I iz teh lamez

Posted on November 14, 08 Filed under home, mind, body & spirit, rant, rave 4 Comments

Here I go again, another (albeit short) blogging hiatus.  I just can’t get it together.  I’ve probably just put too much on my plate, with GeekWitch.org and TasPagans.com and such, but I still don’t have a whole lot to talk about in terms of my personal life and my thoughts and stuff.

I’ve kind of come to the point right now where I’m feeling down a lot of the time and feeling very “stuck in a rut”.  I don’t know what it is, maybe it’s just not having a job and therefore not feeling like I have any purpose.  I should leave that for my spiritual blog (CM) but that’s kind of where I’m at right now, in a nutshell.

If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know that I haven’t been well lately.  In the last 3 weeks, two people in my family (my cousin and my nan) have mentioned my thyroid and how it looks to them like I might have an issue with it.  So on Tuesday I went to the doctor to have it checked out.  He couldn’t feel anything unusual but he insisted on a blood test and a scan to ensure there was nothing wrong.  So they took some blood outta me (and also gave me the first of three cervical cancer prevention injections), and today (Friday) I had the ultrasound on my throat.   The guy who did it said he couldn’t see anything unusual, but I will wait for my doctor’s diagnosis on that, for clarification.  Part of me is kind of hoping that they find something wrong, because at least then I will have some answers to a lot of the symptoms I am having (inability to lose weight easily, hair loss, lack of sex drive, severe menstrual cramps, etc.) and I would be able to go on meds to help it.  If it comes back clear, I’m back to square one without any assistance.

In better news, I bought The Sims 2 Apartment Life expansion pack and have been thoroughly enjoying playing it.  I have all the expansions, and am only missing two of the Stuff packs (Ikea and Kitchen/Bathroom) so I’ll get them eventually too.  I am looking forward to The Sims 3 coming out in February (although I kind of feel sad about it since The Sims 2 is so awesome and I *just* got this expansion) so we’re going to preorder it at some point soon.

Anyway, I thought I’d just bring you all up to speed on what’s happening with me; still looking for work, and having parents on my case about it, even though I’m trying my best, isn’t really helping me.  If they’re so upset about it, maybe they should talk to some of their “connections” that they always talk about and get me a job?!

Later

NM. U?

Posted on November 05, 08 Filed under home, mind, body & spirit 2 Comments

I should start by saying a huge congratulations to Barack Obama for winning the 2008 US Election, and also congratulations to the American people who finally voted the right way this time I was very excited to hear that Obama was going to be the next President of the United States, and additionally thought that McCain was very gracious in his speech.  Shame about the people who booed every time he mentioned Obama, but that’s besides the point.   So the USA is on the road to repair after Hurricane Bush (no offence to any of you who’ve experienced or know people who’ve experienced hurricanes in the last few years), and I think the future looks a little brighter for everyone.

So back onto the mundane stuff – as is suggested by the title of this entry, not much has been happening in terms of my personal life. I still haven’t got a job, but I’m continuing to look.  I have another potential website job in the works, which is great because it means a little extra cash-in-hand.  Additionally, I’m working on getting another episode out for GeekWitch.org, so that I don’t have to worry about that for November. I’ve been having one or two spam issues at Inspirata Listings, but nothing I can’t handle, and my fanlistings have been growing by the dozen, so be sure to check them out.

In terms of the internet filter that I mentioned in my last entry, I haven’t really heard much more.  I wrote to Minister Stephen Conroy, and to our local Member of Parliament, and although I’m not really expecting a reply, I’m expecting some sort of response (whether it be directly to me or a public thing).  I will fight for this until it’s over, and hopefully it will end in a favourable manner.

Michael’s dad came over this weekend for a few days, to see Michael and to do a tour of some of Tassie, since he’s never been here before.  It was a lot of fun: we ate lots of good food and drank good wine – good stuff.

We’ll be heading to Melbourne in two weeks to see my nephew for his 2nd birthday – it will only be for a weekend but it’s better than nothing, and then hopefully I should be hearing back from some of the jobs I’ve applied for, if I haven’t by then anyway.  I am really starting to get antsy because the job I thought I’d be getting fell through, so I’m kind of pissed about that, but back up on my feet and moving on.

Anyway, I think that’s enough rambling.  Just something to keep you updated until my next entry.  I want to try to blog more (I know I say that all the time), but when I’m essentially sitting on my ass every day, there’s not really a whole lot to tell.  Maybe you guys can give me some ideas?

Later