It has been kind of a shit week. Things feel rather bleak at the moment and I am determined, now, to focus on things that are not shit.

So.

• This. It is called 'October,' it is by Broken Bells. It is the song that I am currently marathoning to keep myself sane. (Also, when asked which songs I associated with characters I've roleplayed, this was the ( Read more... )

"...conquer the fear. Bite the fear in the ass and don't let go until it says you are grand ruler of all the universe."

I think I can work with that.

The last of my exchange students have gone, making my role as AFS Support Coordinator officially over ( Read more... )

·         LARP planning. Kate and Bex and I are writing one set in the 1920s, tentatively titled ‘And All That Jazz.’ I’m told it gets more stressful when you start dealing with players, but for now, we’re having a great time- Last Saturday they came over, and we ate sourdough pancakes and watched ‘Chicago’ and cracked ourselves up with our ( Read more... )

• Roleplaying games. They were something I never thought I'd be into, but after letting myself get talked into doing a LARP last year, I changed my mind quickly- Getting to be another person, with a different history and different opinions and experiences is fascinating, and creating stories with a group of imaginitive people is something I find ( Read more... )

I tend to go into denial when I start feeling like I'm getting sick. I'll try to push past it, then crash, probably making it worse than it would have been if I'd just given myself a break.

My throat started feeling swollen and sore today. My flatmate has a rather nasty throat infection, and after texting him, I confirmed that his symptoms were the ( Read more... )

Reviving this!

• The merino wool I bought at Holland Road in Petone when I made an expidition there with Sam, Kate, Barbs and Brooklynne two weekends ago. I have two skeins in gorgeous shades of dark blue and purple, and the hat I'm making is going to be lovely and soft and warm; perfect timing, considering how winter finally seems to be on its way in ( Read more... )

My sister has a friend called Emily, who sent us the following message on Facebook today:

So... I am deep cleaning my room in preparation for moving out in the Fall. That means wading through a lot of random shit I've acquired over the years. I thought you two might find this post-it note I just found interesting. It says

"Plans for the capture ( Read more... )

It's been a good weekend, spent in the compay of friends and boyfriend. Drinks at the Hawthorn Lounge (and oh, I love that place- You can tell the bartender 'Make me a drink whose ingredients start with the same letters as those in my name!' or 'Make me a drink that goes with my dress!' and they'll do it) while playing ridiculously silly card games ( Read more... )

Daylight Savings Times ended (or began? I can never remember which, but at any rate, it's the Bad One, the Losing Daylight In The Evening one), and this marks the beginning of The Time of Year That Is Full of Epic Suck.

I sort of resent this since my mental health, normally stable except during the winter, has been all over the place for the last ( Read more... )