2011 already? Gosh, that was quick

[prunesquallormd]

Yay :) Friday night, so a nice lazy evening with DVDs (I got 'The Vampire Diaries' from Cath for Christmas which looks a lot of fun) and gin (LOL obviously. I'm turning into my mother :D).

All in all it's been a pretty disastrous start to the year, culminating on Wednesday morning with a slight vehicular interface situation :(. It was entirely my fault, too. It was earlier than I'd usually head out to work, because I had to leave early for a Samaritans duty in the evening, so it was that annoying twilight period where everything's more confusing and it's easy to get dazzled or, as was the case with me, just not see what's right in front of your face. So I was pulling out of my road, as I have done hundreds of times before, and I heard a beep, and there was a bloody great car, in the lane that I was pulling into. It was only a side-swipe, and the damage was cosmetic on both sides, but I felt so stupid, and really bad for the other driver too. I mean, there she was, happily going about her business and some idiot comes out of nowhere and rams her. She was very nice about it, which was kind of a relief (a lot of people would react badly, after all, and not unreasonably), but yeah, not a great start to the day, or the year.
It'll all get sorted by my insurance, of course (bang goes a chunk of my no-claims bonus :()but what with the flooded kitchen, and being ill over Christmas, and the less than stellar journey down to mum's at the end of last year, I kind of feel like it's just been one disaster after another.

Oh, well, it could be a whole lot worse, right? I'm not even sure why I'm complaining. Just one of those things, really.

On a much happier note, flister wrote me a Katie/Effy story and it's all sorts of awesome! Sad, angsty, and ridiculously hot, so basically my favourite kind of Keffy fic. YAY :) Thanks, Flis, you're a star ♥
Also, my rather humdrum Thursday (I, like Arthur Dent, can never get the hang of Thursdays :)) was greatly brightened by lizardwriter's Broken Heels and Smeared Lipstick. Katie/Effy hate!sex. Yay! One of my favourite things!
(Which reminds me, I really must catch up with the most recent part of Bedlam. It's been so long since I read the last bit (18 months or something) that I feel like I should go right back to the beginning again. And hey, I read so slowly that Jen might have finished it by the time I'm up to date ;P ♥).

So, anyway! How are you guys? I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year, and that 2011 has started well for you! Any New Years resolutions?
For once, I actually have some, although they're mostly kind of vague. They go something like this:
1) Write more!
Ideally, I'd like to write something every day. God, just a few hundred words would be a vast improvement on what I usually manage. I'm currently trying to knock my writer's block into touch by writing a little Adrian Andrews/Franziska von Karma PWP for sushizuzoru, and it's going slowly but well enough, I think. Of course, I've never played the games that they're in (so my characterisation is entirely stolen from perverbially's rather fab Franzy/Adrian stories, a few of which I've had the pleasure of betaing) but I'm rather enjoying it. And who am I kidding, it's just porn (somewhat questionable D/S themed porn at that), so it's not like it's going to set the world on fire. But still, fun!
(By the way, Amy, if you're up for betaing kind of dubious D/S themed porn centred around your fave ship, that'd be kind of cool :). I'm terrified I've committed the most horrible crimes of characterisation and, well, everything else really, so a more knowledgeable eye would be useful, and much appreciated :)).

2) Read more!
I spend more time than is healthy aimlessly clicking around LJ. I'm sure I could use that time far more productively!

3) Figure out what I want to do with my life!
(AKA Get a job I don't hate. Yeah, easier said than done, that one, and I say it a lot. But maybe this year, hey?).

4) Be a better friend!
I've neglected a lot of people recently. I really need to do something about that.

5) Just be a better person, really.
Oh no, that's not hopelessly vague, at all :D

So yes, those are my resolutions. AKA just a list of vague aspirations, but you've got to start somewhere, right? And there's no harm in biting the bullet and just being vague (oh dear, another Douglas Adams reference? My childhood influences are really showing tonight ...).


Hmm, anything else?
Ah yes, the very small amount of Narnia fans on my f-list might appreciate the all new and improved Narnia Kink Meme that the very lovely likecharity is hosting. Cos, you know, the best response to any stories written by a sex-hating born-again Christian is to write kinky porn about them. Am I wrong? I believe I'm not!

And robotjen is hosting a girlslash themed comment ficathon, which seems to be going with a serious swing, although I haven't had a chance to check it out properly yet :(

I still have to watch the last couple of episodes of season 1 of Lost Girl, and US!Skins is starting in a few days. And then, some time around my birthday, season 5 of UK!Skins starts. I'm still a little wary about getting emotionally invested in something that will almost certainly - come season 6 - kick me square in the teeth without so much as a by-your-leave, but well, learning from your mistakes is for losers, right? ;D

I also need to catch up on my commenting. I've been kind of remiss recently :/

Time to recharge the G&T, so this is me signing off!

Loads of love to you all ♥

Comments

[sushizuzoru.livejournal.com]

And you're more so <333 SUCH A DOLL, SI.~

Things always tend to get worse before they get better, you know? I think that sums up the beginning of your year pretty well, and you're past the bad bits. Now, things are going to look up, I'm sure. :D <3

You're a great friend. HUSH. >8C

[prunesquallormd.livejournal.com]

:D

Here's hoping for a fab 2011 for both of us :)

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[sushizuzoru.livejournal.com]

I'll toast to that <3

Have a good year, Si. You deserve it. :D

[prunesquallormd.livejournal.com]

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