Due to the supreme intelligence of one certain female specimen, all the recent blog posts and pages have gone, never to return!
So, I’d really just like to apologise about all that. I made sure I fixed the site to normal working standard but am working on restoring some of the pages. The one thing I am annoyed about is I was quite fond of my previous blog posts, but they were lost too, and now the previous ones were from October 2012, when I was a little depressed with life. So just ignore those, really. Right! Boring bit over!
I haven’t been doing an incredulous amount since the summer holidays, as it often goes. I have had two lie-ins until 12pm, which I have regretted (they are considerably less comforting than people make out). This summer I feel so inactive. Last summer, I wrote and filmed a whole short film, but now it feels like I’m out of inspiration, and to be quite honest, it worries me. I sometimes wonder where I’ve gone, to be so demotivated all the time. I haven’t been out with the camera much, and using a camera is one half of my life. What’s happening to me, fellow bloggers?
The following are a few things I have been occupying my time with, instead of doing active things. I’m not saying these things are bad, because I love them, but I’d just like to do something a little more. But I have no energy. No energy. Anyway…
Firstly, Minecraft is a truly addictive and surprisingly creative game for the computer (and xbox). If you have heard of it, or play it, please shout at me in the comments and tell me your username because I will love you eternally. It’s basically a game where you place blocks of items to form houses, buildings, palaces, castles, whatever you want. You can make incredible things with it, and that’s what I love about it. And note to people out there – it’s not all about the graphics!
The second thing is that I love to read. And I don’t mean conventional reading. I read playscripts and screenplays. I always loved the idea of reading books, but ever since a young age, have struggled and never known really why. But recently, I’ve browsed online for plays and films and have thoroughly enjoyed reading them. I’d recommend them to anyone. I’d recommend them to you! Play of the moment: The Pillowman. Film of the moment: Atonement. TV of the moment: Sherlock s1e2. I find it fascinating how it’s all translated onto a stage or screen so smoothly, cleverly. It’s brilliant.
I did a bit of coding! My conscience has been on at me since I didn’t design my own theme and used a premade on this website, so I decided to settle it once and for all, and make a freebie. It’s a one pager, but I thought it was quite sweet. Unfortunately, I’m not really grasping the differences between web browsers yet, and IE is seriously miffing me off with its fixed element bugs and font translation. Ick. IE. (But the finished product is here if you’re interested.)
This year didn’t go as planned at all. Bad things happened. Sad things happened. And I feel like I’ve regressed as a person in numerous ways. I only hope that I can grab my motivation back, and make everything a little bit better.
Wishing you all well,
Soph
I’m in the same boat. Work has taken a lot out of me this summer and I haven’t been too productive; thankfully, I’ve done some coding but that’s about it. And online shopping too. Does that count?
I know I have depression and that may cause a lot of my loss of interest; perhaps you should see or at least email somebody? It doesn’t sound like it’s too serious but it’s never fun to be energyless.
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& thanks! Glad to hear it’s not just me.
Pretty things get my attention but only interesting things keep it.