Wednesday 26 November 2008

Jess has been better...

I've been kind of down recently. More so than usual anyway. Not really bad - like crying all evening, or not getting out of bed in the morning - but just generally a bit low.

There's been a fair bit of stuff going on but I'm not going to go into it here. Too public.
One could say, I guess, if you wanted to simplify everything into two words, that I'm lonely (relationships) and bored (work, and life generally).

I've also given up dancing (ballroom) temporarily. This is a bit tough because as well being one of my favourite things to do, dancing also makes up the main part of my social life. And right now is not such a good time for me to be spending extra time at home by myself. But last week was too hard, so I am determined to give myself a break from it. I don't know how long this will last, I'm hoping I'll be able to go back to it soon. For the meantime I'm trying to throw myself into spending time with friends and other hobbies, and not dwelling too much on things.

Send extra hugs my way if you see me. And invites to do something sociable are always good - better for me than sitting around at home on my own.

Thanks,
J

Tuesday 18 November 2008

Jess has too many books to read

One of the downsides of working in a library (or upsides depending on how you look at it) is that I'm always seeing books I want to read. Too many books. So many books that I'll probably never get around to reading all of them unless I break a leg and am subjected to prolonged bedrest for a couple of months. Sigh... Oh well.

Today I found 5 to add to my never-ending list. In no particular order they are:

The Lucy Family Alphabet - Australian comedian Judith Lucy's autobiographical account of her crazy family
The Magician - book 2 in The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flammel series by Michael Scott (book 1 was not bad)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby. No, I haven't seen the movie - but the book's drawn me in just by skimming the first 3 pages.
The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett. The title, and then the blurb, caught my eye a few months ago. But it's been out consorting with other readers until it passed across my desk today on it's way back from Subi.
The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman. I've always felt I should be more of a Neil Gaiman fan as he's almost got cult status with some of my friends. Thus far I've been a bit ambivalent - I liked Stardust, but those of his graphic novels I've seen have failed to enthall me. This one - highly recommended by the bookseller to our children's librarian, with a first paragraph that grabbed attention, maybe this will be one to change my mind.

These will, at some point, join the numerous other library items I'm hoarding at home... sixteen at last count.

Wednesday 12 November 2008

Jess has been too busy to blog...

Haven't had a chance to do a blog post in a while - I wanted to on Tuesday but that would've just ended up being a rant about Perth's ridiculous public transport system so maybe it's best that I didn't get to it. It just really annoys me that in trying to do my bit for the environment by catching the bus to work - not only do I have to inconvenience myself by getting up earlier, walking further and waiting longer, but I also have to pay twice as much as it would cost me to drive. Umm... excuse me? Shouldn't they be trying to encourage people to use these buses? Maybe not. Grrr...

Anyway. Enough of that. In other news... a snapshot of my life at current - telegraph style because I have to go in 10min.

Went as a baaad fairy (punk/goth/slut fairy to quote a friend or two) to the halloween dance a few weeks ago. Had great time, v. happy with my costume. Photos see facebook.

Taken up hip hop dance classes. Feel v. unco but good fun.

Saw Wall-E. Loved it. Would like to go again. :-D

Eating too much takeaway. Trying to get back into cooking more regularly.

Politics: Not something I pay much attention to generally but glad Obama won. Like this post by resonant9 about it. Also much entertained by The Onion. Must go listen to speech.

Relationships = badly written tv soap opera. Don't ask.

Work = ok. Been lacking in motivation a bit. Need a challenge.

Life generally = ok

Anyway gtg... hip hop calls.