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Hooray for examiness!
May. 13th, 2008 | 10:18 pm
location: Pershore
mood: 
geeky
music: Black Books playing on the PS2
Right, first exam of the season over and done with, 4 more to go!
Contrary to expectations, I think I did ok with this one. I was certainly writing for the full 3 hours which is usually a good sign, even better I think it was actually making sense!
So, yes. Greece and Rome exam is done, hoorah!
Hope everyone is well :) I'm doing almost nothing but revising in the sun...
Megan is getting broooooown!
Contrary to expectations, I think I did ok with this one. I was certainly writing for the full 3 hours which is usually a good sign, even better I think it was actually making sense!
So, yes. Greece and Rome exam is done, hoorah!
Hope everyone is well :) I'm doing almost nothing but revising in the sun...
Megan is getting broooooown!
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May. 13th, 2008 | 10:18 pm
No woman can say that she was loved
(And tell the truth) as Lesbia is by me.
Not bond was ever struck as fast, as true,
As the love in me I found in loving you.
If you get the chance, read some of his love elegy. That's one of the few, non-dirty, serious love poems I've found. There are several just ranting at Lesbia and calling her a bitch, kind of amusing :)
Procrastinating and reading roman love elegy...trying to decide whether the women they wrote to were actually real (usual argument) or whether they were mere characters. I'm heading toward the character argument...they seem to have almost no substance and they all act in veeeery similar ways.
Could just be the type of women these poets liked to chase, I suppose :)
(And tell the truth) as Lesbia is by me.
Not bond was ever struck as fast, as true,
As the love in me I found in loving you.
If you get the chance, read some of his love elegy. That's one of the few, non-dirty, serious love poems I've found. There are several just ranting at Lesbia and calling her a bitch, kind of amusing :)
Procrastinating and reading roman love elegy...trying to decide whether the women they wrote to were actually real (usual argument) or whether they were mere characters. I'm heading toward the character argument...they seem to have almost no substance and they all act in veeeery similar ways.
Could just be the type of women these poets liked to chase, I suppose :)
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Catullus
Apr. 8th, 2008 | 01:49 pm
location: Uni library
mood: 
bouncy
No woman can say that she was loved
(And tell the truth) as Lesbia is by me.
Not bond was ever struck as fast, as true,
As the love in me I found in loving you.
If you get the chance, read some of his love elegy. That's one of the few, non-dirty, serious love poems I've found. There are several just ranting at Lesbia and calling her a bitch, kind of amusing :)
Procrastinating and reading roman love elegy...trying to decide whether the women they wrote to were actually real (usual argument) or whether they were mere characters. I'm heading toward the character argument...they seem to have almost no substance and they all act in veeeery similar ways.
Could just be the type of women these poets liked to chase, I suppose :)
(And tell the truth) as Lesbia is by me.
Not bond was ever struck as fast, as true,
As the love in me I found in loving you.
If you get the chance, read some of his love elegy. That's one of the few, non-dirty, serious love poems I've found. There are several just ranting at Lesbia and calling her a bitch, kind of amusing :)
Procrastinating and reading roman love elegy...trying to decide whether the women they wrote to were actually real (usual argument) or whether they were mere characters. I'm heading toward the character argument...they seem to have almost no substance and they all act in veeeery similar ways.
Could just be the type of women these poets liked to chase, I suppose :)
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Random update.
Mar. 13th, 2008 | 07:41 pm
mood: 
crazy
I am actually going to kill my body clock. The damn thing keeps waking me up earlier and earlier. This I don't mind when i go to bed at areasonable time. But when I've been up reading til gone 3am, being woken up at 7 isn't a fun experience!
Although it is lovely to wake up and be happy about getting out of bed.
Anyway, for those of you who've wondered how I've been since the last entry, here is a brief update.
Things were nasty and upsetting but are now getting better. Mr. Thomas and I are now remembering how to -talk- to each other about things more interesting and useful for the maintainance of a relationship than how his day at work was.
As a result I'm a lot happier than I have been for quite a while. Things aren't perfect, but they're a damn sight better than they were.
Uni is going fantastically well. Like, reeeeeeally well. I'm averaging a first at the moment without killing myself with work, which is quite promising for next year. I'm also still enjoying what I'm learning about with is also promising!
Fire spinning is still fun.
Oh, I have work for the holidays! Paid work, not uni. I'm going to be doing relief care work at Bierton Hill, a day centre for adults with learning difficulties. I'm really looking forward to it, it'll be a lot more interesting than bar or waiting work!
