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I am being so very cunning. It is 6:25pm and the day is sneakily going by, trying to make me run out of time in which to complete my history seminar work. But I have not forgotten it. However, I decided that some procrastination was in order so I'm updating to forestall the inevitable. I definitely fulfil the requirements of being a student.
So, the most tiring thing I did today was go food shopping. I KNEW buying potatoes and bottles of water and OJ was not a good idea with the walk to the bus stop. My hands were bright red and stinging by the time I got there. Damn heavy bags. Anyway, so I was relieved that the bus was at the stop when I got there, no waiting. It was a double decker and very noisy when braking, but I disregarded these signs of impending doom happily because I could put my bags down. Ten minutes later and the bus stops randomly in a residential area. The next thing we know, the driver is phoning the bus company HQ and saying he can't get through the road. After many minutes of disgruntled silence he turned around and said 'Sorry. You'll have to get on the next bus that comes along. Sorry.' He actually said 'sorry' more times than that and for some reason looked at me a lot when he did. I have thus come to the conclusion that I make scary expressions. So, there were many more minutes of disgruntled silence following this. And then a bus came up and stopped in front, and we all gleefully jumped off the double decker to get on the new shiny bus. Only not. Because it was a bus for training drivers so we were not allowed on. After this a bus finally came along, but it was apparently a nervous one that had decided to bring another friend along with it, so we had the choice of two buses to travel on. I still feel the First bus company owes me candy, however.
And that's about it. My thoughts are full of Sasuke, Itachi, how to avoid my history work and revise without doing any work but that is about it. Oh. WoW. I knew I was missing something. My addiction to the game has apparently returned and once more I spend a lot of my time in the Auction House spending my online money as recklessly as my solid moneys. I bought this beauty for 20g as well as the axe I've wanted for AGES. Switching to guns from crossbows is a bit weird though. Firearms don't suit night elves terribly much, but...damn, look at the stats on this one. It's so worth it.
...and I've exhausted all possible topics for today's entry :D Actually, I'll do an edit after I've watched Naruto 134. I might be highly ambitious and post some screencaps, too. Anything to avoid history work ;]
Edit: Damn. That was an amazing episode.
( Spoilers for 134 and image heavy as well as some bashing of episode 133 :D )
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[06 May 2005|10:39pm] |
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Wow. I can't believe it's coming up to 2 years in a few months since I last updated here...it feels like it should seem longer. But the things I talked about are like they only happened a month or so ago. Crazy. But I still visit this place all the time, so even if I have a blog elsewhere I figure it wouldn't hurt to keep this updated a bit.
So at the moment, I'm just waiting for my exams to appear so I can sit them and then fuck off from uni for about four months. Sounds good to me. I love what I study, but still...being here alone sucks. I wonder if I can deal with it next year. After all, at the start of 2005 I did have friends here. Sucks they dropped out, but they're not coming back so I can't do anything but deal. And I don't know why I'm saying this because I thought I already worked it out.
On to more fun things: new computers. I seem to have sufficient funds to aid me in my slacking lifestyle, so hopefully will get a new comp at the start of June. Not the best specs, since I don't have the budget for it, but one that will run WoW well enough for me to be able to actually PLAY my hunter without the damn game freezing every 5 seconds. I wanna go to Dire Maul and BRD, dammit!!
And the Naruto obsession continues. Going strong since feb '03. Actually, more like an Uchiha obsession now. Especially with the most recent anime eps focussing on the fight between Sasuke and Naruto. The manga too, is interesting...so it doesn't seem like this fixation is going to be ending any time soon.
And lastly: YAY! I got in to do Renaissance I and II for the first semester of English next year. It was the only module out of the three I even wanted to do, so there would have been trouble if I didn't get it. The Renaissance is such a fascinating period...and it'll be easier for me, because I've studied the period in detail before through history.
So. Yeah. I think my life was actually more interesting 2 years ago. The highlight of my day has been reading the Independent newspaper and keeping up with election results. I know a scary number of facts about it now, and have also (by way of the BBC's election results via maps) improved my geography considerably.
