Not deterred.
I know, nobody reads this anymore, but that's okay. :) I've been way too absent, but maybe some day or another someone will come across this to see "what happened to that raikoala girl, anyway?". I am sorry for having fallen quiet within like... a couple of weeks. I love my work, but it IS eating me up and frankly, I am still wagering this or that about changing my job to get to a place that I am more likely agree with scientifically. However that won't deter me from the other "happinesses" life now, will it?
Angela is nearly done in Japan and will come live with me for a while starting September or so. I could not be happier. I think the day when we finally can move in together is not so far off anymore and that will also mean marriage is not so far off anymore and... well... family and all that jizz (by not far off I mean a couple of years. XD But an easily countable couple!). I'm happy as I could be with her, that little distance thing always excepted.
I never knew anyone could steal your heart like that, complement your weaknesses and enhance your strengths. Maybe that's part of why this livejournal is so distant from me now - my life has just changed so much with the job and the "family" (I mean Rocky and Lili, of course) and the new collagues/friends whom I could not love more.
I still am just way too happy having my own place and life with my own kitties and my own kitchen and ... well, I feel like a self-sustaining human, not quite like an adult (never wanted to, anyway).
Oh... and I am getting an iPhone any day now in the mail! Splendid! I am so excited! /materialistic-ness
I'm still holding everything dear you once knew me to hold dear - some jrock here and there, writing and drawing and crafting things and making little tokens of love for Angela. I just don't have nearly as much time for these things anymore as I used to have. ;) But when I do, I use it. For necessity reasons, I am also working hard to get better at cooking. It can be quite fun, though I have not-so-secret hopes that in future, the kitchen will be Angela's realm and I'll do the manly house-repairs and clean the bathroom. XD
And of course - a million projects I will never finish, like writing a book that is coming more and more into shape, knitting a scarf, making a movie poster on my work group, selling stuff on ebay and inventing a board game, or - cough - digging up all my lj communities and actually maintaining them or at least give up maintenance, practicing the harp, learning a language - you name it. But sooner or later, I usually end up doing these things.
I was looking around for old friends (home with a cold right now), but sadly, I can't find most of you anymore, which is certainly also my fault. Friends and foes, feel free to comment. ;) I'll make commenting open to anyone, if I still remember how to do that. And if you come by here in a year or two - no matter. Comment anyway.
Raikoala/Mistoline
Angela is nearly done in Japan and will come live with me for a while starting September or so. I could not be happier. I think the day when we finally can move in together is not so far off anymore and that will also mean marriage is not so far off anymore and... well... family and all that jizz (by not far off I mean a couple of years. XD But an easily countable couple!). I'm happy as I could be with her, that little distance thing always excepted.
I never knew anyone could steal your heart like that, complement your weaknesses and enhance your strengths. Maybe that's part of why this livejournal is so distant from me now - my life has just changed so much with the job and the "family" (I mean Rocky and Lili, of course) and the new collagues/friends whom I could not love more.
I still am just way too happy having my own place and life with my own kitties and my own kitchen and ... well, I feel like a self-sustaining human, not quite like an adult (never wanted to, anyway).
Oh... and I am getting an iPhone any day now in the mail! Splendid! I am so excited! /materialistic-ness
I'm still holding everything dear you once knew me to hold dear - some jrock here and there, writing and drawing and crafting things and making little tokens of love for Angela. I just don't have nearly as much time for these things anymore as I used to have. ;) But when I do, I use it. For necessity reasons, I am also working hard to get better at cooking. It can be quite fun, though I have not-so-secret hopes that in future, the kitchen will be Angela's realm and I'll do the manly house-repairs and clean the bathroom. XD
And of course - a million projects I will never finish, like writing a book that is coming more and more into shape, knitting a scarf, making a movie poster on my work group, selling stuff on ebay and inventing a board game, or - cough - digging up all my lj communities and actually maintaining them or at least give up maintenance, practicing the harp, learning a language - you name it. But sooner or later, I usually end up doing these things.
I was looking around for old friends (home with a cold right now), but sadly, I can't find most of you anymore, which is certainly also my fault. Friends and foes, feel free to comment. ;) I'll make commenting open to anyone, if I still remember how to do that. And if you come by here in a year or two - no matter. Comment anyway.
Raikoala/Mistoline