Anyway I'm going to bugger off now, I'm due in the pub :)
Love all
xxx
Although it is lovely to wake up and be happy about getting out of bed.
Anyway, for those of you who've wondered how I've been since the last entry, here is a brief update.
Things were nasty and upsetting but are now getting better. Mr. Thomas and I are now remembering how to -talk- to each other about things more interesting and useful for the maintainance of a relationship than how his day at work was.
As a result I'm a lot happier than I have been for quite a while. Things aren't perfect, but they're a damn sight better than they were.
Uni is going fantastically well. Like, reeeeeeally well. I'm averaging a first at the moment without killing myself with work, which is quite promising for next year. I'm also still enjoying what I'm learning about with is also promising!
Fire spinning is still fun.
Oh, I have work for the holidays! Paid work, not uni. I'm going to be doing relief care work at Bierton Hill, a day centre for adults with learning difficulties. I'm really looking forward to it, it'll be a lot more interesting than bar or waiting work!
Anyway I'm going to bugger off now, I'm due in the pub :)
Love all
xxx
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Suetonius Book VI, Nero.
Jan. 29th, 2008 | 08:41 pm
location: Uni Library
mood: 
sleepy
music: Simon and Garfunkel
As requested, my loves, have some interesting allegations about the lovely Emperor Nero. All provided by Suetonius, although I did read some bits about him in a book on Roman love poetry. That was a couple of months ago and I can't remember anything concrete.
Fun stuff!
"...at first his acts of wantonness, lust, extravagance, avarice and cruelty were gradual and secret..." Sounds like a truly charming individual!
Cruelty first then:
Dressing up as common man in the evenings and 'playing pranks' seems to have been one of his little quirks. These pranks weren't really funny as they generally involved him beating up men as they walked home for dinner and actually stabbing anyone who was so boring enough as to resist and then throwing them into the sewers.
To this list we can add the charges of matricide, poison, torture and common murder of seemingly most of the patrician class.
Another favourite pastime involved breaking in and robbing shops, then selling the booty at the Palace market. Of course, being Emperor he was in dire need of some spare cash.
Wantonness and Lust:
Abusing freeborn boys and seducing married women are examples given in such a way as to suggest that this was fairly common for Nero, exceptions include 'debauching' one of the vestal virgins and almost-but-not-quite marrying a freedwoman. After bribing some ex-consuls to say she was of royal birth, of course. Can't have the Emperor going round consorting with freed slaves!
The most interesting part (for me, anyway!) is the news that he castrated a boy and actually married him, veil and dowry included. Apparently he was treated just like he was Nero's wife - he was dressed as an empress and carried round in Nero's litter when they went on trips to Greece.
In comparison, Oedipus was practically a saint. At least he didn't know who his mother was when the married. Nero seems to have openly "...desired illicit relations with his own mother." He was said to have kept a courtesan who looked like his mother and even more bizarrely is alleged to have had incriminating stains on his clothing whenever he had been riding in a litter with her.
He seemed to have been incredibly vain in regard to his singing - apparently when he was singing no-one was allowed to leave the theater, even for really urgent stuff, like, say giving birth. Suetonius even writes about people so bored of listening and applauding that they jumped from the walls as the gates were closed. Some even feigned death to escape as they had to be carried out for burial. This vanity led to him slander, abusing or even bribing those who were better than him.
There are various other bits and pieces, but I think I've got most of the interesting things :) I now have a strange urge to go and do more research on him...the perverse ones are always more interesting!
Later guys
xxx
Fun stuff!
"...at first his acts of wantonness, lust, extravagance, avarice and cruelty were gradual and secret..." Sounds like a truly charming individual!
Cruelty first then:
Dressing up as common man in the evenings and 'playing pranks' seems to have been one of his little quirks. These pranks weren't really funny as they generally involved him beating up men as they walked home for dinner and actually stabbing anyone who was so boring enough as to resist and then throwing them into the sewers.
To this list we can add the charges of matricide, poison, torture and common murder of seemingly most of the patrician class.
Another favourite pastime involved breaking in and robbing shops, then selling the booty at the Palace market. Of course, being Emperor he was in dire need of some spare cash.
Wantonness and Lust:
Abusing freeborn boys and seducing married women are examples given in such a way as to suggest that this was fairly common for Nero, exceptions include 'debauching' one of the vestal virgins and almost-but-not-quite marrying a freedwoman. After bribing some ex-consuls to say she was of royal birth, of course. Can't have the Emperor going round consorting with freed slaves!