Which is more of an accomplishment than anything else I've done recently.
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[05 Aug 2003|11:04am] |
Bye :o
Back in a week~
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[31 Jul 2003|04:54pm] |
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5 more days until holiday~
I managed to get a few supplies for then today, like a couple of books to last me over the week. It took me a while to settle on only 2 (have to budget) so in the end I got Rhapsody by Elizabeth Haydon and Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier. The latter is set in a Celtic sort of time period, so should be pretty interesting. Anything vaguely historical I'm bound to like. But I also checked out some of the new hardbacks, read the blurb for The Briar King, and now really really want it. But I can't take a hardback with me on holiday for one, and for two it's 17.99 ~_~;; So I went to the nearest discount shop, since they sell hardbacks for under £10. They didn't have it...so now I'll have to see if they get it in on saturday. But it looks so interesting, there seems to be such a range of characters >_< GIMME T_T It's rather thanks to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) germsama that I picked it up to look at actually, usually I only skim hardbacks by authors I know ^_^; I think I should look around for reviews and recommendations by other people more, I usually tend to only rely on myself for choosing books.
Anyhow, I'm sure most people aren't that riveted by book talk :3
I forgot that this time the currency in Crete will be euros, not the old drachma...or however you spell it. The exchange rate isn't that great, but I changed my money today anyway. About 40 euros for 30 pounds. I can't believe I'm only taking such a tiny amount of money XD But again, I really need to budget anyway, and Crete will mostly consist of touring historical sites and subathing by/going in the pool. Money will probably go towards ice-cream more than anything else.
My mum is mean :{ She stopped my buying this pink t-shirt with a picture which said 'Boys are stupid. Throw rocks at them' and dragged me out of the store ;-;
Also debated with self for an unreasonable amount of time over whether to buy Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire for plane journey. Poor UK people have only just got it released here. No matter what people say about pokemon, it's a damn good game for holding attention. The stupid thing is though, there aren't any Eevee's. Which means no Vaporeons, Jolteons or Flareons...how lame :{ Think I better stop now, it sounds like I know what I'm talking about o_O;;
Decided against it in the end, after haggling with self. Agreed not to buy today on the condition I could have today and friday to debate again on whether to buy on saturday.
Feel in a reading mood. Hopefully I can resist starting on my new books...I could probably finish both of them in the 5 days until my holiday if I wanted >_>
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[27 Jul 2003|10:53pm] |
Anyhow, I went to my cousin's show after work yesterday. I was really impressed with how professional all the dancers were. They must have put an incredible amout of effort into remembering all the moves and getting them all right. It wasn't like a classical dancing show or anything, but mainly modern songs (mostly pop) with sorta...well, I can't describe the movements ~_~;
Got back home around 11pm, but my parents were still out at some riverboat shuffle party. So I had a couple of hours to go on the net, while trying to stay awake. Those 9 hours at work were pretty busy x_x It was raining, so everyone's like 'I NEED TO GO SHOPPING AND SPEND MONEYS!! :{!!
The shopping centre was SO busy. I dislike the staff cafe, so I always go into the food court in the mall to eat. But there were so many damn people there that I couldn't get anything, and there was no-where to sit either -_- Which meant I had to settle for one small sausage roll after waiting ages for my lunchbreak. I was on 4th, so lunch was 2pm. And I hadn't had much for breakfast, which was at 7am T_T I thought that was a little unfair, so indulged in a Cinnabon during 20 min afternoon break. Man, that was THE best cinnabon I have ever eaten.
Also today I was told of the existance of ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) gadguard by yasuragi :D!! Katana-fans and Arashi-haters unite~
I think I'm going to go read some of the Liveship Traders trilogy now, examining Malta as a character is rather interesting.
