I has an internetz!

[rosiedoes]

God. I am back. It's been a nightmare only being able to get online on my phone. I never check LJ from there because the screen is so tiny and if you try to post you have to do it in a box an inch square.


We are now in the new house! Hurrah! It is much bigger than the old place, although I do feel a bit lost with all the space. We now own a big, squishy green sofa and a blue armchair, too. Since we've been here, it has snowed more than I've ever seen in the space of a year. Getting to work tomorrow is going to be more than a little bit ridiculous. No matter which way I walk, it'll be uphill.

Work is exactly the same as it was a few weeks ago. They keep telling me I'm amazing but I have still seen no payrise or official promotion. :\ I did get a bonus for "going above and beyond" when I arranged the company Christmas party, which was nice.

Christmas sucked because I had a reaction to the smoke cloak issued by the intruder alarm at work - and then I got a cold on top of it. New Year was weak because my plans went tits up. Not a great start to the year, but I did make up for it with lunch with Matthew and Wild Things Weekend with the girls.



Wild Things Weekend involved myself, shiny_starlight, supercasio and fadefromblack, food, zombie escape plans being taken very seriously, confusing Matthew with unsolicited texts about not wearing red shirts in the event of a crisis, awesome food at the best buffet restaurant you will ever go to (honestly, it's like a palace of nom), lots of goofing around and feeling sick from over eating on the beach and then... Where the Wild Things Are.

Now, I'm not going to spoil this, but I do have to ask, "Who the fuck thought this was suitable for children?" It's fucked up! At one point I thought the kids in front of me would start screaming, it was so dark and creepy. It was also insanely depressing and had an air of a film that had significant scenes missing - like bits had been edited out for rating approval. So fucking weird. I would like to see a Director's Cut of this one, because I feel like so much is unclear.

But anyway - that's the update. How have you all been?

Comments

[anjak-j.livejournal.com]

Glad you guys are finally somewhere nice. The new place sounds awesome.

While the bonus for the party is a nice gesture, if you are doing a job above your own position and pay grade on a constant basis, it should be recognised by title and by a raise in pay. Sorry to hear that you're not getting something you deserve. =/

Looks like you'se had a lot of fun. Awesome pic of you all. Shame about the film being hacked to bits.


To answer your question - my holiday was pretty sucky and so far, the new year hasn't been much better either. I've been ill and I can't go out beccause of the snow.

[rosiedoes.livejournal.com]

Aw, I'm sorry to hear that, hon. I was sick over Christmas, too and it was not at all fun; especially on the train.

I hadn't read the book before we saw the film, but the book is only 48 pages long, so they probably had to devise a lot and fill in the gaps to make a film - it just seems like they missed explaining a lot of what they'd created.