The most interesting part (for me, anyway!) is the news that he castrated a boy and actually married him, veil and dowry included. Apparently he was treated just like he was Nero's wife - he was dressed as an empress and carried round in Nero's litter when they went on trips to Greece.
In comparison, Oedipus was practically a saint. At least he didn't know who his mother was when the married. Nero seems to have openly "...desired illicit relations with his own mother." He was said to have kept a courtesan who looked like his mother and even more bizarrely is alleged to have had incriminating stains on his clothing whenever he had been riding in a litter with her.
He seemed to have been incredibly vain in regard to his singing - apparently when he was singing no-one was allowed to leave the theater, even for really urgent stuff, like, say giving birth. Suetonius even writes about people so bored of listening and applauding that they jumped from the walls as the gates were closed. Some even feigned death to escape as they had to be carried out for burial. This vanity led to him slander, abusing or even bribing those who were better than him.
There are various other bits and pieces, but I think I've got most of the interesting things :) I now have a strange urge to go and do more research on him...the perverse ones are always more interesting!
Later guys
xxx
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Today was a happy day :)
Jan. 28th, 2008 | 10:12 pm
location: Pershore Road
mood: 
loved
As the title says, today was a happy day :)
I not only woke up without my alarm, but woke up happy and wanting to get out of bed. Out of the house by a reasonable time and actually got all my seminar reading done for my friday seminar before my lecture today (Nero sounds like he was a total...pervet?) so I feel very organised :D
Which is a good thing because I then spent the 3 hours til circus started in Joe's. It was fun though.
Circus was a enjoyable as ever, possibly more so because I actually got my courage up and had a go at fire poi! No burning/singeing of myself, but my skirt does have a couple of parafin marks which Alex assured me will come off in the wash.
So yes, it was fun.
Fire goes woooooosh!
:D
I not only woke up without my alarm, but woke up happy and wanting to get out of bed. Out of the house by a reasonable time and actually got all my seminar reading done for my friday seminar before my lecture today (Nero sounds like he was a total...pervet?) so I feel very organised :D
Which is a good thing because I then spent the 3 hours til circus started in Joe's. It was fun though.
Circus was a enjoyable as ever, possibly more so because I actually got my courage up and had a go at fire poi! No burning/singeing of myself, but my skirt does have a couple of parafin marks which Alex assured me will come off in the wash.
So yes, it was fun.
Fire goes woooooosh!
:D
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Desire in Ancient Mesopotamia
Jan. 22nd, 2008 | 10:49 pm
location: Pershore Road
mood: 
happy
So, geek that I am, I was having fun doing research on ancient mesopotamia for my lecture on Friday. Yes, I said fun.
Anyway. Me being me, I turned to the chapters on women, love and sex once I'd read the general overview. There I came across the most hilarious literal translation I've found yet. It read as follows:
"...to get a woman to desire (lit. "cast her eyes on the penis of") a man."
It's possibly juvinile of me to have found that -quite- as amusing as I did. Still funny though...
Also, random fact: there's a very similar story in mesopotamian mythology to the biblical tale of Noah's Arc, yet there are enough differences to make it unlikely that the biblical version was copied from the much earlier (roughly 4000 years) mesopotamian story. So...does that mean that there may be some historical truth in the story of a man building a giant boat, saving his family and assorted livestock before the flood waters left him on top of a mountain?
Maybe. Given that mesopotamia was situated between the Tigris and the Euphrates, the area would have been subjected to a certain amount of severe flooding.
Here endeth the lesson.
I'm going to try and update a bit more regularly than I have been, I just forget how much I enjoy writing here :)
Later guys
xxx
Anyway. Me being me, I turned to the chapters on women, love and sex once I'd read the general overview. There I came across the most hilarious literal translation I've found yet. It read as follows:
"...to get a woman to desire (lit. "cast her eyes on the penis of") a man."
It's possibly juvinile of me to have found that -quite- as amusing as I did. Still funny though...
Also, random fact: there's a very similar story in mesopotamian mythology to the biblical tale of Noah's Arc, yet there are enough differences to make it unlikely that the biblical version was copied from the much earlier (roughly 4000 years) mesopotamian story. So...does that mean that there may be some historical truth in the story of a man building a giant boat, saving his family and assorted livestock before the flood waters left him on top of a mountain?
Maybe. Given that mesopotamia was situated between the Tigris and the Euphrates, the area would have been subjected to a certain amount of severe flooding.
Here endeth the lesson.
