is not possible then I need to develop slightly more mainstream interests/obsessions (I've made a start with Skins). Failing that I need to convince my friends that my interests > their interests.
Or I could just get a job. And a haircut. Seriously, I need new hair. I'm thinking of cutting it all off, but the style I'm thinking of is kind of Tegan and Sara hair, I think that makes me some kind of cliché. In my defense I don't want it because it's Tegan and Sara hair, they just happen to have to hair I want.
Finally, I need to catch up on Buffy comics. I am so far behind it's ridiculous. I am aware that this may hinder my effort to learn that real life is more important than fandom.
I've obviously missed a whole load of stuff out, these were just the first things I thought of. So yeah, 2009.