Weekend wibblings...

[cybermule]

Gave the house a blitz on Saturday morning. I haven't touched it in about 6 weeks and it was filthy. So I've finally hoovered up the layer of cat hair, cleaned the bathroom and even dusted, which I tend to do somewhat irregularly.

Saturday night was "Kill Bill" with my brother and his GF. This cheered me up a bit - housework always makes me depressed, and together with certain work and emotional problems, I'd got myself into a bit of a mess by the time I went out. But the film was pretty good. Not great, IMO - it was a bit slow and predictable, but maybe that will change in the second volume. However, I really enjoyed the style, particularly the cartoon-y bit, and generally had a good time. Saw the trailer to the new Matrix film, and wish to state comperhensively that I will not be going to see that.

Ate pizza at my brother's place while watching his "pirates of the carribbean" DVD (don't ask!), then crawled home ridiculously late, with a sore throat and headache :( Still felt crappy on Sunday, so I took advantage of the fact that I didn't have to do Mom's shopping until Monday to get some provisions and spend the day wrapped up in my quilt, self-medicating and watching cartoons. Watched a neat documentary on Pompeii. Then had bad dreams about volcanoes :P

Monday was incredibly busy, which took it out of me again. Went walking very early in the morning. I saw a massive hawk dragging a rabbit along - gross, but fascinating. There's a cute little lake near my hometown, so I went wandering around that. It was so still and frosty... amazing. That kind of recharged my batteries (must do country walks more often!), which was good because I needed it for the day ahead :P

Got home, tidied up a little (my family are VERY messy - it's best to get ahead of yourself). Then my brother phoned and asked if I'd drop in with my mom. I wasn't sure, but then neither of them have a car, so I feel like I kind of have to. Went to get my mother and took her to the housing office, where I argued endlessly with a council officer. Net result - my mom has an extra 60 points and has shot up the waiting list. So at least I feel like I did something concrete. We then had to do some shopping (Mom always runs out of money conveniently just before I take her shopping *sigh*) and hang around for my brother for an hour or so. Nonetheless, I enjoyed spending a bit of time with my mom, and cheering her up a bit.

Saw bro for half an hour, had curry for tea, then took my mom home, came home myself, showered and collapsed in bed for 10 hours. Still have a sore throat :(

Actually had quite a good day at work - some entries on my friends page cheered me up, I patched up a couple of sticky situations with my colleagues and got through a lot of narky tasks. Even phoning two people, which I've been putting off for about a month. I'm going to spend the evening catching up on a huge backlog of emails and working on my new website. Oh, and maybe watching one or two cartoons :P

In short, after a really shitty couple of weeks, I start to feel some serenity returning :)

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[fyatuk.livejournal.com]

I've thought about turning my cat into a hat at times

I wear my cat as a wrap every now and then. Can't wear her outside though, she gets scared and digs into my jugular....

Mostly about zombies.

I have nightmares like that sometimes. Of course mine are all really campy... I had one where I was getting chased by demons and ended up hiding in a haylof in my grandma's den (note my grandma most definitely does not have a hayloft in her den... it's in the garage). I think I've watched too much Buffy, Angel, and Army of Darkness...

Last nightmare I had that actually scared me was when I was 4 years old. We had just moved into a new house and I dreamed that my brother and I went to check the mail when a demon popped out of the mailbox and dragged my brother down to hell. A few years later my brother started doing drugs. Still bugs me sometimes. That and cruise ships (old recurring nightmare of falling off a cruise ship and getting mutilated by the props).

Yeah - it's a beautiful spot

Definitely is a beautiful spot. I live in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Enchanted Rock is near Fredricksberg (which is a nice town to walk through). Lots of Native American stories regarding that rock.

I leave it for ages

I do the same thing, except what determines when I clean is when I need to find something. Like tonight. Need to find my truck registration since it expired in June.... Don't need another ticket, insurance is expensive enough...

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

Can't wear her outside though, she gets scared and digs into my jugular....

Heheh - bless 'em, eh? I've got big scratches down my back from where my cat decided it was unreasonable for me to turn over in bed. Must remember not to change in front of anyone for a while...

Of course mine are all really campy

LOl - I'd actually quite like campy. I had a phase of being chased by waltzing skeletons, but I mostly just dream of wastelands and vast lonely expanses of sea :/

A few years later my brother started doing drugs.

Yikes - that would be hard not to see it as a scary premonition. I hope your bro has come through that. I'm not that innocent and clean living, but there are some borders that crossing seems to mess most ppl up.

I live in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

Ah - I always thought Texas would be quite cool. But then, like I was saying to KidKarrot elsewhere, a lot of it is just contrast to SW England, with its water and trees. Plus, I always tend to think of each state as one tiny isolated spot that I saw in a photo once :D

Need to find my truck registration since it expired in June

Hmm - American trucks always confuse me. Do you mean big goods vehicles or pickups?

Still bugs me sometimes. That and cruise ships (old recurring nightmare of falling off a cruise ship and getting mutilated by the props).

[fyatuk.livejournal.com]

that would be hard not to see it as a scary premonition

Actually I do have premonitions. Always about meaningless stuff (like the conversation I'll have over dinner in 3 weeks or something like that). Really frieks people out when you start saying exactly what their saying at exactly the same time...

Do you mean big goods vehicles or pickups

Sorry, pickup. To be specific a 1986 Dodge Ram longbed. Good farm truck (not so good in a large city. Can barely park the thing, but I love it).

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

Actually I do have premonitions.

Hmm. I have occasionally, but not as a regular thing so I couldn't draw any useful conclusion as to whether I believed in them. You're really quite odd, aren't you? That's more of a compliment than an insult, BTW.

Sorry, pickup

Thanks. I thought you meant Heavy Goods Vehicles, but then you didn't seem like a truck driver :P We don't have to have special licenses for pickups. Maybe we should - they're a bit big for most English roads.

[fyatuk.livejournal.com]

You're really quite odd, aren't you? That's more of a compliment than an insult, BTW.

I've always relished in other people thinking I'm odd. I enjoy it. I remember bits and pieces from past lives, I abandoned Christianity, I have premonitions and almost always know my dreams are dreams when I'm dreaming. I try to exert control over my subconscious rather than the other way around. I just like to do things ways people never have.

I prefer the term weird or insane, and don't ever call me psycho, but other than that it doesn't matter. *cackle*

We don't have to have special licenses for pickups

We don't have to have a special license for pickups either. We have special licenses for Motorcycles, cars/pickups/vans, and commercial vehicles (trucks, buses, large vans, etc).

Course Texas does have special license plates for pickups. Don't know if any other state does...

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

I've always relished in other people thinking I'm odd.

Mmm. I quickly realised (once I started school) that there was no way I was ever really going to fit in, and after a short while I also decided that I didn't even want to. So from then on, I decided to be as strange as possible :)

I just like to do things ways people never have.

yeah - I understand that. I guess I just like being quietly awkward :)