It's been an odd week

Decided I hate my job, no wait thats not right I hate that I HAVE TO DO MY JOB TO LIVE

It's a rubbish job that acheives nothing and gets harder and more rubbish the closer we get to the massive and completely daft welfare reforms that are coming

In other words it's shit now and only gong to get worse

I can't see a way out short of lottery win or doing something outside of the box and try my hand at something else while I toil away at this waste of a massive chunk of my existence

I may try writing

This I realise may open me up to various levels of scorn and derision and thats just announcing I'm gonna do it (joke)

Frankly with everything thats gone on with me lately I am so far past worrying about that kind of thing it's unreal

'To your own self be true' it's time I fully embraced that

((Listening to Steeleye Span bit folky at the mo))

At the very least I get to do something that I think I might enjoy and I may even be good at it

what I know so far

Sources of fiction I think work well are things like World of Darkness, Harry Potter, Buffy, Supernatural, Stargate, Who, and Fringe and I think that is because if you link the fantastic to the mundane (what people know) they feel more related to the subject matter and characters so that s the genre I want to explore modern day, urban landscape and with a dark/fantastic side just on the other side of the 'mirror'

And thats as far as I've got (only really thought about this since last night)

Of course knowing my luck I'll sell a book and win the bloody lottery the same week

In other news

A while ago when the snows came and three friends almost got stranded at The Poacher talk was had of going to see live acts and the like - this is something I would like to explore however with xmas coming up fast and me trying to sort books from the US, a Laptop for RPG digital collection and I'm going to get a Kindle Fire HD I'm not sure about this year - I can link the two new devices and my Dexsktop and use them when I'm reffing so hopefully cutting down the amount of mad wheeling around between table, PC desk, and Sofa (or auxilliary table as it has become on Thursdays) Laptop is in process, the KFHD is looking more like a xmas prezzie for me rather than a get it when it's released thing, which is fine

noext year there is one games convention (derby), one who convention (derby across the road form the first one) and I've said I'm going to the gathering (we'll see) want to catch some gigs and there is a folk festival in Oxford I may try and get to (also Rob mentioned something about a folk festival a while back that had Jethro Tull at it and I can't remember which one, will have to ask him)

going to chill this weekend - going to spend the day with friends and catch up on figure painting and game paperwork - next weekend finish emptying the little room and start the sanding  (Sanding block and 10 sheets of paper/block in the pound shop, they may be rubbish but going to try them)

anywho breakfast and getting ready to go out now

J