Done and dusted!

September 19, 2014September 19, 2014 The Indecisive Eejit6 Comments

I have never been as glad to see the end of two working days in all my life. Manic is does not even come close to describing what it has been like. I hardly had enough energy left to take my laptop out of it’s case and set it up for my journey home on the train.

Going off on leave is stressful, the art of calmly clearing up all the odds and sods that need done before leaving is clearly something I have not yet mastered. I’m more of a run around in a flap, but eventually get there kind of person. I pity anyone who reads the last few e-mails I sent, I doubt they were legible. But I made it, and as a reward I do not have to think about work again until Friday….oh happy days!!

I am sure there are things I have not done, that will come to me in the middle of the night and wake me from peaceful slumber. I have already e-mailed myself with things that I need to remember and can think of a few more that I need to send myself when I get home.

This Personal Secretary lark is easy….SAID NO ONE EVER!!

I could see through it if I was able to go home and relax, but there is still shopping to be done and dinner to prepare and goodness knows what form the Mothership will be in considering I have deviated from the normal routine. The great unknown lies ahead.

I really want this weekend to be incident free, no let me rephrase that, I really need this weekend to be incident free. The last two have been mentally draining and I am in dire need of some rest and relaxation, excluding the housework and cooking duties that is, some things never change.

So what lies ahead? I could promise you that I am going to do all my drawings for the Cartoon Craziness Challenge and regale you every day with funny stories that will have you falling off your chairs with laughter. I could also tell you that May Dupp is going to partake of her usual weekend antics leaving a trail of destruction in her wake.

I could promise all of that, but I won’t, because I’m going to shop, eat, clean up, perhaps kill a few things on the Xbox and then go to bed and sleep. After that there might be a little more sleep, and then some sleeping thrown in for good measure.

What happens after that is anyone’s guess!!

Happy Friday my most favourite eejits!

C³ – Week Nine!

September 15, 2014 The Indecisive Eejit11 Comments

Well would you look at that! I managed the baby 3, thank you very much to Mr Surf Report himself Rob who had the smarts to give it to me in the simplest language possible meaning that I was eventually able to do it. The fact that it took a few thousand goes is neither here nor there.

Now before we get to the matter at hand, which, as can be quite clearly seen from the banner is the Cartoon Craziness Challenge, I need to tell you people that I am excited. If you’ve followed me for a while you will know that I am a woman who likes her music. This past year when I was doing anything on the computer and wanted background music my go to album of choice was Alt-J An Awesome Wave, and in just 7 days time they are releasing a new album called “This is all yours”. If you have never heard of Alt-J check out the song Hunger on the Pine on Youtube, although if you’re squeamish I wouldn’t watch the video :)

Ok back to the challenge, the last one was ‘Build a Burger’, and it would seem out of the usual crew that I was the only one who didn’t actually build a burger, and it was my fecking idea too, how bad am I. These amazing people however, did rustle up some treats:

what the hell? is it Tuesday or Monday or what? | Mental in the Midwest

Cartoon Craziness Challenge – Build a Burger? | heretherebespiders

Lunchtime Cartoon Challenge | Not a Punk Rocker

Cartoon Craziness Challenge — Build-a-Burger | Rob’s Surf Report

Thank you to you all, and if you’re looking at this little post in disgust because I missed your name, feel free to let me know by giving me a boot up the backside!

So what have we in store for your this fortnight. I have had a few ideas submitted, however this one was suggested by at least two people, so the theme for this weeks C³ is ‘Fictional Characters‘. I could explain what I mean, but why would I try when the lovely Pat from Write up the Spine does it much more elegantly:

Since it’s back to school/end of summer yadda yadda …. perhaps a Bookish theme — like you’re favorite fictional character – rewritten or drawn with a twist, perhaps their evil side, or most contrite version, depending on the original?

So if you have ever read a book but disagreed with how the artists impression turned out, you now have a chance to write the wrongs by drawing or doodling your own version.

More rules and information can be found on the Cartoon Craziness Page and you have until the 28th September 2014 to complete this challenge.

On your marks, get set, doodle!!

