More Upcoming Stuff

- I've had more ideas for short stories.

- I'm still trying to figure out what to do with my life. Going to the uni's careers service is helping a lot. My advisor seems to love me, she seems quite impressed at the experience I've gathered - supposedly that's a lot more than most English graduates have. Result. Just need to actually put this stuff into practise and find a better job than the paid one.

- Speaking of the Paid Job...I've just put in for holidays to be told of how little guarantee I have of getting them. Great. ¬_¬

- More stuff with Cargo. Andrew Raymond Drennan's new book is coming out in May.

- It's my birthday on Friday.

- I'm singing at Sammy Dow's on Sunday. Nervous doesn't even cover it.

Thoughts on the Royal Wedding

So...late last year we discovered that Prince William, second-in-line to the throne, had become engaged to Kate Middleton, his long term sweetheart. They then announced the wedding would be held on April 29th at Westminster Abbey.

Now, a lot of folk I know couldn't care less about this year's royal wedding. I don't know if it's just to do with us being Scottish or what, but a lot of folk seem to be trying to escape the country when it does happen. Most folk are making the most of a free day off. I'll be off too. I'm not meant to be, because the nature of my work means that my colleagues aren't supposed to be entitled to the day off. However, I'm not coming in to work that day because it is, in fact, my birthday.

So what will I be doing? Well, to be honest, I'm just going to put this out there: I think I'll watch it. There, I said it. I don't have any particularly strong feelings towards the royals, but I want to see what Kate's wearing. For some reason I love looking at wedding dresses even though I'm not even attached to anyone. Sad, I know. I might not even watch it all the way through, maybe just some of it. Or I might see if it ends up on the iPlayer and watch on there instead. I think it's nice that two folk in love are getting married, but I don't know them personally of course.

Yet another long overdue update

So yeah...I got bored of Tumblr. Some days I even forget to log into it. But today it occurs to me that I've neglected this blog, and it's only 14 months old.

I forgot to say that my reading at WPM 10 went down a storm, even though I was full of nerves. A lot of people had really good things to say about it, but I was also so chuffed that I was on stage with such a good line up. Next month's line up looks even better.

Home was good too. Among other things, my dad turned 50 when I went home so the siblings and I had dinner with him, and I managed to catch up with most of the people I'd been meaning to see for ages. I do feel a little sad that I now won't be back home till August at this rate, but I'm sure it'll be worth the wait.

I should also add that Cargo will be partnering with Literary Death Match for an event at the Arches on April 14th. You can pre-book tickets at the link provided or pay on the door.

On a more personal note, it finally hit home just how much weight I've put on in the last year when my blue Vivien of Holloway was found to no longer fit me, when I had plans to wear it to a wedding in July. I'm therefore trying to cut down on the bad food I eat. Fewer chippies and better exercise. In addition I'm hosting my first ever flat party. Not sure how I feel about this, I just hope it's successful.