A crop of unextinguishable regrets...

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:06:26 GMT

So she takes her pills
Careful and round
One of these days she's gonna throw the whole bottle down
But she's trying to be a good girl
Give'em what they want

Fuck this.

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:48:05 GMT

In the effort to keep my new journal more or less up-beat, this will have to go here.

I ran out of meds yesterday. And the health centre's not open over the weekend. Today is stupid and I feel like shit.

Apologies, Elle, I know I said I'd bring you juice and I really meant to but I haven't actually left my room today. I hope you're feeling a bit better today.

Sorry, Ben. I'm not sure I'll be x-boxing it up tomorrow.

Not even sure I'll make it to the Monkey's in the evening at this rate, but I promised I'd go. And I don't hang out with those guys enough anymore. And it's been so ong since I did any proper singing. I really should go, but I just can't make myself enthusiastic abouot anything today.

I Am Invoking Live-In-The-Past Day

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:45:10 GMT

Title says it all. Today is nostalgia day. Enjoy it while it lasts.

Our Last Summer

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:47:15 GMT

Needlessly morbid title for what's actually quite a jolly thought. I'm sitting in my room at my desk, with the curtain open for once, and it's actually quite warm. Then iTunes in its infinite wisdom decided to play Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. And the reminder of the Summer we came up with Band from the Back and instituted the Day Formally Known as Woot was ridiculously strong. There's a breeze coming through my window and it felt madly like I was sitting on Steph's drive or on my patio with a cd player blaring and awesome friends just hanging out. Returning to my uninspiring vista - both the street outside and my operating system - was quite an unwelcome shock. So anyway, it may be February but I now feel like Summer can't be far away.

: )

Also, I have a new Livejournal. It's probably going to be a while before I start regularly posting in that one rather than this one though. Anyone who feels like it, add aleas_iacta . Later, all.

Maybe if This T-shirt is Witty Enough, Somebody Will Finally Love Me

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:36:11 GMT

I'm thinking about changing my livejournal. Like, actually getting a totally other one. I wouldn't delete this one or anything, because I tend to consider that level of emo a bit... not beneath me, just... other to me. But yeah... It's been like five years now and I'm thinking it might be refreshing to distance myself from some of the crap in this one. 562 entries since 10th May 2004. The thing is, it would clearly end up full of exactly the same crap as this one... so maybe it's futile. But *shrug* I'm going to do it anyway. I'll link it from here at some point.

Argh!

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:29:58 GMT

So traumatised...

Do not eat Tescos Value spaghetti in tins...

So gross. So gross.

So gross.

New Pens, Dance Mat, Old Friends

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:33:10 GMT

I have pretty new pens, they are awesome. And, as Catherine and I geeked fantastically over, the box is all exciting and it like folds in on itself so you can stand it up. It's such a cunning piece of engineering. I'm quite blown away by it.

Also, I adore my dance mat. My GODS, I have done so much exercise since getting it. I now officially weigh 12 stone (yeah, a girl just posted her weight on the internet, it's scary isn't it), not 12.5, not 12.2, not even that annoying number that's only a shade over 12 so doesn't have a proper decimal to itself. There is something to be said for living half an hour from campus and dancing furiously for an hour or two a day. I can't help but wonder if the infrequency of my eating habits these days also has something to do with it, but I prefer to believe not; I worry that that'd just encourage me not to eat, and it's not like I avoid it on purpose at the moment. I just feel no inclination to cook. Like...ever.

Anya came up from Sussex to visit me this weekend. <3 Awesome as ever. We had Indian, and watched Get Real and DDR'd and she brought me coke. We do love that girl. ^_^'

Oh yeah? YOU'RE a Euphemism!

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:24:33 GMT

Ho hum. I should really do some work.

This is a Low {More Angsty Song Lyrics}

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:00:02 GMT

iTunes has a sick sense of humour.

