M'iaq the Liar from the Elder Scrolls games. Probably utterly useless in a fight, weirdly dressed and runs everywhere but his entertaining stream of nonsense would keep me amused for ages!

I am currently saturated with the lurgy. This is when it should be totally acceptable to bring your duvet, pillow and teddy to work with you. The headcold and sniffles are descending and I'm praying to all the infinite ones that I don't get a chest infection as well. They suck the big one and cut into my valuable sleeping time.

At least when you're ill you appreciate living at home with your parents - you get sympathy and cups of tea on tap :)

I was going to post a journal entry along the lines of 'bring it on 2012!' but my enthusiasm for optimism is lacking somewhat. Although recently I've had the good news of a permanent job offered to me, I can't help but feel like everyone else is striding through life at a healthy pace while I'm wasting away doing nothing.

This recent bout of meh-ness probably stems somewhat from the high volume of things my friends have achieved over the last year. Among these are weddings, new homes, promotions and baby-making and, while I do not in any way begrudge their successes, I can't help but feel left behind.

I want to be living in my own place by the time I hit 30 and although this is looking slightly more likely these days, I have had a good couple of years of disappointment after disappointment and so don't have to energy to get my hopes up.

After approximately six weeks of hen parties, birthdays, wedding organising, loli-meets and various errands, I am getting a free weekend, which shall be spent in my pj's playing Skyrim.

Don't get me wrong, I have loved every minute of the past month (roadworks and exhaustion notwithstanding) and I'm so glad I spent time with the people I care about during their special occasions. My cousin's wedding was fantastic and all the weeks of planning certainly paid off. The trip to the Black Country Living Museum with the loli's was also awesome and reminded me that I need to attend on a more regular basis. Additionally, one of my other cousins turned 18 and I'm happy to say I didn't feel too old cutting a rug with her friends at her party.

That being said, I am really looking forward to a weekend that involves no driving, no time-keeping, no running about and no spending of my rapidly dwindling penny supply. Just me and the Xbox and a vast amount of tea :)

But you know how it is when you try to relax after a long period of activity - it's hard to unwind and simply switch your brain off. That's why each night this week I plan to do something relaxing in order to get myself ready for two full days of doing nowt. The choice for tonight will be a bubble bath.

It has come to my attention recently that, despite watching Avatar and Alice in Wonderland in 3D, I may not actually be seeing 3D the way everyone else sees it. I have a squint, (perhaps two, I can't remember) and I am reading more and more articles about people with squints not being able to see 3D films. I know I can't see magic eye pictures, and the 3D pictures that involve those cardborard red and green glasses, but what about modern cinema in 3D?

Becuase I've never seen 3D, I have no frame of reference to say 'well, that's not 3D I'm seeing' so how do I know? It may sound childish but I'm going to sulk if there's some magical cinematic experience I'm missing out on just because my eyes don't work together.

Having recently discovered My Little Pony:Friendship is Magic, my love for all things pony has been rekindled! I was a huge fan when I was younger, but my friends at the time were all too 'cool' for MLP and so I packed them away into the loft.

I now wish to have all my pony toys back and proudly displayed for the world to see! Unless they have been thrown away :'( If they have, I will be asking for MLP toys for the next few birthdays and xmases :D

Also planing a MLP:FiM cosplay for Amecon. I told you I was rekindled! And I am an obsessive fan! Ask anyone....

Which bright spark came up with the idea of releasing Silent Hill: Downpour, Elder Scrolls: Skyrim and LOTR: War in the North all in the same month!? Not only do I now need (yes, I said *need*) to save around £150 by November, but then I have to decide which one to play first! I suppose I could be sensible and buy one, play it, then buy another one and so on, spacing my time and pennies, but still; how do I decide between three games I am literally drooling over to play?!

Tough decisions lie ahead...

Ayacon 2011 was a spectacular weekend! Lots of merriment was had by stockingshock, queex and myself, along with many friends, both new and familiar.

Although, after the whirlwind of activity that was this July and August, I am looking forward to some R&R, watching a few DVDs and generally catching up on all the little hobbies I feel I've been neglecting. Hurrah for September!

I need this weekend, I really do. With recent events such as two weddings, a 40th birthday, team outings and the never-ending pain-in-the-arse-ness of living out of suitcases, I need this weekend to be relaxing and peaceful, otherwise I may dissolve.

Looking forward to munching sushi with queex  and stockingshock on Friday and I consider that to be an evening well-spent. We have AyaCon next month and I want to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for it, so Life, if you could not do anything crappy to me for the next few weeks, that would be great, thanks!

I have just been to the dentist, which is a deeply unpleasant experience. I needed a filling replaced and some X-rays looked at so that the random bouts of insufferable pain I've been having will go away. The X-rays have been looked at and the the craggy peaks I call teeth received some worrying looks from my dentist, so I'm being 'referred'.  Apparently, wisdom teeth are not meant to grow sideways or drive into the bone of your jaw....

So, on top of that, I get a shiny new filling. It's been a long time since I needed a filling, because I am a responsible adult and take care of my teeth. I'd like to state at this point that the filling is a replacement for a very old one, so technically I'm still taking care of my teeth. My dentist is a very lovely lady with a lilting European accent (don't ask me to name which one because I don't know and will probably end up offending someone) and she does put me at ease. Her strapping 'suspect-female' man-muscle mountain of an assistant however, does not , but I shouldn't judge people on their looks. I will judge her though on the way she shoves the air-sucking hose into my gum, but that comes later.

When I had a filling many years ago, you would be numbed first, sent away to sit for five or ten minutes then brought back for the procedure. It seems that in today's rush-rush society, this is too much bother and so they dive straight in, asking you to signal if you're in pain. You're drilling into my face and you want me to tell you *if* I'm in pain?! Within about 60 seconds I was giving the signal with gusto and so was numbed. No time to let it take though, we've all got places to be, so we continue. Seems pointless to me to numb someone then do the work before it really has time to take but I guess that's why she's the professional and I'm the stooge who's in pain. It is more tolerable now though and the filling is quickly secured. It's during this that the assistant gets stabby with the hose but I decide to focus on my slowly numbing mouth and stifling any errant drool instead of biting her fingers off.

And we're done! Mouth fully numb by now I try to have a conversation with Dentist about my impending wisdom tooth situation but I now sound like Joseph Merrick so instead mumbled a quick thank you and scooted out. All in all, a success. I'll have to wait for the very strange numb sensation to wear off before I announce that I'm toothache free, and should probably stop poking it with my tongue, but I'm hopeful that I can continue chomping unhindered from now on.