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It’s really quite tragic, but I’m dead excited now. And why? Because the motherboard on my parents’ computer is about to keel over, so they’re having to get it replaced. And cos it’s a bit old (ie. 3 years), this has meant they’re also having to get several other components replaced as well. They are therefore giving some of these replaced-but-perfectly-good components to me. WOOHOO!!! This means that my 350Mhtz processor will be upgraded to a 500Mhtz one, and my RAM will be doubled to 256Mb. SQUEEEEEE!!!! Oh, shush, I find it exciting, and it’s not costing me a thing. *happy dance*

And now I sleep. Because as well as being excited, I’m also dead tired. Zzzzzzzzzzzz.

Still alive, honest. Just being a bit lazy, reading books and all that.

Dad came up as planned last week, and we had a really good time – did a bit of shopping and sight-seeing, watched videos, cooked good food, and went out for a couple of pub meals too. The new meds gradually started kicking in, and I woke up more as the week went on. Hoorah! And now I’ve gone and joined the library – I think my brain needs feeding or something. Devoured five books in a go yesterday. Heh.

Site-wise, though, some stuff has been accomplished in the last couple of weeks. The SPIKED Awards winners were published, and the site got a shiny new design, and Amaranth opened (design by Noxy, content a mixture of inherited files, with the rest a joint effort between myself and Jess Walker) and has just been accepted as the S/D zone of the BtVS Writers’ Guild. Now that my brain is getting back into gear at last, I should be accomplishing more soon. I hope. Erm.

Dear god, this has been boring lately, hasn’t it? V sorry. So, quick summary of the me situation, then I’ll shut up about it: Still tired, and apparantly quite madinthehead; blood tests came back OK, Dr has put me on different meds and signed me off work for three weeks. Was thinking of going to Hastings for a bit, but to do that I’d have to put Xander-cat in a cattery…. only he hasn’t had his innoculations yet, and they (a) take 4 weeks to become properly effective (b) cost more than I can afford, especially with cattery fees on top. So anyway, I’ll be staying here, but Dad is coming up tomorrow to visit for a few days. With a bit of luck, this’ll sort me out and I can get back to being me again. Which’ll be nice.

I’ve been taking it easy for the last while. Doc signed me off work, so I’ve been basically resting up and feeding myself healthy type things. I’m still tired and sleeping a lot, but I do feel better than I did. Back to the Dr’s tomorrow for blood tests, and see how it goes from there. Tum ti tum. So yes, lazy me. I have done some cleaning, though (Kitchen: *sparkle*; Bathroom: *sparkle* Rest-of-house: *grunge*) and watched the Aussie Grand Prix on Sunday. Didn’t spot my brother, but was a good race. Quote of the day: “If they gave drivers points for scary looks to camera, Scotland’s Alan McNish would have won the championship already.” Yay F1 commentators. *g*

I’m way behind on reading the blogs in my links. I might go catch up on that. Or possibly I’ll do some more work on the Spike/Dru site. Or just go back to bed…. hmmm…….

Oh yes – new site: Molten Chaos. In collaboration with Megs and Heather (who did the design), it’s where any and all wallpapers or skins that we produce will live from now on. Yay, a use for one of my spare domain names! *g*

I rearranged the outside links over on the right there so they’re alphabetical now. And took out the links that are to LiveJournals that I have on my LJ friends list, cos I read them through that instead.

Have noticed that the more tired I get, the more my strop-factor rises. I’m generally dead easy-going, me. But today, while going into the shop to get dinner:
Druggie beggar loitering outside shop door: Spare some change?
My brain: To help me feed my habit
Me: (snappily) Sorry. See, still polite, even so
My brain: Fuck off you sponging wanker! I work for my money, and I’m bloody well going to spend it on me. Rant rant rant rant rant etc
See, that usually wouldn’t bother me. I’d just say no, and carry on regardless to get my food. Humph.

Anyway, I’m off back to bed now. Had a snooze earlier when I came home from work, but I need to be up for… um… 10am-ish, so off I go. Hopefully the Dr will be able to give me a clue on either how to shake this, or at least tell me what’s up. OK, I’m gone.

I’m still dead dead tired, but I’ve finally managed to get registered with a new doctor and I’ve got an appointment for Thursday. So hopefully things will get a bit more sorted then. Also, we had a storm this evening, and after that my headache backed off a little. Hoorah! At the mo, I’m in the middle of dying my hair, having just had a nice hot bath. I’ll see if I can actually accomplish something site-wise today, too, before I go to sleep again. Go team me?

