Daily Prompt – To Do? Done!

Quickly list five things you’d like to change in your life. Now, write a post about a day in your life once all five have been crossed off your to-do list.

1. Sleep More.

2. Exercise More.

3. Write a novel.

4. Create a better connection with my family

5. Finish all my video games

It’s been a terrible couple of days, truly. It really does feel like such a burden having to get out of bed at 11am, after thirteen hours sleep, only to go to the gym and see that it’s empty. Y’know, that really is one of the things I love about mid-morning workouts, not having to WAIT for any of the machines.

On my way home from the gym I called my mum, and she’s well. Enjoying her part-time job and semi-retirement. Doesn’t really know what she’s going to do with herself though. I’ve suggested that she should look into revisiting her plans for writing her book. She started it, and I reckon she should finish it. It’s been a couple of years, she could look at it with fresh eyes and completely change everything, or change nothing. Just write something! Then I called my brother, and we have decided to surprise mum in a couple of months time. I’m going to be in Brisbane for a few days, and he and mum are going to plan a lunch, and I’m just going to turn up ‘out of the blue’. I’m looking forward to it. We haven’t been together for quite some time.

But I’ll also be using it as a celebration. Today I’m going home to write the final chapter of my novel. It’s only taken two years, but I’ve chipped away at it bit, by bit, and now, BOOM, I have a novel. I kind of need Mum and my brother to read it, because they’re mentioned in it, but it’s nothing that isn’t particularly true. I’m kind of anxious about finishing it, because it’s taken so long, and I actually didn’t think that I’d ever finish it, but I’m going to. When I get home, I’m turning off the phone, turning on the music, locking the door, and enjoying some writing time and some sunshine and some fresh Spring air floating through the windows.

I’m excited. And nervous.

I may also have a cake waiting for me – it’s my incentive for finishing it. Just me, a fork, and a cake. I’m not planning a party or anything fancy, I’d rather just quietly celebrate on my own. Well, technically, the celebration will be after the bath. The bath will be a long, long soak in the tub, then I’m going to give myself a mani / pedi, a face mask, a hair mask and smother myself in moisturiser, then kick back on the couch, with my cake, a steaming pot of tea and my PlayStation game. In the spirit of completion, I’m almost ready to finish this one as well. I’m at 88%, and I’m determined to finish this one as well, so I can add that to the list… and who knows, that might require another cake as well.

And then once it’s all done… I’ve got a date with the ocean!!

…in HAWAII!!

 

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3 July – A Decade Away

What do you think you will be doing 10 years from now?

 

Ten years seems like such a long period of time, but the reality is, it’s just fly by without anybody really taking any notice.

Daily Prompt – Back Of The Queue

Is there something you’ve always wanted to do, but never got around to starting (an activity, a hobby, or anything else, really)? Tell us about it — and tell us about what’s keeping you from doing it.

I’ve always wanted to be able to go back in time and re-do my life. But I can’t.

Why?

Because, fucking time travel hasn’t been invented yet.

Daily Prompt – Terminal Time

You’re at the airport, your flight is delayed for six more hours, and none of your electronic devices is working. How do you pass the time?

The first mission would be to haul ass to the local airline lounge, well, providing they have one, and then spend six hours filling myself up on buffet food until I need to roll myself onto the plane and sleep.

Failing that, I’d be finding a shop like a newsagent or something and buy myself a good novel to read in order to pass the time. But that in itself would be a struggle because when I get bored I get fidgety, so a book could end up being a bit of a challenge.

Worst case scenario – if there’s no lounge access and the newsagent is closed, I’d be in the corner sprawled out across a couple of seats having a sleep, because it’s the only other way I could spend that much time without being able to watch a couple of movies etc.

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Daily Prompt – Dust in the Wind

Have you made your bucket list? Now’s the time — write about the things you want to do and see before you become dust in the wind.

Up until this point, I’ve never really thought about actually making a bucket list. I know there a lot of things that I would like to achieve, however, I don’t necessarily feel as though some of them will actually be achievable. Now, for those of you a heartbeat away from telling me to stop having such a negative outlook on like, a) shut up and b) I’m a realist. I don’t live in a fantasy world where everything is puppies and rainbows and life is just beautiful. I just can’t be one of those people.

In terms of my bucket list… let’s see what I come up with….