(BOOKS ARE NOT BORING)
...anyone who says they are will die by my hand D:
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[24 Jul 2003|06:31pm] |
Every year I remember that the 6 weeks summer holiday isn't actually that great o_o
I have nothing to do, and as a result end up getting obsessed with something. But now I have multiple obsessions, some of the newest including Gad Guard, Hunter x Hunter and X. This wouldn't be a bad thing if it was only my mental energy that was drained. However, I tend to want stuff to do with my obsessions. Thus resulting in a depleted bank account. I got pissed off trying to get X episodes online so I ordered a DVD or two of the 'official' release in America. American DVDs = region 1. Me in UK = use region 2. So I had to then go through the trouble of finding out how to hack the region code thingy in our entertainment system. Hope it worked, I can only check when I get the DVD through.
One more day and then I'll need to go to work again. Bugger.
Also another bad thing is that for some reason I can't get files off IRC at the moment, fserves keep giving me the message to set DCC to +59 or something, which I do, and it STILL DOESN'T WORK >_< I'm not quite sure what the problem is. Was working fine last week. Guess I'll need to wait for Hemuloki to put chapter 6 of Tsubasa on the main page :x
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[23 Jul 2003|10:27pm] |
I'm sure other people have times when they realise that they're REALLY not the only people out there with problems. Especially on the net. Now, people shouting and throwing things around doesn't affect me in the same way that some words do. I was reading an online friend's blog, and I suddenly became aware this person had a whole bunch of problems I had no idea about, and yet they strangely fitted in as something I should have detected.
Now I'll readily admit I'm a self-centered person, and I think a lot of people are, to some extent. I know people have problems. I know people hide them when they talk to other people on the internet. And yet...it really is amazing how much a person can convey of their feelings through words. Generally I hate to use cliche sort of phrases, but putting your thoughts into words can really be like showing a part of your soul to other people. I'm not really forming cohesive thoughts here, am I? I just wanted to bounce a few ideas around from my head. Hate when I think of too much stuff and get confused. This sort of clears my head, by sorting through thoughts. And I see some stuff I was only thinking sub-consciously. Language is an amazing thing. There, that's my final thought on that. Although...that wasn't my initial topic o_O;;
Hey, look, I use way less emoticons/smilies when I type a bit more seriously. Geez, I don't know what I'd do without the internet. Like the person whose blog I read, I really rely on a lot of people online. People I haven't met for real, but people I still know in a strange way who know me too. Sometimes they have a better grasp of me than I do. See, I told you I'm self-centered...how many times have I used 'I' in this entry? x_x
So I'll move onto another subject. On Saturday, there's a dance show my cousin's involved in that I'm going to after word. I'm really looking forward to it, because so far I've only seen videos. I didn't realise before how into dancing she was, and she's good at it too. Not to mention she got a level 5 in her year 6 (age 10-11) SATs just like me, and we all know English is the more important out of Eng, Maths + Science ;D
Level 5 is the average level for pupils in year 9 taking SATs, who're about 14. Good on her :D In my year 6 SATs I got 3x level 5s. Didn't do much work, got good results, became far more lazy after that. Tests really aren't a good thing. Speaking of which, results for AS levels next month. Not looking forward to them. Was lazy. Did no revision. Am bad girl.
Have filled my rambling quota now.
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[22 Jul 2003|10:05pm] |
You know, I found out today that I really like Hunter x Hunter. I've only read the manga so far, but it's really good. I wonder why I read mostly shonen stuff, though o_O; Killua is my favourite character, and is strangely similar in some ways to Tao Ren from Shaman King. I'm not sure which came first, but...both from a family of assassins, where they get tortured in dungeons for having friends? Hmm...weird.
Really hard to remember what else I've done today apart from read manga. Uh. Oh, washing up. I actually spared 5 minutes to wash up everything :D So proud of myself. Shame I don't have the same sort of dedication to my room *takes one look at the piles of clothes/books/misc. crap and runs away*
Every since I moved from the top bunk to the fold down futon in my bunk bed, I've had a lot less room to generally mess up. This results in the amount of clutter building upwards instead of outwards. Never a good thing when you have a neat-freak mother. The good side of this is that a neat-freak mother can't bear to look at such an abused bedroom, let alone walk in it to tidy up.
