This is one thing I will miss. It made my bedroom something special.

A photo of me in my bedroom in our new house.

Did I mention we have a new house?

I don’t change many things in my life; if things are great, why turn everything up on it’s head? However, I’m often amused with really minor tweaks and things I can do to amuse myself, and keep things fresh without changing them too much.

Lately, it’s been my shoe laces.

I suddenly decided the other day while waiting for my partner while she had an appointment, to change things up a bit, and try some new lacing styles. I found a website which lists a total of thirty six different ways to lace shoes, and I tried a few of them. Unfortunately high top converses are a funny shape compared to most “normal” sneakers, and many of the lacing styles which I thought would look pretty awesome, didn’t work out so well.
The style I’ve settled on (for now, anyway) is Train Track Lacing. The style raises the sides of the shoe on converses, which I really appreciate the look of. Additionally, the style actually feels way more comfortable. It’s just as tight as I’ve always tied them, but the shoes feel must more accomodating to my feet with this particular style.

I know this might not be interesting to the majority of people out there, but I find little things like this cool; to be able to change little things in our lives to make them that little bit more unique is refreshing.

I’m unable to sleep, and am sitting alone with my thoughts.

I’ve been noticing that for a while my social use of things like Twitter has gone down, as have the amount of ventures outside apart from times I go to work, and times I see my partner. This is in major part because of my love of gaming, and in part because I always feel tired and find it hard to shake that feeling.

Recently I’ve joined a gym in hopes that not only will it help me get a little bit fitter, but that it will get me out and about a bit more, as it’s right in the middle of the city.
I’m hoping by going out more and doing active things, I’ll start feeling less tired and more willing to do things like hang out with friends, which is another thing I feel I’ve been neglecting majorly. Not for not wanting to see anyone, but I feel awkward trying to set up times to hang out with people. I’ve tried an awful lot in the past and have been stood up by these friends too many times. I’m just always paranoid of that happening again, and I really do hate that feeling.

Call this a bit of a self reflective post, but honestly, I do need to improve my life a bit. Maybe then I’ll feel better.

If there was one thing I dislike about myself it’s my inability to stick with anyone project through to it’s conclusion. I go through phases where suddenly I want to learn a language, or guitar, or god knows what else, but then I get too tired or busy or distracted and those things fall by the wayside.
I tend to pick them back up again, but then fall prey to the exact same problems. It’s the circle of procrastination.

On the other end, it’s much harder for me to pinpoint the things about myself that I like. I guess I like my sense of humour. Well, who doesn’t like their own sense of humour?

I hope it will be something I am happy with. Right now I’m quite content with my stance in life; I’m getting by, got a beautiful girlfriend, good friends and a job I enjoy. If this could continue for another few years without my fucking it up, that would be awesome.

Thanks to a friend, I have been introduced to the curious idea that is…well, read the title. The idea seems cool enough, and although I’m not exactly the most interesting guy around, I figured it couldn’t hurt to participate. The photos below are taken from 12 noon until around 4am the next day. Unfortunately being a night shifter I don’t get to experience a typical “day”, but still.

In order:

• Hanging out my washing.
• A blurry photo of my legs as I walk to the shops.
• The carpark I’ll walk through nearly every single day.
• I sure do love ATMs.
• Eating a Ned Kelly Pie from Duffy’s at the park near my house. I love these pies.
• A shot of the park. It was really nice. There was a family in the playground while I ate, but they left fairly quickly.
• I loved the look of the leaves on the ground around my feet.
• The tree I was sitting under. I love sitting there.
• Having a cup of tea while reading the latest issue of Game Informer. During any other time of the year I won’t even look at tea or coffee. As soon as it gets cold it quickly becomes all I drink.
• I played Team Fortress 2 for a portion of time. I feel I need to get back into the game a little more, as either my abilities are really dropping or everyone else is getting really good.
• At the chicken shop with my housemates hugepedlar and aliyaki waiting for our foods.
• About to catch a tram to work. I love them as opposed to buses because they’re very rarely late.
• Me in my fantastic work uniform; got to love gold shiny vests.
• I got my Entertainment book tonight; means I have more of a reason to go out to different/new places. Fun fun saving fun.
• Late night feed; toast with cheese on top, then topped off with Bolognese sauce. Delicious.
• My pyjama pants, a souvenir given to me by hugepedlar when he got home from England. Yes, those are Union Jacks everywhere.
• BED! Where I will be soon.

