Mondays are overrated

[jadesfire]

Good...er...lunchtime all. Gosh, when did that happen? Hope everyone's coping with Monday okay. I'm tired out of my tiny mind, but managing better since the sun came out. I have lists as long as my arm to be getting on with, so clearly what I want to be doing is writing a long LJ post about my dull weekend.

~ I had a very practical weekend, what with one thing and another. On Saturday, I made us a medicine box from a shoebox and diet coke boxes. I can actually find a paracetamol when I need one, which is a great improvement. My SAD light makes an excellent craft lamp, it must be said.

~ Mum brought me up a collection of crochet hooks and some yarn, so I spent a happy evening trying not to tie my fingers together and mostly succeeded \o/ I'm pretty confident with the basic stitches now, as well as the basic amigurumi technique, which I like a lot. My main problem now is turning the end of my first row of proper stitches - all my squares are somewhat wobbly at the edges! Blackwell's knitters, would someone be able to help me with that on Wednesday, please? The books and YouTube vids aren't really doing the trick *looks hopeful*

~ A couple of emails at the weekend have made me look back on 2009 slightly differently than I'd expected. 2008 was a bad, bad year, and I know we'd all hoped this year would be better. It hasn't been, for most of my friends, and I will be glad to get into 2010, hoping for more. On the other hand, my own state of mind has, on the whole, been much better than last year, and I feel like I'm definitely *trying* to recover, even if I'm not there yet. I got up the courage a while back to email some friends that I'd more or less lost touch with, and their replies have been humbling and incredibly welcome. I'm still too flakey for my own liking, and need to get a grip on my organisational skills, which are more than lacking, but just the desire to do that is so much better than last year. Baby steps, but it's good to see progress.

~ Is anyone going to do Christmas wish lists this year? I checked, and they went up about this time last year. I'm very aware that the last posting dates are coming up in a few weeks, and I want to make sure I send stuff in plenty of time. If they don't pop up in the next few days, I might get the ball rolling myself...

~ I discovered a bunch of postcards from Menorca in the bottom of my rucksack. If I have your address, you might be getting a surprise!card in the next few weeks. Also, I must thank naye, rustydog and darththalia who have all sent me cards over the last few weeks, and have brightened my day immeasurably.

~ I did watch Waters of Mars yesterday . For me, it wasn't a great episode, and it wasn't a terrible one. I don't mind the darkness, the slightly crazed aspect of it, but I didn't feel they really exploited the plot elements they could have played with. To me, it felt like they were trying to cram too much into one episode - too much character detail, too much plot, and they ended up not doing justice to either. Also, there were too many 'Doctor looking ominous' moments for my taste - I got it the first time - and the last part, just standing in the snow looking contemptuous, was far more chilling and scary than all the raving or posing against the explosions. Just let David Tennant act - he doesn't need the dramatic backdrop or music or anything like that.

For me, it felt very much like an 'on the way episode' - like they've got to move him from A to B, and this was just the marker along the way. We're only half done with the development, and while the plot sounded good on paper, and Lindsay Duncan was simply superb,* I wanted a little...more...from it.

ETA: I am waiting for the first "typical rubbish accents" post to pop up. Because although Steffi's German accent was put on, the American and Russian ones were genuine. Why yes, I did watch the Confidential. I enjoyed almost more than the episode.

GADGET GADGET!

*OTOH, I thought she was going to shoot him and trigger the regeneration. Which would have been way more interesting...

I did watch the trailer for Christmas...

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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! I'm more excited about seeing Donna than anyone else. Can't wait to see what they do with her *bounces* Don't screw this up for me, RTD. Please? I'm more than prepared to give the new Doctor a chance, but seriously.

DONNA!!!!!!! *squee*

Is it Christmas yet?

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So, how's everyone else? Good week ahead?

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[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I...think I understand that. The doing is coming quite easily. The understanding the terminology might take longer ;)

Thanks! I think it's a case of working out where to put my hook for the last stitch of the row. They keep coming out shorter then longer then shorter again, which I'm fairly sure isn't right *g*