Oh, while I was walking back from registering at the new docs, I passed these two boys (aged about 8-ish, I’d say), kicking a football back and forth and having a shouted conversation. Which made me giggle:
Kid 1: (something about London)
Kid 2: So, did you see his house, then?
Kid 1: Who?
Kid 2: Tony Blair!
Kid 1: Nah, didn’t.
Kid 2: Is it near the hospital?
Kid 1: Dunno.
Kid 2: Is it near the park?….
And at that point I got out of earshot. But hehehe!! The hospital. In London! Heeheeheehee! Oh, it was funny at the time, alright? To me. Erm.

Yay Will! Haven’t actually bought the single yet, but am going to tomorrow. And you should too, if you can. Will rocks.

Wandering Cow Captured in Ohio After Escape – I always like these stories. Go cow! It’syerbirthday. Run freeeeeeeeee……. And maybe I should stop with the caffeine, now.

Right then. Time to go wash the dye off. Which should make non-black bits of hair RED! if all goes well. Fingers crossed……

Right now, I’d just like to feel alert for more than 2 consecutive minutes. Please? And without the aid of too-much-caffeine would be great, too. It’s frustrating, and I just can’t sleep all the damn time – doesn’t make things any better anyway. I thought this was done and over with. Argh!

Umm…… and I can’t think of anything else to say, cos I’ve mainly been asleep the last couple of days. And doing a big email / mailing list clearout. Think I’ll go back to bed now. Must get myself a life sometime soon……. Heh.

So it occured to me that since I’ve had my Livejournal, I’ve been shamefully neglecting this blog. Bad me, bad! Yesterday, then, I decided to make up my mind what I should use each for. The result is that this is for general day to day stuff (so, as it was before *g*), and the livejournal is for fan-stuff. Rambling, reviews, fic snippets, site updates, that kinda thing. Oh, and daft quizzes and surveys. *g* Now, that made Soulfreak somewhat redundant, and since I don’t post in it that often, I’ve moved the old posts from there onto the livejournal, and closed it. Ta-daa. Sorted.

Now all I have to do is catch up on the huuuuuuuuge backlog of reading the blogs on my link list. Well, that and, um, everything else that needs doing. Which includes working on the front end of this site, and most probably doing a redesign here to match. Hee.

Well, Wendy and I have exchanged Blogger Inside questions. Her response to mine are published on her blog. And here are my answers to hers:

1. Webdesigning – think back to the very first site you designed. Can you describe it? Heheh….. I can indeed. I’d just learned the basics of HTML (as in, that hour) so I decided to have a go at putting it into practice. Didn’t have a graphic programme …. or actually, even a computer at home at that point, so I found some free webgraphic sites, got some space on Geocities, and off I went. The result was a small site – black background, purple text, default font face, and the “design” consisted of everything being centred. *g* But hey, it was a start. :-)

2. What, exactly, is an “enchilada sunrise”? Oh, the 64 million dollar question. Or not, but anyway:
Short answer: Two words I like the sound of together.
Long answer: This is going to sound just a little strange, but bear with me. In this case, an “enchilada” is a donkey, specifically one of the donkeys that you used to find on beaches in the summer that kids could get rides on. Also, I think it’s wearing a straw hat. Because there should be a word for those donkeys, and I like “enchilada”. This doesn’t mean I want to eat donkeys – far from it. The sunrise also ties into the beach thing. And like I said, I like the sounds of the words together. Trust me, it works in my head, anyway. I never claimed to be linear.

3. Professionally, where would you like to be five years from now, if education and experience didn’t play in to that prediction at all? Hmm…. ideally, I’d be webdesigner for a large orchestra and / or opera company. Would combine my enthusiasms rather nicely.

4. What’s the most bizarre email you’ve received from someone that’s looked at your site and written to you about it? I actually haven’t had any bizarre mails via this site. However, I have had several via S&S from people who seem to think I’m either Spike and/or James Marsters, and I’ve had a fair few strange ones through the UKBAWC site. In fact, one arrived just ten minutes ago, addressed to “angel and buffy” which said: “do you guys wanna be toghter” (sic). Mmmmmm.

5. Have you been following the Olympics? What’s been your favorite event, or if you haven’t been following them, what’s your problem?! ;) Um. Er. Let me just hide under this handy desk….. I haven’t really been following them this year – mainly because I’ve been otherwise distracted. However, my favourite event is the Figure Skating, which I’ve been trying to keep an eye out for.

6. If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be? Actually, I’m pretty damn happy right where I am – all cosy, by myself in my little house. However, I certainly wouldn’t object if I found myself suddenly in Brisbane with my brother.

7. What’s the best (or worst!) lie you’ve ever told? Oh… uh… Well, this isn’t exactly a lie as such. But when we were 16 or so, my friend Alison and I used to tell people at great length about her older twin brothers, John and William. We’d riff off each other for hours, going on about what they were doing at uni, stories from when we were younger and so on. All in complete seriousness. *g* Alison’s an only child. There are probably still people who are convinced she isn’t.