I'm going to try and update a bit more regularly than I have been, I just forget how much I enjoy writing here :)
Later guys
xxx
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2007
Dec. 31st, 2007 | 07:48 pm
location: Edgcott
mood: 
contemplative
This year I...
read a hell of a lot.
remembered how to cook.
made myself ill from stress.
stopped eating.
started eating again.
stopped being a teenager.
didn't start that again.
cried. probably way too much.
was made speechless.
found out what an idiot my landlord is.
stopped one degree.
started another.
enjoyed it the 2nd time around.
didn't see Jan.
lost a good friend.
had more tonsilitis than was strictly needed.
learned to juggle (badly, but I can still juggle).
remembered how to play viola.
tried to break up with the Thomas.
failed miserably (we're doing better).
had lots of good sex.
made myself talk to strangers.
didn't kill my housemates.
fell out of love.
fell in love.
stayed in love.
Hope you all have a good 2008 :)
read a hell of a lot.
remembered how to cook.
made myself ill from stress.
stopped eating.
started eating again.
stopped being a teenager.
didn't start that again.
cried. probably way too much.
was made speechless.
found out what an idiot my landlord is.
stopped one degree.
started another.
enjoyed it the 2nd time around.
didn't see Jan.
lost a good friend.
had more tonsilitis than was strictly needed.
learned to juggle (badly, but I can still juggle).
remembered how to play viola.
tried to break up with the Thomas.
failed miserably (we're doing better).
had lots of good sex.
made myself talk to strangers.
didn't kill my housemates.
fell out of love.
fell in love.
stayed in love.
Hope you all have a good 2008 :)
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Confusion
Dec. 2nd, 2007 | 10:13 pm
location: Brum, Pershore Road
mood: 
depressed
music: Radio 1
I am confused.
Very confused.
I just suddenly have no idea what I want out of life, what I want to do after uni...so much confusion.
And I'm very scared that I'm going to end up hurting Mr.Thomas due to this confusion.
I have a conselling appointment on tuesday, maybe that will help.
I hope so :(
I don't want to feel like this any more!
Later guys
xxx
Very confused.
I just suddenly have no idea what I want out of life, what I want to do after uni...so much confusion.
And I'm very scared that I'm going to end up hurting Mr.Thomas due to this confusion.
I have a conselling appointment on tuesday, maybe that will help.
I hope so :(
I don't want to feel like this any more!
Later guys
xxx
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Life Update :)
Oct. 24th, 2007 | 05:25 pm
location: Brum, Pershore Road
mood: contemplative
Well, parents are at least talking to each other again :) Plus Mutti's moved back into her and step-dad's room rather than hiding in mine, which is also a good sign...
Things are getting better.
Slowly.
PonyCon on saturday! :D I can't wait, I'm getting soooo excited!
I still have 1 last custom to finish (should probably get her done today, just hair and eyes to do), then a little bit of pricing up, making sure they're all signed and then into the box!
Taking it on the train could be...interesting >:D
I'm trying to decide whether I want to work after Christmas.
There's a small chance they won't want me back, given I'm refusing to stay until we're "officially" allowed to leave - the rebel that I am, I'm leaving as soooon as term ends, which is a whole week before.
Yeah, I haven't told them that yet.
The thing is, it's only minimum wage and it's a maximum of 15 hours a week...I don't really need the money and I do resent that I have to give up a fair amount of weekend time.
Weekends are for the Thomas, damnit!
So...have to see how that one goes :) Have to see what my manager says when I tell her I'm leaving early for Christmas!
Right, I'm off to get more ponies sorted :)
Love all
xxx
Things are getting better.
Slowly.
PonyCon on saturday! :D I can't wait, I'm getting soooo excited!
I still have 1 last custom to finish (should probably get her done today, just hair and eyes to do), then a little bit of pricing up, making sure they're all signed and then into the box!
Taking it on the train could be...interesting >:D
I'm trying to decide whether I want to work after Christmas.
There's a small chance they won't want me back, given I'm refusing to stay until we're "officially" allowed to leave - the rebel that I am, I'm leaving as soooon as term ends, which is a whole week before.
Yeah, I haven't told them that yet.
The thing is, it's only minimum wage and it's a maximum of 15 hours a week...I don't really need the money and I do resent that I have to give up a fair amount of weekend time.
Weekends are for the Thomas, damnit!
So...have to see how that one goes :) Have to see what my manager says when I tell her I'm leaving early for Christmas!
Right, I'm off to get more ponies sorted :)
Love all
xxx
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The Destruction of a Family.