Trying hard to speak
And fighting with my weak hand
Driven to distraction
It's all part of the plan

When something is broken
And you try to fix it
Trying to repair it
Any way you can

I dive in at the deep end
You become my best friend
I wanna love you but I don't know if I can

I know something is broken
and I'm trying to fix it
Trying to repair it anyway I can

You and me are floating on a tidal wave... together
You and me are drifting into outer space... and singing

I just got off the dance mat after an hour. Aaaaand the endorphines go "Rightyo, see you later, we're fucking off now."

And the hardest part
Was letting go, not taking part
Was the hardest part
And the strangest thing
Was waiting for that bell to ring
It was the strangest start

I could feel it go down
Bittersweet, I could taste in my mouth
Silver lining the cloud
Oh and I
I wish that I could work it out

And the hardest part
Was letting go, not taking part
You really broke my heart
And I tried to sing
But I couldn’t think of anything
And that was the hardest part

I could feel it go down
You left the sweetest taste in my mouth
You're silver lining the clouds
Oh and I
Oh and I
I wonder what it’s all about
I wonder what it’s all about

Everything I know is wrong
Everything I do, it's just comes undone
And everything is torn apart
Oh and it’s the hardest part
That’s the hardest part
Yeah that’s the hardest part
That’s the hardest part

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:49:46 GMT

I close both locks below the window
I close both blinds and turn away
Sometimes solutions aren't so simple
Sometimes goodbye's the only way
And the shadow of the day
Will embrace the world in grey
And the sun will set for you.
Cards and flowers line your window
Your friends all plead for you to stay
Sometimes beginnings aren't so simple
Sometimes goodbye's the only way...

Hiding Behind Teh Memes {Ganked from Hippyjolteon}

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:16:22 GMT

1. Top 3 favourite nicknames for yourself:
- Xinmao
- Nadikins/Naja
- Ralph

2. Top 3 favourite boys names:
- Tristan
- Sebastian
- Steven

3. Top 3 favourite girls names:
- Jaina
- Amelia
- Catherine

4. Top 3 favourite numbers:
- 2
- 7
- 42

5. Top 3 favourite colours:
- Green
- Blue
- Black

6. Top 3 favourite movie villains:
- Jareth - Labyrinth
- The Master - Doctor Who
- Cutler Beckett - Pirates of the Caribbean (2 & 3)

7. Top 3 favourite movie good guys:
- Jack Sparrow
- Rosencrantz
- Lucian

8. Top 3 favourite video game villains:
- Sylvanas Windrunner (For 'cause I love her name.)
- Aperture Science
- Can't think of a third one so I'll steal one of Phoebe's - Team Rocket.

9. Top 3 favourite video game good guys:
- Companion Cube
- Curiosity Core
- Navi (annoying squeaky critter that it was)

10. Top 3 favourite animated movies:
- Flight of Dragons
- The Land Before Time
- Kungfu Panda

11. Top 3 favourite live action movies:
- Underworld
- The Labyrinth
- The Princess Bride

12. 3 movies you haven't seen but want to see:
- Good Will Hunting
- Requiem for a Dream
- The Last Samurai

13. 3 movies you feel like watching now:
- Bright Young Things
- Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
- Sliding Doors

14. Top 3 video games at the momemt:
- World of Warcraft
- DDR
- Guitar Hero

15. Top 3 games you want to buy right now:
- Guitar Hero/Rock Band
- Uh... that's about it.

16. 3 favourite songs at the moment:
- Give You Hell - All-American Rejects
- I Should Be Allowed to Think - They Might Be Giants
- Purpose - Avenue Q

17. Top 3 original characters at the moment (yours or anyones):
- Lucian (Underworld)
- Sidarius (Eterna campaign)
- Locke Lamora (Gentlemen Bastards Sequence)

18. Top 3 hobbies:
- Writing
- Reading
- Roleplaying

19. 3 least favourite things to do:
- Studying
- Cleaning
- Talking to people I don't know on the phone

20. Top 3 favourite accents:
- Irish.
- Massechusetts
- Scottish

21. Main 3 reasons why you did this quiz:
- Distraction
- Escapism
- Boredom

Song Lyrics Quiz

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:10:26 GMT

1. Put your music player on shuffle/random and post the first lines from the first twenty-five songs that come up.
2. Strike through the lyrics as people guess the artist and song each line comes from. (Some of them will inevitably be from musicals, so I'll accept just the name of the musical for those.)

