hi everyone

[wickedcherub]

long time no see.

It's been a while and to be honest, I'm a little scared to look at my user profile and see who's defriended me, but maybe I can go tell them that I'm back if many people have.

Hmm, what's been happening. Well uni's been happening and my last exam for the semester is tomorrow and I'm just beyond studying at the moment and the best procrastination tool is probably LiveJournal. I haven't been on lately for a myriad of reasons, one being my laptop just crashes on me every couple of hours without warning and takes about 25 minutes to restart and it was driving me beserk.

That and, you know when you haven't seen a friend in a while and you just don't know how to answer the question, 'so what's been happening with you?' Yeah, I have no idea what to say.

Oh, there was/is a boy. Yes, who has been taking up a large chunk of my time. Possibly up to a 1/3rd of every week (yes something like 6 hours a day averaged out), so add that to study time, sleep time, uni time and work time, I've not got much time left. Shall talk more about him later. He said he'd dress up as Grimmjow for me for Manifest this year. Hoo yeah.

So enough about me, what about you?

To make it easier for everyone, I thought I'd make a nice questionnaire to catch up with everyone, because no one likes to answer 'so what's been happening with you?' after so long.

TINA'S CATCH UP WITH HER LJ FRIENDS QUESTIONNAIRE

1. Have you got a new job / boy / uni course / other life changing thing? If so explain briefly. And how is it? (or not so briefly!)

2. Have you moved house / out / country ? If so, where?

3. Did anything most awesome happen to you? Such as, awesome exam marks, winning the lottery, meeting Ewan McGregor, got tickets to Interpol?

4. Did anything sad happen? Eg, your grandfather got sick, you broke up with your boyfriend, you had to go to counselling, you got fired :( :( :(

5. Did you meet Kaji Masaki?

6. Did you enjoy Spider-man 3 / Pirates of the Carribean / Ocean's 13?

7. Who is your favourite History Boy?

8. Have you written a piece of fic / read a piece of fic I should read?

9. Are you still excited about Harry Potter?

10. Are you going overseas soon?

11. Have I missed anything in the Prince of Tennis fandom?

I think that's it. *looks forward to answers* *goes to peek at her joule*

eta: OMG. 12. DID YOU CHANGE YOUR LJ NAME. IF SO, PLEASE TELL ME.

Comments

[thawrecka]

1. I am working at a mental health clinic for children and it is just as depressing as you'd expect. As for my lovelife, it's still virtually non-existant though there is a girl I'm working on getting to like me.

2. Not yet!

3 - 5. No.

6. Haven't seen any of them.

8. Nobody should ever feel the need to read my fic.

9&10. No.

11. If you have, I have to because I've been paying very little attention to the fandom.

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

1. Is that another temp job? Just filing and stuff? Ooh a girl!

2. Are you coming to Melbourne any time soon? Wouldn't worry about a girl then if you're coming to Melbourne. There are many girls here :D

9. I feel like I should build up some enthusiasm for Harry. You know, it's his last book and all. He might even die. But I can't muster any enthusiasm for the OotP movie. Gah.

[ex-songshee.livejournal.com]

rofl, this is the best idea ever. I'm only answering the one's that pertain to me.

1. Have you got a new job / boy / uni course / other life changing thing? If so explain briefly. And how is it? (or not so briefly!)

I got a job with a friend of mine at a small Italian restaurant and...it definitely doesn't pay enough, that's for sure. I don't know, it's kind of hard to express how frustrated I am there because so far, the only proper training session I've had was on the first day, and the rest of my days there have basically been just me shooting blind and getting yelled at constantly in the crossfire, and for the most part, I can stand that, but don't yell at me for not knowing how to make a cappucino when (1) people order them every seventh of never and (2) NO ONE'S EVER TAUGHT ME HOW TO DO IT BEFORE. This goes for EVERYTHING ELSE that they yell at me for, too. Not to mention that they rarely put me on the schedule anyway because I'm new, so on top of this, I'm looking for a second job.

3. Did anything most awesome happen to you? Such as, awesome exam marks, winning the lottery, meeting Ewan McGregor, got tickets to Interpol?