Oct. 18th, 2007 | 03:44 pm
location: Brum, Pershore Road
mood: 
crushed
music: Radio 4
Ok, so maybe "destruction" is a bit too strong, but it just feels like my family is falling apart :(
Some of you know, but my step-brother came back to live with us last November. It was cool, he needed to save some money to go to the USA and the rent at his mum's was too high. He came back and properly moved in with us after Christmas because he wanted to save money to go to South Africa but that sort of never happened.
Small bit of background: him and his sister lived with us for a bit when they were children and my mum ended up having to throw them (and their dad) out. I think it nearly ruined their relationship.
Anyway, long story short is that he's stayed with us for waaaay longer than mum was ever expecting. She's become increasingly unhappy and stressed, to a lesser effect so have we. Her and my step-dad's marriage has suffered terribly, mainly as he just won't disipline the boy.
Apparently it all came to a head a couple of days ago and mum sat them both down and had a talk...the upshot of which is that he's moving out at the end of the month.
Hooray, problem solved, right?
Wrong.
He came home last night and completely ignored mum...step-dad went to have a talk with him about it and they started shouting. My brother wades in yelling that it's all mum's fault, then I think mum joined in as well.
I called her this afternoon.
She's hiding in my bedroom, trying to get my aunt's finances sorted out.
She's hiding, in her own house.
Kind of breaks my heart :(
So now, mum won't let step-dad talk to her and I'm scared that they're going to get a divorce.
Which definatly breaks my heart.
Later guys
xxx
Some of you know, but my step-brother came back to live with us last November. It was cool, he needed to save some money to go to the USA and the rent at his mum's was too high. He came back and properly moved in with us after Christmas because he wanted to save money to go to South Africa but that sort of never happened.
Small bit of background: him and his sister lived with us for a bit when they were children and my mum ended up having to throw them (and their dad) out. I think it nearly ruined their relationship.
Anyway, long story short is that he's stayed with us for waaaay longer than mum was ever expecting. She's become increasingly unhappy and stressed, to a lesser effect so have we. Her and my step-dad's marriage has suffered terribly, mainly as he just won't disipline the boy.
Apparently it all came to a head a couple of days ago and mum sat them both down and had a talk...the upshot of which is that he's moving out at the end of the month.
Hooray, problem solved, right?
Wrong.
He came home last night and completely ignored mum...step-dad went to have a talk with him about it and they started shouting. My brother wades in yelling that it's all mum's fault, then I think mum joined in as well.
I called her this afternoon.
She's hiding in my bedroom, trying to get my aunt's finances sorted out.
She's hiding, in her own house.
Kind of breaks my heart :(
So now, mum won't let step-dad talk to her and I'm scared that they're going to get a divorce.
Which definatly breaks my heart.
Later guys
xxx
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More than I ever wanted to know
Oct. 11th, 2007 | 07:05 pm
location: Brum, Pershore Road
mood: 
giggly
music: OPM
Well, sadly I've had to change from Middle Egyptian to another Greek module :( It's a shame but I just wasn't enjoying the Egyptian...and I can always take it next year if I really want :)
Also I could see it taking waaay too much time from my other modules and seeing as I've rather foolishly set my heart on a first I need to do -really- well on all of them...may as well stick to the ones that involve reading books and writing essays!
Today I learnt more about the Napoleonic war than I ever wanted to know. I will soon know even more as, like a good girl, I'm doing background reading for every lecture XD
I miss the Thomas :( and Her, actually...I have not idea why but I'm currently craving sex. I have no right to complain about this seeing as I actually -get- regular sex, but I'm not getting any this weekend ;_; Noooooo!
Anyhoo I should got and do more reading/cook dinner.
Mmmm...dinner....
xxx
Also I could see it taking waaay too much time from my other modules and seeing as I've rather foolishly set my heart on a first I need to do -really- well on all of them...may as well stick to the ones that involve reading books and writing essays!
Today I learnt more about the Napoleonic war than I ever wanted to know. I will soon know even more as, like a good girl, I'm doing background reading for every lecture XD
I miss the Thomas :( and Her, actually...I have not idea why but I'm currently craving sex. I have no right to complain about this seeing as I actually -get- regular sex, but I'm not getting any this weekend ;_; Noooooo!
Anyhoo I should got and do more reading/cook dinner.
Mmmm...dinner....
xxx
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Learning mah hieroglyphs, leave a message!
