Hey people,
as promised a proper journal udatey thingy but i'm still kinda lazy so I'm going to dot-point it (there is a point to the weird title, so bear with me) :
* I have deffered from uni for a year (july 2007-october 2008) and am currently looking for work, unsuccessfully I might add, I have so far applied for about five jobs, and have been rejected for all of them. As a last resort I submitted an online application for Coles, BiLo and Kmart for part-time or casual work.

* I am currently living with my boyfriend and we are looking for somewhere bigger to live,(currently in a one bedroom unit).

* ok, as for the weird title, it makes sense because I have recently become obsessed with amigurumi (Japanese for crocheted or knitted toy/doll) and can't wait to try it (I'm waiting for my mum so post me some of my stash of wool from homeand possibly some crochet hooks aswell. also I bought a huge book called 'the complete book of crochet stitch designs' it has over 500 stitch patterns and was well worth the $50 I spent on it. So I have spent the last 3 days scouring the internet for free patterns and pictures of amigurumi critters, including brousing through all 1400+ results for an amigurumi search on dA.

so that's about it for now, hopefully in the next couple of weeks i should have some new posts up of my newly crocheted critters.

Also I'M GETTING A NEW CAMERA FOR MY BIRTHDAY!! I know it isn't until april and we've only just had christmas but... yeah, so I have my eye on an Olympus SP-560UZ, and since it's such a big pressie cost wise, it is going to be a collaborative gift (as in from more than one person). so here's some of the specs, that i can remember: it has 18x optical zoom, 8megapixels, ah yup thats all i can remember, *scurries off to google camera specs*
-Dual Shakeproof CCD Image Stabiliser
-18 x Optical Zoom
-8.0 Megapixels
-Face Detection and Shadow Adjust
-Wide Angle 27mm Lens
-Nightproof Technology
-Editproof with Perfect Fix
-2.5" High Resolution LCD Screen and Electronic Viewfinder
-Fast Burst Mode
-Perfect Shot Preview
-Movie mode with sound
-Smile Shot

and it has a super macro mode which can shoot from as close as 1cm (i like taking photos of insects, flowers and absrtact close-ups of stuff, so this will be very handy). it has heaps of other stuff too, and is going to take me ages to learn how to use to its full potential but I intend to do just that.

so thats about it for now.

Happy New Years to all

Rin