This week, I've been doing something every evening.
Monday: Spanish social at Vodka Revolution and Embrace. Was all right but I prefer to chill out with friends than do the whole 'srs clubbing scene.'
Tuesday: Went to see The Pitmen Painters at the Lyceum with some friends, for part of our English Lit course. So much more entertaining than I expected it to be; it was brilliant. That, and the fact I got to sit really close to someone I quite like right now. ;) Yeah, I'm pathetic.
Wednesday: Attempted to get on Sheffield's team for University Challenge. LOL. I knew nothing would come of it but it was so much fun. I got 13/50 on the Arts and Literature round, which was, I hasten to point out, two points better than the third year sitting next to me! Still lolworthy though. Maybe I'll know more next year.
Thursday: 5th November - a few of us went to see the Fireworks at Don Valley Stadium. They were lovely but could have gone on longer, I though. Watched my friends go on the fairground rides, which was amusing, because Matt was screaming like a girl. XD
Friday: Played badminton with a group of my friends. I'm going again next week as well, but I need to buy my own racket. God my muscles ache now though.
It's been more socialising than work this week, but I feel okay about it because last weekend I was working solidly to submit a book review on George Rudé's The French Revolution. Got my mark back for my first ever English assignment and I received 68, which is a high 2.1, so I was pleased with that.
I know I need to catch up with all of you - I'm such a bad LJ friend. But please please feel free to comment here and let me know what you've been up to; I'd love to hear from you. :)
| Your Name Comes From Mercury |
 And it's likely that when you're not talking, you're writing. You love communicating your thoughts. You are also quite studious. You find learning to be both easy and rewarding. You are good at understanding what is being communicated to you. You also know what questions to ask to better clarify things. |
Met up with a friend I've known since playgroup but hadn't seen for 5 years, which was lovely. We just sat and talked for aaaages over lunch, then went around various bookshops. We had so much to catch up on. We also went around the Fitzwilliam Museum and saw the Darwin exhibition. I saw my sister too, but it was a bit of a flying visit as she's very busy atm. However she and Terry are coming to stay with us in Cornwall for a few days before I go to university, so that'll be nice.
Ok this was a really brief entry but I'm tired and need to do some other things. XD Hope you're all well though; I'll try and catch up with your journals at some point!
I'll speak to you all in a week! <3
EDIT: I've just noticed that I'm going to France on 10th Thermidor. O.o Spooky ...
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excited - Music:Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid
Mostly we just talked about looooads of things, which was lovely, and we also watched a whole shitload of stuff, such as:
- American Psycho
- Bound
- In Bruges
- Blazing Saddles
- The X Files
- Black Books
We also went to the cinema to see Star Trek; we had wine and pizza beforehand which was not ideal, as I was extremely giggly for the first 10 minutes of the film, you know, the serious part. >__< Annnnnd one film deserves a special mention, because I am now hooked on it: Ruby made me watch Repo! The Genetic Opera, and yes, it's-a good! I didn't like it the first time I watched it, but we started talking about it from a humorous point of view, and so that made me want to see it again, so we did, and the rest is history. The music seemed very 'meh' to begin with, but when I got to know it better I found it very far from that. It's rocky and catchy. And some of the characters are hilarious. We started planning a crack fic, so that'll give me something to do!
Ruby and I also had drunken fun tiems. We basically danced around my room all evening to Lonely Island songs (how random is that?) which were cranked up at high volume. Why is it that things seem really quiet when you're drunk?
So yeah, we had fun. I didn't want her to go home. :'(
In other news I have an interview for a summer job at Boots in two weeks. Woot.