Oct. 5th, 2007 | 09:24 am
location: Brum, Pershore Road
mood: 
cheerful
music: Radio 1
Well, I got into the orchestras :D
Bad news is that chamber orchestra is at exactly the same time as circus :( and apparently I'm not in symphony until after christmas which I didn't realise and so turned up to last night's rehersal. It was fun though :)
So yeah, not sure what to do about chamber...I really don't want to miss circus and I WILL have symphony next year...I'll have a think :)
Had my first Egyptian lesson :D It's going to be soooo coooool! Our end of year exam is 3 hours to translate a block of hieroglyphs with nothing to help. Already got my first set of 'glyphs to learn ^^
Also, I need to order and Egyptian grammar book.
There's also the chance that I'll end up stopping work...I don't think I'm going to have time once my lectures start properly. I really want to give my uni work all the attention I can, plus keep going with various societies and have my weekends mostly free to I can see the Thomas. 15 hours of cafe work doesn't fit so well into all of that :(
Well, we'll see how it goes.
Now I should probably get out of bed and have breakfast. Woo!
Later guys
xxx
Bad news is that chamber orchestra is at exactly the same time as circus :( and apparently I'm not in symphony until after christmas which I didn't realise and so turned up to last night's rehersal. It was fun though :)
So yeah, not sure what to do about chamber...I really don't want to miss circus and I WILL have symphony next year...I'll have a think :)
Had my first Egyptian lesson :D It's going to be soooo coooool! Our end of year exam is 3 hours to translate a block of hieroglyphs with nothing to help. Already got my first set of 'glyphs to learn ^^
Also, I need to order and Egyptian grammar book.
There's also the chance that I'll end up stopping work...I don't think I'm going to have time once my lectures start properly. I really want to give my uni work all the attention I can, plus keep going with various societies and have my weekends mostly free to I can see the Thomas. 15 hours of cafe work doesn't fit so well into all of that :(
Well, we'll see how it goes.
Now I should probably get out of bed and have breakfast. Woo!
Later guys
xxx
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I don't want to be so nervous :(
Oct. 3rd, 2007 | 02:04 pm
location: Brum, Pershore Road
mood: 
gloomy
I have an audition in 3 hours for the uni orchestra.
I'm so nervous that I'm actually contemplating just not going...but my mother would kill me. I'd kill me too, once I came to my senses!
So yeah.
It might be ok?
If you ignore the fact that I haven't played seriously in oh, say about 2 years plus the fact that I was never that fantastic anyway.
Right.
Well, I should probably go and do some practise now :(
Later guys
xxx
I'm so nervous that I'm actually contemplating just not going...but my mother would kill me. I'd kill me too, once I came to my senses!
So yeah.
It might be ok?
If you ignore the fact that I haven't played seriously in oh, say about 2 years plus the fact that I was never that fantastic anyway.
Right.
Well, I should probably go and do some practise now :(
Later guys
xxx
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Radio Silence Broken!
Oct. 1st, 2007 | 12:36 pm
location: Edgcott
mood: 
angry
music: Radio 4
Sorry about the long gaps between anything even remotely resembling communication with anyone who I don't physically see on a regular basis :( Life has been increasingly stressful since I moved back to Brum.
Good news first!
I love my job :) My boss is great and because it's a student cafe it's really relaxed and fun.
I'm starting lectures this Thursday and am highly excited - I chose my modules and met my personal tutor last week (I get to learn Egyptian! WOO!) and I'm really looking forward to giving my brain something to do.
I have a new holiday job :) I did some temping work for a day centre for adults who are mentally disabled, had a fantastic time and applied to do holiday care work with them. Interview was today, I got it! So I'll be sending them my holiday dates ^^ Plus at £9 an hour it even more than I was earning at the Charter, tips and pay combined.
Bad news :(
I can't remember if I said, but we've been having huuuge problems with our landlord. It's taken him months to sort/mend stuff that should have been done before we even moved in - case in point, he had the kitchen ripped out last monday and it's still not finished...as a result we've been unable to do any cooking for almost a week and we were without hot water for three days. Then we had a huge gas leak on Friday, I wasn't there but Declan got the emergency gas guy round to fix it...told Mutti on Saturday, she went (understandably) a bit mental and somehow managed to get hold of said landlord. Which is impressive in itself seeing as he just doesn't answer his phone any more.
Anyway, long story short, he has to contact her today (Monday) or the next time they speak "will be in a court of law."
So, I'll probably be moving out in the next couple of weeks.
Oh, he also doesn't have a multiple occupancy licence, so shouldn't be renting the property anyway!