I saw Fall Out Boy and my friend from high school got arrested there! So I guess this doesn't technically mean it happened to me, but it's pretty awesome, at least I think so. :D;;;

4. Did anything sad happen? Eg, your grandfather got sick, you broke up with your boyfriend, you had to go to counselling, you got fired :( :( :(

Let's see. My grandma's been in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's now, so my dad's been away for almost a month now, just tending to business with her and stuff like that. I'm kind of mixed up on how I feel about it, because I never really liked her - she was the Evil Grandma - but at the same time, it's just...sad to hear about someone deteriorate like that.

I am currently single! I don't really regard it as a sad thing, because I feel really liberated (lol) but they won't leave me alone even now, so I guess it's kind of sad for them that they can't just let go. Which is understandable. I guess.

I got rejected from Rutgers for transfer because the high school I graduated from is incompetent at life. :(

6. Did you enjoy Spider-man 3 / Pirates of the Carribean / Ocean's 13?

No / YES / haven't seen it.

9. Are you still excited about Harry Potter?

YES. I love me some Ron. ♥

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

Is this your first job? Usually they won't let n00bs anywhere near a coffee machine without proper training :\ Yes, sounds like you need another job :(

Haha how did your friend get arrested at FOB? Were they any good?

Yeah, I really really really hate Alzheimer's. My Grandpa got it and he went from normal and alert and Grandpa, to a complete potato in a matter of months :( :( :( And being in Vietnam, they don't have proper care for it. If you had to feel sorry for anyone, it'd be your dad, I think.

Being single is awesome when there's not one person you're hung up about. Then it really sucks.

PotC3 was the only one I enjoyed out of the three!

Yay someone is still excited about Potter!

[o-chan.livejournal.com]

1. No :( Though I'm really sick of hearing about Lewis. I'm hearing it from all sides. I mean, I love the boy as a friend, but jesus, can people PLEASE stop talking about him for one second. It really doesnt help that I'm the only one from Village that sees him regularly. Oh and there's also a crush on a boy that I don't know the name of. Though I did see him with a girl the other day, so that's probably out.

2. Nope.

3. Did anything most awesome happen to you? Such as, awesome exam marks, winning the lottery, meeting Ewan McGregor, got tickets to Interpol?

4. I'm sick. Ridiculously so.

5. Huh no.

6. Spiderman = NO. Though emo scene was hillarious. Pirates = It was good, not the best, but good. Ocean's umpteenth = I actually enjoyed it immensely. not as good as the first one, but it was fun.

7. Lockwood and Scripps

8. I don't write :P

9. I'm trying not to think about it. But do we wanna watch it on the premiere night?

10. Going back in July for 2 weeks. Another brother's wedding

11. Not that I know of :P

[o-chan.livejournal.com]

i just realised i forgot to answer 3.
Nothing exciting as of late :/

[o-chan.livejournal.com]

Oh and.. I saw a few new photos of Danlol... And he's starting to look like the boycrush at work, and it's unsettling in a way.

[waxrose.livejournal.com]

Nothing new here, but god, I missed you! I started flailing when this entry popped up on my flist. TINA! *_________*

That reminds me, I need to rent History Boys.

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

Hahaha awwwwwwww that's so sweet. Yeah The Boy was like, 'Your Internet friends must hate me for taking you away from them.'

Me: 'errr I've been away so long they don't even know you exist.'

I got to see The History Boys play too! It was wonderful.

[alice-and-lain.livejournal.com]

1. I got a new job! A better job! And I am, predictably, freaking out over it!

2. Unfortunately, I haven't moved.

3. I wish awesome things would happen. I'd like to win the lottery.

4. Nothing bad has happened recently.

5. Nope. That would be a certain other LJer. But she did send me a photoset of Tsuda Kenjirou.

6. I have not seen any of those movies! A cultural recluse am I!

7. I have no idea what you're asking. History Boy?

8. I've written a few things. *shifty eyes*

9. Somewhat. I reread the fifth and sixth book and the sixth book reminded me of why I kinda lost interest. But I have a little more interest now? That reminds me, I need to pre-order the seventh book.

10. I wish. I'm going cross-country, though. Does that count a little?

11. Nationals has started! Woot! A lot of people have lost interest in Prince of Tennis. Not-so-woot. There was some brouhaha at the tenimyu community. There was a big LJ controversy and many, many, many soapboxes were brutalized. Otherwise, things have been quiet.