8. Beauty pageants – legit or time to quit? You know, I don’t think they ever will quit. And I think in some cases, they aren’t a bad thing. However, I really really don’t agree with the child beauty pageants you hear of taking place in America and so on – kids should be kids if they can, and not be dressed up and made up artificially. It’s different if an adult chooses to enter themselves, but children don’t get to make those decisions. That’s wrong.

10. What’s one television show or movie you wish you could make a reoccurring guest appearance in? The obvious answer to this one would be Buffy. But in fact…. I think I’d rather go for Andromeda.

Thanks for those, Wendy. That was fun :-)

Convo with my Mum earlier today:
Me: My door curtain keeps falling down. I need some thingies for the end of the rod.
Mum: Knobs? Why don’t you go to the Wood Shop and ask if they can help?
Me: I am not walking into the Wood Shop and saying “Hi, I’m looking for a couple of knobs.”

Whoops. I’ve been a tad food poisoned. Still not feeling fabulous, but getting better. Which is nice.

So anyway. Forgot to mention the girl’s night out last Wednesday (with the girls from work). Thai restaurant, very very yummy. Not what poisoned me, btw. Then it was back here to have a nose round my new little house. Did I mention I do love my new little house? It’s all small and cosy and mine. And lacking in mess that isn’t mine and/or easily cleared up and cleaned. Ahem. *g* Finally got Sky back on Saturday, too – yay, more than four channels. Heheh. But anyway, apart from that, I’ve mainly been ill. Which is farking annoying, especially since Heather is up to visit this week (staying at Megs’. So I couldn’t go to Spiders, or even to see Lord of the Rings again. Bah. Though we are going to go again on Friday. Hee. :-) Other than that, I’ve mainly been doing a bit of site fiddling, watching telly, and sleeping. Wow, what an interesting life I lead. Eh.

Ooo, and I have to think up those questions for Blogger Inside. Think I’ll go work on that now…..

I’ve had a busy couple of days off, all in all, hence the lack of posting. My Xander-kitty had another fit in the early hours of Tuesday morning, so I took him to the vet and he’s now got meds which should help control them. He’s actually been twitching much less (in fact, hardly at all) since I started them, so I’m now wondering if those were little mini-fits of a sort. He’s big, happy and sleepy at any rate, so all is good in Xanderland. Hee!

Anyway, then Megs came round Tues evening…. we were sposed to be going to the cinema, but cos I had to keep an eye on the kittyboy, we watched vids instead. Specifically, Batman & Robin, and Batman Forever. Much hilarity and MST-ing ensued. Hee! See the LJ posts for general silliness. *snerk*

Various bits of my ‘puter need pulling apart and sorting out. Feh. Tomorrow.

Ooo, and I’m up for doing Blogger Inside this round. I’m paired with Wendy of twodolla.org, and now I have to come up with some questions. ……Why did I want to do this again? (Oh, wait, there’s one! *g*). Eh, time for sleep.

God, this has got boring recently, hasn’t it? V sorry ’bout that, if there’s anyone coming here for reasons other than bizarre search results (and checking the stats, there are some seriously strange ones that I don’t understand at all!). But anyhoo, I guess I’ve been a bit busy what with splitting up with B, and moving house and all that. Which seems so simple when I put it like that, but of course really wasn’t at all. Hum.

Computer desk did arrive, and has been duly built (that was fun *snerk*), so everything at home is all nicely set up now. So, when I get home from work, I’ll be starting on catching up with my huge backlog of stuff-to-do. Including checking some apps for freedom.freaky. Yay!

OK, so. Unpacking going well (Mum’s carrying on while I’m at work) and computer desk should arrive some time today. Mum will be going back on home on Saturday. I’m working late shift Sat, Sun and Mon (and at Jon and Al’s party after work on Sat), so I’m planning to get started back on site updates on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. There’s quite a lot to do, so here’s the plan of action:
1) Sort out Spiked Awards, mail people and get the judging going.
2) Update Kaplooey with season 3 stuff.
3) Update TWaV with season 3 stuff.
4) Revamp and update Soulstar Design.
5) Updates and new sections for S&S.
6) New design for the HRFHS site (maybe do this while Mum’s still around if we have time).
7) Get Freaky.nu up and running properly.
8) Update various cliques and so on.
9) Sort out Eternal… Literally, and project with Tosca.
10) Contact Jess about S/D site.
11) Start LotR site and archive.

Wonder how I’ll do *g*

Flippin’ power source fan went wonky, so no ‘puter for a couple of days. But it’s back now – hoorah! And if anyone’s ever in need of a computer repair place and/or internet caf