I left the North, I travelled South, I found a tiny house and I can't help the way I feel.
She kisses everyone goobye and waves her middle finger high, they're never gonna mess with her again.
Hot cha, where are you? Everybody's eyes are closed. {Phoebe They Might Be Giants - Hot Cha}
Last year's wishes are this year's apologies, every last time I come home.
From the West she appears, sunlight and stars in her hair...
Heya Tom, it's Bob, from the office down the hall. It's good to see you, buddy, how ya been? {Laura Jonathan Coulton - Re: Your Brains}
I close both locks below the window, I close both blinds and turn away... {Shae Linkin Park - Shadow of the Day}
I play the part of a broken heart up on the shelf, I play that part so lonely and so well.
When the Sun comes down, when the rains wash away all the hopes I can bring to another day...
We are grown but cannot see, lost our world of make-believe.
I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have ever known. {Elle Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams}
All the mistakes I made, I made because I didn't know myself very well.
I heard there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord. {Elle Rufus Wainwright - Steph Hallelujah}
My beloved monster and me, we go everywhere together wearing a raincoat that has four sleeves...
Everybody's screaming, we're only dreaming - everybody's screaming, we're only bleeding...
Are teenage dream's so hard to beat? Every time she walks down the street... {Steph The Undertones - Teenage Kicks}
Give us this day our daily dose of faux affliction, forgive our sins forged at the paulpit, with forked tongues selling false sermons.
I am thinking it's a sign that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and when we kiss they're perfectly aligned. {Shae The Postal Service - Such Great Heights}
Sometimes I think this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
Some say now suffer all the children and walk away a saviour...
Trying hard to speak and fighting with my weak hand, driven to distraction, it's all part of the plan...
When I get high you always bring me down, everything I tried hit the stony ground
I've been up and I've been down, I lost my way and nothing seems right today, nothing will go my way.
I am a little bit of loneliness, a little bit of disregard.{Laura Linkin Park - Shae Faint}
Rambling - where to be begin - I taste the Summer on your peppery skin.

This was meant to be a post full of happy things...

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:57:26 GMT

But that kinda didn't work out.

"Because fairy tales aren't happy. And 'ever after' is never as long as you think. Because you never know how the story ends."

"Where are we going?"
"I don't know. I thought you knew."
"No, I don't know. Maybe he knows."
"No, he definitely doesn't know."

"Maybe no-one knows."

"Oh well, I hope it's nice when we get there."

The depressing side of things doesn't bear consideration - expect that watching Girl, Interrupted was NOT a good idea, for explanation listen to Nancy Sinatra's The End of the World.

The happier side of things is as follows:

I have extensions on all my work until after Reading Week - thank the Gods for compassionate lecturers.
It's meant to snow more on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
I have two snowball fights planned for today. I have a theory that snow has much the same effect on the heartbroken as ice cream. It's cold and relatively squishy, right?
I built two snowmen yesterday, one with housemates - The Hitler Titmonster (don't ask) - and the EIGHT FOOT TALL one that Games Soc constructed next to the Arts Building - King Snowy.
I have a new keyboard for my laptop. Meaning I can type without battling the stickiness of the built-in one.
College is finally going to pay me my bursaries next month, so I've impulsively ordered myself a dance mat. It was meant to be here by the end of the week, but what with the snow I'm not going to expect it until next week.

So... yeah.... it's not all bad news, I guess.

