MoonLovers Mirror

Happy Holidays!

2009-12-25T08:06:24Z

Merry Christmas flist and friends all over the world!

Dear Mystery Author!

2009-06-18T23:47:49Z

Here we go again on the Labyfic Exchange train. If my mystery author happens to be lurking.....

I'm actually not that fussy about what I get. If I can recall I think I put up prompts that can be written from a range of perspectives; comedy, drama, horror etc. I myself nearly always write on the dark side of life and I can twist the most innocuous prompt into gut churning mayhem :)

I do enjoy seeing the 'minor' characters involved, especially Agnes (the junk lady) and the Labyrinth herself as a sentient being.

Anyways, have fun with the prompts. If you get stuck let DM know and I can elaborate or even toss in a few extra starters if you want. Now, I have to go throw my recipients lovely innocent little prompts into an oubliette and let them fester a while.....

What's Your Personality Type?

2009-03-13T22:53:09Z

You Are An INFJ

The Protector

You live your life with integrity, originality, vision, and creativity.
Independent and stubborn, you rarely stray from your vision - no matter what it is.
You are an excellent listener with almost infinite patience.
You have complex feelings, and you take great care to express them.

In love, you see relationships as an opportunity to connect and grow.
You enjoy relationships when they are improving and changing. You can't stand stagnation.

At work, you stay motivated and happy... as long as you are working toward a dream you support.
You would make a great photographer, alternative medicine guru, or teacher.

How you see yourself: Hardworking, ethical, and helpful

When other people don't get you, they see you as: Manipulative, weak, and unstable

What's Your Personality Type?

Fly like a bird....without wings.

2009-02-11T06:22:03Z

A few months ago my workmates (God love 'em) got me a tandem skydive for my 40th Birthday. Anyhow, here be a picture of a suitably terrified me......

Actually it was a blast and all down to my talented instructor, Mick :)

Victoria is burning.

2009-02-08T23:21:46Z

108 have died and they're expecting to find more. Living in a bushfire prone area, I know what it's like to face that wall of destruction. I can imagine what those poor people went through, but I don't want to.

Vale in Victoria.

Happy New Year!

2009-01-01T04:58:24Z

Best wishes for a safe and proseperous new year :) Looking at last years resolutions, I actually fulfilled some of them!

* Buy house - done!
* Start degree - done!

* Write novel - nada
* Win lottery - afraid not.

It's been a year full of huge changes for me and I accomplished it all under the burden of turning forty!

This years resolutions......write more in my LJ (or actually have a more interesting life worth putting in my LJ) because I just realised that last years Happy New Year post is still on the same page as this years lol.

Another Merry Christmas!

2008-12-25T22:31:50Z

Best wishes to everyone ;) It's boxing day again, and for me that means trying to get the glitter out of the carpet! There's so much of the stuff it looks like Jareth had a wind tunnel party in my lounge room :)

Finally!

2008-10-24T00:37:52Z

Nothing ever runs smoothly! Anyhow, I'm all moved in to my new house (which is actually an old house but it's new to me). The move went ok, nothing was broken or went missing. It's just taken two weeks for my phone company to connect me! Apparently the line from the exchange to my house was busted and had to be replaced. After a thousand calls to the ~~twits~~ operators they finally got around to it, but I sure a hell want a nice discount off my next bill!

I'm in my own house though, so many hours of squeeing have kept me occupied enough while I was offline. Paying that last rent cheque was something special. The friendly letter I got from the bank detailing my now huge debt, less so!

Seven Days!

2008-09-29T06:47:52Z

Seven days is all I have before I become one of the millions with mortgages! Ugh. 30 years of poverty coming up. Or I could default on the first payment and go bankrupt. Still, I'd be more annoyed if I spent the next 30 years paying rent. And I LOVE my new house. Can't wait to move in in a few weeks.

House Quibbles

2008-08-20T01:55:06Z

Now I know why they say that buying a home is one of the most stressful things you can ever do! Eh, how my hand was quibbling over signing on the dotted line :)

House Hunting

2008-08-10T01:56:38Z

Well, I think I've found THE house. I mean, the one you walk into and just know, you know? Anyways, it was quite a bit over my price limit so I offered what I could and they accepted!!

Now, cue the panic attacks lol.

What am I doing?

The Big Four-O

2008-07-19T23:38:58Z

Well, today's the day. I'm 40. Crap.

Not sure how I feel about the whole affair, to be honest. Ask me tomorrow lol :)

Furry Bundle of Joy

2008-07-03T05:39:19Z

I has a puppy! My mum bought me a pup as an early birthday present. He's seven weeks old, a Jack Russell terrier and I've called him Nelson. He's very cute, white with black and tan splotches and like every new puppy he spent the greater part of his first night whimpering and crying. At three in the morning I was reminded of how long it's been since I've raised a pup (like 15 years or more) and I think I looked like a bleary eyed new parent when I turned up for work today!

Anyhow, here's hoping for a great friendship :)

Exams

2008-06-12T06:48:25Z

Don't you love them? It's been twenty years since I've sat down for an exam. I think it went well, anyway.

Happenings....

