Thoughts at Random
Thursday, 17 June, 2004
- What do I do when it's time to go to church and I can't stand the thought of talking to anyone? Could I wear a sign around my neck that says, “I'm all peopled out—please don't talk to me,” or will that just make me feel isolated and alone?
- I've never lived by myself, always with friends or family. To live by myself—to clean up just my own mess and not other people's mess—to face the multitude of choices of what to do with my time instead of thinking, “I must go home and cook dinner for my husband,”—what is that like?
- I'm running out of Diana Wynne Jones books to read. I know she's written stacks but I can't get my hands on any more at the moment. How sad!
- Is going to the movies by oneself actually fun?
- Is the movie of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban really worth the ticket price, even though people tell me that it's nowhere near as bad as the first two?
- Why can't we just cut through all the fluff and say what we want to say without all these disclaimers and qualifiers?
- Where did all the onions in my fridge disappear to?
Current:
Bible: Isaiah (ESV) 28/09/2010
seen: Tropic Thunder 26/09/2010
seen: The Life of Mammals 24/09/2010
seen: What a Girl Wants 19/09/2010
seen: Jerry Maguire 19/09/2010
seen: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 06/09/2010
seen: Tomorrow Never Dies 05/09/2010
seen: Nanny McPhee 28/08/2010
read: Mercury (Hope Larson) 27/08/2010
read: Spellcheckers Vol 1 (Jamie S Rich, Nicolas Hitori de, Joelle Jones) 16/08/2010
read: Solipsistic Pop Vol 2 (Solipsistic Pop) 16/08/2010
read: Chiggers (Hope Larson) 15/08/2010
seen: Josie and the Pussycats 14/08/2010
seen: Mr & Mrs Smith 14/08/2010
seen: Step Up 2 13/08/2010
Blinks:
How to recalibrate the home button on your iPhone.
Unsolicited manuscripts accepted by Pan Macmillan with certain conditions.
Thought Balloon is a group blog in which the writers tackle a new theme every week? month? with one-page scripts. This URL is for their Phonogram ones.
How to sew a zipper on a knitted garment.
Issues organised by tale.
Online magazine that publishes fairy tales that are not reworkings of old tales.
Journal that publishes fairy tale writing.
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Sometimes, I wish that, when I go to church, people would talk to me. I often feel that I initiate all my conversations and maintain them, to the boredom of the other party.
Would you like me to send you Deep Secret?
DWJ? Yes please!
Ben, how long have you been at Toongabbie?
*muhuahuha*
I ate them. *chomp* *chomp*
*onion good*
*breathes out onion*
I live by myself, there’s heaps of time to think crazy thoughts like blowing up my workplace, or talk to the wall, a more interesting conversation than most.
Hey Ben - I know the feeling.
~3yrs.
I’m trying not to have a whinge here, but I think it’s mostly my problem and partly symptomatic of broader problems with welcoming and fellowship in the congregation.
Hi Karen!
Having lunch with Miranda today!
Peopled out? I find the best thing to do is tell a close friend and have them talk to you in this manner:
K: Jibber jabber, jibber jabber, don’t feel like talking
CF: Lahlahalhalha we’re talking we are we are
etc!
Living by yourself - lonely, and selfish making, but fun and allows lots of own decisions! It has its good and bad - just like every other living arrangement!!
Going to the movies by yourself - fun if you’re in the right mood, miserable if you’re not.
HP - I think you should go and would happily shout you the ticket price. Just email me your account details!
I don’t have any onions either. Maybe the onionmonster has been at my house too!
Hugs,
George
> Is going to the movies by oneself actually fun?
Yes, when no-one will go with me to see a Dendy film, which is sort-of my weekly escape…
I know how you feel, sometimes I wish people could just say things without being politically correct or giving disclaimers that often seem unnecessary. I think it’s because we have to be so careful not to hurt anyone’s feelings that it’s like people are coddled and babied verbally.
1. Just quietly slip out during the last song
2. Living on your own is fine - did it for about a year. But its more fun having other people around.
3. Order them from Amazon
4. Yes, if you are really interested in the movie you are seeing rather than just wanting to do something social
5. Not really, I found it quite dull
6. You can, you just have to learn how
7. The cheese ate them
Oh, and Andrew, I go to the Dendy pretty often as well. Drop me an email and we’ll go together sometime