Hiatus
I have decided to give Facebook a rest for a few weeks. I'm spending far too much time on it, and I seem to keep finding myself embroiled in silly arguments which end up with me feeling frustrated, angry and upset. This will probably be a temporary measure but I'm looking forward to spending more time on more interesting things. Which will possibly mean I will be writing more, and more frequently, on LJ.
Unfortunately this coincides with me being in a bit of a financial pickle at the moment - I had a couple of weeks without work earlier this month, and I've now started my new job which means getting paid monthly rather than weekly. So this month is going to be very, very quiet in terms of going out and socialising. Even going round a friend's house with a bottle of wine is probably more than I can stretch to.
On the plus side, having to economise on going out and on my food and drink will probably be better for my health - I'm eating lots of homemade soup full of veggies and pulses, and homemade sandwiches and fruit at work. With any luck I'll drop a few pounds, and give my body a chance to detox when I'm not throwing booze, saturated fat and nicotine at it quite so much.
Oh yeah... watched the first episode of the new Joss Whedon/Marvel thing last night - Agents of SHIELD. Team of young highly-skilled but neurotic hotties led by an older father/mentor figure? So far, so Whedon *yawn*. A few snappy one-liners and fragments of dialogue but so far struggling to care much about most of the characters. It reminds me a little of Warehouse 13 - so is it going to be just another Scooby-Doo-for-grownups show? Or is it going to go to some darker places? There's been a bit of foreshadowing. I'll give it a few more episodes and see.
Also watched BBC's new primetime fantasy drama Atlantis. Apparently being in a submarine accident and getting sucked through a portal to another world makes all your clothes fall off. Prediction: this will never be explained. Wow, I'm an Oracle too.
Unfortunately this coincides with me being in a bit of a financial pickle at the moment - I had a couple of weeks without work earlier this month, and I've now started my new job which means getting paid monthly rather than weekly. So this month is going to be very, very quiet in terms of going out and socialising. Even going round a friend's house with a bottle of wine is probably more than I can stretch to.
On the plus side, having to economise on going out and on my food and drink will probably be better for my health - I'm eating lots of homemade soup full of veggies and pulses, and homemade sandwiches and fruit at work. With any luck I'll drop a few pounds, and give my body a chance to detox when I'm not throwing booze, saturated fat and nicotine at it quite so much.
Oh yeah... watched the first episode of the new Joss Whedon/Marvel thing last night - Agents of SHIELD. Team of young highly-skilled but neurotic hotties led by an older father/mentor figure? So far, so Whedon *yawn*. A few snappy one-liners and fragments of dialogue but so far struggling to care much about most of the characters. It reminds me a little of Warehouse 13 - so is it going to be just another Scooby-Doo-for-grownups show? Or is it going to go to some darker places? There's been a bit of foreshadowing. I'll give it a few more episodes and see.
Also watched BBC's new primetime fantasy drama Atlantis. Apparently being in a submarine accident and getting sucked through a portal to another world makes all your clothes fall off. Prediction: this will never be explained. Wow, I'm an Oracle too.