Tomorrow I'll be going into town again, but this time I'm hoping for more financial restraint on my part. £12.50 for less than 200 pages of manga? Okay, so it was a GREAT volume (<3 Kamui + Subaru) but really...:3
It's also Sasuke's birthday tomorrow :D Normally I would use this feeble excuse as a reason to buy myself another birthday cake (christmas, easter and my mum's birthday are valid reasons, why not a non-existant character :D?!?!) but I feel a little...not up for sweet stuff right now. Probably to do with several packs of gummy milk bottles in my stomach. Ohhh, but they're sooo good...
Self-control is so not my forte.
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[20 Jul 2003|12:56pm] |
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It has just gone 12pm, and I have not been up long. Went to be bad at sometime past 12am, after going to party after work. It was my nan's 80th, so there were quite a lot of...'old' people there. I got stared at a bit. Which wasn't my fault, as no-one was quite sure of the dress code. I settled on wearing a pink corset top with sparkly things and some tight bootleg jeans. And there's all these old ladies in old fashioned dresses and perms. Must have looked SO out of place T_T
But it was interesting anyway and I talked with quite a few people, including one lady who was particularly well-educated, especially in history. That talk lasted a long time x_x It's nice to talk to someone once in a while who appreciates the importance of older periods of history, instead of thinking crappy world wars are all there is to it >_> She even knew quite a bit about Anne Boleyn (my favourite figure in Tudor history) so there was a discussion on her as well.
There were exactly three people there younger than me; my cousin's two little daughters, one 4 years and one 9 weeks, I think. And another girl who was my grandad's (passed away about 5 years ago) great niece. Why the hell are families so complicated? I guess I should be thankful it wasn't my mother's side of the family though...I swear they're all scattered in EVERY country in every continent o_O; Anyway, I didn't get to talk with her because I was too nervous to say anything, which was kinda a shame. It's weird how I can talk much better to adults/older people and get really worked up around people my own age o_o Oh, and the cake was pretty nice, despite it being a fruit one. But the icing...yuuuuum~
I think the only negative factor about the party was that it meant I wasn't here on my computer, so I'm still waiting for my Matantei Loki 15 download to finish, and I have to avoid looking at hemuloki for fear of spoilers. This ep has K.Loki in :D~ 97% done on download...and then it's Naruto 41 to get. Oh, and I bought volume 11 of X yesterday. I have some of the volumes on my computer already, and generally I've refrained from buying them in English because it's so expensive. Volume 11 was £12.50 and it's not even 200 pages...but my wages went in a couple of days ago, so I treated myself ;D
Okay, download is at 99%...
...and it just finished. I go to watch ^_^!!
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[17 Jul 2003|05:22pm] |
I am totally, TOTALLY out of anime to watch :{
But that's okay, because I can read Harry Potter H/D fanfic instead :D Really, I should kill the person who got me hooked on the stuff - but that would be rather mean, and she also showed me THE most amusing parody one today, so I guess she's exempt from any harm. I would be reading now, but my eyes can get a little tired sometimes if I read for a few hours in a row. I also noticed that most of my latest entries were from fairly late at night, and I think that's rather reflected in the general incoherence of those posts. I'm sleep deprived. It's annoying when you can't get to sleep for hours because you're thinking of so many things. Maybe I should start taking that other hayfever medicine I got from the doctor's, it seems to make me REALLY sleepy. Or I could do some exercise in the evenings, which would have rather the same effect. But it rather goes against all of my 'I-WILL-be-a-lazy-biatch-for-as-long-as-I-live' ideals.