[alice-and-lain.livejournal.com]

ADDENDA to 11: What I meant to say is that the FINAL MATCH of Nationals has started. Not that Nationals itself has started. Because Nationals has been going on for awhile. I know this, I swear.

[thekatiefactor.livejournal.com]

1. Have you got a new job / boy / uni course / other life changing thing? If so explain briefly. And how is it? (or not so briefly!)
No, but I have graduated from high school.

2. Have you moved house / out / country ? If so, where?
No.

3. Did anything most awesome happen to you? Such as, awesome exam marks, winning the lottery, meeting Ewan McGregor, got tickets to Interpol?
I graduated and never have to deal with certain people I don't like ever again.

4. Did anything sad happen? Eg, your grandfather got sick, you broke up with your boyfriend, you had to go to counselling, you got fired :( :( :(
Not particularly.

5. Did you meet Kaji Masaki?
err?

6. Did you enjoy Spider-man 3 / Pirates of the Carribean / Ocean's 13?
Haven't seen any of them.

7. Who is your favourite History Boy?
Scripps and Posner. I'd say Lockwood, but only Andrew Knott's version.

8. Have you written a piece of fic / read a piece of fic I should read?
I don't know if you'd be interested in History Boys fic, but I have a couple of things up at drinkswithdakin. Not necessarily saying you *should* read them, but I'm not stopping anyone from doing so if they wish to.

9. Are you still excited about Harry Potter?
Hell yes.

10. Are you going overseas soon?
No, but I am going to Canada.

11. Have I missed anything in the Prince of Tennis fandom?
I wouldn't know.

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

1. Hang on, didn't you graduate a while ago? I thought you were in college.

Why are you going to Canada?

[robley.livejournal.com]

TINA I EFFING MISSED YOU


1. I got a job working for Apple! We opened a store in my college town, and it's been super fun so far. Also I barely drink anymore and I like Korean boy bands now.

2. I'm moving in a couple of weeks, to my very own 1 bedroom apartment, but still in the same town (I've got one more year of undergrad so I can't run away just yet!). YAY no more roommates.

3. mrxsleaze and I went to Coachella together. We finally met and it was epic. Now we just have to work on heading to Melbourne for you and Boo and Sally.

4. For various reasons, my friends group has slimmed a bit, but it happens.

9. YESSSSSSS

10. Not soon. But I think I've given up on the Grad School idea and am starting to look into teaching English overseas after I graduate with my BS. AKA who knows

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

AWWWW HI ROBSTEGSTER

1. Just as a person who sells really shiny things? Oooer. OH NO DON'T GET SUCKED INTO THE KOREAN BOY BANDS YOU'LL NEVER GET OUT ALIVE. Well you will as long as you don't start buying stuff. Then you'll never stop. Which ones are your favourites?

2. YAY THAT WILL BE FUN.

3. I HAVE TO READ ANY SORT OF REPORTS ON THE SLEAZY/ROB COACHELLA EXPERIENCE. GAH.

9. Yay another person!

10. Lots of people do it and love it! I'm sure you will too.

[nickelodeon.livejournal.com]

Who'd defriend you just because you haven't been around for a little while? That's dumb!

Not much is up with me, though! I'm working at a camp this summer, getting my wisdom teeth out in a few days, haven't written/drawn anything worth noting, couldn't care less about Harry Potter, Pirates 3 was quite enjoyable, not going anywhere and I don't really know what you mean by History Boy.

How have YOU been?

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

Well a number of people have! Mainly the people who friended me for reading purposes and since I wasn't giving them anything to read, they defriended me.

Did you decide what you were going to do about school? Take time off or keep going? Ugh I need my wisdom teeth out too but I'm too scared.

You should rent a DVD called The History Boys which you might like but I'm not guaranteeing it with you.

I've been.. really fixing up my Quarter Life crisis and not having it anymore :D YAAAAAAYY

[cakeface.livejournal.com]

1. His name is Chris and he his nice and we're watching cartoons and boffing until I leave in August.

2. I will soon! London, in August, for grad school, of courses.

3. My somewhat tiresome roommate left for Europe.

4. Our house was almost broken into, and now that my roommate has left I live here alone. O_O

5. ...No.