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groggy
To say it's my birthday, it's been extremely anti-cllimactic. I only got a few cards, and one present. My other present was an iPod from mum and dad, but that came a few days ago. It's awesome though; I've had fun messing around with iTunes. It's 120gbs as well, so I don't think I'll need an upgrade for a while. ;)
We didn't go anywhere today; the weather up until about an hour ago has been drizzly. The only thing I'm doing is another performance of our community play, which is receiving a lot of lovely reviews, and all of our audiences so far seem to love it, although in different ways. I'm having quite a bit of fun and all the people taking part are really nice and welcoming. Apparently the male chorus is going to sing me Happy Birthday tonight, which should be interesting seeing as they can't carry a note. xD
Tomorrow
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roobes83 is coming to visit for a week, and it'll be EPIC because we haven't seen each other in about four months, so I expect drunken antics and general craziness will ensue. Not to mention tons of film-watching! She'll be staying here for a week so I won't be on LJ much. Speak soon guys!The community play is going okay; I was rehearsing both Saturday and Sunday, and the latter day we spent at the outdoor theatre where we'll be performing. That was fun, as I helped out with the directing and we blocked all of act one. However we didn't do act two, and I don't think anyone knows what we're doing for that, which is bad because we're performing in less than two weeks. :o Also the band couldn't be there because there's a stupid law about having to be licensed if you want to play in a public place on a Sunday. Silly, outdated law.
I saw some really nice shoes today in Liskeard, but I'm going to buy them next month because I've already run over this month's budget. I don't know how that happened. Well I do.
What is it with The X Files that you have to watch more than one episode a day? So addictive! I'm on Series 5 now and it's taken all of a couple of months to get this far. I watched Chinga last night - it was bloody and grim and pretty cool, having been written by Stephen King. And awww, Mulder with his pencils. That man is adorable. I'm adamant that I won't buy the next series until next month though. Need to save money, especially because Ruby's coming to visit
- Mood: tired
| You Are An ENTJ |
 You are a natural leader - with confidence and strength that inspires others. Driven to succeed, you are always looking for ways to gain, power, knowledge, and expertise. Sometimes you aren't the most considerate person, especially to those who are a bit slow. You are not easily intimidated - and you have a commanding, awe-inspiring presence. In love, you hold high standards... for yourself, for your relationship, and for your significant other. While it's easy for you to impress others, it's hard for you to find someone who impresses you. At work, you are organized and good at delegating. You understand how to achieve goals. You would make a great CEO, entrepreneur, or consultant. How you see yourself: Rational, calm, and objective When other people don't get you, they see you as: Inflexible, controlling, and overbearing |
In other news, there's a helluva lot of Watchmen merch I really want, but the tricky thing would be smuggling it past my dad when it came through the post. >__> And wow, there is some cool stuff already for the new Terminator film, which I cannot wait to go and see (although it would require me to watch the first three!).
Talking of films, here is a short film made by
ecossefilmmaker , which I understand is being entered in a few festivals this year. It's a film noir, and it's very good. It'd be great if you could check it out, and comment saying what you thought!2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search or other search functions. NO CHEATING.
( memeeee )
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curious - Music:Ode to Joy :D
- Mood: calm
Have a nice week and I'll speak to you all on Friday. I'll bring back some leprechauns. ;)
- Mood:
nervous - Music:Bale Out
I feel I need to update because I haven't done so in ages. Just to let you know I haven't gone to live underground, okay? Although it would probably be warmer down there. D:
Ummm...I haven't been doing too much important RL stuff; I've just started packing for Dublin (I leave on Sunday until next Friday) and I've mainly been trying to ignore all the building work going on in our living room, which is right next to my bedroom. It's been so unbelievably noisy but thankfully it's done now, and we have a proper fireplace with a woodburner and a somewhat solid floor foundation.
I've been doing quite a bit of Spanish; working out grammar stuff and watching TV dubbed into Spanish. It all helps. Yesterday we had a listening test and I'm pretty sure I got all of the questions right, so I was pleased with that.
