What a summer it's been. Discovered one person I'm a fan of (and admire) has rare form of cancer and another died suddenly. Family wedding after hearing about death, then argument with relative the next day over our new dog (will refer to her as Mrs Peta from now on), family party, next day another family party with Mrs Peta in foul mood. Mr and Mrs Peta thankfully went home after Mr ranted on about my cousins keeping the dog chained up outside so it wouldn't run out into the road (they live out in the country, they're nice people). Two days later we managed to get away to stay in caravan, nice to finally get away from it all.
Anyway, that was June. July, well, it started off waiting for cousin to have her baby. She had baby girl a week ago, on 20th. Also lots of stress trying to set up a bank account because I don't have proof of address. The only way to do it seems to be to register to vote, but the local list for our county doesn't get updated until the end of October, so I have to wait till then to set up account. As I'll be getting some money in the next month or two, mum's agreed to set up account in her name so I can have spending money for travelling to England for baby's christening in September or October.

So, looks like I’m going to be stuck here for most of the summer. We were supposed to go away to the seaside, where mum’s sister has a caravan. We had asked to use it from 29th until Friday or Saturday, after a family wedding because mum has that week off. Everything was set until mum went to the dentist last week because of pain, she has an abscess. After a week of waiting to see if some antibiotics will have some effect, he says he has to now wait another month to see if he can remove the tooth. The appointment is set for the 29th, the day we’re supposed to be going away, which means probably only three days away as other family could use the caravan the next weekend. To add to this, mum usually works the first Sunday of every month as well as the day before, and as she’s only taking a week off, it could mean she’s back at work that weekend. Either way, we could be out on Friday, meaning three days if mum is able for it after having her tooth removed. Last year we went and had four days there, which was just enough, but three days is just a weekend, not really worth going. I’m stuck here until we go to England for the christening of my cousin’s first baby, don’t know when that will be though. Looks like it’s going to be another long boring summer, so I suppose I'll be able to add more here as I won't really be doing much else.

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A

Available: no
Age: 32 next month
Annoyance: ignorance, any mention of Twilight (sorry ) , bad spelling.
Allergic: I haven't really found anything yet.
Animal: Dogs.
Actor: I don't really have any special favourites, I like some actors but not interested in all the films/TV shows they've been in.


B

Beer: Never tasted it, generally am put off by the smell of it.
Birthday/Birthplace: 26th May, in a Limerick hospital.
Body Part on opposite sex: Eyes, generally, they show a lot about a person's soul.
Best feeling in the world: I've never really had a best feeling.
Blind or Deaf: Neither, I can't pick.
Best weather: Late spring, warm, but not too warm.
Been in Love: Not yet.
Been bitched out?: Probably, not exactly sure what this means.
Been on stage?: Not as far as I can remember.
Believe in yourself?: No.
Believe in life on other planets: Yes, it would be a waste of all that universe to only have life on one planet.
Believe in miracles: Yes.
Believe in Magic: Yes, but not the 'magic' you see on TV and film.
Believe in God: In the Pagan God/s yes.
Believe in Satan: No.
Believe in Santa: I am too old now, sadly. I think it was discovering my dad's or mum's handwriting on presents from 'santa' that ended it.
Believe in Ghosts/spirits: I'm not really sure, I don't disbelieve though.
Believe in Evolution: I don't really understand it in full, so I am not sure.

C

Car: No, I think I'd probably not be good at driving, and they're expensive.
Candy: Sweets are good. I miss getting some reese's peanut butter cups and hershey's kisses with caramel from America, have to see if I can get some in England now.
Color: purple, blue
Cried in school: yes.
Chocolate/Vanilla: chocolate.
Chinese/Mexican: neither.
Cake or pie: cake.
Countries to visit: I want to go to a few places.


D

Day or Night: day
Dream vehicle: none really.
Danced: I haven't danced in a long time.
Dance in the rain?: no.
Dance in the middle of the street?: no.
Do the splits?: no.


E

Eggs: Sometimes I eat them, mostly fried.
Eyes: blue.
Everyone has: I have no idea.
Ever failed a class?: Yes


F

First crush: guy at school.
First thoughts waking up: you don't want to know, it's a bit messy.
Food: I like food.


G

Greatest Fear: horrible painful death
Giver or taker: I try to be both, but I probably take a bit more, I need to improve.
Goals: I can't find anything I'd be able to do well, so I have no goals.
Gum: no
Get along with your parents?: I've been getting along with my mother better, sadly it took dad's death for that to happen.
Good luck charms: I don't get much good luck, so I don't generally associate any luck with any item.

H

Hair Color: dark blonde, I need to lighten it.
Height: about 5 foot, or just under
Happy: not at the moment
Holidays: used to be yule, but not since dad died so close to it, and his funeral was on 21st.
How do you want to die: quickly and peacefully
Health freak?: no
Hate: sparkling vampires, batshit insane writers, the amount of crime-related drama on TV, CSI, cheese.