6. Didn't see Spiderman, PotC 3 HELLS YEAH WHAT-WHAT, Ocean's 13 not yet.

7. I am ASHAMED to say I have not seen/read it yet. I know, I know. I'm getting around to it.

8. I rediscovered wingfic. It was HILARIOUS.

9. I am... intrigued. Which is all I've ever really been.

10. Yes! Two months, 10 days, baby.

11. I have absolutely no idea.

12. Nope!

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

1. I need to learn how to get boys like you with deadlines. I have my very own Cute-Blonde-Dude-You-Had-In-England-With-The-Glasses-whose-name-may-have-been-Michael-or-Richard-but-I-am-terrible-with-Names but I'm sort of dreading the ending because I'll have to decide when it ends. *le sigh*

2. Ahhhhhhh that's still so so so exciting :D

3. Ohhh no more Bridget stories?

4. I could never live by myself. I'd be lonely. And scared. :(

5. Hahaha well apparently someone on my flist has! Omg.

6. They all looked really hot in Potc3!

7. Yes get around to it and come back and talk to me about it!!

8. WING FIC IS AWESOME DO NOT HATE.

9. Yeah it'll add drama to our lives then go away again.

10. Not counting are you?

[mrxsleaze.livejournal.com]

1. i'm in my 3rd month at the comedy festival now. signed my yearly contract as an executive assistant. it's cool and my salary is great but it's starting to get scary and stressful. also, been doing volunteer sound teching at the fringe fest this last week and it's been great - i just got memory stick pre-loaded with movie editing software on it as a present!

2. i'm moving into my own appartment, around the corner from my house, in TWO WEEKS! shit i gotta pack.

3. i got my Sigur Ros book-full vinyl discography. they delivered it at work and i had to take it outside and cry a bit.

7. Akhtar cuz he's like a britsh Kevin G.

10. back to Iceland in October! okay that's not 'soon' but i'm excited, k?

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

1. Just reminds me how much I need money gah. But that sounds positively awesome :D

2. That sounds even more awesome.

3. AND GOSH DARNIT SHE'S DONE IT AND HAS OUT AWESOMED HERSELF.

7. lol I have no idea who Kevin G is.

10. That's really really exciting. Yay!

[laurenthemself]

1 - 5. No.
6. Pirates yes.
7. Huh?
8. No.
9. Hell yeah!
10. No.
11. No idea.
12. Not until October.

Welcome back. *hugs*

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

When's your wedding again? I am having a brain meltdown :\

[goldie.livejournal.com]

1. New job! At an ISP! After 7 months of not working by choice! *\o/*
5. unfortunately, no :(
6. PotC was worth seeing in Gold Class with a cocktail, yes :D
7. Who are they? D:
8. Only my spluff but I think you read that?
9. I am! Because I'll be reading it with maxine_chan in Baltimore after Otakon! And then going to prophecy in Toronto!
10. See 9!!!!!
11. Probably, but I'm stuffed if I can think what it was. D: Bigger things happened in LJ fandom in general :D
12. HAHA. Half of LJ did after the username purge.

SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU BACK!!!! I missed you on my flist.

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

1. what do you do at the ISP?

11. Yeah I seemed to have missed the big LJ-is-Suspending-You kerfuffle.

Aww thanks Goldie. Am jealous of the whole Otakon / Prophecy thing.

[maxpower.livejournal.com]

1 + 4 = I told yet another boy I had a thing for him. After he told me he was gay, of course.

Oh man, it's still making me laugh.

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

Be nice if you answered 12 as well. :p

Yeah no one I know is doing particularly well in this boy business. :\

[stereotyped.livejournal.com]

oh hay.
i did wonder where you are, good to have you back :)

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

[knw.livejournal.com]

1. Have you got a new job / boy / uni course / other life changing thing? If so explain briefly. And how is it? (or not so briefly!)

Have finished University, not going to find out the results until July and am currently researchin into what type of job I'll be pursuing in my actual job search.

6. Did you enjoy Spider-man 3 / Pirates of the Carribean / Ocean's 13?

I actually enjoyed Pirates of the Carribean 3 a lot more than I expected to - if I stop to think about any one of the characters I'm less charmed, but as a whole it worked quite well. Not seen the other two.

7. Who is your favourite History Boy?

If I remembered their names I would tell you, but my memory is shit and I saw it last year.

9. Are you still excited about Harry Potter?

In a way.