2008-03-05T05:27:15Z

Well I've started Uni at last! Just two and half years to go......

On a lighter note, I am of course the proud owner of my own Dansemacabre story. A gorgeous Labyrinth work of art, written just for me. I've printed it off so I can sigh lovingly at it and happily pretend that one day I'll be able to write as well as that ;)

and,

The lovely Wendy of The Tenth Kingdom fame has taken an idea of mine to use on the new official 10K website (coming soon). I was tickled pink to see the Kaz' Mouse-o-Meter! It's so pretty and funny and Wendy has even added all my little footnotes :)

I've been a very lucky girl!

A Day Long Overdue

2008-02-12T23:55:58Z

Wow. I'm not usually all that enthralled by Australias' politicians, much less moved to tears by anything they say, but I was this morning. Today our new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd stood up and in his first speech to Parliament spoke for all of us in saying sorry for the appalling treatment our society has inflicted on our indigenous peoples.

And the best part? You could tell, from his voice, his manner, his expression, that he actually meant what he was saying personally. This was no political point scoring exercise. This was as sincere as it gets, and how rarely do we see that from politicians? This day will be long remembered.

Thank you Mr Rudd.

Back To School....at 39!

2008-01-16T01:25:21Z

Well I've been accepted into Uni to upgrade my nursing qualifications! Now starts the head scratching, because it's been 20 years since I've studied anything more advanced than my navel. And all the new terminology. Units, credits, 'learning pathways' (?). Plus I'll be studying externally which means my actual campus is a thousand miles away, literally :)

Oh well, I just hope they have an 'enrolling for Dummies' booklet.

2008

2008-01-01T01:40:05Z

And a Happy New Year to all :)

Resolutions......

* Start degree
* Buy house
* Write book
* Win lottery.

Well, we'll see then!

Merry Christmas!

2007-12-25T08:16:58Z

Merry Christmas flist and friends :) It's nearly over here and I've eaten way too much. Belch.

Writers Strike

2007-11-10T08:42:48Z

I'm finding myself all in accord with the striking writers in the US. Does that mean that I, as a writer of fanfiction (which is based on other writers sweat), should stop writing in support??

Hmm.

In other news, I've finally decided to upgrade my nursing qualifications. This will mean two years studying (externally), which is something I've not done for nearly 20 years!

New Puter Hijinks

2007-10-29T06:08:33Z

Well I've finally splashed out and got a new computer, since my old one was taking about half an hour just to startup. So far so good, I managed to connect everything without an explosion. I'm not so sure about Windows Vista though. It does odd things without asking. But my monitor is the best part; going from a tiny 15inch CRT to a 22inch LCD is like sitting in a cinema! I'm having to sit so far away my arms don't reach the keyboard, quite.

Writing Kinks

2007-09-21T06:18:35Z

Hey, long time no post!

I thought this was an interesting topic anyway, and since my writing has been faltering of late....

Also, in no particular order;

1. Separations. I just love breaking up couples or partnerships and sending them off on separate quests. Maybe it's because I find stable relationships (especially those already established in canon) particularly boring to write about, or perhaps I just like torturing characters.

2. Torturing Characters (see above). No, I really do like causing pain, physical and mental. The more intense the better. I'm also partial to the idea that one can go through a nasty painful experience and yet gain nothing from it.

3. Mothers and Babies. This is definately because I can't have my own children. Nearly all of my female characters end up knocked up at some stage!

4. Travel/Journeys. Stay at home and wait for the adventure to knock on your door? Not my characters!

5. Murder/Killing. I'm grotesquely interested in what makes a person or creature kill another and what happens afterwards. I always like to explore this in my male characters; along with the nature versus nurture theory.

6. Immortality. Possibly one my favourite themes, namely, what it's really like, what lengths folk will got to get it and what happens when an immortal faces death.

So in short my ideal story would involve a young female (probably breeding) who runs off somewhere, gets tortured, does some torturing of her own and gets done in by a snarky immortal who may or may not be evil. Nice :)

Last days of thirtysomething....

2007-07-20T06:15:06Z

Is your 39th birthday worse than your 40th? Feels like it today! This is the last year I'll be able to say I'm in my thirties. Dang. Where has the time gone???

I loath winter too, btw :)

Jareth in the mailbox.

2007-05-04T01:54:10Z

Well actually his conveyance was a little too big for the mailbox. And damn, but why do they have to use so much sticky tape? Anyway, he's now posing on top of my monitor in all his scowling glory :) Kellyann was right about the poseable arms though. Dear me, but move that little fisted glove down just a tad and it looks a little, umm, inventive to say the least!

I'm so bad.

Pans Labyrinth

2007-05-01T03:45:19Z

Of course it was the name of the movie that attracted me first, before I'd even heard of the storyline details. Anyway, our one screen local theatre finally decided to show it. I'm still thinking about it the next day, which to me is a sign of a good film. It's very dark and brutal, and yet magical and hopeful. The characters of Pans labyrinth made me smile in fond remembrance of That Other Labyrinth, and wish dearly that someone would continue the story on film again. It also got me to thinking that this is what Hensons Labyrinth might have been like had it been made with adult audiences in mind, not children.