I (opposite sex)

Eye color: don't have a favourite eye colour
Hair Color: don't really go for hair colour or looks in general
Height: as long as he's taller than me.
Clothing Style: not really interested in clothing styles.
Characteristics: funny, caring, intelligent


I

Ice Cream: chocolate
Instrument: I can't play any instruments


J

Jewelery: I have quite a bit, mostly cheap stuff, mostly silver. I wear different pieces to suit my mood or sometimes match my clothes.
Job: not working.


K

Kids: mp, they're fine as long as they're someone else's.
Kickboxing or karate: neither.
Keep a journal?: I have one on xanga, but link is generally private.


L

Longest Car Ride: I can't remember, there were some long ones years ago in England, couldn't say how long they were though. Probably some about 4 hours or more.
Love: ???
Letter: ???
Laughed so hard you cried: yes
Love at first sight: never had it, takes me a while to like a person, it only happens when I get to know someone.


M

Milk flavour: plain
Movie: Princess Bride
Marriage: Probably not, happens to others more.
Motion sickness?: not really, only had it once
McD's or BK: neither, don't eat much fast food anymore.


N

Number of Siblings: 1 brother.
Number of Piercings: 0, none.
Number: none.

O

Overused Phrases: no!!! (usually to our dogs)
One wish: it's something no one could give me
One phobia: spiders

P

Place you'd like to live: I don't have one.
Pepsi/Coke: neither, don't drink much of either.

Q

Quail: ????
Questionnaires: long.

R

Reason to cry: takes a lot for me to cry, though recently I've done a lot.
Reality T.V.: I don't watch much of it.
Radio Station: I don't listen to the radio, hate all the current music and talk shows bore me.
Roll your tongue in a circle?: no.


S

Song: I like too many to name.
Shoe size: depends on the shoe, 5 or 4 1/2.
Sushi: never had it, not a big fish person.
Skipped school: yes.
Slept outside: no.
Seen a dead body?: yes
Smoked?: no.
Skinny dipped?: no.
Shower daily?: no, not that regularly, every other day.
Sing well?: no.
In the shower?: no.
Swear?: yes.
Stuffed Animals?: I still have a few, though I don't collect much now.
Single/Group dates: neither.
Strawberries/Blueberries: both.
Scientists need to invent: anything they haven't already.


T

Time for bed: ???
Thunderstorms: loud, and they annoy one of our dogs.
Touch your tongue to your nose?: no.


U

Unpredictable: no, not much these days.
Under the influence?: no.
Understanding?: ????

V

Vegetable you hate: cabbage.
Vegetable you love: potato.
Vacation spot: none.

W

Weakness: I am just weak in general.
When you grow up: I'm still working on that.
Which one of your friends acts the most like you: I don't think any of them do.
Who makes you laugh the most: I won't mention her name, but we have the same sense of humour and have made too much fun of one TV show
Worst feeling: loneliness
Wanted to be a model?: no, my photos are horrible.
Where do we go when we die: I'm not sure, there are a lot of beliefs on it and no real answers, though I believe we are reunited with those who have gone.
Walk with a book on your head?: no.

X

X-Rays: I had one of my teeth years ago.

Y

Year it is now: 2009.
Yellow: okay colour.

Z

Zoo animal: orangutan.
Zodiac sign: I'm a Gemini.


I don't know people here really enough to tag, so if anyone wants to take it and do it, go ahead

We have a new dog now, her name is Trinnie (we didn't pick the spelling), and she's the sister of Millie, a family friend's dog. Both girls are westie mixes, but thanks to my mother not really knowing different breeds, I'm not sure what the other breed is. Anyway, we adopted Trinnie because it wasn't working out where she was, and our friend asked us first. We've had her for a few weeks now. Things were okay, still settling down with our first dog (Trinnie wasn't socialised much). Today however, she decided to chew through my digital camera's USB cable, so I have no way of downloading pics to the computer for now. It's disappointing, and I'm trying to get a new one, as my cousin's wedding is in two months and I don't want to go to another wedding with no camera. I can take still shots with my DVD camcorder, but each disc is only 30 mins at normal quality, so I can't take many, and the quality is lower than my other camera. I just hope it doesn't come to that, I wanted to try getting some decent pics at the wedding, improve my skills more. I'll be disappointed if I can't get a cable, it means no more pics until I can get a new one, which won't be until I get the money dad left me (and that could be in a few months or a year).

I got a spam message on one of my deviations yesterday, it had a link in it which says 'rofl this may be relevant to your interests'. Apparently, if you click this link it uses your dA account to send this same message to random dA accounts you may not have visited, and you get marked as a spammer. I hid it, as I knew it to be spam. Not knowing exactly what it was, I clicked it, so I would know what it is. It was stupid, yes, I know about the risks with strange links. I don't know why I did it, just wanted to know exactly what it was. I will NEVER click another suspicious link again now.
This may have caused spam from my account, and if you have gotten spam from me, please believe this was not intentional and I did not post it, it was a result of my stupidity.

I've just seen this posted in 's journal, and I now know what it is. If you get one of these comments, please don't click the link, instead hide the comment and report it as spam.

Edit: This was posted in the News secion:

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It may have been dealt with, and since I seen no extra things in my activity, nothing seems to have happened.