I'm a teacher ( Read more... )

I can't be arsed to write huge paragraphs this time. I'd much rather dig out the old Q&A template and answer the questions one by one. It's the Done Thing, as far as I cal recall when LJ is concerned!

1. What did you do in 2015 that you'd never done before?I'm sure there are a few things here, but I can't think of that many (that I can share in a ( Read more... )

For the first time in a while, I got everything I wanted for Christmas, which is a pleasant change, although the reason for this is a mix-up with our family's Secret Santa, resulting in me getting two times the presents ( Read more... )

When I feel down, what I want to do is spend time with my friends. I have, in fact, a close friend's 30th birthday party today (I've known her since we were 3, so this seems like a very long time indeed), in fancy dress, so that'll be good. But I do feel, increasingly, like there is something missing; something that's slipping through my fingers at ( Read more... )

Let's start with the first issue here. I don't get to vote. Even though my dad's from Scotland, I'm part Scottish myself, having lived with my Scottish grandmother and still having relatives in Edinburgh and the Borders, I don't live there so I don't get a vote in the referendum ( Read more... )

A few years ago I started working on an EP - in terms of things that can loosely be termed the same (including EPs) this is the ninth (good Lord!). It still isn't finished ( Read more... )

My situation is as follows ( Read more... )

I've had a few people so far congratulating me on doing well in the local council elections of May 22nd. I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but the result I got doesn't really merit much congratulation.

As the Wikipedia entry states, the Green Party fielded at least one candidate in every ward, putting us ahead of UKIP and the BNP (and the Lib Dems ( Read more... )

I don't go much for LiveJournal memes any more, but canadanne linked me to this, and I just had to share:

I died on Moon Colony Pookatimes

I was killed in a gas-filled firing range by Ambassador Angel Habibi, whilst carrying...

a DISTORTED-RAGE-10 plasma rifle, a Candykisses89 screwdriver, the Log of the USS Spoudaios, a BOB-IS forcefield generator, a ( Read more... )

Right. Let's address the issue without flinching. Has it been a good year? Well... no. It hasn't been a good year. It's been a year of changes - some major, some minor - but I can't say, hand on heart, that it's been an overly enjoyable one. Did it suck? Well, no, not so much. But it hasn't been a great year, overall. My health isn't great; neither ( Read more... )