LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING

Life has been pretty hectic lately, and I am taking forever to comment on all the deviations I've got piled up. But rather than get a few more commented on, I thought I'd write a journal instead. Because my priorities are warped like that.

So then, I'm not feeling so wobbly about dresses any more, and I'm generally feeling a bit more comfortable with myself, which is always good news. Thank you all so much for your kind words and support, it helped a lot.

The murder mystery party was marvellous, I had a wonderful time without a single panic attack! There were slight issues at first... my family was out test-driving cars (I stayed at home to do some work or something) because my mum's car keeps breaking down. But guess what. My mum's car broke down. So they were stuck in an industrial estate for 3 hours, and the AA sent a man out but apparently, because Mum had the same problem last week, the man had no choice but to leave them there and drive off. So we're switching insurance, remarkably enough. But my godfather rescued them eventually, and I did, at last, make it to the ball! I enjoyed being angry and Spanish at everyone (I couldn't do the accent so I made up for it by being extra angry ) and we found the murderers eventually. In fact, none of us identified the murderers, but the tape that came along with it gave us a helping hand...

My driving lesson went reasonably well, I tried to turn left when she wanted me to turn right and I under-steered quite spectacularly on my first roundabout, but other than that I wasn't that useless. And I went into fourth gear for the first time!

I managed to get sunburnt after about two days of nice weather, but it's not so bad now and I have learnt my lesson. Sitting for three hours with the same arm facing the sun without any sunscreen is not wise.

I've had various mocks which generally haven't gone that badly, and if they have then they've shown me what I need to revise. And I have my first real exam on Thursday - FP2 - which will be horrifying, but at least it'll get it over and done with. And I don't actually need to pass FP2 for my university offer, so it doesn't really matter anyway, although I'd like not to fail ideally.

On Saturday my dad attempted to saw his arm off. He was cutting some branches off various overgrown plants and accidentally ended up with a saw in his arm, but he was fine after a brief trip to hospital. In fact, he seems to think it's hilarious. And today he managed to singe his foot whilst burning some wood. There's no hope for some people.

Also on Saturday, we went to my sister's singing recital thingy. She wasn't actually singing much, but there were a lot of remarkable young people there. For instance, one girl was able to hit all the right notes yet still made you feel that you were being beaten slowly to death with a strange bagpipe-pneumatic-drill hybrid. Then there was a poor boy whose voice was breaking, he was very brave to keep trying, and various people that forgot half their words, couldn't sing high/low notes or were entirely inaudible (not necessarily a bad thing). This may sound cruel, but you didn't have to endure two and a half hours of it. And at the end they did an encore. I thought the torture was over but they just... kept... going... *curls up into foetus position, rocking gently* There were a few good performances mixed in with it, though; the highlight being a very amusing version of 'Les Poissons' (I hadn't heard of it before, either), in which the singer managed to break a spoon while savaging a plastic fish.

My friend's 18th birthday is coming up and I am in the process of carrying out my ingenious plan for her present. Just in case she happens to read this, I will not let you in on its magnificence. But let's just say that there is wallpaper paste involved. *conspiratorial wink*

Let's see now, the to do list...
[x] Revise FP2
[x] Revise FP4
[x] Complete ingenious plan
[ ] Obtain presents for various other people
[ ] Comment on as many incoming deviations as I can bear without biting someone (currently under 50 deviations)
[ ] Look through my Spring Haikuthon favourites now that they're finished
[ ] Buy a ticket for the Summer Ball

In terms of poetry and art, I'm feeling pretty drained at the moment... I've had a few ideas, but nothing's becoming of them. I'm just going to wait till it flows again, because forcing it out never does any good. And matters aren't helped by the fact that my sketchbook has mysteriously vanished...

Oh yes, and *orphicfiddler got a Daily Deviation on Contemplations! I would recommend it, it's got me in the mood to write some rhyming poetry as soon as my brain cooperates.

Anywho, have a wonderful week and good luck with any exams you have, or anything else which you fancy having some of my luck for!

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FEATURETTE

`Beccalicious ran the Clean Up Your Lit project this spring, and reported the most miscats by far. She runs contests (as well as writing a tutorial on how to run your own contest - see [link] ), submits news, publicises events and features fellow deviants. And make sure you take a look at her scriptwriting month this June! Although I'm very new to her work, from what I've read, her writing is full of insightful observations and unusual imagery.

Cup of Tea Promise
"It all starts
with cup of tea promises,
watered down lies,
and coffee depression."

Car Park Politics
"IVAN: Yeah I know your likes. Pretend to be honest businessmen, running your shops and taking our money, and all you give us in return is mass killing. I’m not taking it. You should go back to where you came from.

TONY: I’m from Hull."

Downside Up
"Yesterday was one of those days where all I felt like doing was staring through the glass. Occasionally I would notice a larger pair of eyes staring back at me, wide with curiosity. I’m not always fond of those eyes, especially the young ones who sometimes tap the glass so hard I worry the glass may shatter and my entire life will splash away."

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ARTY MALARKEY

~damnedlostsoul aka Rob has gallantly arranged to do a collaboration per week or so with various different themes - see [link] . Last week's theme was Summer. By the way - feel free to join in with it, the more the merrier! (Except in all modes of public transport.)

I've joined this club: *Adopt-A-Writer! It looks really good, I'm both adopting a poet and being adopted as a prose-writing-person (author, maybe, but that might refer to any kind of writing...). I'm looking forward to learning, making some new friends and sharing some of my "expertise". It's currently run by ^LadyLincoln, go have a look!