Is it Christmas?

Here in Malta, it doesn't feel like Christmas!

It is not too cold and most of the time so far its been very bright and sunny here. The only give away has been that shopping has been a slightly stressful experience, which will continue tomorrow as my parents will both go off shopping to buy an Christmas present for each other (I'll be looking at the cheap clothes as I did my Christmas present shopping ages ago!).

And now I am finding it difficult to think about Christmas as I have discovered that i have a job interview on January 10th. Scary! Hate interviews. But I guess these things have to be done...

As if by Magic

Recently I started to face up to the fact that I need a new job.

Some plans that I had hoped would come to fruition, never materialised, so I was left with no plan - which I hate not to have. So I got thinking...

What I would really like to do is spend a couple of years working hard with a decent paying job and then:

a) Do the sensible thing and buy a home

or

b) Do some studying, I would very much like to do an MA in some kind of English related discipline. I also would love to learn astrology and how to make clothes too. Maybe then I could return to the decent paying work and then buy a home?

I mentioned to Garfield that getting a decent paying job was hard because I lack two particular skills - budgeting and timetabling - neither of which I want to do. So basically I want administrative management job with no budgeting or timetabling. Which don't exist.

Or so I thought, an administrative management job with no budgeting or timetabling just appeared.

I have applied.

I really hope I get invited to an interview. Although I am little scared to as I will need to do a presentation if I do get an interview.

You gotta try though.

Hello Again!

Apologies for the lack of posting lately.

I have been doing the very wintry thing of staying at home watching films and TV shows, when I have gone out its mainly to go shopping or to the cinema. Dieting has been taking up a lot of my mental energy - I part of me can't wait for the dieting to be over with, equally though I am very much enjoying buying new clothes and my new found speed in the squash court.

Next Saturday I am off to Malta again and I can't wait to see my parents (and the beast/kitten) and hopefully being able to spend some time writing and maybe even practising using the runes I got for my birthday (sorry Kira).

I am feeling very positive about 2007 - even treated myself to a very expensive and plush diary from Paperchase (THE BEST STATIONERY SHOP IN THE WORLD! YES I LOVE IT) so that I can make all sorts of exciting plans!

At the moment I'm most looking forward to January 18th - as Garfield has to submit the first draft of his PhD thesis then - hopefully afterwards I can have my boyfriend back! I am also planning to offer my tarot and palmistry skills professionally through tarot parties, I am thinking that just to start a well placed advert outside infinity foods will be good and as my lovely friend Jodie mentioned the other day - offering a free reading to the party organiser would hopefully make me a popular choice… Anyway I will certainly see how it goes!

Going back to staying in and watching films and television…

I have recently been to the cinema to see The Prestige and Pan's Labyrinth.

The Prestige was one the of the most exciting films in ages - the build up and conflict between two characters was amazing, especially as each magician became more convinced of the other's ability to do 'real' magic. Very cool - I may try and watch this in the cinema again if I can.

Pan's Labyrinth was also great - very sweet and touching and so, so sad too. Won't say too much but I want a Mandrake Root baby…

I also got to watch the original Wicker Man last week, which I had never seen before and very much enjoyed it - I can't really understand now why there had to be a remake with Nicholas Cage of all people? I can just see now that he'll probably ruin it and break out of the wicker man at the end with a machine gun or grenade...

As Lost and Battle Star Galactica have decided to do the irritating American thing of stopping mid season, I managed to get my addictive TV fixes through watching Numb3rs and Heroes. I am especially liking Heroes, although I worry where the story is going - very interesting concept though and I particularly adore the character Hiro - he's soooo sweet!

Ooh well I guess I better be off, there is dieting to be done and stuff to be watched...