5 Things… *edit – now you get a comic too!*

Well, thank you to everyone for answering my burning question! Most of you guys said you check notes first, which I think is fairly typical. Some of you said it was because they’re quicker than reading entries first (true) but others were a little more honest saying they get pissed off if there aren’t any new notes. Love it.

I find whenever I come on here I always go for bookmarks first. This is because I don’t really update so much, so I know there won’t be any new notes. When I DO update however, I go for notes first, not because they’re quicker, but because I’m always interested in what people think about what I wrote. Caring about what strangers think is probably the bane of my existence.

Now, onto today’s topic;

5 Things I Hate

1. People who care what other people think

2. Whiny people on OD. I don’t mind if people want to whinge a little every now and then, but EVERY entry? Seriously?!

3. When people use the whole "Freedom of Speech" thing to justify being a total asshole.

4. Pretend eloquence, like when people over use words or conjunctions just to ATTEMPT to sound intelligent. Usually involves overuse of the word ‘which’ or ‘myself’. Just say ‘me’! No one will think you’re stupid!

5. Realising something was totally my fault but not wanting to own up to it.

5 Things I Love

1. Food (at first I thought chocolate, then croissants, then pastries, then sandwiches, then roast lamb then… I thought fuck it. Food.)

2. Weed (though go me! I probably have it once every two months now)

3. Denim

4. Music (again, there’s no way I can pin down a specific band, so many are amazing)

5. Six Feet Under. Yes, I go on about it. Yes, it really is that fucking awesome.

5 Things I Wish There Were More Of

1. Polite people, maybe I sound like a grumpy old fart, but seriously, where did the manners go, people?!

2. Money. For everyone. Though I’m sure that would probably make the economy blow up or something. I have no idea how that shit works.

3. Funny things. Maybe it’s just me being more depressed but lately, I don’t find as many things funny. Lame!

4. Wine. There should always be more wine than there is.

5. Cigarettes. I’m constantly running out. Though i suppose if I weren’t running out, it would be kind of weird that I kept buying them…

5 Things I Wish There Were Less/Fewer Of

1. Cancer, because it always sucks. No, actually, let’s make that "horrible diseases" in general. It’d be nice if everyone just passed away peacefully rather than all this suffering malarky.

2. Cold weather. I . HATE . IT .

3. Mean people. I know that sounds sappy, but people can be well harsh and I don’t get why they feel it’s necessary.

4. Fat cells. In my body. I wish I could banish them dramatically with some sort of wooden staff and a cursory hand gesture.

5. Companies. There are too many companies for EVERYTHING. We need some sort of regulator that merges them into better functioning businesses rather than all these little bitty things of samey blah. Wow, I really know how to string a sentence together.

5 Plans For The Future

1. Going to Breda next weekend to see some Dutch friends of mine

2. Being promoted one day when I’m not such a newbie at everything

3. Getting the courage to invite people out to things

4. Do more art! It’s died down and it’s a shame…

5. Give up smoking. I REALLY REALLY should. …. …. … Some day.

 *****edit*****

I wrote this sort of comic thing a couple of weeks ago about Mat and thought you might enjoy it…. I don’t talk about Mat much here, so to help you get to know him better, I illustrated Mat’s faces and actions on a normal day. (The eyebrows are to scale)

There. A wonderfully accurate portrayal of my boyfriend. And just to prove how accurate these drawings really are, here’s a photo of the man himself:

Hmmm, that photo really doesn’t do his eyebrows justice. Ah well.

Tomorrow, Mat is out at work all day so I am going to determinedly be CREATIVE in some way. I’m playing with the idea (I almost spelt that as "eyedea", god I’m losing it) of making some posh looking cupcakes, but there’s not really many people here to eat them, which would result in me eating them all…. Not good.

Perhaps to spur me on, I shall tentatively promise to post whatever it is that I create tomorrow on here. Ooh, now I’m excited! I hope it’s something good!!!