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Well. This weekend was nowhere near as productive as I had hoped it would be. I'm going to have to make up for it tomorrow - but, that's fine. Really, it is. I can't help being a bit annoyed with myself, though. I really should have done more.
Ordered my father's Christmas present today. That's one thing off the list. Might head up to Wal-Mart to buy my mum's tomorrow. It shouldn't be too busy on a Monday during the daytime. I would have gone today, but the bus schedule is different on Sundays. Fuck that. Rrrrgh, I'm so frustrated with Christmas shopping. I don't want to spend the money, but custom dictates it. Fortunately nobody wants anything expensive this year -- so far. Knowing my brother, he'll want some expensive as hell video game or something. If he asks for that, he'll just be getting some woolly socks and a toque, gods help me. I can't be spending money willy-nilly this year.
For that reason, I won't be sending Christmas presents for my friends this year. Most years I'd get certain people something small, but I just can't handle the expense and shipping costs this year, especially with many of the people I talk to being in far-flung places. It's frustrating, but that's the state of things. I guess cards will have to do.
Typed up and edited "Palimpsest" today. This one is giving me trouble. I've had a lot of trouble with writing recently though, so it's not a surprise, but it's still frustrating. I can't decide what style it should be in, keep changing things around. Now I'm wondering if I should have written it in my old dramatic monologue style instead. But I stopped using that style because to me it seemed too melodramatic, and there's enough melodramatic Hetalia fic out there as it is.
On an unrelated note, I tried a new shampoo today. It's one of Lush's solid shampoo bars. Never tried one of those before; I got it free at some huge sale several months ago. It's the Karma scent, which I'm quite fond of. Normally I don't care about scent when it comes to shampoo, but man, this one lasts. Makes me pretty happy. In any case, it's hard to say how I feel about it just yet - need to see what it does to my hair. Some people find it drying, I hear.
Ugh. Speaking of hair. I need to get a hair cut. I'm starting to get that "way too girly" look again. But I don't know if I can afford it. Argh. Maybe I should just put it off until I go home for Christmas, and see if my mum will pay for it.
Ordered my father's Christmas present today. That's one thing off the list. Might head up to Wal-Mart to buy my mum's tomorrow. It shouldn't be too busy on a Monday during the daytime. I would have gone today, but the bus schedule is different on Sundays. Fuck that. Rrrrgh, I'm so frustrated with Christmas shopping. I don't want to spend the money, but custom dictates it. Fortunately nobody wants anything expensive this year -- so far. Knowing my brother, he'll want some expensive as hell video game or something. If he asks for that, he'll just be getting some woolly socks and a toque, gods help me. I can't be spending money willy-nilly this year.
For that reason, I won't be sending Christmas presents for my friends this year. Most years I'd get certain people something small, but I just can't handle the expense and shipping costs this year, especially with many of the people I talk to being in far-flung places. It's frustrating, but that's the state of things. I guess cards will have to do.
Typed up and edited "Palimpsest" today. This one is giving me trouble. I've had a lot of trouble with writing recently though, so it's not a surprise, but it's still frustrating. I can't decide what style it should be in, keep changing things around. Now I'm wondering if I should have written it in my old dramatic monologue style instead. But I stopped using that style because to me it seemed too melodramatic, and there's enough melodramatic Hetalia fic out there as it is.
On an unrelated note, I tried a new shampoo today. It's one of Lush's solid shampoo bars. Never tried one of those before; I got it free at some huge sale several months ago. It's the Karma scent, which I'm quite fond of. Normally I don't care about scent when it comes to shampoo, but man, this one lasts. Makes me pretty happy. In any case, it's hard to say how I feel about it just yet - need to see what it does to my hair. Some people find it drying, I hear.
Ugh. Speaking of hair. I need to get a hair cut. I'm starting to get that "way too girly" look again. But I don't know if I can afford it. Argh. Maybe I should just put it off until I go home for Christmas, and see if my mum will pay for it.
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