Happy New Year! And some slightly maudlin reflecting.
Wishing everyone on my friends list all the best for the new year. <333
I'd planned to do a big, long navel-gazing post reflecting on 2011, but then realised that I can't be bothered. It's been a long year for me, and pretty difficult in many ways, but I feel I'm in a much better place now than I was this time last year, and I want to keep looking forwards, rather than back.
The first half of the year was definitely the hardest, and my biggest regret is dropping out of uni in March. I've come to terms with it, but I'd be a liar if I said it doesn't still hurt to think about at times. My biggest regret, really, is more the way I dropped out: I just sort of freaked out and dropped off the face of the Earth, which I feel I rather fucked about the members of staff in the department. Considering how supportive they'd been, that still makes me feel pretty bad.
But it's not the end of my academic aspirations. Once I've got some money saved and had more time to rebuild my confidence and get back on an even keel, I can think about going back to uni and trying for a degree again. It's just going to have to be slightly delayed, that's all.
Really, the best things about 2011 have been my friends and family, who've been nothing short of awesome - and I mean that in the truest sense of the word. Really, I'm in awe. I have the most wonderful family who have been nothing but supportive, and some truly incredible friends. Special mention goes out to my dearest rhin_ariel, who is just... I don't even have words for how brilliant she is. And to hoc_voluerunt, who, although we've never met, is a truly fabulous and wonderful human being (not least because of a certain Brutus Bear!). And also to my oldest friends, Laura and Jamie (who aren't on LJ, so they'll not see this), but who are truly fabulous. I love each and every one of you madly, and can't thank you enough for the help you've given me this year. I can only hope I can be a fraction as supportive to you.
Of course, that's not counting the various fandom friends I have here and elsewhere. You're a bloody wonderful bunch, and being able to flail madly over fandoms and shipping has been the best sort of distraction from my low moods. Love you all, too! <3
What else? Well, I still don't have a job that pays yet; still on Jobseeker's Allowance, casually draining on society. Although, in November there, I started doing a bit of volunteering in my local British Heart Foundation shop, and that's been brilliant. I've met some brilliant people there, too, and it keeps me busy, gets me out of the house and stops me from vegetating. But still, hopefully I can get an actual, money-paying job in the new year.
In more fandom-y news, I've had a pretty good year for films, TV, and theatre. The number of books I've read has been rather disappointingly low (especially for me), but on the other hand, I've written so much more this year than I have in a long while, so that can only be a good thing. :)
Fandom-wise: a Horrible Histories fandom now exists! I will never get over how amazing that is! :DDDD I never thought there'd be a day where I could legitimately say that I ship Nelson/Hardy(/Beatty), or Dick Turpin/James Smith, or George I/Robert Walpole, or Mozart/Beethoven, or Aethelred the Unready/Svein Forkbeard... but now I can. AND IT IS GLORIOUS. Not to mention that everyone in the fandom is amazing. Long may it continue! :DDD
Also - so much more to look forward to in 2012: Sherlock series two (though the wait is almost, almost over for that!), The Avengers, Coriolanus, Brave, and of course, the big ones for me: series four of Horrible Histories and part one of The Hobbit! ASD;LKJAJASA;KJS Can't wait! 8DDDDD
So, there. I think that's everything. Happy New Year, everyone! Love you all loads! <33
I'd planned to do a big, long navel-gazing post reflecting on 2011, but then realised that I can't be bothered. It's been a long year for me, and pretty difficult in many ways, but I feel I'm in a much better place now than I was this time last year, and I want to keep looking forwards, rather than back.
The first half of the year was definitely the hardest, and my biggest regret is dropping out of uni in March. I've come to terms with it, but I'd be a liar if I said it doesn't still hurt to think about at times. My biggest regret, really, is more the way I dropped out: I just sort of freaked out and dropped off the face of the Earth, which I feel I rather fucked about the members of staff in the department. Considering how supportive they'd been, that still makes me feel pretty bad.
But it's not the end of my academic aspirations. Once I've got some money saved and had more time to rebuild my confidence and get back on an even keel, I can think about going back to uni and trying for a degree again. It's just going to have to be slightly delayed, that's all.
Really, the best things about 2011 have been my friends and family, who've been nothing short of awesome - and I mean that in the truest sense of the word. Really, I'm in awe. I have the most wonderful family who have been nothing but supportive, and some truly incredible friends. Special mention goes out to my dearest rhin_ariel, who is just... I don't even have words for how brilliant she is. And to hoc_voluerunt, who, although we've never met, is a truly fabulous and wonderful human being (not least because of a certain Brutus Bear!). And also to my oldest friends, Laura and Jamie (who aren't on LJ, so they'll not see this), but who are truly fabulous. I love each and every one of you madly, and can't thank you enough for the help you've given me this year. I can only hope I can be a fraction as supportive to you.
Of course, that's not counting the various fandom friends I have here and elsewhere. You're a bloody wonderful bunch, and being able to flail madly over fandoms and shipping has been the best sort of distraction from my low moods. Love you all, too! <3
What else? Well, I still don't have a job that pays yet; still on Jobseeker's Allowance, casually draining on society. Although, in November there, I started doing a bit of volunteering in my local British Heart Foundation shop, and that's been brilliant. I've met some brilliant people there, too, and it keeps me busy, gets me out of the house and stops me from vegetating. But still, hopefully I can get an actual, money-paying job in the new year.
In more fandom-y news, I've had a pretty good year for films, TV, and theatre. The number of books I've read has been rather disappointingly low (especially for me), but on the other hand, I've written so much more this year than I have in a long while, so that can only be a good thing. :)
Fandom-wise: a Horrible Histories fandom now exists! I will never get over how amazing that is! :DDDD I never thought there'd be a day where I could legitimately say that I ship Nelson/Hardy(/Beatty), or Dick Turpin/James Smith, or George I/Robert Walpole, or Mozart/Beethoven, or Aethelred the Unready/Svein Forkbeard... but now I can. AND IT IS GLORIOUS. Not to mention that everyone in the fandom is amazing. Long may it continue! :DDD
Also - so much more to look forward to in 2012: Sherlock series two (though the wait is almost, almost over for that!), The Avengers, Coriolanus, Brave, and of course, the big ones for me: series four of Horrible Histories and part one of The Hobbit! ASD;LKJAJASA;KJS Can't wait! 8DDDDD
So, there. I think that's everything. Happy New Year, everyone! Love you all loads! <33