A meme for bewarethespork.

What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Literature Nerd   Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac appearance? Then you fit this category perfectly! You love the power of the written word and it's eloquence; and you may like to read/write poetry or novels. You contribute to the smart people of today's society, however you can probably be overly-critical of works. It's okay. I understand.
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At the behest of bewarethespork, I have completed the following fandom meme. One of these days, I will get around to writing an actual post.

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In other news, I'm back at uni blah blah and currently waiting for a lecturer to email me back so I can begin an assignment (my goal this semester is to be proactive. As this assignment isn't due til next Thursday, perhaps my goal is working.)

A meme, gacked from bewarethespork

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You can tell I'm at a lack for something to do ...

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Currently watching Mary Poppins. Oh, childhood memories.

Just uploaded about a bajillion photos on Facebook. I meant to go to bed two hours ago! Argh.

In other news, uni is over for the semester, and I'm on holiday. yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.

I know it's been years since I updated. How slack of me. Anyway, I'm in NZ at the moment, and tonight was a bit bored. Because I can't be arsed with photos til I get home, here's a movie meme, nicked from jiangyin.

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So last night I finally got around to uploading all the photos I've taken over the last four months.

( Look! An echidna! )

It's so cute.

I just printed out the lecture notes and readings for the all the philospohy lectures I haven't been to this semester. My poor printer did not take it very well. I suppose I should resume going to philosophy lectures again (though, it must be said, this actually occurring will be quite unlikely.)

I want to complain about the rain, but that makes me a Bad Person, because we're In A Drought. So I will qualify my complaint about the rain with a further statement about how bloody cold I am tired of it being (and I know it's not that cold, but I was happily basking in warm sun last weekend, and now it's rainy & cold, and my feet are smelly because of my wet shoes.)

I actually really like rain.

Argh, must go to bed. I told myself that I would get up for breakfast tomorrow morning, because if I don't I'll just piss around til lunchtime and then decide to read a novel or watch a movie or something, thus never getting around to reading all my damn philosophy notes. And I've been meaning to go to the State Library all semester, and I think tomorrow might be the day (if I get up before 9, because past experience has taught me that if I'm still at college by 10, I'm not likely to be bothered leaving. Because I'm lazy, orright?)

So, sleepytime now.

I'm really in love with my iTunes today. I woke up feeling a bit shitty, and when I turned on my computer, the most beautiful combination of songs played. I've felt grateful for that all day.

I don't think I've posted since last semester, which is ridiculously slack of me since it's now just on halfway through this semester. I didn't even post about Deathly Hallows. So, uni is good; better than last semester, actually, which is fantastic. Life in general is mostly good, though there a couple of things happening at the moment that I wish weren't, but I'm trying to deal with them.

Anyhow, off now to go and put some stuff together for an assignment meeting at 3. Argh.

I'm taking advantage of being the only person left in my wing by listening to the Spice Girls incredibly loudly. It's so sad, but also so fun. My late primary school years are flashing before my eyes.

Packing - which is what I've been doing all afternoon - has only progressed marginally. I've succeeded in packing a box of books which I've realised I won't be able to lift into the top of my cupboard, and also in strewing clothes everywhere. Other than that, I'm a bit behind. Whoops.

Woe is me. I think I have become addicted to Facebook.

Also, if you happen to live in the Brisbane area (which at least a few of you do) and like to sing, join QUMS (which is the Queensland University Musical Society). We drink a lot and also sing a bit and have lately spent a lot of time writing on each other's Facebook walls, but we are in general good value.

I've spent the last couple of hours watching season 4 of The O.C. and I'm a little ashamed to say I love it. Ryan and Taylor are so fabulously cute, and Kaitlin is about ten thousand kinds of awesome.

HELLO TO PEOPLE I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO FOR AWHILE. I'm a crap correspondent, I apologise. daft_likejack, Doctor Who last week was about fifty thousand kinds of awesome, wasn't it? I lolled, but also enjoyed the formal wear. (I have been watching Daria, btw, and we clearly have to watch it. Such a blast from the past kind of thing. And Life on Mars. You must watch Life on Mars.)