Re: fandom stuff: Is anyone else getting really excited about Watchmen? Holy crap I absolutely cannot wait for that movie. Rorschach looks and sounds fantastic - he's the right height, he's perfected the character's stance down to a T, and his mask with the moving inkblots is just sheer genius. His voice is just the way I imagined it, although it is slightly Batman-ish. I'd have to see the film to really make my mind up though. The whole style of it looks awesome. If you haven't already seen it, here's the second trailer:
For some reason I'm going through a Christian Bale phase at the moment (I tend to have phases with actors; no idea why) so over the past few days I've watched American Psycho (totally brilliant), The Prestige, and Batman Begins (seen that before but it is simply superb). I'm making my parents watch The Prestige tonight.
On another note, I watched Brazil yesterday. Very, very weird, and now whenever I hear that song I will be reminded of those scary masks or Jonathan Pryce flying through the air with phoenix wings. It was good though - apart from depicting a country full of bureaucracy, the whole satirical comment on plastic surgery was horrifying and funny at the same time. But I did think it had sort of been done before - for me it seemed like 1984 meets Blade Runner. Michael Palin works scarily well as a torturer though. Hehe.
- Mood: calm
Right. Panic then sleep.
Speak to you all on Sunday!
- Mood: anxious
I'm sure all you Americans out there are feeling so proud right now.
(Full transcript of the speech can be found here: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Inaugurat
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enthralled
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
- Location:Saffron's House
- Mood: ecstatic
I still have about a million and one things to do before I go to bed. Why am I on the internet then? Good question. Well for one thing I am sorting out my camera software; I have also been beta-ing fic (and trying to post mine. Titles are the most difficult things to come up with).
I've mostly packed but there are still things scattered everywhere and I don't have enough space in my bag for everything I should be taking. I really don't know what to do about bringing all the stuff back from Gemma's. I'll figure that out when I get there, I suppose.
I was panicking and in tears last night because I started to feel very ill; shivering and aching and getting headaches, and I thought that I might not even be able to go tomorrow. D: I didn't go to Spanish today because I felt like shit. I'm still not perfect, but I'm dosing myself up and just hoping that I'll be able to get through the coach journey without too much grief. Argh. Seriously, why now???
Anyway, I'm off now, and I hope you all have a great three weeks! I know I will! :D I probably will be posting at some points but it will be very infrequently. TTFN!
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sick
Packing is a Devil sent demon from Hell. I'm supposed to be travelling light but once you've put all your necessaries together, and decided on clothes and shoes, and packed your toiletries bag etc etc, you realise that actually, it's IMPOSSIBLE to travel light. If I was male I'm sure I'd manage with more ease, but I'm not. Also, Gemma still has a load of stuff to give me that I left at her house before I moved down here, so I have to find space for that somewhere, and on top of that I have Xmas presents to transport up and down. This is not easy, folks.
Bleaugh. Guess I'd better go and take some paracetamol.
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crappy
I went to the Doctor's about my headaches yesterday - they're tension headaches and it's a lot to do with stress and posture and lack of exercise. It's normal for them to last for days, but she said I mustn't keep relying on painkillers because your body gets used to them and then if you don't take them for a couple of days you actually get a withdrawal headache. But anyway, it's good to know it's nothing serious. I just guess I have to put up with them and try exercising more etc.
I struggled a bit in Spanish today. For some reason my brain couldn't get its head around saying 'What time does the bank open' and other time-related things. I managed fine with giving and asking directions though, and the listening exercises were good. It's just down to practise I suppose!
I'm suffering from Batman withdrawal; I haven't read a graphic novel since Hush and I might just cave in and buy the second vol. I wasn't too impressed with its storyline and there are a couple of characters in it I'm not too familiar with, but the art is lovely and it is quite intriguing. I don't really want to have to sit in front of my laptop and read all the things I've downloaded; although I am partway through the first vol of No Man's Land and The Joker's Last Laugh (this is weird! Who's the Azrael guy and why isn't Mistah J trying to do something far more inventive with his last few months?) so I might just finish those off before I go off on my travels.
I leave for Cambridge a week tomorrow! :D :D
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hungry