1. Write a novel (or two)
2. Write a script for a sitcom, and then have that concept and script pitched to a US network
3. Go Skydiving
4. …and maybe bungee jumping. But only maybe!!
5. TRAVEL!!! – New York, L.A., London, Italy, Greece, Germany, Mexico, Bali, Thailand, France, Brazil, Hawaii, New Zealand, Japan, Broome (Western Australia), Cairns / Port Douglas (Queensland) – just a few to start with…
6. Experience travelling First Class at least once in my lifetime
7. Be able to take my mum on a couple of overseas trips
8. Buy a house / apartment
9. Learn to drive… not essential, but something I’ve thought about learning to do.
10. Adopt a pet
11. Spend more time in the country / by the sea – perhaps I could do this when I want to get away to write my novels?! Hehehe
12. Learn some more advanced baking skills – in particular skills of a patissier (pastry chef)
13. Swim with dolphins
14. Previously I would have said that I wanted to experience riding an elephant, but after learning about how barbaric and inhumane it all is, I’d probably prefer to put my time into rescuing elephants instead. Or volunteering at one of the Thai elephant ‘centres’ (or whatever they are) where you can go and stay and work, and help to wash and feed them etc.
15. Travel to Broadway (NY) and spend two weeks (or longer) seeing every single show that’s currently playing.
16. Travel to London’s West End and do the exact same thing.
17. I want to go to Lego Land
18. Travel across America visiting all the Six Flags theme parks.
19. OOH… how could I forget… DISNEYLAND!!
20. Go on a cruise.
21. Read all the books that I’ve bought that are just sitting on my shelves (and on my iPad)
22. Finish ALL the video games that I’ve bought
23. Pay off all my debts
24. Visit the Great Barrier Reef before it’s completely destroyed
25. Develop my skills as a photographer.

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Daily Prompt – When Will I Be Loved?

Have you dreamt of becoming famous? What would your claim to fame be? Comedy? Acting? Writing? Race car driving? Go!

Well, let’s face it, at some point we all dream about being famous. Some of us finally accept the cold, harsh reality that it will never happen, and instead we have to settle for whatever life throws us.

Others, however, never stop dreaming.

Ever since I was a kid, I always dreamt about being famous… but most of the time I dreamt that I would end up becoming famous for something that I’m actually quite terrible at. For example, I’m a terrible singer, and sometimes I’d dream that I’d somehow magically develop this incredible voice and end up being discovered and find my fame as a pop vocalist.

One of my dreams always involved being famous, but not the sort of fame that the Average Joe dreams of. I always, always wanted to be a famous dancer. I wanted to be the type of talent that gets booked for international world tours dancing for people like Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Kylie Minogue etc but when I’m not on tour, I’m also doing their video clips, and being sought out for all kinds of roles on TV, or dance movies etc. And when I’m not doing any of that, I’d be teaching my own classes at some incredible dance school like Millennium or Pineapple Studios.

However, that turned out to be nothing more than a pipe dream. When I injured my spine and my entire dance career was destroyed within moments, my dreams and aspirations for fame as a dancer were destroyed with it. Don’t get me wrong, I still daydream about it… but unfortunately, that’s as close as it’s ever going to be.

Sometimes I wish I had been born a girl, and then I’d be a showgirl. I’d get contracts at Moulin Rouge and throughout Vegas, showing of these long pins of mine, whilst strapped to within an inch of my life in a corset that is completely covered with beads, sequins and diamantes… and then feathers… SO MANY FEATHERS!! Gimme a massive feathers and sequinned headpiece anyday, and this bitch will strut his shit like it’s nobody’s bizness… mmmkaayyyy!!

Now that I’ve gotten older, my focus or dreams of becoming famous have changed, and I’d like to get recognition from doing something like writing. I’d love to become a novelist. Or maybe write a hit sitcom. Then I’d be able to meet (and instantly become besties with) Kathy Griffin, Chelsea Handler and Whitney Cummings… they would then see discover that I’m funny, sarcastic and a bit of a bitch and they’d help get me regular gigs on chat shows like Chelsea Lately on the panel. *sigh*

…Maybe I need to just move to L.A. and then network the shit outta myself. Write a few sitcom scripts, pitch a few ideas to some networks and see what happens… But then what about my husband? I guess he’d have to come with me. He could use a change of scenery… heehehe

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Daily Prompt: Express Yourself!

Do you love to dance, sing, write, sculpt, paint, or debate? What’s your favorite way to express yourself, creatively?