In terms of life: uni has been busy, but most of my assessment is done now, yay. College has also been busy, what with our Choralfest thing being on Thursday and all the various balls & things on at the moment, but also very fun. We had what we called a Sangria Night the other night, which basically involved drinking four buckets full of red cask wine, brandy & oranges and playing table tennis. It was, needless to say, fun, but not very kind to the throat. Speaking of the throat, I have also been sick, but I think I'm mainly over it now.

But, moving on ... I am off to watch more O.C. whilst plucking away at my recently-brought-out-of-retirement violin (I spent the better part of an hour yesterday re-stringing it, and at least an hour today tuning it. Bring on the Vivaldi.)

I'm so restless. I can't sleep, which is insane, because I was drinking earlier & usually alcohol sends me pretty much to sleep, but no, I can't sleep. I was briefly entertained by the girl who lives across the hall from me throwing up in the hallway (o ye drunken souses at EMC) but now we've cleared up all that and my bin is again clean (because the guys who carried her upstairs borrowed it for her to throw up in) I am again bored. No one is on MSN. It is a ridiculous state of affairs.

It has been forever since I posted. Lack of time? or merely lack of energy? Anyhow, I'm in Brisbane at UQ and so far all has been fun and educational. Uni is fairly good, though I miss Rococcos like mad. daft_likejack, I cannot tell you how many times I've wished for one of their chicken burgers over the last few weeks. And their chips! UQ cafe food is somehow just not as good, and college food is not ever worth speaking of (mostly. Sometimes they surprise us.) Hello to everyone I've not talked to in ages - if you live in Townsville, I'll see you during Easter :).

In other news, Doctor Who should be out sometime tomorrow (meaning today), which is massively exciting. I am super jazzed, which makes me a sad person, but also a person who is procrastinating about writing her True History of the Kelly Gang essay. So yay Doctor Who.

Argh. I have to go to bed. This is just silly.

Eep. I have just found that my printer will not fit into my packing boxes, and so the debate of 'My printer: do I really need it?' has begun again. Obviously serious stuff, but if I don't take it, I can fit in more books, so possibly the debate has already been resolved.

Packing right now, as I am off to Brisbane on the morrow to live, basically, so there is shit all over my room, and my room is kind of looking at me and going, 'Tomorrow? Yeah, whatever.' Thank you, room.

Watched Extras last night, having lost interest in the last season after Kate Winslet's episode (this is because Kate Winslet's awesomeness can of course never be matched.) Orlando Bloom was suitably hilarious, and we now have another reason to hate Sophia Myles - David Tennant and Orlando? Absolutely unfair. But I was reminded of fernwithy's 'Orlando Bloom's acting talent: does it exist?' post from last week. I am in the camp that agrees that it does (pls don hate me kthnx), but also think we have only caught glimpses of it in his blockbuster-studded career. I have this theory, actually, that Orlando would actually be quite a good comedic actor, which was further iterated by Extras, but formed upon my first viewing of The Calcium Kid. In this amusing film (which also features Billie Piper in glitter eyeshadow and hot pants - what Rose Tyler would become if some of the fandom had their way), Orlando plays a hapless milkman named Jimmy who becomes the subject of a documentary about a boxing match with much hilarity and a number of facial expressions. Like, I know. And last night on Extras, he continued with the amusingness and facial expressions, and so my theory is (kind of) validated. Seriously, forget LotR, Pirates and Elizabethtown, Orlando Bloom's best two roles: Jimmy the boxing milkman and ... himself. Heh.

KIRSTY, SHOULD I PACK MY SHOT GLASSES? Also, I have a notebook of yours you left at the Island. I shall give it to you tomorrow, yes?