Later guys
xxx
Good news first!
I love my job :) My boss is great and because it's a student cafe it's really relaxed and fun.
I'm starting lectures this Thursday and am highly excited - I chose my modules and met my personal tutor last week (I get to learn Egyptian! WOO!) and I'm really looking forward to giving my brain something to do.
I have a new holiday job :) I did some temping work for a day centre for adults who are mentally disabled, had a fantastic time and applied to do holiday care work with them. Interview was today, I got it! So I'll be sending them my holiday dates ^^ Plus at £9 an hour it even more than I was earning at the Charter, tips and pay combined.
Bad news :(
I can't remember if I said, but we've been having huuuge problems with our landlord. It's taken him months to sort/mend stuff that should have been done before we even moved in - case in point, he had the kitchen ripped out last monday and it's still not finished...as a result we've been unable to do any cooking for almost a week and we were without hot water for three days. Then we had a huge gas leak on Friday, I wasn't there but Declan got the emergency gas guy round to fix it...told Mutti on Saturday, she went (understandably) a bit mental and somehow managed to get hold of said landlord. Which is impressive in itself seeing as he just doesn't answer his phone any more.
Anyway, long story short, he has to contact her today (Monday) or the next time they speak "will be in a court of law."
So, I'll probably be moving out in the next couple of weeks.
Oh, he also doesn't have a multiple occupancy licence, so shouldn't be renting the property anyway!
Later guys
xxx
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Sep. 23rd, 2007 | 09:37 pm
location: Brum, 974 Pershore Road
mood: cheerful
music: None
So I moved into Brum again on Wednesday :) The journey up was pretty uneventful, Erin was put into the boot of the van with various pieces of furniture. She managed to fall asleep and I resisted the temptation to leave her in there for the rest of the day.
Unpacking was also uneventful, much cursing of the landlord took place as the blind in my room blocks out as much light as a gauze curtain would and he's generally being a bastard about unimportant things such as the kitche cupboards being moldy and the upstairs bathroom having an illegal light fitting. Hooray!
We went out for a meal Wednesday evening which was a huuuge load of fun :D Much girly chatting (I don't think my step-dad knows how much trouble his marriage is in :( ) and I think we probably woke up the whole house when we got back. We somehow managed to sleep 3 of us in the bed although it wasn't the best night's sleep ever...
Thursday we finished sorting my room out (it looks great :D) and I somehow managed not to cry when they drove off.
Thomas came over on Friday afternoon :D
We had chinese with my house-people which was cool, spent most of Saturday morning snuggling and playing FFXI (he bought me a copy :D) and I actually went and socialised in the afternoon/evening! Watched "Shoot 'Em Up" at teh cinema with Jon and Sarah, it's got almost no plot but is still enjoyable :) Sort of what you'd get if you made a shooting computer game into a film. And there were boobies! Woo!
Then dinner at the Handmade Burger Co. and a sort of mild pub crawl with a bunch of other people, in which Weave nearly got himself killed several times by Sarah. Weaver is a sweetie, but my GOD he has all the tact of a sledge hammer.
I personally think he needs to get laid. A lot.
Or find a decent dom...I don't have any experience of such things, but I really think it'd do him the world of good.
I also managed not to rape The Thomas in Selly Park. Almost.
And we played on the swings!
The Thomas left this morning :( I tried to stop him, but he was too strong.
That's about it, really :)
Got job training tomorrow, registration on Wednesday and Alana's coming on Thursday :D
I didn't see Jan :( Bad Megan!
Anyway as you can probably see by the deteriorating sentence structure I need some sleep :)
Later guys.
xxx
Unpacking was also uneventful, much cursing of the landlord took place as the blind in my room blocks out as much light as a gauze curtain would and he's generally being a bastard about unimportant things such as the kitche cupboards being moldy and the upstairs bathroom having an illegal light fitting. Hooray!
We went out for a meal Wednesday evening which was a huuuge load of fun :D Much girly chatting (I don't think my step-dad knows how much trouble his marriage is in :( ) and I think we probably woke up the whole house when we got back. We somehow managed to sleep 3 of us in the bed although it wasn't the best night's sleep ever...
Thursday we finished sorting my room out (it looks great :D) and I somehow managed not to cry when they drove off.
Thomas came over on Friday afternoon :D
We had chinese with my house-people which was cool, spent most of Saturday morning snuggling and playing FFXI (he bought me a copy :D) and I actually went and socialised in the afternoon/evening! Watched "Shoot 'Em Up" at teh cinema with Jon and Sarah, it's got almost no plot but is still enjoyable :) Sort of what you'd get if you made a shooting computer game into a film. And there were boobies! Woo!
