Writer's Block: Bottoms up!

For the last couple of years I've managed to reserve NYE for myself.

In my day-to-day life, like a lot of other people, I wind up doing a buttload of stuff I don't particularly want to do, so I've chosen NYE to just cloister myself away here in interweb land, and ring in the new year digitally.

I know it sounds a little sad, but to be honest, I rather enjoy it. No more waking up on January first hung over to the shithouse. No more having to kiss someone you don't really want to at midnight (or that's the way it's been for the last few years...What with my love life being what it is...). 

Anyway...

Went shopping the day after Boxing Day and procured myself a few new books (foolishly after I ordered, like, six from Amazon the night before, lol), and a new fountain pen which I am absolutely in love with. 

I got my first fountain pen for my birthday and it's great, a gift from my mad aunts. It's gold plated, a Sheaffer and very nice. And it really made me see how glorious those pens are - a little slice of decadence, really. So I was in the city a couple of weeks ago looking in a favourite shop called Pen Ultimate (says volumes) and tested, seriously, ten pens. I was in there for about an hour and left eventually with the promise of returning and buying a particular pen.

So, the other day, I did indeed return and the guy remembered me (always nice) and showed me the pen I sort of decided on last time. It's a Sailor (great brand), black resin, gold detailing and a 14 carat nib. So, $270 later, I got a brand new fountain pen. Yes, it's terribly over the top. Sure, it's a little too-too. For sure, my hand writing is nothing short of appalling. But - and it's a big but - it's so nice to write in one's journal with a fountain pen. And besides, this one's lighter than my last one :P So ner.

Can't wait until my books come in from Amazon....If only I could remember which books I ordered. That's what you get from a shopping high, lol. If people insist on giving me gift cards (of which there were a few), then it must be expected that there'd be some kind of frenzy.

And frenzy there was.

P.S. I saw Sherlock Holmes yesterday. I'm not a huge Robert Downey Jr. fan and I wish Jude Law a horrid and fiery death, but they played the characters well (even though RDJ isn't tall enough and Watson was too...Actiony...). It was a good buddy movie, there was enough action and humour. I really wanted to hate it, but, alack, no. Quite good.

P.P.S. If anyone's seen the movie, the scene where Sherlock is crawling across the floor after Watson throws open the curtain, the only thing I could think was..."OMG. That's Greg House." But then I remembered that House was based on Holmes. (Holmes/Homes = House. Watson, John = Wilson, James).