1- drbillbongo: I got mail today! :D Thank you SO much for the CDs (will listen to them tonight) and for the candies (I'm afraid there has been a bear massacre at home XDD).

2- Plotbunnies are overpopulating my head at the moment. Lately (thanks to the many Westlife videos I've been watching) I've been thinking of bringing back to life a story line I started working on six or seven years ago that was shelved unfinished. Thing is, I have a million plotbunnies bouncing around, all demanding for attention, and this is the last thing I need. And still, I want to write it. *headdesk* Oh, the problems of being such a fangirl! XD

#1- I'm making a bunch of Timo icons. Some of them look good, others really please me, and the others look like crap. XD Actually, only one or two look like crap. :P I don't know if I'll ever post them here - God knows I've got quite a few Timo icons done, but... who knows... I might break my own rule. :P I know I promised/ sort of promised making some The Electric City icons, but Timo doesn't want to let go of me. Can you see me fighting? NO! XDDD

#2- Finals season is coming! *groans* I've got quite a few time to prepare them, so I hope it'll all go well. :D However, because NOTHING is easy at the Institute, my friend Romina and I wanted to sign up for those finals left, but no... "Can't you come back after 5:30?" "No. We're both working and we can't." Yes, I'll go straight to Hell for lying, but that's the only way I could sort things out. XD

#3- I hope not to jinx myself, but... My muse seems to be back. Last night I FINALLY finished a scene I'd been working for weeks, even since before I went to Buenos Aires. Orlando Bloom is pretty pleased with me at the moment. Mostly, for giving him the relief he needed after that month-long erection. XDDDDD

...point out a few things:

#1- I'm sick. Woohoo. After the cold Saturday, and the hot Sunday under the sun, I knew something was going to happen. And it did. My throat is beyond sore and feels like I've got a tennis ball stuck in there, so swollen it is.

#2- epee_girl, this should make you VERY happy: I'm working on my Eve-JT fic. I'm currently working on the first chapter, no more than that, but that's something! :D

#3- An idea is making its way from the deepest, darkest, corners of my mind, inspired by this post I made ages ago and my Power Station poster. Any ideas? They're more than welcome. *wink wink*

#4- No, I haven't forgotten my report. I'm working on it, at the same time I'm studying for my first final, working, trying to get the aforementioned fic going, and having a life. It'll come soon, fear not! ;)

drbillbongo is carrying a fanfiction poll. I invite you all to do it! :D

I haven't written anything about me in a while... Not that there was much to write about, though! The last two weeks of classes before the winter break were absolutely mad. Exam after exam, presentations, assignments... but I survived. :D And out of ten subjects, I passed eight (and that's because I still haven't got the grades of the other two ;) ), some with better grades, others with a very much appreciated 4. XD

I feel very happy about it. Accomplished :D I had set this goal of passing all the subjects in this period and I'm very happy that I achieved it. Now, my next goal is to pass all subjects at the end of the year and prepare the finals. Which kind of intimidates the hell out of me - they're TEN FINALS after all, but I'm particularly worried about three of them: Grammar, History of Literature and Theory. But I guess I should stop worrying and enjoy my free time while I can. :D

Talking about free time, I'm loving them, because this winter break is longer than expected and I have A WHOLE MONTH OFF! *SQUEE* What the hell am I going to do with so much free time, I don't know. XD I should start reading 'Don Quijote de la Mancha' but I refuse to. I know, I know... Bad me. But it seems so boring, really... At least the other books I had to read ('El Poema del Mío Cid', 'Lazarillo de Tormes') were SHORT. This one isn't. *grumbles* I should sit doen and write some letters too. But being the HUGE procrastinator that I am, I don't. XD

So guess what I do with all this time in my hands?

I knit.

XDDDD

I've been trying to learn to knit since I was a kid. I kinda got a hold of it when I was 11, and then never tried again until a couple of years ago, when I promised Santiago to knit him a scarf like Harry Potter's that he's still waiting for. XD

On Friday, I got this urge to start knitting again and slowly began to remember how everything was done. And to surprise you all with my incredible talent, not only do I knit normally (with two needles), I also knit crochet style (I don't know if that's the name in English, but it's when you knit with this needle that has a hook in one end). I pestered my mum so much about it and I got her SO frustrated when I couldn't get it right, that she bought me a magazine with the basics and a few models to follow and she then asked to please stop annoying her. But then she couldn't stop laughing at the weird things that I produced, so I guess she enjoyed it! XD

Oh, I've been writing a bit too. I was quite surprised the other night when I sat down and one or two pages flowed very easily. Of course, I tried again last night and that DIDN'T happen, which doesn't really surprise me. I set this goal of writing a few chapter of this fic I've got going on for years now, and maybe, just maybe, start working on some of the ideas I've got. My characters would appreciate it. XD So, if you've got any effective ideas that could work to set me working in my writing again, I'd love to hear them! :D

I did it. I finished it. It was about time, yes - three years is way too much time to work on fan fiction, but well, I don't manage my time too well. XD Here's the evidence:

Man In The Mirror.



Lord Of The Rings Fan Fiction.



My own fic LJ.



