Ok so his name is James :)

That would be the 'UK guy' from my last entry. I'm thoroughly enjoying his 24 blog. Only 6 freaking days until Season three! I have mixed emotions about it really. I'm really looking forward to it, however when it's on that means my vacation is over and I'm having a nice holiday atm.

I was starting to get a little bored actually, but last night I popped in one of my 24 DVDs and discovered that it's kind of fun to make screencaps and capture little moments that you might miss in a film when you're just watching it. Takes bloody ages though, but I decided to start a collection of caps, starting, of course, with every Kiefer DVD I can get my hands on. Eventually I hope to include caps from a lot of great films.
Anyway, it's here if anyone's interested. It's just Kiefer for now. A bunch of 24 caps and about 6 other movies of his (including 'Beat' James - however I think Kiefer gets off moreso with the lads than he does with Ms. Love :) ).

So apart from doing some capping, I did a little bit of shopping today. I shouldn't have really, but I think it's actually been over a year since I bought myself some new clothes. I'm such a fashion plate :D Anyway I found a gorgeous jumper and probably the most comfy pair of jeans ever and I feel really good. Best thing was they were on sale as well so that's good.

Shit it's after midnight... I told myself I'd quit staying up late just because I'm on holiday because I still have to get up at stupid o'clock to get the kidlet up and ready for school. And I am unable to go back to sleep when I return from dropping her off which kind of sucks.

Vacation... good?

I'm on vacation right now. Second day into it and I'm bored out of my skull. My eyeballs hurt from watching too many Kiefer movies, my house is spotless, and I'm nearly out of gas in the car. I don't think I'm used to entertaining myself all day every day. Without a clear purpose to the day, I'm a little bit lost. I used to think I'd be in heaven if I didn't have to do the nine-to-five thing every day and could devote my days to pretty much anything I wanted. Now I'm not so sure.

Maybe it's the time of day, maybe I'm just overly tired. I haven't had any coffee yet, maybe that's it. I think somewhere earlier in this blog I said I'd give writing a shot again. I did start to form a hazy storline in my head earlier... Maybe I should get cracking on that. I've got six more days of uninterrupted time... Not that I could knock out a novel in six days, but I could at least teach myself how to develop a story beyond just a vague story arc. Hmmm... Well the kid's due home soon so maybe I should make that my agenda tomorrow.

Anyway, I just discovered some UK guy's blog about the show '24' so I'm going to go read that for a while :)

A Conversation

Have you ever been asked, or thought about what it would be like to have a chance for a chat with your younger self? What would you say to yourself - assuming you're now older and allegedly wiser. Would you try and pass on any of that wisdom? Would you try to prevent yourself from making certain mistakes? Give a warning of some kind?

Forgetting about all of that time paradox crap and just thinking about a couple of things I would tell myself... I would tell my stupid ass to go to college - though if I had done that I might not have my daughter today... Oh wait that's a time paradox. Okay, I would go back and tell myself that having good friends is a wonderful thing, but family is just as important so quit dicking around. I might tell myself to lighten up a little. That my parents did understand me more than I thought they did.

Here's how I think the convo might go:

"Hey Steph."

Gobsmacked silence at being confronted with an older version of myself.

"When did I stop wearing black all the time?"

"When you realised that being goth wasn't a lifestyle, it was just a phase."

"Oh. Do we still like decent music?"

"Oh that never changes. But your tastes do broaden."

"Oh dear."

"Listen I can't stick around. I just wanted to do this:"

*thwap*

"Ow!"

And there you have it. I'd give myself a good thwap and be on my way. How very Hitchhiker's :)