Gizmo 

Olwen 

Its been a While, Yes

Well it has been quite a while between posts. I have been wandering trying to get anyone possible to employ me. But as we all know adults with arts degrees are not the most in demand. So I am wandering around doing somethin called JST just in case I did not know how to look for a job. So it is all really quite fun.

I have two kittens called Olwen and Gizmo They are about 4.5 months old and VERY cute.
So I get do get to entertain myself with them. But hopefully a job will come soon. Being unemployed is NOT INTERESTING! Just so you know the kittens came about because a couple of riends of mine's cat had kittens. Completely unexpected but what was really great is that everyone wanted to have one. There were three kittens and the all got homes. It really could have been a lot worse.

But I could not have asked for anything better.

DARWIN!!

Well I have made it to Darwin and I am having a marvellous time. Lots to do and not much time to do it in.
I seem to have brought the good weather up here with me (at least for a while) and hopefully it will stay a bit longer.
Oh and the big news is I seem to have passed all my courses and I should be graduating in the new year.
Cheers and Ciao

A long time between posts

Well it has been a long time between posts. Mostly because I have been rushed off my feet organising my life. Not that all is going to plan. I am about to embark on a voyage to Darwin. Me the cold lover. So that should be interesting. 7 days and then I am going to be permanently hot for a month.
I am hoping that my job situation will work itself out over the next few days. You never know there could be a job just for me out there waiting.
I always believe that optimism is the key.
Now as I have the key all I need is the key hole.

FINISHED, almost

Well life is moving along smoothly. I have just finished my last ever university essay. ( hopefully) My brain feels like it is about to collapse, but other then that everything is dandy.

Now it is a time for jobs jobs jobs. If I can find a job before I mysteriously disaapear to the Northern tips I will be one happy wondercat. Not only will I be able to exist but I will be able to enjoy muself whilst I am up there.

Only one downer. I have to wait til the 13 of December till I will know if I am graduating. So me, I am crossing my fingers and toes, and my bird Mij is crossing all of his feathers and claws.

You never know the next time you see me you might see a graduat!!

The countdown continues

The countdown to the end of my university career continues with all essays done bar 2. Nervousness has set in and I am not looking forward to writing these essays. BUT I have figured out I need 9 marks out of 30 and 2 marks out of 30 to gain a pass in two subjects so things are looking hopeful. I have 4000 words until the end. It feels so close yet I am so far.

I have had an interesting time applying for jobs. I had some editorial help ( that is I wrote and they edited) for my applications. Hopefully this will help me get through the first round of applications. FINGERS CROSSED.

I found an ex citing way of earning money, writing poetry for cards. Should very interesting. They pay about 100 dollars for each successful poem published. I am really hoping that I can write something worthwhile. You never know Some day out there you might be reading a "sorry I can't be here" card and I will have written that. I'll defeat Hallmark one day. Just you watch!!

Html fiddling

Well I am quite proud of myself I figured out how to place an image on my blog. I did some html fiddling ( yes it is surprising that an arts student knows HTML) So I have placed my scary inner cat on my blog forever, as a sort of watcher, a feline godfather perhaps?
I have been chasing down a graduate position with no success. BUT I am still hopeful. Bureaucracy at work is fun to watch but not to be a part of. Hopefully I will find out eventually that I have been rejected.
20 days till my days of freedom. Freedom is getting closer as are the all important assignments. Fingers crossed I pass them all.

The hecticity of la vie

Life is a hectic place at the moment. It doesn't matter whether I am writing essays or swinging madly from the ceiling, life just can't get any more stressful. Today begins the countdown to the end of my university career. In just 22 days I will have finished my final 5 assignments and hopefully embark on a meaningful career somewhere. 22 days. When you think about it, it isn't that long. 3 weeks and 1 day until I am a free agent. The only problem now is fear, and butterflies. What is the age old saying? The only thing we have to fear is fear itself? I'd like to add a few things to that: fear, butterflies and graduation.

I was a cat in a previous life

I was definitely a cat in a previous life. As a lot of people like to put pictures of themselves up on their blogs I thought I'd put a picture of the true inner me.

First Post

Well what an exciting day this is. I have been wondering about blogs for quite a while and now I have one of my very own. Welcome to the world of clairabelle dedicated to memories we find lose and never see again. Here's a poem just for the occasion.

Memories Lost

The wind blows the dust off past lives,
like an old woman beginning her spring cleaning:
Thoughts, ideas and memories;
each are savoured and forgotten.

Thoughts of a prior generation
shining through the dust,
a burst of sunlight
in the darkened depths of the earth.

Ideas are sown into the woodwork,
chiselled into eternity,
slowly forgotten,
covered by the grey of solitude.

Memories walk down lanes,
twisting, turning, becoming one,
clouding over, written to remember;
the wind blows the dust off past lives.

Claire Frances Saunders

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