Amantes Sunt Amentes

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:29:33 GMT

Heaven bend to take my hand
And lead me through the fire
Be the long awaited answer
To a long and painful fight

Truth be told I've tried my best
But somewhere along the way
I got caught up in all there was to offer
And the cost was so much more than I could bear

Though I've tried, I've fallen...
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here
And tell me I told you so...

We all begin with good intent
Love was raw and young
We believed that we could change ourselves
The past could be undone
But we carry on our backs the burden
Time always reveals
The lonely light of morning
The wound that would not heal
It's the bitter taste of losing everything
That I have held so dear.

I've fallen...
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here
And tell me I told you so...

Heaven bend to take my hand
Nowhere left to turn
I'm lost to those I thought were friends
To everyone I know
Oh they turned their heads embarassed
Pretend that they don't see
But it's one missed step
You'll slip before you know it
And there doesn't seem a way to be redeemed

Though I've tried, I've fallen...
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here
And tell me I told you so...

</3

Hey, ten months, twenty-six days isn't a bad innings, right? Yeah...

(Lovers are lunatics)

"You laugh because I'm different. I laugh because I'm rolling initiative."

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:32:34 GMT

So I'm copying out my D&D character sheet, because I'm fairly sure the numbers have been a bit f***ed up for a while now, and because it's getting difficult to read. Anyway, that geekiness aside, I thought you might appreciate some quotes that have been scrawled haphazardly over my gaming papers.

"What's the difference between a mile and a nautical mile?"
"One is wet."

"It can't be bloodied. It's a lightning elemental. It doesn't have blood."

"Well... he's discharging erroneously."
"That's what she said..."

"Just a little world-building project... like, we've all got Jupiter and Saturn and you sit there fiddling with little Pluto - that's not a euphemism!"

"They're going to kill more people and steal more virgins and rape more money!"

"You will need to research the cause of the frog."

"Catholics: as dangerous as they are sexy!"

"They're sending an army of Urukshrooms!"

"What's that Andy? A map. What're you doing Andy? Aiming." (Our archer has epicly long distance shots and rolls like ten crits per encounter.)

"They're interested in your greatsword."
"Who isn't?"

"We would like to return to this work of fiction."

"Quick! Complicate matters!" (Our battlecry.)

"Rumblebusters - Saving the world with complications, one rumbling pebble at a time." (Our raison d'etre.)

Anyway, gotta go. Games Soc soon.

LolPoe

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:09:19 GMT

Inspir'd by teh great work of the guys working on teh Lolcat Bible, I have decided to waste time working on a little Lolpoetry of mah own. Presenting the couple of stanzas of Teh Rayvun by Edga Al'n Po.

I sorry, iambic pentameter.

Teh Rayvun

Wuz leight at naite an wuz dreer- dreea- dark, an I wuz hav sleepy thinkz,
'bout lotz ov straenge ol' stuffs
Wuz nut sleepz! But wuz resting mah eyz, wen wuz nocnock noize,
Sum1 nocked an nocked at dor
"Sum1 are ther," I sez to self, "Tappin' on mah dor.
Nuffin' skeery.

Ah yus! Wuz in Chrissmustaim coz wuz cold, I rememburz,
Wur lotz uv laites on flor frum faier.
Wanted it ta bee t'morro; DID NOT WANT b sadz
Can has happy frum books? 'cuz wantz Lenor - laik teh fabrik sofner -
But dis Lenor not fabrik sofner, is purty aynjel -
But is naymless 4eva.

Curtens mayde teh russling noizes, wuz sp00kie.
Mayde hair stand up on endz, wuz very skeerd.
Traid nut 2 b skeerd, sez 2 self lotz an lotz
"Iz not 2 b skeerd. Cuz is jus' frend cum 2 vizzit.
Frend iz layt
Not nuffin' skeery. Iz frend.

