NaNo

15 June 2010

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So I've been meaning to do this for a while.

I'm returning with a whimper rather than a bang- I don't have anything in particular to announce but a blog post from me has been way overdue for, well maybe let's not get into that.

The whimpering is totally appropriate anyway, given that I lost my voice for a while last week. Being ill sucks. Totally not sexy. Unless you're Det Dan Stark maybe. [Seriously are y'all watching The Good Guys? Cos you should be. It's fantasmic and fun, has Bradley Whitford and Colin Hanks in a weird Texan buddy cop sitch and there's classic cars. Come we all go to Dallas and live their lives out for real.]

I think I really do need to write to get my thoughts in some semblance of order. My brain rots when I don't siphon out some of its thoughts. (True story. I know all about medical research now so you have to believe me.) And I'm clearly one of those people who doesn't quite understand their thoughts until they're codified. Maybe confusion and ill-expressed ideas were acceptable a few weeks ago when there was all kinds of political turmoil, but we've got a firmly entrenched coalition government now, it's clearly time to re-learn how to express myself.

And obv a mission like that ought to involve some Dr Dre. We share a birthday y'know. Just saying: Express Yourself!

I guess what prompted this is that I've heard a lot of people defining themselves in terms of their actions, as in what they will and will not do. One night stands. Drugs. Take time off work. Accept help. Lie. Confess a crush. Watch football. Dance. Get married. Listen to hip hop. Take my advice. &c.

I don't feel that just looking at my behaviour would be a good way to get to know who I am- perhaps especially because inconsistency tends to be one of my more consistent characteristics. Seabass once described me in less than 10 words (all adjectives, natch) wonderfully. (I said he was ginger, Dutch and annoying. Yeah, I don't know why people put up with me either.) And I don't think I'm simply my preferences, beliefs and foibles- I'm more than a hatred of wet socks, a fervent conviction that technology really is out to get me and possession of a rude streak a mile wide- but I definitely think that those things tell you more about me than any arbitrary proclamations I might make about what I will and won't do. (Anything for love, but not that. Oh wow I totally just had this weird panic about Meat Loaf being dead. Apparently he isn't. So good.)

I don't think it's possible to live a life entirely without regrets. I've got this quote on my wall (along with quite a lot of other crap) which I love:
When you get older, you stop pretending to have things you haven't done, and start pretending not to have done things you have done.
Trying to find a middle group between not hurting other people and making sure to be selfish enough to not end up so filled to the tips with other people's secrets and drama that you have no space for your own can be damn hard work though.

You know what I need? Some distraction. Some adventure! I feel like I'm stagnating a bit. I'm too settled. Too content. And I know that that sounds like a dumb thing to complain about. But. It's a dangerous feeling. And I'm getting restless. I don't think that sojourns to Brighton, Manchester and Liverpool are really going to cut it. So I'm totally going to get on that.

It's not like there's not stuff going on. I've got my Naomi back. There's elephants and face painting and sometimes even sun!










But here's a list of 20 things I want to do in the next ~little while~ It won't be the end of the world if I don't, but it's good to have goals. If the World Cup teaches me nothing else at least it'll have taught me that. (And that I really don't like vuvuzelas.)

1. The Trans Siberian.
2. Visit NYC.
3. An American roadtrip.
4. Visit this lovely Shanny thing and my Tiptoe somewhere in Asia this summer.
5. Blog better. Or more at least.
6. Language lessons. My French ones are due to start on Bastille day. I'm not even lying.
7. Buy an SLR.
8. Edit my 2009 NaNo.
9. Go to a con. Let's get down with our bad geeky selves.
10. Write a script of some sort.
11. Have my own place again. And decorate it like a grown up.
12. Have a BBQ. As soon as the patio exists!
13. Play ratchet screwdriver in a park. (That way I'll know I've truly regressed.)
14. Eurotrip.
15. Bake.
16. Get a bike.
17. Live in another city.
18. Summer festivals.
19. Beng Mealea.
20. More South Africa.

(And, hey, here's an alternative 21: work out why I can't upload pics how I want. Should I be blaming Chrome or Blogger? Or Nick Clegg?)

20 comments:

Nicole said...

Dear Holly,

You should definitely come to America and visit me! This year, before I leave again! Doitdoitdoitdoittt! So many adventures to be had!

Nicole

★Shan said...

Brain feeling sodden, so can't comment coherently. >.<

Yes, buy an SLR and join us in the 365 Project club! Or join anyway without an SLR!!
I approve of most of the items on your list!! Would like to do some too, like getting a bike, Eurotripping, living in another city, baking, summer festivalling, con-visiting... ...

And of course No. 4 gets my huge, gigantic stamp of approval!! xDDD

I need to start getting down to making my summer plans a reality!! Or not no adventure for me either....

Urgh, I don't think I quite know what I'm like or how to describe myself anymore. If I could ever do it properly, that is. Brain not up for thinking too deeply on the matter.

Also, I think a raspy, ill voice is sexy indeed. This comes from the connoisseur of voices, so there! ;p

And I have just succeeded in commenting on your post in reverse sequence to how your wrote it. Whee!

Miss Anne Throp'ist said...

@NicNac(Paddywhack) I'm all employed and shit- stay in the states (or return there) for next summer pretty pretty please. THEN we can go adventuring!

@Shan My brain constantly feels sodden, think it's all the damp here.

Tell me more about the 365 project! Naomi is useless at explanations. Do I need a flickr? Do I need to upload stuff somewhere specific?

Maybe you liking my list is a sign we should be fulfilling it together! Especially no 4, natch. Get your summer plans together so we can work on it! Mistress Wonderland said you're working on Woofing?

I do trust you on voice related matters of course but I must inform you that mine is now more a phlegm-infested disgustipation than a sexy rasp. YOU NEED TO COMMAND MY HEALTH BETTER, CLEARLY.

Ahaha, I love that you commented in reverse order! Totally suits my issues with the back to front order of the pictures.

(Also also I'm still residually excited that we're blog peeps again. We're so cool.)

Becka said...

Hello! Welcome back! Gosh you haven't written a post for so long. I liked reading this one and reading the things you want to do in the next little while! They all sound pretty fun. I think you should do all of them! Travels, travels, travels.

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