Today is better than the last couple in that I feel more up beat but I'm still indoors and the weather is still dull and miserable. I haven't seen the sun yet and the trees outside are all limp.

Never the less I have two things to mention.

The first of which is that I have a new Facebook addiction. Fish World. My first one was Mousehunt followed by Ghost trappers. I know it's sad but hey, it passes the time when I'm waiting for inspiration to strike. I know its there I just want it to get a little closer before I pursue it.

Secondly, I managed to get my editing report done for uni :-) and just need to remember to print it off before Monday which is the due date - if I am up to presenting it, if not ill do it as a handout. One thing about the short story I was editing is that the plot was really good and engaging, just the setting and character were not developed and specific enough for me, but that's just me, the author can go any way she feels is right. You should always follow your heart (see Eleanor Roosevelt quote)

I have a glass of warm blackcurrent juice and the rest of the day to relax and maybe do some tidying up - the table all my work is on is getting a little overloaded.

Have a good weekend everyone x

Good afternoon. I realise yesterday I missed my entry which doesn't bode well but no matter, I don't think you missed anything vital.

Today started off with heavy rain thundering against the window at around 4am followed by the sunrise which looked almost brown because it was hidden behind the rain clouds. By 9am I was awake, I didn't set an alarm as Fridays are the one day I get to lie in and rest my weary body. I finally got up and logged on to check my messages of which there was only one, my horoscopes for today - I don't follow them religiously but sometimes they have been helpful as a guide so I keep them.

I'm a little blue today - I've got work to do for my course but it can wait. My tummy hurts and my head is spinning so today has been designated as a 'non-day' a day where unless the place burns down or someone tried to break in with an axe, I don't move unless I absolutely have to. My work will get done later on and the dishes have already been done so nothing to worry about.

While most people I find reach their peak early on in the day, my mind doesn't seem to until around 3pm - a time I've found I can sit down to work and push forward without feeling like I am forcing things out from where they obviously wanna stay. I must remember to pull out my notes on the Goldilocks story at this point tomorrow and see if I can finish my retelling of it for class next week or else find some variations of the tale for the presentation. sounds like a plan.

Good evening all

Looking out the window i can see the sun sinking beneath the houses in the distance, its warm yellow glow has formed an orange fire that blankets the sky. If i could catch it on film I would but there just isn't enough light for my small camera.

I thought id share my ramblings from yesterday about the shower:

I step in, my toes scrunch around

the plastic bath mat, cheap and

yellowed. my head lowers as a guide

my heavy body into the water and

i am drenched in heat

i open my eyes and an fascinated

by the steam that rises up. i find

my fingers play in between its streams

and scatter it elsewhere

preventing it from going any higher

there is more....but i wont share it now

feel free to comment..

Writing can be hard. Before I went to the hospital earlier i wrote a short piece about being in the shower, nothing special but I think when you write about something that you have done and focus on that one thing you can get a lot out of it. More details is needed to smaller things than trying desperately to describe big things and running out of words (starting to repeat yourself)

My latest read is Elizabeth Wurtzel 'Prozac Nation' - a memoir about a girl with mental health issues. True i have to read it for my uni course but i can get into it because its similar in some ways to my own situation. Confusion and organisation, misunderstood behaviour and writers block as well as all the other themes contained in its pages make it worth a look.

p.s I would recommend the film just for the film, it doesn't compare to the book.

Its dark now. the lights are glowing small but bright in the distance. rows of ageing houses burn their gas like there is no tomorrow. I wonder what tomorrow will bring?

As of today the 9th of March 2010 I intend to start a daily blog. Following the advice of several people who suggested that writing every day is a very good habit to keep i signed up for this.

As i am english and proud to be, i will be giving regular weather updates - apparently we cant help but mention it. There will also be thoughts on the writing process and ill be asking for ideas on projects as well as other stuff that hopefully wont send you to sleep.

Day 1

The weather is dull. the sun is behind the cloud somewhere but all i can see are the few splashes of light on windows and in between the trees.