Here’s the Bizz!

September 14, 2014 The Indecisive Eejit22 Comments

Good evening eejits, remember me?! Yep I am the person who owns this blog and occasionally stops by to say hello, albeit not nearly as often as she should.

This last while I’ve been on a Rollercoaster and several times have thrown my legs overs the side and my feet onto the track, sadly though it would seem that the soles on my boots have worn away as nothing seems to slow me down. Good job my knickers are reinforced, this is a scary ride!!

I’m only a little human being, in the big wide world and I’m wondering how far I can stretch myself before I snap. My resolve has been sorely tested just this weekend alone, but it’s Sunday night and tomorrow is a new day at the start of a new week.

I’ve lacked ideas for things to write about of late, I even kept an eye on the Daily Prompts to see if they were the kick up the arse I required, unfortunately, they were more WTF than WOW! Daily Prompt 1 – Indecisive Eejits Brain – 0, and we’re back again to the lament regarding the not very bright pixie in the forest.

I haven’t drawn for my challenge and it does not look like I will before the closing date, which is ummm today. So tomorrow I will put up a new one and hope that you all forgive me for my indiscretion this time. There is a possibility though that I will change the challenge from weekly to fortnightly, but nothing has been decided yet. You’re still welcome to submit ideas for things you would like to draw, we consider everything because Mama and I believe that a million heads are better than one!

In other news, the job ticks along. The past week was hectic and I struggled to keep up, but I am finding that some things are getting easier, so given time I am hoping I will be ok. I’ve a few days booked off for not this week but next, the first days off I have had in over 2 months. I can’t wait, but it is marred by not knowing how things are going to be at home, because sometimes believe me, it is better to be in work.

I’m going to try and be little more proactive around here, by forcing myself to sit down and write. There is nothing like giving yourself a good slap to get things done, ultimately it’s not as satisfying as slapping the shit out of someone who it annoying your head, but there less chance of being arrested.

One last thing before I go, I’m not sure what the cause was, but I’ve had a new spate of followers in the last couple of weeks. So to all of you, thank you, pull up a chair and make yourself comfortable, there is a varied mix of wonderful people who sit around this table and you are a welcome addition, just make yourself heard.

Till next time :)

And Breathe…..

September 7, 2014September 7, 2014 The Indecisive Eejit22 Comments

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I’m going to put the past week down to experience. I’m glad it’s over, although the repercussions are still carrying on. I’m tired, and I’m going to have to start getting early nights or one of these days I am going to fall asleep and not wake up, it’s not that long till three score years and ten, assuming I even make it that far.

I’ve not been here much this week, there has just been no time, my laptop lay in work redundant for most of last week. Lunchtime, what’s that, couldn’t tell you, cos I spent most of the week working through mine. I did however make a bit of an effort and catch up on my reading, so it you saw one like after another on your posts then it was your turn.

I still feel overwhelmed a lot in the job, however there are moments of clarity and it’s these brief glimpses that give me hope that at some stage there will be a turning point and I will no longer be afraid to call myself a Personal Assistant. Time is a big thing, there are tasks to do but before you have completed the first one another three have been added to the list. I have notes about notes and to do lists about things …to do..duh! I’m realising that my brain is not the efficient filofax it used to be, my capacity for knowledge retention is being seriously tested. Thank goodness for pens and paper or all would be lost.

On another note, I was having a chat with someone today and he asked me what I do in my spare time. I laughed and said what’s spare time and then regaled him with tales of the Xbox and also that I was a blogger. Thankfully he knew what that was, and even more thankfully he chose not to ask what the blog was called, because at that point I broke into a cold sweat and started to panic. I not ashamed of my blog, not in any shape form or fashion, but I still feel that people will read it and go ‘what a pile of shite’. That being said, there’s not been very much writing of late that would allow anyone to form any kind of opinion. At which point do you feel like you can tell people you’re a blogger and believe you are deserving of the title.

Lastly, despite the fact that some eejit thought that this week was the last Cartoon Craziness Challenege forever, it’s not, but I do however need to extend the deadline by a couple of days, because, I haven’t got mine done yet and that’s just disgraceful!! An update will follow.

