Mostly traumatic and disorientating. I actually quite like being awake before the alarm clock but knowing I don't have to get up yet.

I find those that I have spoken to are so hard to converse with - they seem to be shells with nothing going on inside. Others are just people who have no interest in anything but themselves, which is why we drifted apart in the first place. I still think about them though.

@Paintecards: Happy late birthday! Glad it was a lovely one :D


I'm currently thinking about people I haven't spoken to in years...

I'm already on that. I've also resorted to ice cream and hot fudge sauce (with a mince pie).

A S S! I find it a little strange that a site that's probably got a 18+ policy blocks words like A S S.

Hello 'tis 2.10pm for me! Been up since 8am though... oh the joys!

I'm thinking about how much I hate job hunting. Especially when job hunting is fruitless. Sucks ***, it really does.

I'm thinking it's so damn cold and didn't sleep well. At least the postman was apologetic about making me get out of bed... Should I have apologised for the state in which I answered the door?

Thinking I'd make a crap alcoholic - half a can of beer and I'm bored and sleepy. haha. Off to bed for me.

Thinking I'm a little screwed. Supposed to be renewing my car tax today but can't find my vehicle documents. What the fudge is that all about? Good job I have a few weeks to stumble across them...

Was it something you said...? I jest, of course. I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same person with multiple accounts.

I sometimes wonder, since the locations are often the same, if it is the same guy trying lots of different approaches.

Haha. You little devil, you!

Someone who knows first aid is good though - I usually end up having to do it myself, and it's not so easy...

Can you protect me from myself? :O

Well, I've always been clumsy... Did I not tell you I chopped a chunk out of my finger the other week with a steak knife? Oh the joys! haha. Good job I heal fast...

I wasn't much good at riding bikes either... I still manage to injure myself just getting on them! haha.

Neither am I! Everything I do I seem to have to work at, I'm definitely not naturally talented either. I picked up the guitar for the first time last year and progress was very, very slow. But I was fairly happy with the progress I was making, until I broke my hand and all that hard work seemed to be for nought.

Wondering how I could forget how much I loved idea development?

Discovered this when I decided to reconnect with my love of creating, as well as making it a habit to write daily, by setting up prompts for daily free-write sessions (the writer in me has been very much neglected); and now I'm just bursting with ideas and desperate to get stuck in!

A big list of prompts done... now to move onto creating a basic storyboard. Whoop! *dances*

I can imagine you would miss Devon! I vaguely recall a holiday as a kid there and it being beautiful. Do you get chance to go back often?

I actually quite like it - adds colour! We're fortunate enough to be a place where people can pretty much wear or be what they want and have to deal with nothing more than a bit of eye-rolling at them. That's one of the things I love about Manchester. It may not be 'our' cup of tea, but there's lots of interesting people to look at if you're into people-watching.

Don't sell yourself short. I think there are lots of people in the world who, if they put as much time in, still couldn't achieve what you can. That's not to say people can't improve or better themselves with practice as (with any pursuit) they certainly can, but there has to be at least a drop of natural talent for that to develop into something great.

Learning an instrument is a good example - you get out as much as you put in and you can improve with lots of practice, but if you're not naturally musical, it's much harder to get to a point where you can play smoothly or create something original.

Ooo very nice, Mr Brew! Both a fabulous gift you have and a beautiful picture. Congrats!