So I know I haven't posted for ages, mainly because I'm lazy, and also because there's only so many things you can say about rain (like, it won't stop) but I had to post tonight because HARRY POTTER'S COMING OUT ON JULY 21ST. HOW FREAKING AWESOME IS THAT?

It's an end-of-an-era thing, definitely, but it's going to be fabulous. Yah.

Apparently, the Queensland Department of Transport has deemed me to be a competent enough driver to have a licence. Who would have thought?

In other news, it will not stop raining. I am not adverse to this state of affairs, for I am rather enamoured of the rain, but I wish it would stop raining on me. Like I could have some special bubble of protection that would let me walk through the rain unscathed and dry? (I believe in more primitive civilisations they call these 'umbrellas'...)

A drive-by posting, for I am lacking in sufficient things to say, but I just wanted to link to the following vid:

What Would Brian Boitano Do - Doctor Who style

Hilarious stuff.

Merry Christmas folks, for it is indeed merry. We've already broken into the champagne punch, and opened the presents and soon I will have croissants! Truly exciting. Good wishes and merriment to all - have a lovely day. :-)

Drinking coffee and reading Margaret Atwood - fun stuff. Actually, I'm here because I've heard people bitching about the new update page, and I wanted to see if I was going to be one of them, so hello to all. It has been a little while, mainly because I'm lazy and lacking in interesting stories.

Alas, my coffee is gone. But the Margaret Atwood is still here, and entitled Moral Disorder, which is apparently not a novel, but a collection of short stories which all happen to be about the same person. It is still all spiffy, though. I have an interesting relationship with Margaret Atwood, actually, wherein I love her (eg The Blind Assassin), am freaked out by her (eg The Handmaid's Tale) and utterly bleh about her (eg The Robber Bride). But I really like Moral Disorder, which is exciting.

Speaking of books, I finished Mrs Dalloway the other day, which was exciting, because I've now read four novels by Virginia Woolf, and I think it's probably lame to be excited by this, not to mention a bit pretentious and book-snobbish, but I don't really care, because la, I finished Mrs Dalloway. Forget cleaning my room; these are my achievable goals.

Um, life stuff aside from the book obsession. My nails are a funky colour right now, due to having spent four hours on Monday polishing the entirety of my grandparents' silver collection. I swear this didn't happen last year when I polished the goblets for Christmas, but maybe I was more careful? or had less to polish? Whatever, the whole thing was worth it because when it came to cleaning the stuff with the family crest on it, I laughed and felt like Sirius Black, which was fun, and distracted me from the intense humidity we had going on on Monday. And then I went shopping, and came home and bummed around for the next two days, which thus sums up my week so far.

Went and saw Casino Royale tonight. It was hilarious fun. And to Daniel Craig detractors, I hope you are eating your words right now. If not, PLAGUE ON ALL YOUR HOUSES.

Ha, jokes.

I'll be going back to Margaret Atwood right now. ::searches for coffee::

La. Holiday time! I finished my job today, which is in a way a bit weird, because I will finally leave good ol' SMMC, but also sad, because I will miss the students (well, some of them) and the general familiarity of the whole place. But it is nice to be done, because it's all about moving on from now on. And moving. I am moving to Brisbane next year, actually, have I mentioned this? I don't think I have, but yes, moving, mainly for uni because I despair of JCU's subject range, but also because I am sick to death of Townsville and living at home. So yay moving. And moving on.

So, back to the beginning, I'm feeling Christmassy. We have our tree up, due to my youngest brother's unquenchable hyperactivity, and also lights on the house, again due to my youngest brother's unquenchable hyperactivity, and tomorrow, I will be heading over to nuttybovine's house to have a Christmas party dinner thing, for which I have made chocolate, coffee and hazelnut ice cream, and my first batch of rum balls and apricot balls for the year. Nothing says Christmas for me like rum balls and apricot balls, so like, because I am Christmassy and goodwilling and all that stuff, it's recipe time.

( Rum Balls )

( Apricot Balls )

OH GOD I MUST GO TO BED. I am le tired.