This is the current challenge: CCC – Week 8

If you have any suggestions for themes, please let either myself or Mama know, they are always welcome.

Till next time, ya bunch of randomers that I adore :)

Song of the week and well worth a listen!

Cartoon Craziness Challenge – Week 8

September 1, 2014September 1, 2014 The Indecisive Eejit23 Comments

I am sooooooooo behind, I’m afraid you are going to have to put up with this being the last two weeks and next week all rolled into one!

Let me section it off to make it easier for ~~you~~ me.

Last Week – Mythical Creatures

I started to draw a couple of mythical creatures and then I couldn’t stop, so I have about two pages worth to share with you. Without further ado, here they are:

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I drew a sort of weird type Mermaid thing, I mean they are meant to be pretty, sirens of the sea and mines more like an laugh of the lake. So then I redrew the Punk Penguin, he’s marginally better than the first time and if I could have been bothered he would have been coloured all black leather and tarten.

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Nest I started to draw a cat, which I gave a tail, wings, a kangaroo pouch and duck like feet, meet the ‘DinoCatyPlatyPus’, it’s all right, I have no idea what it is either! After that things got a little but stupid, the rest of the family includes a ‘Wall-a-Bee’, ‘The Harry Potter Fish’ and a ‘Door Mouse’. Mo more mythical creatures for me I think!

These other eejits also drew their own versions of the last theme, check them out:

The Piglapossumcorn | Evil Squirrel’s Nest

CCC7: Mythical Creature | Dean’z Doodlez

I have lived to tell the tale of my people | Mental in the Midwest

Cartoon Craziness Challenge – Mythical Me | trying to make things right

Cartoon Craziness Challenge – a Thing, redux | heretherebespiders

Mythical Creatures | Somber Scribbler

Week 8

So this week, it’s a little bit of a change from the norm, it’s called ‘Build a Burger‘, basically you have two buns (steady now chaps) and you can put whatever you like between th….in the middle. Your ultimate burger. It can be food, a person, whatever you choose.

You have one week for this challenge which will end on the 7th September, all we ask is that you create a ping back to let us know your post exists. More information can be found on the Cartoon Craziness Challenge Page ^ up there.

Happy Doodling :)

I got the smarts…sometimes!

August 28, 2014August 28, 2014 The Indecisive Eejit8 Comments

Sometimes I have flashes of brilliance, sadly however, they are few and far between. You also must remember that I am rating myself in accordance with my own scale of brilliance, which to be fair, neither starts or finishes very highly.

I suppose rather than being brilliance, it would be better to say I experience seconds of the smarts. In that instance I know what to do, I do it, I don’t flap about it, I am reasonably pleased and the whole incidence passes without too much worry being attached to it.

That’s rather mediocre for having been in a job almost two months, but I am taking comfort from the fact that having seconds of smarts is just the beginning and that full A* status will not be achieved until I have been in my new position for at least six months. Well so those in the know tell me anyway and assuming I am not sacked before that!

If you asked me if I liked the job I still wouldn’t be able to answer, it all depends on what day you ask me. Some are good and some are bad. I like the challenge, but not when it pickles my brains and leaves me feeling like I want to throw myself face first onto the floor and kick and scream. Meh, perhaps that’s just me and nothing to do with the job!

I need to get more organised, both at work and home. I feel that I should have lists and schedules and plans, and ways of working things so that I get more time to do what I want to do, like blogging. It’s a sad state of affairs when your parents have a better social life than you do!

I’m actually blogging this at lunchtime, only I left it too late and didn’t start my lunch until 1.30 and now time is up and I have to go type things for other people instead. So forgive me all my spelling mistakes, and grammatical errors, today I shall blame it on being in a rush.

Remember too, you still have until Sunday to send in an entry for the Cartoon Craziness Challenge, and yes I do know that I still have my own to do!

Just a note to say…

August 24, 2014 The Indecisive Eejit51 Comments

Every now and then there are changes in the blogsphere. As in life, nothing stays the same for ever. People come, people go and in this process only one thing is certain, the writing never stops. Regardless of whose fingers are at the keyboard, the alphabet is assessed, assembled and added to a blog somewhere on the world wide web.

