Since Christmas I’ve been feeling slightly lost because I don’t really have any projects on the go, now. Usually I have creative things to do, I feel like reading and what-not, but lately all I feel like doing is watching movies… Perhaps it’s the heat and the anxiety I’ve experiencing recently. Well, whatever it is, I know I really need to start getting motivated to do things before I get stuck in this rut.
I have kind of started knocking out ideas for a new site design, but my heart is not really in it at present. That seems to be how I feel about many things, which is rather a giant pain!
Oh, well, hopefully soon I will be feeling better and my creativity will come back.
What are some things you do to help motivate yourself?
January 10th, 2009 @ 12:01
I don’t know that many people who don’t have at least one crush on a celebrity. Seriously, there is usually always a famous person one fancies. I personally am the Queen of Celebrity Crushes. I’ve been practising since about age 5 (a young Michael Jackson was my first) and it’s progressively gotten nuts-crazy-insane more amusing since then.
My latest is Elliot Cowan, an actor who recently played the Jane Austen character Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy in a mini-series called Lost In Austen. It’s no secret that Pride and Prejudice is one of my all-time stories, be it in writing or one of the many on-screen versions. Elliot is actually now tied for #1 Mr. Darcy, with Colin Firth. He does such a brilliant job at capturing Darcy’s character, and let us not pretend Elliot isn’t bloody gorgeous!
The only issue with this new crush of mine is the lack of information and, more importantly, visual media available on the Internet. So mysterious and aloof, which I suppose is very attractive in itself but downright frustrating on a Sunday afternoon when you’re bored and feel like having a good perve… 
Do you have a celebrity crush? Come on, tell me all about them (so I don’t feel so nutty…)!
January 4th, 2009 @ 15:01
There are several things I could be doing right now but I can’t find any sort of motivation to get started. I still feel tired and groggy after being woken up by a text at 6-something this morning. It was a good text though, resulting in Epic Awesome. I luff my friends. But, I digress, I am now sitting on the couch listening to music on the TV instead of compiling my 101 things in 1001 days list or starting to sketch out ideas for a new site design.
I am getting nada from my brain at present! And I’m hungry, also.
January 3rd, 2009 @ 10:01
Happy New Year to all. I hope you had a wonderful night and that 2009 is bucket-loads better than last year!
My New Years Eve was really nice, with a small group of us getting together, and our own fireworks display. I’m not much of a drinker so I don’t have any crazy stories to tell about what I may or may not have done under the influence. However, I have discovered that margaritas do not taste very nice at all.
Yesterday was a very chill day, half spent with my cousin before coming home and more relaxing ensued. Can’t do much when it’s piping hot and humid, unless you have a body of water nearby.
Today it’s raining, though I think that is supposed to dry up by this afternoon, which would be nice.
January 2nd, 2009 @ 09:01
I usually tend to do a survey meme about the year, just to, you know, review it all, lay it all out, whatever. This year I’m skimming. Yes, skimming, as in, not much detail, because I’m lazy and don’t want to fill out a meme for the next hour. Also, my present hunger pains are distracting me. Which mean macaroni and Not Actually Cheese for dinner.
Right, so, off we go…
The first three months of the year were ok, then bad, then worse. That’s what happens when your godfather dies, and when you go out with a Serial Dater (someone who goes from one relationship to the next with barely a space between them), so I don’t recommend you do that. You’ll never be enough for a Serial Dater, so don’t bother in the first place. Also, don’t go out with anyone who always brings up their ex-partners. So not fun.
The second trimester was made up of a break-up, my 20th birthday (which ruled), but sadly another death. My dad’s cousin died of cancer. Obviously very sad for the family and those who were close to her.
The third trimester was quite good, with the birth of my niece in August and family-by-marriage, from overseas, coming to stay. I started my course in July. In September I became a vegan (and still am).
The final trimester involved a lot of time in Gisborne and thus a mental health upset for me. I wasn’t feeling too brilliant for a little while, but that soon picked up when I finally moved back to Auckland in December. I also received 88% for my overall course mark, so I was very pleased with that. During this time I finally decided on a study and career path in clinical psychology and started the enrolment process at the University of Auckland.
Much of the last three months have been about moving forward at a faster pace and putting many of my desires into action. 2009 will me more of that.
December 29th, 2008 @ 18:12
