Madness, schooling, assignments. Which, really, A + B = C.

[active_apathy]

It's been weeks since I've last updated, and that upsets me some. I really shouldn't need to write entries that explicitly mention that I'm not dead, because, honestly, alive. Living. Quick. Intact, drawing breath, and able to walk and talk without stumbling and saying "BRAAAAIIIIIINNNNNNS". In conclusion, alive.

And not a zombie.

There has been learning, in things that interest me. Or are useful to me. Sometimes both. And while these things are useful - filing, MARC coding, access points, bibliographic tools, research methods and all the rest - I'm still entirely sure they don't make exciting reading for the vast majority of people.

And I'd talk about other things, but there really hasn't been much else. There's been the learning, and the homework, and the death by assignments, and there's the stress and the lacking sleep and the realising that I've missed all these things. I've missed the madness that comes near the end of the semester, and it's like coming home. An insane and stressful home where no-one else does anything, perhaps, but a home all the same. It's all things that can be Done, things that can be Finished, things that go away and come back with nice little marks that make me feel happy and accomplished.

And while I've missed it, I'm not as good at it as I was once before. It's not that I can't do the work - I can, and I can manage things, and I can get it all done, complete and proper and on-time. But I want to be able to find the time for fun, and the time for my journal, even if it's only a couple of times a week.

And that might be the problem here. I got into the habit of daily entries when there were no other demands on my time, and now there's demands, and there can't be daily posts, and I feel like there should be because there used to be. And, if I plan to be sensible about it, it seems to be pretty well obvious that posts every few days are better than no posts at all.

So here's me, on the posty edge. And there will once again be some news, and once again some fun, and occasionally an icon or two. And it will be fun, and it will be shiny, but it won't be daily, and I won't obsess over it not being daily because then everyone loses. Good? Good.

And for all of you completely untroubled by this (except, perhaps, wondering if I've been eaten by zombies), *squish*, thanks, and there is a light at the end of the tunnel. And it'll be there and bright and shiny and hopeful, no matter how many essays and reports and tests and exercises and things need to lie broken and defeated in my wake.

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[eighthcloud.livejournal.com]

::POUNCES!::





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::goes to read entry::

[eighthcloud.livejournal.com]

I, of course, want you to update a lot more than you have been, but that's because I love you and I miss you a whole freakin' lot and it's just not fair that I'm at work and you're not online to make the time go by faster and to make me laugh and for me to squish you and it's just not fair.

Did I mention I miss you? Cuz I do. I even had a dream that you made an appearance in!

::sigh:: Stupid school.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

*falls down*



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*watches the reading*

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

I want me to update more than I have been, because I love you too, and I don't like making people miss me because it's upsetting for them and for me because it means people about whom I care are upset and that's bad.

A dream? Interesting. Does the dream also contain clothes?

[deepfishy.livejournal.com]

Yay! *calls in the zombie-hunting search party*

How long is this learning-type thingy going to be? One year, two years, more?

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

It takes two years full-time for this particular course.

[selenitia.livejournal.com]

*tackle-hugs*

*offers hot chocolate*

I'd say something, but at the moment all I can think about is the evilness that is my boss and the cuteness that is my kitten.

I can't even offer you feline zombie-fighting assistance as my seven-year-old really wouldn't care and my two-month-old's skills are getting underfoot, knocking things down, and falling off stuff. Oh, and walking on my face when I'm trying to sleep.

[laurenmitchell.livejournal.com]

Good to see that you're not dead and not zombified and that the learningness is going well.

*SQUISH*

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

YOU ATEN'T DEAD.

[eighthcloud.livejournal.com]

You actually didn't make an appearance, I just got the feeling that you were there, and I got very, very sad that I hadn't talked to you in what seemed like months. :(

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Oooh... Interwebs-hot-chocolate. *drinks*

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Indeed, unless I'm some kind of hugglezombie. *SSSSSSQUIIIIISHHHHEEEEESSSS!*

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Apparently not, which I consider to be fairly good news.

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

You should get a sign.

[packbat.livejournal.com]

Off-topic, but I'm switching from 'reading in tabs' to 'reading on my friendspage' now, so – Hi! Friending! Bye!

[deepfishy.livejournal.com]

Out of curiosity, will you be going to Conflux in Canberra next week/weekend? I understand that - among others - Garth Nix and Steve Jackson will be there (plus all kinds of shiny).

[galaxy-girl00.livejournal.com]

Hello

I stumbled accross your icons from a google search. They are all fantastic. I hope you don't mind me having a few of them?

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Like my userinfo and icon posts say, most are stealable with credit; the others are, I hope, very clearly marked. So, play nice and have fun with them. :)

[galaxy-girl00.livejournal.com]

Thanks I've taken about three and will credit you for them.

[eighthcloud.livejournal.com]

I miss you. :(