December 29, 2005 9:42 AM
Yeah yeah, I know, I haven't been blogging. So shoot me! ... no please don't I want to make it to my 21st birthday!!
So christmas is over now and it's on to New Years at the end of this week. It's been a long time since I got smashed on NYE, mostly because I'm usually the one driving. In fact, I'm not sure that I've ever actually been drunk on NYE. When I move out I'll have a shin dig at my house on NYE so that I can get smashed. YAY!! I still don't really know what I'm going to do on Saturday night, David has a show on, Leanne and Josh have invited me to where ever they're going whether it's out or to a friend's place, Carly has invited me to Revolution (which will of course have the best music of the lot) and I'd really like to spend the wee hours of the morning on the beach, waiting for the sun to rise. I don't really mind which beach, but one of them. HA, I might even drive down to Victor. That would be a stupidly long way to go for such a thing though.
This is the time of year when we all start thinking about our New Years Resolutions. People usually base theirs on things they've meant to do but just havent, like cleaning out the shed or joining a gym or something. Personally, I think you're just setting yourself up for disappointment, I really don't set my self a NYR because I know I wont do it. If I've meant to do something they I'll do it. I rarely plan things more than a week in advance, that way no one really gets them selves hyped up for anything that I might not end up doing.
This is also the time of year when I have to think about my first blog for the year looking back over 2005. I'm thinking about doing something a little bit different this year, but I wont tell you about it because you'll only end up disappointed when it doesn't come about. A fair bit has happened this year, not just to me, but around the world. The xbox 360 and other "next gen" consoles were announced and xbox released, Live 8 happened (although if it made a difference I have been unable to determine yet), London was attacked by terrorists, New Orleans was flooded, some guy claimed he was cured of HIV and Iraq went to vote last week for their first proper goverment in years. More than 70% of registered voters voted. I think that is a better turn out than we get in Australia. Sure you have to GO to the polls, but you don't actually have to vote, I regret wasting my first vote, but eh, what can you do. I'll do it properly next time.
I started a lot of things this year that I didn't finish, like the comic for example. I got all hyped up about making a living from my new comic. It was a deluded vision to have at that time, perhaps one day it will become a reality, but setting out to make money from the start with something like that is silly because again, you're setting yourself up for disappointment. I think I will eventually start it, but I really need to work on my skills for a bit. My writing is coming along well, still a fair way to go with my series though. I shall try and sit down next week and finish off episode 4. I think I'm going to finish writing them all and then start with the editing, rather than doing it all as I go.
I have next week off and I will be spending the first few days watching NCIS with the lovely Carly and just relaxing ... and of course eating badly as my parents will be away. YAY!! Then I am going back to the Naturopath on Wednesday. I have to get my car looked at and I am going to have a big sort through my room. With any luck I will be able to sell some stuff on eBay and make enough money to cover my xbox 360 and maybe a game or two. On that topic, the hat that I won arrived yesterday, it's a perfect dark zero hat and it's actually better than I was expecting, much better than the cruddy looking Tshirts they're offering anyway. I can't wait for March 2 to roll around.
In fact, I can't wait for January 5 to roll around, because that means new Stargate SG1, I've been doing allright with my Atlantis pick me ups, but it's just not SG1. It helped that Amanda Tapping was in an episode ... and she was wet and naked ... but it's still not SG1. I'm really pleased that they'll be coming back for a tenth season, particularly that they'll be keeping Vala. I think she's a champ, she's such a fox and she knows it! They really haven't had a character like her on before, I guess the closest they've come is hathor, she was great, but she needed drugs to control everyone, Vala just uses raw sex and loads of it. She oozes ... ok, back to reality now. Great bunch of writers, great cast, great crew. I hope it goes on for ever. That said, I don't want it to turn into Star Trek because that show sucks ass in its many different flavours. I would give my right arm for a guest spot on this show, that's the one I write with. I'd also have great difficulty typing with only one hand ...
This will most likely be the last post for the year, so if I don't post again, I hope you guys all "have it large" on Saturday night and enjoy the new year. It's the only way to go.