Aaaaand now, Nadia needs to get back to work on her Roman History essay plan. If you would like to verify the accuracy of this contemporary rendering of a literary favourite, see below.

If you enjoyed this programme, and would like to see more of the same kind of programming, all you have to do is comment. ; P

The Raven

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -
Only this, and nothing more.'

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore -
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore -
Nameless here for evermore.

And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
`'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door -
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door; -
This it is, and nothing more,'

I are

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:20:19 GMT

Living proof that you can be chipper on the internet and intellectual in Greek class when it feels like your life is coming apart in your hands.

That's the man she's married to now
That's the girl that he takes around town
She appears composed so she is, I suppose
Who really knows?
She shows no emotion at all
Stares into space like a dead china doll

Hehehehe

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:32:33 GMT

I love my medication. Partly for the fact that I'm giggling at quarter past eight in the morning as opposed to desperately trying to feel too ill to go to Greek. But also for somethinkg I just realised as a result of emptying out the medicine pocket of my bag. Any of you who remember me in sixth form will know this to be an impressive experience. It currently contains: citalopram, Nurofen, ibuprofen, paracetemol, more paracetemol, Beechams flu meds, solubale lemsip sachets, Tunes... and various other things.

But the bit I was giggling at was that my meds say "20MG" on the box. Nothing extraordinary there. But then you have to remember that I am an easily amused child and that that looks startlingly like "ZOMG" from certain angles. Hehehehehehehehehehe_{hehehehehehehehehe...}

In other news, I spilt coca cola on my keyboard. The keys are now mostly horribly sticky and semi-unusable, so if random letters are missing from my typing, please blame this.

There's a new Underworld movie coming out on Friday. I'm totally going. I don't even care if no one wants to come with me. If anyone does, out of interest, can they be in Egham around 5? Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans, sounds EXCELLENT. Come on, Selene was the hottest creature ever, but we all know the Lycans were the cool ones. Lucian <3 He might actually be in this one, since I think it's going back to the war when the Lycans originally revolted against the vampires, so he's still alive and if I'm not much mistaken leading the Lycan army. Awesome. I heart Lucian.

And house hunt continues. We're starting to realise that we turned down perfectly good places for stupid reasons earlier, and now we're stuck with the rather crap places. We did find one place we loved yesterday, but then some other people snagged it. *cry* One more place to see today, and another five (Gods, give me strength) to see tomorrow. We did see a deer, last time we went househunting. No, we were not searching out in the country. This random deer appeared around the side of a house across the road and fled off up the road. I report unashamedly that Dale and I chased after it.

Dale: Want a pet deer?
*exchange looks*
Nadia: Hell yeah!

Sadly, though, we could not keep up. They was also one of the local greyhounds straining to get after it, but it was on a lead so we did not have 40mph competition. Not that the greyhound could probably have done much with it even if it had caught up. The deer was like twice its size.

Anyway. Greek awaits. Wish me luck. I'm pretty sure she's going to make me retake that test. It was THAT awful. Later, all.

P.S. History made, yesterday. Go Obama, not getting shot at his inauguration. =D

Well, Something's Gotta Makes Ya Happy...

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:49:57 GMT

Said happy-maker would currently be the dog I'll be obsessing about for some time to come. For adorable pictures (more of them than I put up on Facebook earlier)....

You may now all offer her worship. Like the Ancient Egyptians. Cats and greyhounds. Betcha didn't know that.

And at some point, I shall capture her standing up. Yes, it has been known to occur. But will probably have to wait to be captured on film until I can get my camera fixed. Webcam is ill-equipped for following a dog around.

Happy Pills Can't Kick in Soon Enough

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:44:47 GMT

Here it is the revenge to the tune
You're no good
You're no good, you're no good, you're no good
Can't you tell that it's well understood

I'm never gonna know you now, but I'm gonna love you anyhow I'm here today and expected to stay on, and on, and on...
I'm tired
I'm tired
Looking out on the substitute scene
Still going strong
XO, Mom
It's okay, it's alright, nothing's wrong
Tell Mr. Man with impossible plans
To just leave me alone
In the place where I make no mistakes
In the place where I have what it takes
- Elliot Smith, Waltz 2 (XO)

Seemed as good a way as any to sum up my week.

