Stupid Kids and Spring Blues

Stupid Kids

Oh! I forgot to tell you what happened whilst I was stuck without an internet: I no longer have a car. It turns out that some kids had noticed our secure little corner of the world wasn't THAT secure, and they've been sneaking around. I returned from work a few weeks back to an agitated neighbour who informed me that a group of kids had been smoking an non- legal looking set of ciggies in my little hunk of junk. I locked the car but later that night, I heard some noise and when I went to look, my car had gone AWOL. Which was odd considering it hadn't worked in three months and there was no battery.
As I went to investigate, a few teenage shapes legged it past me into the streets. They'd moved my car from it's dingy spot and rolled it further along into the garages. A closer inspection revealed the back window had been smashed in so they could continue to use it as a drug den. A short while later there were a lot of rowdy teens outside, and given by the racket they made when they saw me looking at them, it was probably the same kids that had trashed my car. Of course, I can't say it was those paticular kids with any degree of accuracy- it was dark y'know.
Still, I rang the police at work and got a crime number, so at least they know what's going down in my corner of town. Bexs has since found some teens on our doorstep doing graffiti and smoking summat or other, but after politely asking, they vanished and I haven't seen any of them since.
I'm just glad the car was mouldy and not working. I was meaning to scrap the thing anyway, but those youngsters merely sped up the process. My car is gone, but at least it's not being used as something it shouldn't be. Heck, why anyone would sit in a mouldy tin box with a puddle in it and a leaky roof is beyond me.

Jobs

I hate job hunting. I've mentioned this before, but I really do. I've handed out a fair few CV's and not one reply yet. Looks like I might have to bite the bullet and do some agency work. A spot of Data Entry, anyone..? I'm off to my pal Ceejay's tonight, via Brum centre. Gonna scope out some agencies while I'm at it.

Videogames

I've found myself at a sticky point on FFXII at the moment, and with the return of my internet connection I've managed to cut down on my FFXII fixation and play some other stuff, like Phantasy Star Universe. In April I'm intending to return to the world of Vana'diel, or Final Fantasy 11 Online to give it it's full title, after a three month period of rest. It's a little treat for myself that comes out of my pocket money each month. The good thing is, if I'm strapped for cash, I can choose not to play for a month or so. I'm having a little debate as to whether or not I should cancel my PSU subscription for a little while... but that's a decision for another day.

Writing is Tough ( This is the Spring Blues bit)

As some of you may know, when I'm not playing games, working, drawing a web comic or doing my husbandly duties (ie the washing up) I'm an aspiring writer who has been trying to write a book about how a Christian might go about playing video games in a Christian manner. It's been tough, and it still is, but I think I may have finally nailed (no pun intended) how to do so. All I have to do is get it out of my head and onto the paper....