I’ve found this blog invaluable for all manner of reasons, but it’s hard work and devoting time can be problematic in an already busy schedule. Every day I carry my laptop to work with the intention of writing during my lunchtime, but it never happens, something always comes up, or somebody somewhere needs my attention and before you know whats happened the hands on the clock have crept around and stolen 30 minutes from my day. Even as I sit now, my conscience is telling me there are beds to strip, ironing to do and things to prepare for the working week ahead!

Feck it! I’m writing.

Being the owner of a blog brings with it a responsibility of sorts. There is a reasonable expectation that I will post, comment, read and entertain, I have after all tried to trick you into believing I am funny. Last week I didn’t feel funny, I didn’t feel like writing, in fact I didn’t feel like much of anything and I felt guilty for neglecting both you and my little space. This had the knock of effect of pushing me further into the doldrums than I already was. So that begs me to ask the question, did I fail your expectations, or my own!

The truth is I need this space. Aside from work and home life there is not a big pile going on, mainly because between those two there is very little time left. I have nothing but admiration for those of you who read almost every post, comment on probably twice as many, yet still find time to write on your own blog as well. That takes perseverance and dedication.

I’ve thought about giving up many times, but the truth is I don’t think I could, not at the minute anyway. I’m actually surprised, if I am honest, that I have lasted this long, I’ve usually run out of steam within the first month. The main reason I am still here is you guys, because my rambling filled pages on WordPress would be nothing without your interaction.

So forgive me if I do not get to read, like or comment on all of your posts, you have to believe that it is not a lack of interest on my part, but a lack of time. Forgive me if I do not post as often as I would like to, and also if I rant, I am a woman heading for the menopause, it’s bound to happen! and for those of you with meat and two veg stop making faces, you lot are prone to off days as well!

Thank you for sticking with me and my little place on the world wide web and thank you also for being part of my 500 followers :)

In the Dark!

August 21, 2014 The Indecisive Eejit67 Comments

image_1 (2) — Turn the fecking lights on, it’s dark in here!

Sometimes you want to write about things, other times you want to just bury your head in the sand and hope it all goes away. I sort of adopted a half and half approach to this particular funk, I didn’t want to write about it, but there was too much going on for me to walk to the beach to bury my head in the sand, so I stayed quiet and hoped it would disappear.

Sometimes I get cross and need to vent, you have no doubt experienced a few on here if you are a regular follower. Usually though when I get the funk I won’t write at all, mainly because I don’t like sympathy or comments. It’s hard to be funny all the time, and it’s hard to maintain a smile for 8 hours a day when the reality is you just want to beat someone senseless with your shoe. For explanation purposes, I picked a shoe because beating someone with your handbag is such an old lady thing to do and I am feeling old enough as it is!

I’ve been so tired, a combination of too many late nights, a more stressful job and an increased workload in the house. I find myself nodding off in the chair when I finally get to sit in it, which in turn makes me fall out with myself. I hate the idea of wasting the couple of precious hours I get to do my own things, like blogging, falling asleep in a chair.

I hadn’t had a day off for 6 weeks (excluding the weekends of course) so I booked a days leave on Friday because basically my hair looked like I had been playing with balloons and static electricity, I kid you not, it was so wild I half expected to find birds nesting in there. From the moment I stepped downstairs on Friday morning, the Mothership decided it was going to be another weekend of blowing up over stupid little things whether it be force feeding me out of date chicken before I had even had breakfast or a full on melt down over fucking wheelie bins, you name it, it irked her and I got caught in the crossfire. By 11am I was wishing I had gone to work.

When you’re already in a funk that shit doesn’t help, it’s mentally draining. By Saturday morning after at least 10 interruptions while I was trying to get some work done I was ready to jump out a window, backwards, because I did not want my body’s built in air bags to save me!

There is no escape from it. I used to love taking days off, now I dread it, but at the same time I need them.

