"I am not to spend ANY MORE MONEY"

I am not to spend ANY MORE MONEY. EVER. within reason.

In this month, I have spent all that I saved up in the past year. In four weeks I have spent what it took me twelve months to earn. nicht gut.

And its not like I bought anything productive. Its just been clothes, shoes, food and going out. Oh, I bought a laptop but it was only £399.

No more Smallville boxset for me. Although, I'm thinking that with the damage thats been done to my bank account, another £30 wouldn't be missed. Hmm.

Le Makeover

I've just spent quite a while changing the look of this blog. I've wanted to do it for a while but never quite figured out how to. So commenced a painstaking evening of trial and error to see which bits of html affected what.

Plus, I spent almost an hour making the background; cutting and pasting random blocks of newspaper text off the famous google image search onto paint.

There are still a few things to change but overall, c'est bon.

In other news, people got angry with me at work today. I just began to type out the long story of why but I realised I can't be bothered. Needless to say, I came home in a crappy mood.

And then, guess what, another 4 episodes of Smallville. The DVDs are due back at Blockbuster tomorrow and I have 4 episodes still to watch. Oh, and of course, the special features! I wish I was faking this enthusiasm.

My room is a bombsite and I'm considering sleeping in my spare room tonight because there is no way I can get to or into my bed. I will tidy it up tomorrow. (Liar).

I'm going to go to bed and read some Kierkegaard. It really is the best cure for insomnia.

My Wild Evening.

I've just come back from my friend Helen's house who I haven't seen for ages.

We played scrabble. Hah.

We then tried (and failed) to get into various other board games.

We then found cat toys and began to play with her cats.

We then realised that the cat toys we were playing with were far more fun for us to play with.

We spent over half an hour trying to hit each other with mice on string.

I had fun.

Uneventful, Really.

I've just managed to haul myself out of bed, get showered and dressed, breakfasted and I've even made myself look semi-presentable. And now, I am lying sprawled across my bed with my blind down and my floor covered in a heap of clothes considering whether I'll do anything productive with my day. Answer: unlikely.

I can't even inspire myself to cook some lunch. I am out of ideas for what to make.

Despite this, I'm in a good mood. I watched another four episodes of Smallville last night. I'm bordering on obsession.

Oh, and I still haven't found out what happened to make all those police cars and the helicopter congregate on (and above) my street. I've looked on the bbc news website and so far, nothing. I'm sure it will be in the local paper but thats only weekly so it will take ages to find out.

I need to make some plans for this evening. There is nothing worse than sitting at home past 6 o clock when you've just spent the whole day being lazy and going nowhere.

I created a livejournal account (yes, I gave in). I spent about an hour trying to think up a username that didn't involve any numbers or xx000 things (it just makes it feel really impersonal) or one that I'd be ashamed of in a few days time. Urgh. None I wanted were available. In the end, I created scarlet_dahlia. Not really me, but better than a lot of things I could have chosen.

Anyway, I'm off to let my livejournal account piss me off. I'm looking for layouts.

Dramaaa

As I type, there are five police cars and a police helicopter outside my house.

I heard a police siren and looked out of my window to see a police car speeding down my street. It then stopped outside my house and the man got out and ran towards the wood on the corner of my road. Its not really a wood - or a very small one at that. Its basically a lot of trees with a path going through. Anyway, the person they were chasing is hiding somewhere in there I assume. The sole police officer ran onto the path and started shouting "Come out!"

Soon after that, another police car arrived, then another, then another, etc...

And then the police helicopter came.

I can only guess at what happened. But it must be serious.

This is such an event because I live on such a quiet road. And it doesn't lead anywhere.

I hope I can update when I know whats happened.

I was thinking of going out for a drive to see if I can see any 'crime scene' as such but my drive is blocked in by police cars.

I'm so nosy. Its not my fault. I just have to know things. Things stick in my mind and if I don't find out full details it will repeat over and over in my mind and I cannot let it go. Grrr.

Anyway, I'm sleepy, its half past midnight and I don't know whether to go to bed now and resign myself to the fact that I might miss the all-action moment. Or stay watching all night and risk the chance that nothing dramatic will happen, the police will give up and go home.

So, yes, I'll update it anything develops.

I Hate Saturday Mornings.

Its just gone 9am and I'm lying in my bed, in the dark, with my lap top balanced on my lap and my cat awkwardly curled up on my left arm.

And so my Saturday begins.

I hate Saturday mornings. I always wake up realising I have nothing fun/productive to do. Usually I try and avoid them by sleeping in until 11. Today though, I woke up at 8:30 and found myself wide awake.

I may watch more of the Smallville boxset. I rented Series 1 from Blockbuster as I had nothing else to do (or some homework to distract myself from). So I have planned to watch it, from the beginning to the end. And so far, I've become obsessed and am already looking at buying Series 2.

I'm working from 3 - 6 today. I got a phonecall yesterday and was about to turn down the extra hours with the usual "Sorry I already have plans," when I realised I don't. And I need the money after a rather excessive shopping splurge and the purchase of this laptop.

Anyway, its half term this week which means no college. My college call it "Reading Week" and it looks like I might actually have to get round to doing some reading seeing as most of my friends are leaving me to go on holiday.

Oh, and I didn't go straight and start up a livejournal the minute I finished my first entry. I exercised some self control and watched some TV instead. However, the thought has entered my mind once more. I am thinking I want to start up a column type thing. A blog but where I don't talk about my day to day bores but more current news and things. If I want to go into journalism, I think I should start somewhere.

So yes, I think I'll get started on that. If I can think of anything to write about.

You realise I will write one article then get bored and abandon it.

First

Today, after much deliberation, I bought a new laptop. I will not go into my long winded decision making process which has been going on for perhaps the last two weeks or so. But yes, I bought one, and I love it.

It is very pretty indeed.

And I need something to use it for.

Something that is not college work.

So, I decided to start another blog. Another. Blog.

And as I type I already have a livejournal window open, ready to sign up for perhaps my fourth account on that site. What is it with me that I feel the need to have as many blogs online as I possibly can? I don't even use them. I type three to four entries then forget I ever have them.

Today has been a rather exciting day. I went swimming (part of my new 'sort my life out' fitness programme). I payed £3.60 entry, swam for 10 minutes and got bored and changed back.

I got my new glasses which I have been waiting for (to cure my headaches) for a week. They are rather nice but how long before they get lost/broken/scratched/tried on by someone with a really big head who stretches them out.

And then theres the new laptop. Already discussed.

I am now planning to do some college work. Existentialism and Humanism needs to read again. And this time I should probably pay attention to what I'm reading.

But I know, I'll click send and then go straight to livejournal where I'll create another unecessary account and post an identical entry to this one.

Wish me luck.