Congratulations, Zatoichi...

I assume my 2nd cousin has one of those.
He's been professor at a Japanese uni for years.

I think so.
I was told he was the only English professor at a Japanese university, I mean as in from England!
But I really don't think that can be quite true.
So either my cousin is over blowing his achievements, or my Mum misunderstood- again!

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So... gambling is bad and addictive... Why I only use one casino site, one that allows me to set a maximum of money I can gamble for each month...

But I just put £10 in and withdrew £70.

Gosh. I could use that!

Awesome Besley!

Blah, but I'm happy you at least got some of it! 


This might be a bit strange in the 'Good News' sense... but it actually is. 

I frowned at first when going through my 'On this day' memories on Facebook... exactly 7 years ago today I thought my world was ending. 
One of my then 'best friends' ended our friendship very abruptly. We were graduating in June, having the last day of school in May and I knew we weren't going to be besties forever... but this girl was the only friend I had left in my class, the two others had to retake a year... but I always assumed we could at least stick together for the last few months. 
But the girl decided to want to mingle with the 'cool girls' and that meant ditching the punky geek, as well as change everything about herself. So... after we had said goodbye all friendly and smiles I came home to an email telling me we shouldn't be friends anymore. I remember crying all night because I was shocked... mostly how she could have faked it so well and been so cowardly. 

Turns out it was a good thing in the end... my now best friend who I've stuck with since and probably will for the rest of my life found me having lunch alone and forced me to sit with them. We're all geeks and nerds and it's so liberating to be able to be yourself. I have the girl on my facebook, and quite frankly... I'm happy I don't have her in my life. It's too exhausting to have to be around such people. 

And... I knew it then too, but her and the other two girls who used to be my friends only used me, I did their homework, and when we did 'group' assignments I did the work while they discussed boys and lipstick. 

Sadly... with our graduation came a moment when she would have needed me... the thing is, her mother was an alcoholic and with our graduation came the tradition to drive around in old open trucks screaming and tooting, stopping at your parent's houses to be fed and get a few drinks... her mother was obviously drunk and I could see how hurt she was... I caught her eyes and gave her a sympathetic glance back... her 'cool' new friends obviously had no idea. Poor girl. 

So, while I'd rather not be reminded of that night she 'broke it off' 7 years ago, it's actually an awesome change to go 'Hah. It was actually the best thing that could have happened'. 

Today was a shockingly good day. 

I have gotten my letter of when the 'how to live with chronic pains' thing starts, February 29th... I had to call the lady who I'll be having a meeting with because for some weird reason the letter said they had ordered a Turkish interpreter... The lady sounded really nice and was so happy I called them about the mistake... 

I also got a letter from my pension, the stuff I needed to fill in to get it paid out (I haven't saved up much over the 9 months I worked at the hospital until last year... and if I leave them there I'll be forced to pay for an insurance I don't need and before long the money will all be used... so it's no use saving them for old age)... And the amount was actually more than I expected. I'll save most of it in case my laptop breaks down (which I suspect it might do soon). 

The weather was BEAUTIFUL today, gosh. So I went grocery shopping, getting a few things I've craved for a while but haven't been able to afford. Gosh, have I missed a good guacamole!

On my way my foot hurt a tiny bit... I stepped on it funny last night... and I got a little bit upset... I mean isn't it enough my back and hip hurts every day? But it was fine, my hip even dealt okay with the stairs leading into the city.   
This is the first shopping trip in a while that hasn't resulted in unbearable pains. 

Oh, and when I had to scan in the papers for the pension thing my scanner worked the first time! Usually it can even take hours of restarting computers and printers, getting error messages, 'hacking' into the printer system on my laptop and goodness knows what. 

Also... I found Hello Kitty bandaids for my hand. I'm sporting a pink one right now. (Yes, I collect Hello Kitty, and yes I am about to turn 26.)

Great to hear that, though what an annoyance with the blood tests. 

I am waiting on the phone to ring any day, inviting me to a jobinterview... my job coach found the perfect job with me, with a local company who seeks a temp to take over while their secretary is on maternity leave... She knows the owner well, and told me to mention her name in my application, and to tell them the could get me for half a salary for the first 3 months, the job center wants to pay the rest out to me. I actually have a chance! 

I have been finally been given a date for starting therapy, after 8 months on a waiting list, the 18th! 
I'm a little anxious about that... but it should be good. I really do need this. 

And, the past 8 months I've frequented an online forum for people in crisis... this morning I got asked to become a sort of junior moderator. I feel it's a huge responsibility... I'm expected to be active, comment on people's threads, give sound advice etc. and make sure nothing dangerous takes place. 
I haven't done mod work for so long... and this is a lot different than moderating fan forums. I'm happy I'm only a junior! 

But, it's a great opportunity to help other people... it makes my difficult backstory worth something if I can offer any advice to someone who needs it. 

I'm thrilled that I got another comment on my fanfic, and such a lovely one at that. It's really made my day. It makes me realise how important it is to leave nice words for the authors of fanfics that we enjoy. I will have to make more effort to do the same, I just wish I was better at articulating what I like about a story!

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I went to Walker Stalker Con in London with my son on Saturday. We met Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flanery, Josh McDermitt and Christian Serratos. We had photos and got some autographs. Such a great day out and it all seems a bit like a dream now... Probably going to go to London Comic Con in July which will have various actors etc. from Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Star Wars etc. Anyone else going?