Books, Books and a Tasteful Sprinkling of Books...

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:23:18 GMT

I technically try to make a point of not using my default user pic for entries as I try to give all my 103 (I know, mad) userpics a chance to see the light once in a while. But I'm just so very pleased with this one... Aw, Richard <3 Anyone who doesn't know what I'm talking about, go immediately to Looking for Group and start reading. You'll soon understand the Richard!love.

Anyway this was not the subject of my post!

No, good people, I was not merely attempting to divert you with red herrings when I thoughtfully titled this, my fifth post of the year. I have decided, while studying course guides for Creative Writing that I'm going to have to make myself much more widely read by the start of my MA (which seems hugely far away and unbearably close simultaneously) if I'm not to embarrass myself.

[On a brief meander away from the topic at hand, I'd like to point out the hugely misleading nature of Kingston University's website. Am I really the only person daft enought to think that, in spite of the name of the University, anywhere with a giant picture of the London Eye on its homepage must be situated in South London somewhere? I felt both rather foolish and also rather betrayed when I learned the truth. This is not the kind of low-handed false advertising I would expect from a seat of learning. ANYWAY...]

So, it's like this. It's not that I don't to quite a lot of reading - although I'm still pretty slow - but I find myself very much reading the same genre stuff all the time. Don't get me wrong; my love for Fantasy has not dwindled in the slightest, but I can't help but think it would be beneficial to try a few other things. Besides all the books I want to read just because I impulse!bought them in charity shops and they're taking up space on my bookshelves, I really want to start reading some classics, or at least something a little more intellectually stimulating than your average fantasy novel.

Please comment with suggestions? : )

In other news: Bruce Almighty is funny... I knew this before but I'm watching it again in the great Wasting Time marathon before I go back to uni.
"Come on, honey. You know everything happens for a reason."
"That I don't need. That is a cliche. That is not helpful to me. 'A bird in the hand's worth two in the bush...' I have no bird! I have no bush! God has taken my bird and my bush!"

The Critical Win of Miss Penny Flyte

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:18:26 GMT

This is Penny Flyte. Penny is a six year-old, ex-racing greyhound. She is now my pet dog.

I have a dog!!! That's right, people. This adorable doggy is now mine! I'm visiting at the dog's shelter once more on Sunday and then, pending inspection of our house to make sure it's doggable, she'll be coming home on Wednesday! ^.^ *floats on air!!* Dooooooggy... I miss her. And I was only walking her like an hour ago.

Aw...

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:46:22 GMT

I actually have to do some work, rather than emailing Scott Lynch or fooking about with LJ icons... About 2 hours before I have to wash my hair so I can be at least half way presentable at Helen's, and what have I done today? Sweet, sweet F.A. Except for sticking a bit of washing in and spilling banana milk on my new carpet. *sigh*

Huh.

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:22:58 GMT

How did I only just realise that Robert Jordan died like... over a year ago? Fail, Nadia.

Writer's Block: Resolved

adventureseeker@hotmail.co.uk — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:58:32 GMT

A lot of resolutions, from the mundane to the truly ambitious, are being made today. What are your New Year's resolutions? Do you think you're likely to stick to them past the month of January?

View 500 Answers

My resolutions were mostly writing-based this year...

1. Finish the newest draft of The Novel.
2. Win a writing competition.
3. Apply for my Creative Writing MA.

Then, non-writing-related:

1. Give up drinking alcohol. (It was an interesting experiment, but I think I've had enough to last me, to be honest.)
2. Hand all my work in on time.
3. Show up to all lectures I am not actually physically incapable of attending.