Had the day off today but was recovering from a cold so decided to spend it doing as little as possible. The weather obliged in assisting with this by being rainy and cold so I spent a lot of time in front of the TV. I'd caught a few minutes of the latest series of True Blood on TV earlier in the week and decided maybe it was time to try watching ( Read more... )

... but in fact you have just made it far, far worse:

The scene: Midnight. It is very, very dark and quiet. My dear husband (DH) arrives home.DH: That was a fright. When I was parking, I saw this really big black dog sprawled on the footpath outside our house ( Read more... )

Guess who just set the land-speed record for going onto domestic sick leave as quickly as possible after coming off maternity leave? Today was MiniJ's first day at creche. Tomorrow I was to return to work ( Read more... )

Hello all. No, this LJ has not been abandoned, although I'd totally understand you thinking so. Basically I've had some major life changes recently, the big one being that I became a mother, and, well, everything else just fell by the wayside ( Read more... )

For how long should one keep old letters ( Read more... )

Hi all, just thought I'd actually get a post in here for 2008. I have now updated my fic WIP list for the new year... which sadly means I had to take the three completed fics off it. Then I put one new one on and shifted one of the "unsures" into the definites. So much for my sense of accomplishment. Argh... Okay, THIS year I really need to do more ( Read more... )

Nifty things I have discovered about Japan so far ( Read more... )

I have a peculiar phobia which I don't know if there's a word for, but its definition is "fear of being let-down by a favourite author". It is this phobia that causes me to go out and buy the latest book by one of my favourite authors the very second it comes out, and then let it languish on my "to-read" pile while I give it nervous glances for ( Read more... )

I haven't written a lot here lately. Mind you, I haven't written a lot lately full stop, as I've been busy with various other stuff. So I thought I'd do a bit of a quick catch-up for everything in general.

Movies: I saw Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and laughed and laughed and laughed. It was wonderful. Now I am currently waiting for Ultraviolet to ( Read more... )

I just bought a copy of The Abducted Alchemist, the second Fullmetal Alchemist novel, by Makoto Inoue. It's a pretty good read (a little simplistic, but fun), but very early on in the story an event occurs in which Roy indicates to Ed to buzz off while they're in public, as he is chatting with a couple of pretty girls. Ed then retaliates by ( Read more... )