But since I got a DW account, I think I've been using LJ more...

Or maybe it's all in my head?

Have ideas for Scottish bouncing round my head. Need to write them down and stuff.

Shall do that later though.

I've been thinking about this for a little while, say half a day or so...

And what I'm wondering, is should I be posting the IC bits and pieces I've been doing to a separate journal? What I've been doing is posting them to my dreamwidth account (yoda ) with the rest of my posts and then having them auto-crossposted to LJ with the regular mish-mash of posts. But I could create a new journal for them, put them all on there (and crosspost to a matching separate journal on LJ).

So, question is, what do you, my "avid" readers think?

I am now the proud recipient of Jobseekers Allowance. This makes me happy. And means I momentarily have money. And that I can keep myself afloat until I have another job.

Thing is, I sent the manager at McDs an email asking if I could maybe get my job back. Two hours later the DWP phone me back and tell me the first payment would be in my account yesterday (ok, so I'm late posting this - sue me).

This made Yoda much happy.

In other things, my Mortals reports are finally done - yay for 5-page long reports... and I've managed to hit the cinema recently. So in rankings of how much I liked them...

1. Star Trek
Simply blew me away from start to finish. There were a few points where I umm-ahhed, but they were few and far-between. I am not ashamed to admit that I had tears on my face after the beginning scene with Kirk's father. The film was fantastic. Absolutely fantastic.

2. Doghouse
More a horror than I expected from the blurb. You don't expect films with "zombirds" to be quite so scary. But it was. Comedic as well, with space for laughs and adventure, but my arm was dead from Ruth's death-grip...

3. Transformers: Rise of the Fallen
Classic plot, classic bad guys. Fantastic action and special effects. But there were just a few elements that made it somewhat... less than it could be. The "twins" weren't necessary, but did provide a good amount of comic relief which worked well. As much as I like that humans can beat Transformers, I dislike bringing in classic characters just to kill them off again. Like Devastator and the Constructicons. On the other hand, where's Hot Rod? Have to say I did like the new Arcees. They worked nicely.

Job-seeking is the reason I don't get my paperwork done at the moment.

I spend so much time filling in application forms and "skill set" sheets and all the other nonsense they bring out, that I can't be fucked to sit down and write a summary of the games I run.

Having to write down every job-seeking activity I do, but only being given 9 spaces for two weeks is likewise depressing. I'm fairly sure I had to be doing at least 10 every two weeks...

Not to mention the long, depressing, soul-destroying waits at the Job Centre. Waiting 20 minutes for a 5 minute sign-on is just... ...and that's if I'm lucky.

I've had one interview in 5 months. And that was for the job that ended up killing me.

I'm still waiting to hear about my benefits claim, so I have no idea if I'm getting money or not. And if I'm not, I'm so screwed it's not funny.

I rarely if ever get replies to my applications. And when I do, they're always a "sorry, but your application has not been progressed at this time..." or "you don't meet the minimum requirements for any of our open positions at this time..."

I'm going to the Job Centre to sign on today. I will once again be asking about my benefits claim. If they tell me that it's still being processed (4-6 weeks processing and this is the end of the 5th week by my count), I'm going to have to turn around and say "Well, I'm going to have to go back to McDonalds again then." Because if I don't do that, and don't get the benefits, then I will be so screwed it's not funny because I won't have a hope in hell of paying my bills never mind my rent. I currently have £1.41 in my bank account. £1.41. And that's the bottom of my £2k overdraft. I also got a phone call this morning saying that I was going to be getting £45 charged to my account soon. Oh, and I need to sort out things with Lothian Buses before my Ridacard stops working due to the bounced payment this month...

So yeh, not having the best time at the moment. And if it keeps up like this... well my parents can't afford to bail me out again. And neither can my flatmates. And besides that, I've borrowed too much money off of people to borrow more until its all paid off.

This was my first National, and overall, I had a great time.

