Wednesday 28 March 2012

A big ball of sunshine and happiness...

Today I am feeling fucked off.

There are several reasons for this, some I may go into and some I definitely won't. Lets tackle the obvious one first: the weather is really fucking nice and I'm stuck indoors writing, or trying to write, but I'm being thwarted at every turn and nothing seems to be coming together for me today. If ever there was a worse example of pathetic fallacy, then today would be it because my mood is fucking hideous, but it's such a glorious and beautiful day outside.

Bastard weather.

Another reason for my bad mood is that I'm uncharacteristically feeling like a complete soppy fucker and really missing The Boyf. He's been staying at mine for the last three weeks, but he "moved out" on Sunday. He's found a house now, so the pressure is off a little, but he has to help arrange viewings for his old place down in Kent. Do I feel as if I've been dropped like a cold bag of sick?...Of course not...

I thought I'd be all happy having my own space back, but instead I feel a bit shit that he's not around in the evenings and as much as I hated him waking me up because I was snoring, I quite miss having him in bed. Mostly I miss him cooking for me though. I've to reacquaint myself with how a saucepan works as well as how to navigate around Tesco for the food shopping. Well, it's just been so long since I've had to do it...

Talking of space, the final 'mini rant' I'm going to have is about the fact that I may have to move house. The landlord has decided to put the rent up and there's no way I can justify paying more than I do for my box of a room. Moving house is a ball ache - hunting for a house is even more so. Especially as we're in the run up to the Olympics. I can't even begin to tell you how many adverts on Gumtree are advertising properties at disgusting prices just because the Olympics are on for two weeks of the fucking year. Fuck that.

Overall I think today is a complete write-off. Not what I had in mind at all as I was so productive on Monday and yesterday I had a really good day in the sex shop; I managed to sell one of the most expensive toys in the cabinet!

Go me!

RoseC -x- 

Wednesday 7 March 2012

The weather's shit, but I'm happy!

Everything's been a bit topsy turvy lately, with so much going on that if I was to go into it all then it would bore you stupid. Instead I've decided to do a chart-style run down of my most favourite things to have happened over the last...hm, how far should I go back? Right, ok lets say, the last two weeks. I think that's sufficient enough time to fit in all the major dramas. I guess if it's a chart it should start with the least amazing of all the amazing things I'm about to tell you, right?

In at FIVE
The bf is currently living with me. For all of this week he's staying with me in my little room in my, not so little, house with me and housemates. He started his new job in the City, but hasn't found anywhere to live yet so is crashing at mine. There's several reasons why this is good: first it's so nice to have him around for a long time after having been a 'weekend arrangement' for the last year and a half; I haven't had to cook a meal since last Friday because he enjoys cooking and has done it all; he made the most awesome chocolate cake on Monday that makes me want to say he can stay forever...and I won't even care if I get fat(ter).

At number FOUR
I received a copy of Adventure Bike Rider magazine last week with my feature in it. It's all motorbike related facts and stats that will literally BLOW YOUR MIND! Granted, I'm not the most savvy motorbike, er, person, but what puts this on my hit list is how cool it was to see my work and name in actual print again. Been a while since that happened so it's quite novel really.

New at THREE
As I've not been earning quite enough from my writing endeavours I've picked up a part time job...in a sex shop!!! Fuck it's awesome. I literally couldn't be happier working there. I get to give people advice on sex toys, and lube, and corsets, and, and, and...ah it's just fab. The other day I sold a vibrator to a customer that had never used toys before. Most awesome and there are some really interesting characters that come in there. There was me thinking you only met oddballs and interesting folk through bar work, well no way. Can't wait for my next shift...oh yeah, I don't have to, it's tomorrow. YAY!

Straight in at TWO
As if I needed any more confirmation that my life was turning into that of fictional wannabe writer Daisy Steiner, which I mentioned in my last post here, not a week after posting that did I meet the actual actress, Jessica Hynes, who played her. I did a total, utter geek out and gushed about how much I loved Spaced. She was cool with it though and she initiated actual, physical touching when she placed her hand on my shoulder first. In between dithering I'm not sure what I said to her. I know I did manage to refrain from telling her my life is that of Daisy's as I didn't want to totally freak her out. Honestly made my week, which is why it's so high up on the list.

The big one at number ONE
If you haven't heard already, and the only way you'll have missed this is if you don't pay enough attention to me on Twitter of FB, I got my first commission from Cosmopolitan magazine. HURRAH! I pitched my little heart out to them and they've decided to run with one of my ideas in an upcoming issue. So massively excited for what it'll do for my profile (and my bank balance). Obviously I can't say much, but rest assured, it's on my favourite subject: sex.

Aahh so overall a good couple of weeks. I have loads more in the pipeline that I'm working on and excited about. Declaring myself as self-employed to HM Revenue and Customs today wasn't one of them. Form filling is not my forte!

Until next time and thank ye for reading.
RoseC -x-