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

Does it not sort of stress you out that you don't know what job you want to have?

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

3. Did anything most awesome happen to you?

I saw Mika in concert last week. :D

9. Are you still excited about Harry Potter?

Yes! :D

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

Mika's touring here soon but only going to Sydney. Boo. How was he?

[akahannah.livejournal.com]

5. *____________________________*

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

I should like to be directed to a LiveJournal post detailing everything please.

:o

[silverthoughts.livejournal.com]

hey stranger

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

Hi Silvy, sup?

Where u been?

[seshat1.livejournal.com]

1. Have you got a new job / boy / uni course / other life changing thing? If so explain briefly. And how is it? (or not so briefly!)
Bah, I wish on pretty much all of it! Looking for a new job though... And a new boy ;)

2. Have you moved house / out / country ? If so, where?
Nope, same old small town in south england. I'm very dull! :D

3. Did anything most awesome happen to you? Such as, awesome exam marks, winning the lottery, meeting Ewan McGregor, got tickets to Interpol?
Yes, I went to Isle of Wight festival and had an AWESOME time. Paulo Nutini covered I wanna Be Like You from The Jungle Book. SERIOUS AMOUNTS OF WIN.

4. Did anything sad happen? Eg, your grandfather got sick, you broke up with your boyfriend, you had to go to counselling, you got fired :( :( :(
I had a super shit appraisal at work, but meh, getting over that. Otherwise, all is good. :)

5. Did you meet Kaji Masaki?
Who?

6. Did you enjoy Spider-man 3 / Pirates of the Carribean / Ocean's 13?
Not as much as the first two / still not seen it, wah / YES. I saw O13 last night and heeeeeeeee. THEY SO GAY.

7. Who is your favourite History Boy?
Not seen it. *hides*

8. Have you written a piece of fic / read a piece of fic I should read?
I have, but I haven't actually put it up yet, I got distracted. Like 4 weeks ago. Oh, the shame. Plus it needs a beta, and I haven't done that yet. Lol!

9. Are you still excited about Harry Potter?
Of Course! OMG MOVIE. OMG BOOK. OMG SECTUS!!! (though that's move terrified that we won't be ready!!)
10. Are you going overseas soon?
Is September soon? Doesn't feel like it! :(

11. Have I missed anything in the Prince of Tennis fandom?
No idea! :P

eta: OMG. 12. DID YOU CHANGE YOUR LJ NAME. IF SO, PLEASE TELL ME.
I promise that I am still me. Just about. :D

TELL US ABOUT THIS BOY. I must live vicariously through you. *nods*

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

Yay for full answers!

I will tell you about the boy when I get a little bit of time! :D :D

I hope you get much more awesome in your life. :)

[oohasparklie.livejournal.com]

My answers to all your questions are "no". But Matt asked me to go to the Maroon 5 concert with him, where we will have VIP tickets and possibly backstage passes, so at least I have something to look forward to. My celeb boycrush is now Milo Ventimiglia, I made a pretty new layout, and I finally got weekends off at work after TWO YEARS. Go me. LOL

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

Haha I always take great interest in your celeb crushes because it's who I have to see on my flist for a couple of months. :p

Milo I can handle. *laughs*

Also, your summary? I gleaned from the front page of your LJ, which I did go check! Nothing else happened before that?

I like your layout. And if you see Adam Levine can you please tell me if he's good looking in real life because I don't find him attractive at all whereas girls go gaga. Even the famous ones who can pull anyone.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_nightwhisper/]

1. i have a new boy and he is ADORABLE. i'm endlessly amused that we're going out because i was in love with him when i was 6 (we went to kinder+prep+grade1&2 together and were bffs), and recently we met again for the first time in about 10/11 years and yeahh. month later after hooking up the first time he asked me out. i'm a tad smitten :P

2. moved house too, but only about 10min away from the old one. closer to the local high school for my little sisters.

3. saw my favourite band (brand new) twice, and met them :D. and the boy :P

6. spiderman 3 was a bit of a let down tbh. still enjoyed pirates, but only if i don't analyse it too much.

9. I AM ALWAYS EXCITED ABOUT HARRY POTTER.

10. i'm planning to go kick around europe about mid-next year with some friends, it should be fun.

good to see you back tina! your post about your sekrit boy was hilarious!