Yes peeps, AYTM is finished. Maybe now I can finally sit down and work in many of the other projects I have lying around. *coughLORELEIcough* *wink at epee_girl XD*

[totally pointless rant]

I've been surfing through my fic LJ, and if I'm not the world's worst procrastinator... I must be quite close. XD How can I take SO DAMN LONG to finish a story?? How come I left about four unfinished Westlife fics in the way, having vowed to myself I would never do that? And why in hell stories just won't flow out of me like they did before? *pout*

[/totally pointless rant]

After the initial turmoil, I have to point one thing out about my new job: I'm much more in contact with my fics now. The past months were hell, and the last thing in my mind was that I had to work on my stories. Now I'm slowly but steadily working on the last chapter of AYTM, and it's coming out very well. I'm having ideas for my other fics, something that hadn't happened in a long time. I'm feeeliong enthusiastic about the writing process again, instead of seeing it as a burden. I'm enjoying it, and it feels great. :)

As for work, it's going smoothly so far. :) I had a hard time adjusting at the beginning, and it was very hard. I was fine while working, but when I came home it was terrible. I couldn't stop crying, even felt what I suppose were some sort of panic attacks... terrible. A chat with epee_girl put it all in perspective, though. I should carry on working after the summer, but in this country you never know. :-/ I'm making plans for next year. I hope I'll be able to make them come true. :)

Lots of love,

Nadia. :D

... it's beautiful outside - warm, but not too much. There's a soft breeze, but just enough to be nice and not annoying. And all I wanna do is change into something comfortable and go for a walk by the sea. Or perhaps I can move my desk outside and catch some sun? Ummm... I don't think so. :P

By the way, can anyone recommend a good mental laxative? Because I have one thousand and one stories going around in my head and they won't come out!

Last night, Vero and I started swapping DD pictures around 7 PM, found a Simon cap I had taken months ago, made a gorgeous creation you can find here in my LJ or Vero's, finished doing that around 10, carried on checking pics until 11:30, had dinner listening to H.I.M., then came back to the PC to finish with the pics around 4 AM. Then, as if that wasn't enough, we went to bed, only to stay up talking until around 6 AM coming up with great ideas for some fics, when we tried to fall asleep ONLY when we heard birds chirping out the window.

WHAT CAN BE BETTER THAN THAT????

:)

Hey everybody! Check the layout I made for my fanfic LJ, with the help of the lovely and always great epee_girl and the instruction my lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely dyoselin gave me AGES ago. Thank you both, girls!

http://www.livejournal.com/users/creative_spurts/

For angelictouch352 and everyone else that might care about it: AYTM has been posted (up to date) here: creative_spurts

Enjoy!

I can't believe myself. Last night, I wrote (and finished) a WHOLE new chapter of AYTM! :-O Isn't that amazing! I can't believe it! I haven't lost the capacity of surprising myself yet. ;)

BUT... I know some of you want to read it, but give me some time. I wrote it by hand, so I need to type it and then, send it to my betas. It shouldn't take that long, though.

I still can't believe it. :P

Everyone: I finally decided to have a place to store my fics. It's an LJ, and here's the link: creative_spurts There's nothing there yet, but there will be, soon. :D

Both AYTM and Wynter have been updated. :)

I'm happy! Very happy for two reasons:

1- I finally bought a new stereo. I was stereo-less since my brother moved out and now I'm the proud owner of a black, rounded little thing that costed me quite less than I first expected.

2- It seems that I've overcome my creative block with 'Wynter'. That deserves the biggest WOOHOO! Last night, in between the feeling that I would get sick in any minute, I managed to write seven pages... Handwritten, which means that it's quite a lot, translated into computer pages. :P

Short update, I just had to share!

I started typing this entry about yesterday and the computer died on me. I was so frustrated that I decided to give up and try again today. Here I am.

One thing is for sure: I'm pathetic when it comes to update this thing. It's always in my mind to make at least a short entry, but the most of the times I sit in front of the computer and use my time to do other stuff. Like researching for my fics :)

I've come to the conclusion that I love doing the research as much as I love doing the writing part. You get the chance to learn about many things, especially if you consider my tendencies to put my characters through hell before they get some happiness. :P

I've been doing fine. Besides of four of my cousins from Tandil (and a friend) came to MdP without warning, I'm fine. *LOL* One good thing about living in a small apartment is that you can't have people staying with you. I know they're family and that I should be happy that they came to visit (and above all, that they stayed at my uncle's) but I wasn't. I like them, I love spending some time with them, but that's it. And above all, I guess like pretty much everyone is this world, I hate being forced to spend time with someone I don't want to.

I just sent an email to my Polish friend Mariola. She just got engaged about a month ago, so I wanted to get some updates on how everything's going.

Did anyone catch Orlando Bloom at the Golden Globes? I had my squealing fan girl moment when I saw him there... and without Bosworth. WOOHOO!

Vero, a.k.a. epee_girl is back from holidays, which gave me the chance to post my super homemade birthday card. I can't believe something so simple as what I initially planned to do took me about 5 hours!

Another person who's back... CARMEN! My lovely friend Carmen came back from Italy, where she spent 3 weeks eating like a pig, according to her own words. *LOL* Cold this be the much expected return of the Terrible Trio??? *evil grin* What say you, dyoselin?

I'm back at work. Bye bye to my holidays. But as weird as it may sound, I think I missed it. Especially if you consider that my boss is away and won't be around to stop me spending my time either reading fics, writing my own, or doing covers. What a responsible person I am! *LOL*

I'm thinking about doing some pic spams... Let's see what pictures I can find!