Friday - Forsaken
I really enjoyed Forsaken. There were bits that were slower than I expected or where things seemed to drag a little, but I had a lot of fun. The alpha battle between Darren and Nathan was especially fun! Andy tells me it's really hard to stage losing - having done it before, I know it is.

I think a lot of the problems I had were actually down to me and Nathan rather than the game itself. Nathan doesn't have a lot of experience with the spirit negotiation thing, and is quite protective of people which dragged him away from the spirit negotiation. I found it amusing that he ended up vaguely mentoring a new Elodoth through a spirit negotiation though. But then it was also a tad annoying to have been using Scent Beneath the Surface for her all night then discover she had it herself...

The game itself I enjoyed, and had fun with. :D

Friday - Promethean
I wasn't sure what to expect from Promethean. Rocker was pretty much going to do what he always does and sit in the corner playing music - not as loudly as he would have due to it being on the awesome-phone instead of a laptop. But ah well...

I did expect to end up in a face-off with Imsety aka "The Coin-Operated God". But they kept their distance and there wasn't the inevitable fight scene.

The discussion with Widow was interesting. Rocker opened up more than he usually does and got rewarded with questions on all the topics that make Rocker angry. Much longer and Widow would have been getting lightning'd!

The bit I found most interesting was the bike thing. I, as in Yoda, was much interested in it. It seemed like a cool little thing and I wanted to know more. Didn't really want it for Rocker, but thought it was fairly damn cool. Rocker wasn't interested in it. He arrived late and never really talked to Rogue so didn't know what was going on with it. But he did strike up a friendship with Elaine (the ghost) and gave her her song (makes sense if you know Rocker). Elaine is actually Rocker's 4th friend in the whole world. And the 4th person to get a token from him. Why did Rocker do that? Because she talked to him, she didn't judge and she liked his music. That and they're just a little bit kindred spirits. Her and the bike is like him and his guitar. And it ended up with Rocker getting the bike - which wasn't my intention at all! So now I need to buy up my Drive... from 0.

Saturday - Awakening
Ahh, the joys of getting up at stupid-a-clock to help with set-dressing and getting kitted up. But it was fun and much laughs were had. Though the players took long enough getting to us... ;)

Playing the Smiling Man was fun as all hell. Though I did get a bit umm-ahh over powers occasionally - especially when Nick Webb's character asked me to kill him. I came up with a better solution than the 4 Agg I dealt him afterwards, but that was several hours later and it was a bit late then...

Still, it was much fun and annoying Cogito at the end was brilliant. As was the randomly suppressing life and withering of body parts. :D

Saturday - Mortals
Wasn't my strongest day for Spook. Not really having anyone to bounce off of for RP made things difficult and I didn't really want to have him go uber-crazy, or catatonic without provocation. So when the police turned up and Spook went "Have to go now.." it was kind of a blessing in disguise.

Cue bringing in Max, my secondary for his second game. He didn't do much socialising, but that's because he had a migraine from the ghosts in the room. He did exchange details with Hazel's pre-gen as well as getting some more RP with Forty.

Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to play either for ages... :'(

Saturday - Requiem
Ahh... the fun of playing a game with only one arm. Due to the initial arrangements made to stop my arm just sliding out the back of my shirt, I ended up cutting off my circulation. The second attempt was much better. I had some very nice RP with William - really enjoyed playing him. I have a feeling things are going to get interesting in the near-future as well.

Especially since he's just claimed the title of Bishop of Glasgow. :D

I'm going to be having a lot more Lance-related RP going on in the near future. Would be helpful if I was allowed on the bloody Lance list though. Grrr....

The game was much fun and I didn't even need to poke plot that much. After all, throwing McConnell across a room with only one arm was lots of fun :D

I get to kick off a procedure that no one ever remembers having been done before.

So there's not even any rules set down for it.

Still, I think it kinda needs doing. Should consult with other people first though. Make sure I'm doing this for everyone's sake, not just my own.