Breaking the cycle.

Some arse is playing drums nearby and now a bit of guitar. It's getting annoying. But then I forgot it's Montrose Music Festival this weekend so there's going to be noise and people everywhere.

I am in a rut, been very difficult for me to keep normal sleep patterns and getting various things like ECDL coursework, job applications and the like has been very difficult. Wasting hours not doing anything, even just sitting down to watch stuff, been so indecisive that I've just seen random bits and pieces.

It's definitely my depression, but it's like a slow drone in the background rather than anything worrying.

A lot of it is due to two of my support avenues being unavailable. My advisor at the job center has left and my worry over being assigned to someone new along with absolute sheer terror at the government's latest ways of punishing the unemployed have mereally stressed out.

Ok, bloke on microphone now, definitely a soundcheck. Aha, just realised it's for tonight's Status Quo gig.

My mental health thing the next town over is undergoing rebranding and restruscturing so they haven't been available for a few weeks, so I haven't had anyone to talk to about fears and problems.

Also a bit stressed about my Oxfam volunteering tomorrow as I@ve no guarantee the other volunteer's going to show up and I'm really not prepared to be left on my own in there, especially if a customer needing sa refund comes back as we have to have two people sign the refund book.

Just need something to kick me up the arse and get going again.

I did however manage to watch...

The World's End (2013) - Not as good as the other two movies in the Cornetto trilogy, but still enjoyed it. Wasn't sure for first half-hour as I didn't much like the bloke who's meant to be the lead character, but eventually it works. Many bonus points for Nick Frost being allowed to absolutely kick arse, always a sucker for a fat bloke getting to fight well.

Moon (2009) - Absolutely wonderful sci-fi movie, I'm a sucker for "real" sci-fi movies like Silent Running, Outland and the like and this is one of the best. I went in knowing nothing except it starred Sam Rockwell as a bloke working on the moon and because of that I was surprised by events and pleased that what I'd assumed was happening, wasn't. Looks beautiful, great model work from industry veteran Bill Pearson and has a lovely Clint Mansell soundtrack. Highly recommended.

Also...

...turns out Tuesday was the one year anniversary of me moving into the flat. I'm alive, relatively well and not just surviving, actually being mostly okay with life.

Go me.

Friday Five - British kid's TV shows.

A random sentence on TVTropes had me roaming YouTube for old kid's telly shows, now those reading will likely have heard of certain ones like Bagpuss, The Clangers or Blue Peter, but below the cut are five others I fondly remember from my childhood.

( Clicky! )