Purrthecat's Journal

Umm... To be honest, I forgot about this place. Not the people. I still often think about some of you at the oddest times. Like there's a couple of you who are massive board game fans, and I think about you when I get one out to play (on the super-rare occassions that happens), or there's a couple of you who live in Sweden, and if I deal with something from work to do with Sweden, I will think, 'Oh, I wonder how X is doing these days.'

Anyway, I thought I'd drop a line here. Yes, I'm alive. I'll do a proper 'update' for those of you who want me to (IF there's anyone still around about).

*grouphug* I hope you're all well and happy and just bursting with coolness to share.

So, Madame Winter decided to remind us that "No, No it is NOT indeed Spring yet you hopeful MO FO FOOLS! HA!" I swear she's teamed up with the Arctic and Siberian Howling Blast Teams of Freeze just to amuse herself. Oh yeah... now there's one cold-hearted bitch alright.
*giggle*

By the way, I can't really feel my fingertips, and had to retype most of the words in this a few times. *shiver*

In a few minutes, it'll be 09:09:09 on 09.09.09.

Except for the Accounts Department, no one at my workplace seems to care or think it's cool.

Pffft.

EDIT: (at 13:09)
Oopsie! I'm a day ahead. How embarassing.
*blushes*

Have you ever considered it? Have you ever attempted it?
What was your experience? Would you recommend it to someone else (me)?

I'm seriously considering taking part this year. Lately I've been writing alot of RP stories and just general tales (15k words in the last week).

I have even finally written out a basic outline of my 'first novel' which was going to be heavily based upon my childhood memories of Kenya through the eyes of a missionary's daughter.

There are at least two other larger works knocking around my brain as well.

I've never seriously considered NaNoWriMo purely because I'm a very controlling self-editor. I go back and tweak things even weeks later. The idea of having to submit something that I couldn't go back and edit would make me looney-bin crazy. However, I have been informed that I could edit it after submission, it's just the bulk and number of words that needs to be submitted and it needn't be made public or anything until after I'm 'happy' with it.

Anyway, I'd love some first hand experience comments, or any type of opinion on whether I should go ahead or not. :) ~goes all shy~

I'm alive still, and a year older.

*throws faded confetti weakly up and steps into it just as most of it hits the ground*

That about sums up me right now. Keep moving, nothing to see here.

http://www.care2.com/send/pickup/9…

I'm still alive.

Hurray! My 34th was a good day. I kept my head down with jessie_pup only venturing out to get ice cream and more cava. Mmmm... cava! ~Homer Simpson drooling noise~

Played WoW loads and just had fun. It was great. :) And nothing bad happened!!! HURRAY! :) My parents rang me. Funnily enough, my mother doesn't remember that she forgot my 14th. She blamed my cholic(y) baby sister and had a good laugh about it. Heh. Glad she thinks it's funny. She actually argued with me at first that she'd never forgotten. She was shocked she had. Ah well ;) She didn't forget this year. Heeheehee.

Thanks everyone for the good wishes. *grouphug*

Tomorrow's my birthday. But... not a normal one. It's one ending in '4'.

Although I don't remember my 4th birthday, all others have been the -worst- birthdays I ever had. For example, on my 14th, I was recovering from surgery still in pain, off school and at home feeling dreadful. My -whole- family forgot it was my birthday until at dinner I started crying. My mama asked what was wrong. It was just silent tears, but she noticed despite the little bastards we were foster caring at the time. I said simply 'Do you know what today is?' She just looked blankly at me. I said, 'Happy birthday to me' and then burst into tears. Her look of horror was enough. She felt so badly. She immediately called my dad who was working late (and tried to hide making the call from me) and told him to get a cake on the way home. It was a store-bought number and tasted of despair. I don't even think I had a piece. They didn't even have a card to give me in the house. Hmm... maybe that's why I am always buying cards...? jessie_pup is always laughing because I have at -least- 3 boxes to choose from at any given time. No gift. Nothing. Anyway... that was pretty traumatic at 14. Plus it was my first birthday since my sister had been born. So, I really had hoped that would be my worst birthday ever, but then came 24.

I had gotten a new job as a PA to a Managing Director at this fabric company. It was a shitty little place. They expected me to cope without a computer. Hmph. Anyway, 3 weeks into my new job and I was already starting to wonder what the hell I was doing in this hole, but it was a job, right? Well, jessie_pup had gotten glandular fever (mono) and being the kind soul he is, he shared it with me. So, I was really ill and my doctor told me to stay home, in bed with my just-as-ill husband. He gave me a sick note for a week, which I forwarded onto the company. I'd already spoken with my boss and he seemed understanding. Well, until on my birthday - yeah, the 24th - I got a call. I dragged my feverish bones to the phone and answered. It was the agency that put me forward for the job telling me the company'd fired me. So, -perfect-! Ill and fired. Brilliant. Neither jessie_pup nor myself were in any shape to get cake or celebrate, so we slept all day and watched telly and I cried because I'd never been fired before. Plus, by -them-!? Ha! In hindsight, they saved me wasting my time there, but to do it on my birthday? Heartless bastards.

So, excuse me if I approach this number 34 with -some- trepidation. Don't mind me if I don't seem exactly festive. I'm on my guard. I'm just hoping no one dies. Actually, a friend's grandfather is being laid to rest on Saturday, so I hope that's as bad as it gets. *bites lip nervously* Is there any way to just fast forward it?

Having said that, it's already better. I have a lovely "ironic" pink Nintendo DS and a lovely selection of games from jessie_pup and am recovering from an ear infection, so hopefully no illness will strike anew. *fingers crossed*

*grin* Well, it seemed a good title to me. :) I'm still around. Still WoWing, still RPing, still working...

I finally updated my profile and interests here. Took long enough. Well, I hope you're all doing well. *cheery wave*