Iesus Non Amat Me

New year, new theme! Christmas may be over but it's still winter so this snowman theme is totally appropriate.

This year has been all right so far. I gave blood a couple of weeks ago and it all went smoothly, so that was good. Work has been a little rougher with various people falling ill. And because one of my colleagues has just tested positive for Covid I now have to do Lateral Flow tests every day for a week. Such fun!

My friends and I have got into Wordle and we compare our results every day over WhatsApp, which I'm really enjoying. I'm currently stuck in a 4/6 rut though and it's getting a bit ridiculous now! My aim for the year is to score 2/6. Or even the hallowed 1/6, although that is more a case of really, really good luck more than anything else!

Speaking of aims for the year, it's time to look back at my New Year's Goals for 2021 and see how I fared:

1. Walk more. (I'm never going to like formal exercise, but I do enjoy walking around places. Especially if it's a good place for photography. Hopefully it won't be long before I can travel again too.) I would call this one a success. Now we have Tormund walks are a regular thing and I'm definitely doing a lot more exercise than I had been! I've also been taking photographs, although mostly of the same woods. I had hoped that I'd be able to venture a bit further afield, but that's a separate issue to the specific goal of walking more.

2. Post all of my 2019 365 photos before the end of 2021. (I'm not giving up on this just because it's two years ago now.) Fail. I did make a bit of progress in choosing what photos I plan to post but then... never got round to doing it.

3. Get back into reading books and finish all the ones I've got on the go right now. (I do love fics and I'm not going to stop reading them, but I should try and branch out a little. Get a bit more variety in my reading habits.) Yeah, well, ahem. So, I did read a bit more of the books I've got on the go but I didn't end up finishing any of them. So, also fail.

4. Post the fanfictions that I'm currently working on Oh, god, total fail. I want to. I really do. But I'm so worried that they're shit. And as much as I tell myself that you have to start somewhere and improve from there, my anxiety hates the idea of posting something bad.

Right, well, to misquote Meat Loaf (RIP), one out of four ain't bad.

So, what are my goals for this year going to be?

1. Post more of my 2019 photos. It doesn't have to be all of them, just make some progress. Any progress. Please.

2. Finish the damn books you're currently reading. Yes, including that one you haven't looked at since 2018. You can remember the plot, right?

3. POST YOUR FIC. It has been literal years. Just post it and stop worrying that everyone is judging you.

4. Score 2/6 on Wordle.

And there you have it. Will I actually accomplish any of these things this year? Only time will tell!

Time for a Christmas theme! Yay!

Time for my annual New Year's memes. I'm feeling a bit tipsy at the moment because we didn't finish the champagne last night so I've taken it upon myself to make the sacrifice and drink the rest of it today. I hope my answers still make sense.

( Meme Number One: The Questions )

( Meme Number Two: The Sentences )

Hey, everyone! Remember me? I'd been taking a little LJ-hiatus in order to become an unsociable recluse, but it's a new month and I'm trying to get back into the social habit.

I've been quite productive during my absence. Last week I went to London and booked my holiday to Las Vegas and San Francisco in June. (Hopefully once the date arrives I will have learnt how to spell 'Francisco' without having to stop and think about it like I do now.) Weirdly, it still doesn't feel like it's really happening. It still feels like something we're planning to do one day if we ever get around to it. I think I felt the same way about Australia, but I had a lot longer to wait between booking and going with that one.

Also, in the past few days I have done various things that normal adults can do without issue but which make me sick with anxiety. Not that I wasn't still sick with anxiety, but the important thing is that I did them. Maybe, in time, I too will be a proper grown-up.

Maybe.

Today I commented on two LJ posts and responded to one email. It's bad that this is a huge accomplishment for me, isn't it? I think I'm getting worse.

But enough of that because OMG guess what just got posted?

The 2011 Fandom March Madness Schedule! That's what!

I can almost hear my flist dividing itself into "I know! I've got my campaign materials all ready and waiting!" and "What on earth are you talking about you complete weirdo?" Anyone in the second camp who likes TV, I highly recommend you join in. It's a lot of fun!

And can I just say I'm very much looking forward to campaigning with and/or against people I made friends with last year? It's going to be awesome!

A week since my last post? That's shocking! I'm falling back into bad habits. But the thing is I haven't really felt like coming on LJ much these past few days (which is also why I've been such a failure at commenting lately. Sorry about that!) It also meant that I ended up keeping my Christmas theme for two days after Epiphany. Whoops.

Last night I went ice skating with some people from work. I only fell down once but I still ache all over today. Next time I go I want an empty ice rink and Booth to hold my hand!

So I see my plan to comment more on LJ hasn't exactly worked. Sorry about that, everyone! I keep going through strange phases where one moment I'm all "Yay! Christmas! Friends! I'm going to decorate the whole house and then comment on everyone's Livejournal entries and reply to emails and bake cookies for all the people at work!" but then I feel tired and sad and end up crying in my room for no reason instead. As you do, you know.

But I'm still trying to keep in the Christmas spirit. So far I've watched Chuck vs the Santa Claus (Chuck) and A Solstice Carol (Xena), but I'm saving most of the heavy stuff for next week.

And, because I apparently lost my mind, I have agreed to go into work on the two Christmas bank holidays. I'm just going in for an hour or so each day to do cash office stuff because nobody else knows what they're doing in there, but I still find myself amused that this technically means I don't actually get any days off for Christmas this year.

So, apparently whining on Livejournal has a positive effect on the outside world. Interesting.

Today a nice man came and brought us warmth by fixing the heating. Now the main complaint is that it's too hot in certain areas. After freezing for so long I don't like to complain about this but I do kinda agree. Apparently maintaining a reasonable temperature is beyond the abilities of my workplace.

Also, we get to wear Santa hats. Some of the staff were Scrooges and refused to do so but a lot of us spent the day sporting our festive headgear. That's because we're awesome and they're not. :p

Also also, I have a Christmas LJ theme. Woo!

Look! I have a shiny new Halloween theme! With less than a week to go I feel the time is right for using it. It's not like I'm playing Christmas songs in October or anything.

Oh...wait. We played Christmas songs at work.

Yes, seriously. I did have a bit of a laugh about it with a customer though. I told her I was appalled at us. Although having said that, I only remember hearing one Christmas song. Maybe they're easing us into it.

In other news, Paul and I saw Wicked at the weekend. It was excellent, although a bit hard to understand at some points. The opening song was almost entirely incomprehensible but fortunately it got a lot better as it went on.

I just saw an advert for cake and now I want some. Alas, I am cake-less.