cosmic_llin: (cagney and lacey lolz)
Three days into a new year already - gosh!

Christmas, as expected, was a bit upsetting and miserable, but had some lovely bits! Quite a few people got me presents to share with [livejournal.com profile] carawj (thank you, those people, for cushions, teapots, spice racks etc! :D) and my brother got me a Davros cookie jar, so, awesomes. And then when I got back to London we had a little Christmas of our own and I had a stocking with jelly beans and bubbles and poetry and biscuits and it was very lovely. :)

As to my feelings on Doctor Who... mostly disappointment and betrayal. I might post properly another time.

So anyway... 2010, eh?

Where I am now is nowhere near where I imagined myself this time last year. And 2009 in a lot of ways was a difficult year, but it was also a year filled with loveliness and awesome, and one in which I think I've grown a lot and learned a lot of things about myself, so I'm counting it as a win overall. I have a lovely home and girlfriend and a wonderful circle of friends both near and far who mean the world to me, and if I don't have a job I love, I at least have one that pays the bills and lets me wear what I like and listen to my iPod in the office, which could be a whole heap worse.

I'm not sure I want to make a list of resolutions, but as a general thing I want to spend more of this year doing things that are important to me, and I want to make more progress towards my goal of making a living from writing. Although technically I do that already, it really doesn't count.

Today I'm sitting in our nice tidy flat, we've shopped and eaten proper food, I've been doing creative things all day and even if I haven't made the best possible use of the Christmas break, I have really enjoyed it. So I think this is a good way to start the year. *nod*
cosmic_llin: (Bonnie and Colin)
So, [livejournal.com profile] carawj and I put up our Christmas tree on Friday night!

It was fun. We'd inherited a second-hand tree, and we hadn't really checked that it was ok, so we were surprised to open the box and find that it didn't come with a stand, oh noes! So we were like, what do we do, and then I remembered how we never had a stand at home and my dad just used to (and AFAIK still does) wedge the tree into a bucket using rocks of various sizes from the garden.

We don't have a garden to get rocks from, nor do we have a bucket, so instead we washed out the bathroom bin and used that, and wedged the tree in with the entire contents of the tins cupboard in the kitchen.

Of course, now we can't eat any tinned food until January 6th, but our Christmas tree stands up practically almost straight! And is sparkly!

And there's already a present under it because my dad got something for [livejournal.com profile] carawj, which makes me super happy.

Saturday folk came over and we watched Christmassy movies and had mulled wine and nommy foods, yay! Then I spent Sunday going 'aaargh, aargh, too congested to breathe'. And now I'm back at work, but only for a week and an half before I have nearly two whole weeks off! No idea yet really what I'm doing with them... Wales folk, want to meet up? London folk, want to do things that we normally can't do on weekdays because we're always working?
cosmic_llin: (Hmm...)
OMG THERE IS A CHANCE I WILL GET TO ACTUALLY SEE BONNIE LANGFORD IN CHICAGO ON THE WEST END OMFG. Don't want to get too excited until it's actually booked, though...

In other news, I am ill at home for the second day in a row, listlessly poking the internet with iPlayered Doctor Who on in the background... [livejournal.com profile] carawj has been looking after me very well but she is out now doing family stuff!

Off to Wales on Sunday morning for a Secret Mission, but before that, Jim Moray gig tomorrow night! Hope I am well enough by then to make it as far as Finchley. I am determined.

Also, I has a [livejournal.com profile] fandom_stocking! HERE.
cosmic_llin: (DW cute leela)
Had a very full few days!

1. On Friday, Sash and I went to a Q&A with Joanna Lumley. Oh my gosh, she is so cool. I mean, I always liked her as an actor, and I really respect all the stuff she's doing for the gurkhas, but oh, in person, she's so marvellous! Very friendly and sweet, full of useful advice for the actors who made up most of the audience, absolutely hilarious and an excellent speaker all round.
2. The act at work this weekend was a guy called Hans Teeuwen, a Dutch comedian. He's not quite like anything I've ever seen before, and he's terrific. There are some clips of him on YouTube but they're mostly in Dutch, unfortunately for me!
3. Thinking of spending a couple of days in Wales this weekend. Which means, because I'm working Friday night (until 1.30, eep!), that I'll have to go first thing on Saturday morning, and come back last thing Sunday night, for work on Monday morning. Ooh, or, if I ask work nicely, maybe I could work Monday afternoon instead of morning, to have an extra night at home... time to start sucking up, methinks...
4. I've barely been in the house all week, and my room is still a tip. How does this happen? Big tidy-up today.
5. I got a lovefilm free trial, and got By the Pricking of my Thumbs to watch Bonnie Langford (she was great!), and ended up unexpectedly falling a bit for Greta Scacchi - I definitely prefer Tuppence Beresford as a lonely alcoholic, is that wrong?
6. I also got Trial of a Timelord for the commentary - I would like to marry Colin Baker now, please. He may not be as pretty now, but he's so clever and nice and wonderful!
7. I wish there was such thing as a West End Theatres season ticket. If that existed, I wouldn't mind not having any money. Well, I would... but not very much. There's so much stuff coming up that I want to see. Hopefully by Christmas I'll be able to afford at least a couple of things!
8. Hope everyone has had a nice weekend!
cosmic_llin: (Default)
Feeling considerably cheerier and less dramatic today!
Partly because I've got a temping assignment and some shifts at the theatre - I feel a bit safer. And also, the temping assignment is the same really nice one I was on before I left (the girl they had in the interim was rubbish, haha!) and so I feel a lot less like going away to Wales just threw all my London stuff upside-down. Finances are still a bit wobbly, but hopefully I can get things back on track.
I just need to accept that this is going to be a weird time, and make the best of it.

A challenge for you, flist: I need to find a song about a woman who is ditzy/annoying, but secretly awesome. Upbeat would be best. Some of you may guess what I need this for... Any suggestions gratefully received!

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