General update and review of 2006

Hey there. I know I haven't updated for a while, but I have been writing updates… then coming back a couple days later or so and not liking what I’ve written, hence the lack of posting. So sorry about that. I've been in a weird mood recently, and sometimes things that I want to say don’t come out right, and it makes me sound all bitter or pathetic or something, and that’s not what I want to come across. So I'm just going to sit here, write something, and post it before I change my mind.

So it’s been over a month since I've produced a proper update. Things have changed with me. I'm not looking to go into it, as the events that have happened involve me and a very small number of others, and its not fair on them to bring stuff up on here, A) without talking to them about it first, and B) because at the end of the day it’s between me and them.

So. Christmas has come and gone. As has New Year. I hope you all had a good one, and 2007 brings you what you want from it. Christmas was strange for me this year, mainly due to my mother not being there. She went down to my honorary Aunts, as she didn’t think it was fair to come over to my dads and play happy families with us what with Jude not really speaking to her at the moment, and being in the process of getting a divorce.

And yeah, I can see her point in all that. But I was shopping with my dad about a week before Christmas as he still needed to get some things for me and Mark, and what better way to buy things for me than to have me there? So we’re on our way to the Metro centre, and he asks me what I think about her not coming over for Christmas, and I say that I can understand her reasoning’s, and I'm ok with it. Because I was. Of course he then turned around and told me that “That’s your mother speaking!” Um… no… it’s what I think! Why ask me a question if you can’t accept my answer?! But after that little mishap we were ok.

Well, except we were both feeling a little down. See, another reason for shopping… retail therapy helps to make you feel better… especially if it’s someone else’s money. Hehehe.

So as it’s a new year, I guess I suppose I should do a review of last year.

No. boyfriends at beginning of year: 0
No. dates in year: I dunno… 15 ish? Depends what you class as a date really.
No. boyfriends at end of year: 0
Likelihood of becoming a spinster: 80% (it’s the knitting thing… I can’t seem to get it down…Can I just be an old lady, lots of cats and, um… Stitching… that’s spinster-ish, right?)

No. TKD gradings taken: 4
No. TKD gradings passed: 4
No. TKD tournaments taken part in: 1
No. TKD tournament medals won: 0

No. Times made an ass of myself sober: …I lost count… Apparently it’s a talent I have…
No. Times made ass of myself drunk: 4… that I have a vague recollection of… there could well be others. (Is it worrying I can remember the drunk ones more than the sober ones?!)

Film(s) of the year (No particular order)
(NB: This happens to be the year I saw them… not necessarily the year they were released)
Garden State
Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
The Lake House
Serenity

Music: (Again, no order)
Fall Out Boy
Panic! At The Disco
Anna Nalick
Aimee Mann
The Shins
3 Doors Down

Quotes: (Again, no order)
Lucy: I just ID’d a giant fork and spoon!
Craig( Halfway down a slide): I got a Wedgy!!!
Lucy: I am the frigging superior of the superior!
Master Oldham (To Afro at TKD grading in Feb)- You’re free to train on Valentines day?! Go get yourself a girl!
Jude- The sex was crap but the Cannabis was good.
Jude- It’s raining Mark! You know… the wet kind!

Little sisters eh?

So I've been back in Birmingham for 2 weeks now. (If I had had my way it would have been about 2 days… I mean, I had 2 lectures in total these last 2 weeks… one which I slept through and then found out later it was cancelled, and the other I just slept through… So really, what was the point of me being here for the past 2 weeks?! I could have stayed at home and spent time with my family, but gee, apparently they couldn’t wait to get rid of me. Makes a girl feel wanted when they all jump down your throat for suggesting you spend some more time with them!)

And then, on the Wednesday of the first week, I kinda went out on a date. And yeah, it was nice, but that was it. Just “nice”. And then of course I got in, started to freak out about a load of things and if it wouldn’t have meant my parents would have probably killed me, I would have jumped on the next train to Newcastle I could have gotten on.

I really need a job. But apparently there’s a few going in the Bull Rig now, so after I post this I might head into town for a bit. If the wind dies down…

I would like to take a moment to share my condolences to anyone who reads this who knew someone who was hurt or killed due to the strong winds on Thursday.

I’m a strange student, people have said. In that I don’t go out every night clubbing etc, and don’t go on drinking seshs etc. And I don’t normally drink when I'm by myself; it’s never been something that appeals to me somehow. And you all know, or at least do now, that I HATE whisky. Cannot stand the stuff. So can someone please explain to me why I have been A) craving whisky for the past few weeks? To the extent of going to town for the sole purpose of buying some. And B) drinking so much on my own. Not to any stupid levels or nothing, but a lot more than what I used to. It’s not worrying me too much at the moment, but its something I'm going to have to keep an eye on. And make sure I start eating properly again… I seem to have stopped that again, but like I say, its not at worrying proportions atm, just something I have to keep an eye on.

M’eh. Right, I think I’ll post this, get up, get some food and see about heading into town.

Laters