AWWW YEAH.

I wrote yesterday of my gaining of the back room, and briefly mentioned that my brother and sister both applied for it too. Unlike me, who just grunted and said, “I’d like the room please.”, they actually submitted letters formally requesting it. My sister (yes, the one who likes doors) has given me an electronic copy of her letter to share with you, titled “Appeal For The Gain Of The Back Room For Private Use”.

Dear homeowner.

                                (You look very pretty!) ☺♥☺♥☺♥☺♥☺♥
                                 I have very recently heard that the back room will soon be vacated and may be available for use. After a few minutes of thought I have come up with some reasons to consider letting me move into the back room (and not James). These are some of the reasons I have come up with (so far) I have decided to show them in dot point form;

• James will probably be moving out soon
• James has already rejected your offer before
• I need more space for my desks
• I will not be able to disturb you (as much)
• More space for when friends sleep over
• I am thinking of buying a bookshelf (for books)
• I will be able to organize my stuff (crap) much more easily
• Easy access to the laundry
• Won’t wake people up when opening my door to go to the toilet
• I’m getting older and will need a larger space to accommodate myself
• I won’t be using a vacuum cleaner but a broom instead
• You can turn my old room into a walk-in wardrobe
• I will cut onions on Saturdays
• I am also thinking about saving up for a new dressing table
• It is somewhere I can actually walk around in
• Definitely more space for my crap (stuff)
• Easy access.
• My room won’t be right next to the toilet

I can see why it was so hard for mum to decide between us.

After much talk, debate, and apparently humorous applications submitted by my siblings; I have scored the back room of this house as my bedroom/base of operations.

And this is what it looks like. Because I’m in a room that is nearly twice the size of my old one, which you can see in my video blogs on YouTube. As such, I’ve finally got a queen size bed again after 2 years, and have a semi decent TV again.
Also when it comes to getting in and out of the house and having friends over, there’s a door that leads straight outside. A good thing for when I’m on nightshift and don’t want to wake everyone up (for fear they will bitch to me).

There are negatives though; I’m further away from the router, and internet in this room is a bit iffy as a result.  Also, this room is the connector to the laundry, which means at times my grandmother has to come through and do the washing. However, it doesn’t detract from the face that I have this room, and it’s AWESOME.

I’m loving life.

I’ve decided that from October 1st until October 8th, I’m going to do something I haven’t done in forever, and spend a week without using my computer, as a way to force myself to do other things.

This means, no games, no Windows Live Messenger, no blogging; pretty much no internet in general. The only time my computer will be on will be to charge up my iPhone or iPod. Apart from that, it will be off and I’ll be investing my time elsewhere (or at least that’s the plan).
The idea is that when I do this I’ll be forced to do things like go outside. I plan to finally go geocaching during this time period, and maybe get a proper exercise system going without this glowing screen distracting me. I recognize that it’s mostly my fault, but I can never get myself motivated when I could easily sit here reading articles and playing Facebook games.

Plans for that week:

• Finally fully clean my room.
• Go geocaching.
• Start planning my novel for NaNoWriMo.
• Get some sort of pattern happening exercise wise.
• Maybe plan some more efficient saving than what I currently do.
• Catch up with friends I don’t see enough.

There’s probably some more that I’ll try to do, but that seems the main part. Has anyone else gone so far as to cut off internet/computer completely to try and get other things done? How’d that work out for you?

Oh, and as an extra bit, I just want to throw out there that I will still be on Twitter; that’s the joy of having an iPhone.