Well, in case you’ve not familiarised yourself with my blog already, then you’d know that I’m all about dancing… dancing dancing dancing dancing dancing. Everything is dancing.

However… now… in order for me to answer this, I’d have to say that it’s changed to cooking (well, baking) and writing. I’m trying (read: struggling) to keep up with my daily blogging habits, however the last few weeks has seen a significant increase in activities and work, meaning no time for blogging… and rather than just throw my hands up and say it’s all too much for a white woman, I’m determined to dig myself out of this hole and answer ALL the prompts and get myself back up to date. It might take some time, but dammit, I’m going to do it!!

I love the process of baking. Given that I have quite a sweet-tooth, I find quite a lot of pleasure in baking anything and everything – 98% of the time it’s some kind of cake, and for me, the pleasure is two-fold: the joy of tasting the cake batter (I can’t explain how much I love eating cake batter!) but also the satisfaction of seeing the completed product once it’s been iced, or cooled etc. Most of what I bake is for other people – birthdays, special morning teas at work, but I always take pride in what I make, and I always make sure that what I make looks impressive. There’s something quite satisfying about making a multi-layered cake, smothering it with ganache or frosting, smoothing it out using a hot palette knife for a flawless finish, then taking it to work and seeing all your co-workers standing around marvelling at this towering delight with the constant sound of ooohhhs and aaahhhhhs during a (deliberately) slow unveiling. It’s always impressive, but when it’s finished well, it’s even more impressive.

It also helps if the taste is fantastic as well. It’s so bitterly disappointing to receive a slice of a cake that looks incredible, but tastes quite horrid, or bland. Ugh. Hence why I like to keep tasting the batter as I’m mixing (and when I’m slicing off the uneven cake tops to make ‘chefs treats’!).

Also, as I mentioned earlier, I am really enjoying writing. I do have larger plans to actually do something more grand with my writing, but that will require a significant amount of time, effort and patience… and planning, but I also acknowledge that there’s a significant amount of work that I want to achieve even before I think about starting a creative venture of such magnitude… for now, I’m writing my blog, and that’s more than enough for me right now. This is allowing me to just get words out of my head and onto a screen… but it’ll take a lot more practise before I can even consider writing a first draft of a novel. As far as I’m concerned, that’s a long way off… but something that I want to achieve.

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Mar 11: Ten Years From Now

Do you think you’ll still be blogging 10 years from now?

 
In a previous post I wrote about what I’d be doing, or like to be doing ten years from now… however, can I see myself still blogging ten years from now?? I’m not sure.

By that stage, if I was still blogging, I would certainly like to have a blog that is quite popular, and one that has gained quite a lot of recognition. Moreso, I would like to have at least written a couple of novels… published or not, I’d at like least to have achieved the goal of writing them.

Fact is, I really don’t enjoy thinking that far ahead… I’ll be in my *gulp* 40’s then… which just blows my mind. I don’t want to be 40. I never wanted to even turn 30 and yet, here I am. It’s so depressing.

Is that your intention WordPress, with prompts like this? Do you just want the rest of us to start feeling miserable because we’re all now thinking about how much older we’re going to be?? THANKS A LOT!! Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go back to bed and wallow in self-pity and depression at the thought of ageing.

Daily Prompt: BYOB(ookworm)

Write the blurb for the book jacket of the book you’d write, if only you had the time and inclination.

What’s the book about? How about a fiction novel….

Sebastian always wanted to feel average. Normal. Anything else other than the way he had felt for the last few years. He craved a much simpler life, but no matter how much he tried, he could never escape the drama’s that always managed to find him.

It was two weeks before his 30th birthday, and was in the process of planning a big celebration for himself. Yes, those things are usually left to our best friends to plan for us, but let’s be honest, Sebastian’s friends were barely capable of organising a plate of sandwiches for the monthly picnic.

What’s the point of being surrounded by fabulous gay men, if they’re not capable of decent party planning? Come on ladies, you’ve got a stereotype to live up to!

Sebastian had no point to plan it all himself, however, what he didn’t realise was that the simple task of picking up the phone to book a venue would create a chain reaction that would culminate in Sebastian spending his big 3-0 single, unemployed, homeless, and in complete despair.

Join Sebastian on an extreme rollercoaster of emotion as he explores the limits of friendships and relationships, and discover that even the most open-minded people can have some skeletons in the closet that have the potential to be extremely volatile and drive a wedge between some, and yet bring others closer together.

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