An update, dvd reviews, software, novels, and other stuff

There’s been a few large and small changes in my life of late. The in-laws from Sydney came up for a week which was good: we went fishing and got drunk most days. I had my usual bout of motion sickness the day after. Applied for a few jobs closer to home during a week’s recreational leave. We had a swimming pool installed with a new landscaped area, new fences around the property, and are currently undergoing extensions. I had never felt so healthy – then I started working again and from day one, started to get sick again.

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a horrible illness. There are no definitive tests or cures. You can’t see it, so when you tell somebody you have it, they think it’s just that you are tired all the time. As sick as it makes me each day, my only medicine is literally, to ignore it. At least I’m not in bed 20 hours a day like I used to be.

My writing is still going well. I’m almost finished with my second draft of Animal/A Place Beyond. Haven’t decided on a title yet. I started submitting my novel The Badman for publication and I intend to finalise other novels with a view to finding a home with a publisher and a good agent. All good stuff.

I also heard on the grapevine that the new Microsoft Windows (Windows 7) will be released in under 10 days, and that students get a discount – good for me, because my college membership is still valid. I’ll post more details on that when I get it (I bought Office Ultimate 2007 for a fraction of the price).

I have stopped my ‘book reviews’ for a while because, well, I couldn’t be bothered – but I have started up the DVD reviews for no other reason than to imply that the recent spate of horror movies are getting worse, and the lower budget horror/thrillers are getting better. It will be good competition and good for the industry if this trend continues. Recent movies that suck include Splinter, Quarantine, Underworld Rise of the Lycans and Friday 13th. I am dreading the next Saw movie.

So, wish me luck with my job applications and submissions, and thanks for reading!