Creative work is play

I'm writing a horror story for uni, but no story can conjure the horror caused by the realisation that you've just spilled water all over the keyboard of your laptop!

I managed to get as much water out of it as possible, and let the rest dry under the ceiling fan.  So far it seems ok, I just have to hope that no water got into the main works of the computer. 

Keeping my fingers crossed that it'll be ok!

I'd better back up everything though. 

My brother has just announced that he's planning on joining the army.  He has an interview in two weeks.  I'm so shocked it's cracked through my unemotional tendencies lately.  Can't really describe what I'm feeling besides shock.  I know he's talked about it before, but I didn't think he was serious about it.  I'm worried too, I guess.  I don't want him to be sent somewhere dangerous, which is quite possible these days.  Australia does tend to serve in a lot of foreign wars lately.  I don't want him being killed, or injured, or suffering other effects.  And I don't even know what to think of the idea of him killing someone else! 

He really wants to do it, so I feel I should support him,  but he's my little brother!  I have to keep reminding myself that at 23 he's mature enough to know what he wants.  So I'll be supportive and hope for his sake he gets in. 

I really wonder what motivates me sometimes.  Like why am I contacting a certain person via facebook?  Considering everything that happened between us, it would seem to be a very bad idea.  And doing it under a fake name is fairly well dishonest, but that is for my own protection.  And where to I intend to take this?  I just wanted to find out some information at first, and his profile was listed as for friends only, so I sent him a friend request.  Now I'm more curious to know what he's up to.  At first I thought of just messing with him.   An impulse that has passed perhaps.  But perhaps getting to know him again in this way might be a good idea?  After all, is he likely to be a future problem to me?  This might be my opportunity to find out. 

I just need to be careful. 

Today should have been spent working on my assignment, and I did so some work this morning.  But not as much as I should have.  I'm not feeling so good.  Very achy, so I slept this afternoon, hoping it would help to make me feel better.  I spent this evening playing around on facebook (doing stuff I should keep well away from, but I may explain that later).  And then creating this journal. 

I have had a diary on Open Diary but they are having troubles, and I've decided to leave there for various reasons.  I miss keeping an online journal so I'm starting this one.