Thing is though, it’s not just me in a funk, so many of you are feeling exactly the same way. I wonder what’s causing this general feeling oh mehness that hangs over us all like little rain clouds, is it something to do with the fact that Brussel Sprouts are out of season and we therefore have no fuel to blow the blues away?

It’s time to banish the meh, say goodbye to glum, dispense with the doldrums and get our happiness heads on. So for just 2.39 minutes crank up the volume and sing along with Little Voice, it’s time to Get Happy! :)

Cartoon Craziness Challenge – Week 7

August 18, 2014 The Indecisive Eejit36 Comments

It seems I am not the only one in a funk this weather, it’s spreading like wildfire and turning into Meh! Beware people, only a few days left and then we are going to tell the funk to get to feck. The time has come!

Last week in the Cartoon Craziness Challenge we asked you to draw us Memories of a Childhood Vacation. We had some brilliant entries and to ensure you don’t miss out on a single one, I will add links at the bottom of this post.

On a side note my blog buddy Rob shortened the name of the challenge to what he likes to call it C with a baby 3 after it, I might have to pin him down and ask him how he does it (yes Rob this is a hint!) and then pin Mama down and show her how he does it (the baby 3 that is) and see what she thinks.

Anyway for this weeks challenge the theme is another suggestion from Somber Scribbler. I like the idea of this one and my imagination is already running wild, after a short discussion with MM we’ve decided to give you two weeks for this one to allow you to unleash your awesomeness, so instead of being under the funk, it’s time to get your funk on and design yourself a Mythical Creature. Be it fairies, fire breathing dragons, two headed dogs or your boss, the choice is yours to interpret this anyway you choose.

You have until Sunday the 31st August to complete this Challenge, all that I ask is that somewhere within your post you create a pingback to this one so I can see your entry. Happy doodling dudes!

Last Weeks Entries

Evil Squirrel’s Nest Comic #120 — 8/14/14 | Evil Squirrel’s Nest

Cartoon Craziness Challenge – Memories of a Childhood Vacation | heretherebespiders

creative Friday – or – Mama gives a twofer | Mental in the Midwest

Memories (Cartoon Craziness) | Somber Scribbler

Cartoon Craziness Challenge: Memories of a Childhood Vacation | Rob’s Surf Report

Not a Punk Rocker

CCC – Memories of a Childhood Vacation | The Indecisive Eejit

Give Me S’More Time! | Container Chronicles

Cartoon Craziness Challenge – Week 3

July 21, 2014 The Indecisive Eejit40 Comments

It’s hard to believe we are on Week 3 of our challenge already. Mama and I cannot thank you enough for joining in and making this so much fun for us all.

That said, we do still need some feedback on how you feel we are doing so far and ideas for themes you would like to see in the coming weeks, your suggestions are always welcome. If you have spare time, please head on over to Mama’s CCC page here and fill in the little form.

What does this week hold for us I hear you ask, and that is indeed a good question, and one that my good friend Here There Be Spiders e-mailed to me less than an hour ago. To be fair it didn’t take Mama and I long to come up with this weeks theme, Mama suggested it, I liked it, added a tweak and here it is, this weeks theme is Superhero. Now before you all panic, let me expand on that just a little, it can be your favourite Superhero or fictional character, it could also be who you would be as a Superhero. Remember there are no hard and fast rules, it’s your interpretation and it’s also just for fun!!

You have until Sunday to complete your masterpieces. Remember to add a pingback to this weeks Challenge, i.e. this post!

For further information you can check out the Cartoon Craziness Challenge page from the top links.

Looking forward to seeing what you can all come up with!

The final list of last weeks amazing entries for the Self Portrait Challenge!

The Lotus War | Look for the Creators Part II – Animefied Selfie

Cartoon me | trying to make things right

Rob’s Surf Report | Cartoon Craziness Challenge – Self Portrait

Green Embers | Me vs the Universe

Cartoon Craziness Challenge: Self Portrait! | The Indecisive Eejit

CCC: Self Portrait | Dean’z Doodlez

cartoon challenge – self-portrait | Mental in the Midwest

Sideways View | Not a Punk Rocker