Which I go now to reinforce by lazing on my bed reading some manga. Fanfic will have to wait for 15 mins, I just remembered I only skimed through volume 7 of Ragnarok yesterday. Loki goodness. Why is it that Loki is always shown in the same way in Norse-related anime/manga? It's not fair ;-;
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[15 Jul 2003|10:30pm] |
Hmm. Today was not really eventful, so I am not going to bore you with all the minor details. That would be cruel. But the most important things that happened today were:
1. I established I don't really have a clue about what I'm doing for Classical Civilisation coursework
2. Came to the realisation that I am indeed obsessed with Gad Guard and in need of help
3. Saw that my download of Gad Guard episode 9 was done, and there was no more to download until the next episode was released.
I'm still in a sort of mental shock. Have attempted to remedy this by repeatedly watching opening sequence. That is some nice music.
Obviously if I am typing, I am no longer watching Gad Guard. But it is a wise move, because I am preparing myself for several hours of sleep in which I will not be watching Gad Guard. See, it makes sense. But I expect I'll end up dreaming about it o_O; That tends to happen with me. I remember having several dreams of Ragnarok Online, and all of them involved that uber sexi pixelated boss, Doppelganger. God, he was a hot transparent swordsman. Look, I'm rambling. I shall send myself off to bed.
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[14 Jul 2003|07:38pm] |
I found a £1 coin on the floor today :D. Usually that's quite a small amount, but it got me several sugar highs, so I'm happy ^-^~ Geez, having candy binges is totally going to negate the effect all this water drinking recently is having. No coke in over a week. Woe.
Oh, and I started watching Gad Guard yesterday. It. Is. Very. Good. I especially like Katana, he's hot. It's up to episode 9 at the moment, but I haven't tried downloading before for a reason. Downloading from episode one means waiting a long time between eps, when instead I can be ignorant of the anime for a while and not have to worry about it. It does, unfortunately, have the effect of eating up my hdd space quickly. Nine episodes in one day is a bit more than my average download rate, and I'm running out of cds. Really need to look into getting a DVD-writer. Or rather, the money to get one. £200 is a liiiiiiittle expensive, and I haven't been paid for a while, so...
Part of the reason I'm typing is because I want to prolong watching the next Gad Guard episode; the download finished a little while ago. And I have been holding out for like...a whole 30 minutes. I figured typing will keep my mind busy. But it's not really working that great. Need to go and watch that ep...>_>...
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[13 Jul 2003|02:16pm] |
You represent... angst.
You have an extremely cynical outlook on just about
everything. It's okay to sulk and be
depressed, but life is short, and you only get
one. It's only what you make it, and only you
can make it improve.
What feeling do you represent?
brought to you by Quizilla
Well isn't that lovely? I know I'm not the happiest of people, but really...
My parents were also late in getting up this morning, so any excursions were delayed until the afternoon. Which it is now. I'm actually REALLY hungry, because I've only had a poptart today, and that was over 4 hours ago. So I think food is a good idea right now.
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[12 Jul 2003|11:21pm] |
Oh my. Why do I work in a toy department? I hate little kids. Except Loki, that is...and speaking of which, a new episode came out today~! I mean Matantei Loki Ragnarok, of course. I was really looking forward to this one, since it FINALLY has Loki's adult form in...and I don't think anyone was dissapointed ;D I'm sure my avatar shows what I think of him. Although Freya's/Reiya's whining in this ep did get to me quite a bit. But still, it was well worth the nine hours I endured today with less than an hour's time of sitting down. Could barely move by the time it was 6pm...one of our neighbours was looking at me REALLY strangely from one of the windows as I walked (hobbled/limped/dragged myself) up to our house. This guy joined our department (yeah, I work in a department store) about 3 weeks ago, and handed in his notice today. I feel rather pleased that I've stuck to this job for over a year. Maybe my laziness is not quite so deep-set as I thought.
I think my parents are taking me to see another castle tomorrow...would like to write a lot more, but...I have trouble getting up in the morning as it is. Especially sunday mornings. I'll need to decide tomorrow whether to buy the Matantei Loki/Ragnarok manga...I get paid next thursday I think~ Anyhow.
Good night :>
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