Post Numero Uno

Hey there people. I'm Elise. And i like to talk about myself. Therefore, a blog is really the natural progression for me.

Just kidding. But not really.

No, i just noticed that there are a lot of cool blogs coming out of the Planet forum, and like a sheep i decided to follow suit. This is going very well so far, don't you think?

I guess as my first post, it would be logical for me to tell you a few things about myself. So here we go. i give you 'Elise: The Abridged Edition'

My name is Elise. I don't have any crazy nicknames or anything like that. My mother likes to call me Leesey and Possum (I think she has Dame Edna aspirations), and my ex-girlfriend liked to call me shortstuff. I did not really appreciate this, so if you try it, i will probably kill you. Am i joking? You just never know.

I'm 21 years old, and I live at home with my parents, my 23 year old brother and my two sisters, aged 17 and 18. Yes, my house is mood-swing city most of the time. There is a lot of crying over boys and arguments that involve missing clothes, makeup and shoes. it's pretty funny. I'm 'the good one'. i don't cause trouble, i do what i'm asked (most of the time) and i just generally look after myself. They would never admit it, but i'm pretty sure i'm the favourite kid around here. My competition is not tough though. I have a lazy, irresponsible screw-up of a brother, and a short-tempered party girl and an airheaded brat for sisters. There's just no contest. It's sad, really.

Despite this, i actually quite like living at home, and i love my family. We hang out a lot. I consider my siblings to be my closest friends. Don't tell them i said that. I'd never live it down. My family is sort of dysfunctional. We can't really express affection towards each other, at all. No hugging, minimal compliments, nothing emotional at all. Instead, we insult each other in an affectionate way. For example, if my sister's going out somewhere and she asks me if she looks alright, my immediate response is to jokingly say "no, you look like a whore". It's just strange. It works for us though.

I'm at Uni, studying teaching. This is my forth and final year of my degree. By the end of this year, i will be a fully qualified Secondary English and History teacher. I know you're rolling your eyes right now, wondering why in the name of all that is good and holy would i want to do that for the rest of my life. Sometimes i think the same thing. I can't say that i'm 100% sure that this is my calling, but for now i'm sticking at it. The degree is boring, but i really enjoy the actual hands-on teaching that i've gotten to do during the last few years.

Uh, i don't know what i have to say now. I'm rather boring. I just work, study and hang out with my friends most of the time. I work in a chicken shop, Red Lea Chickens. The work sucks, but i love the people there. going to work is like turning up to the set of a soap opera sometimes. Everyone always has these fantastic stories to share with me about their lives. It's fantastic. i'll probably blog about this at a later date, because i had a mind-blowing day at work yesterday.

Oh, I guess i should throw in that i'm gay, and single (hello ladies...). I just broke up with my girlfriend of nine months about a month ago. That was an ordeal in itself. Her name was Sam (and probably still is), and we met online a few years ago. It was this long saga of both of us secretly liking each other, but neither having the courage to bring it up. Anyway, she saw other people, i saw other people, it was all very messy. finally, after being best buds for like 2 years, i asked her out. Which was great. That didn't really work out though. Distance is a bitch, and neither of us tried hard enough to make it work, so we ended up resenting each other. Of course, as the dumper, i got the blame and the guilt here, even though She told me she was going to dump me a few weeks earlier anyway.

I don't get girls.

Let that be a lesson to you. Don't hook up with your best friend unless you're willing to risk losing them. Sam won't talk to me now, so i'm in a slightly bitter place at the moment.

Okay, last thing about me: I'm pretty sarcastic and cynical. To me, the glass is usually half empty. And chipped. If you can't handle a healthy dose of bitchy negativity, then move along, because there is nothing for you here. Please leave immediately and go directly to the sunshine and puppies website.

So that's it for now. i'll post again soon. Probably tonight, because i'll be home, and i usually get bored quite easily. I'm not dumb enough to think that people will actually read this, but on the off-chance that someone does, if there are any questions, i'm happy to answer them. Unless they're about maths. Maths and i decided that our relationship would be better off if we gave each other some space.

Love and shiny things,

Elise