Quick update that I should have gotten around to three days ago: The funeral is on Wednesday. I will be flying out at 6am tomorrow and will return on Friday. I have not checked LJ since Thursday and will not be checking it until post Sunday. I apologise for anything I have or will miss during my absence.

Now, proof that I really do write to keep ( Read more... )

I originally said this as a comment over on augustuscaesar journal, but I decided it was entertaining enough to cross post.

For those of you curious, the following occurred at 7am while I was trying to check my emails. It highlights the daily hazards I encounter:

*black smoke is billowing from vacuum*

Tag: "Ah! Stop it! The vacuum is on fire!"

Mum ( Read more... )

Yesterday I had a really nice conversation with someone about gardening and growing vegetables. It was one of those in depth talks that makes you feel really good and I woke up this morning keen to email the person again and talk about gardening some more.

Then I realised the whole conversation was a dream and the person didn’t actually exist.

I ( Read more... )

Sigh.

I’m on my way to emergency now. You just... don’t even want to know.

I’ll edit this post when I get back, unless I end up in there for more than 24 hours, then I’ll post a new one.

I don’t think I can be friends with anyone who has children anymore.

Guess what I’ll be doing tonight?

Nothing!

I have hand, foot and mouth disease. I kid you not. Hand, foot and mouth disease. And I’m 24 in 12 days.

My doctor had never even seen hand, foot and mouth, let alone on a 24 year old. He called in just about everyone else in the building to consult. (For the record, they mostly just laughed at me.)

This ( Read more... )

For the past week I haven’t had a chance to read my friend’s list or reply to my emails.

I’m really sorry about this. I know some people are going through some really big things, from health crisis’s and people in Brisbane and California who are now in disaster zones or have been evacuated. I feel like I’m letting a lot of you down, even though you ( Read more... )

 
Well, I don’t even know if there are words for how today has gone.

Wow.

I’m still optimistic and happy, but mentally and physically drained past breaking point. And it’s 11am. To give you some idea, since I got up at quarter past seven and now, my cold has come bad so fiercely I’ve lost my voice again. Why? Well, let me tell you the tale:

I get ( Read more... )

This is a bit off topic--and when I say off topic, I mean nothing to do with writing--but I thought you all might be amused anyway.

Recently, voices started coming out my computer speakers.

I’d hear them over the top of music. I’d pause the track and still be able to hear the voices. They were Ghost-like, not quite coherent but definitely human and ( Read more... )