Then dinner at the Handmade Burger Co. and a sort of mild pub crawl with a bunch of other people, in which Weave nearly got himself killed several times by Sarah. Weaver is a sweetie, but my GOD he has all the tact of a sledge hammer.
I personally think he needs to get laid. A lot.
Or find a decent dom...I don't have any experience of such things, but I really think it'd do him the world of good.
I also managed not to rape The Thomas in Selly Park. Almost.
And we played on the swings!
The Thomas left this morning :( I tried to stop him, but he was too strong.
That's about it, really :)
Got job training tomorrow, registration on Wednesday and Alana's coming on Thursday :D
I didn't see Jan :( Bad Megan!
Anyway as you can probably see by the deteriorating sentence structure I need some sleep :)
Later guys.
xxx
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Multitude of thoughts
Sep. 12th, 2007 | 09:11 pm
location: Edgcott
mood: 
creative
music: Radio 1
Ok, so maybe not a proper multitude but I've been thinking about lots of stuff today so you lucky people get a treat of a decent-sized post!
Now having said that, I have no idea of where to start...
Well.
I have a job in Birmingham :) I applied before I left for summer, had an interview 2 weeks ago and got a call on Monday! It's nothing exciting, just waitressing, but it's in the coolest cafe/restaurant I've ever been in :D They have paintings on the walls!
So yes, very happy about that.
Also, there are SO MANY societies I want to join...UCE had an appalling selection and I'm spoiled for choice this time round :) I might need some help choosing which ones to join, so have a list of the ones I'm interested in :)
Anime and Mange (geek)
Sci-Fi (uber geek!)
Fetish (not that I have one, but I do so enjoy talking about sex)
Purple Mermaid Circus (one word: poi. I want to play with fire!)
LGBT (need a reason?)
I want to start now :( another week is too long to wait!
Erm given that I've been typing whilst gaming and it's now fairly late (not been sleeping well and I have to get up early tomorrow :( ) I'm going to leave it there and post more tomorrow :) Sorry that the promised length is not there!
Later guys
xxx
Now having said that, I have no idea of where to start...
Well.
I have a job in Birmingham :) I applied before I left for summer, had an interview 2 weeks ago and got a call on Monday! It's nothing exciting, just waitressing, but it's in the coolest cafe/restaurant I've ever been in :D They have paintings on the walls!
So yes, very happy about that.
Also, there are SO MANY societies I want to join...UCE had an appalling selection and I'm spoiled for choice this time round :) I might need some help choosing which ones to join, so have a list of the ones I'm interested in :)
Anime and Mange (geek)
Sci-Fi (uber geek!)
Fetish (not that I have one, but I do so enjoy talking about sex)
Purple Mermaid Circus (one word: poi. I want to play with fire!)
LGBT (need a reason?)
I want to start now :( another week is too long to wait!
Erm given that I've been typing whilst gaming and it's now fairly late (not been sleeping well and I have to get up early tomorrow :( ) I'm going to leave it there and post more tomorrow :) Sorry that the promised length is not there!
Later guys
xxx
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Sep. 9th, 2007 | 12:40 pm
location: Edgcott
mood: happy
music: Radio 1
Loads of stuff have happend since my last post, brief as it was!
~ I've had (and recovered from) the worst tonsilitis my doctor has ever seen, during which my temperature went too hight for the thermometer!
~ Because of said tonsilitis I missed going to Greece with Dad and the siblings :(
~ I got a job!
~ I hated said job.
~ I now love said job :) it's stressful and busy but I enjoy it. Plus I've made over £100 in tips in the past week and a half!
~ I spent a very fun and amusing day wandering round Birmingham and having a look at a couple of the sex shops ^^
~ I've tidied my room and discovered that I do actually have a floor!
~ Spent as much time as possible with the Thomas.
~ The Thomas got a job! He starts tomorrow, working with a company called Thales. They're actually going to put him to work on military contracting stuff...anyone else worried?
And I think that's most of the news :) I'm moving back to Brum on the 22nd and I'm getting excited about starting uni again! I do need to try and organise a mini-party thing so I can actually -see- people before Christmas! Poor Jan's been trying to organise seeing me since I came back but it just hasn't happened :( Sorry!
More news will come about that later, I hope :) Right now I'm going to go and shower and dress...fun though nakendness is, I need to do the dusting before Mutti gets back!
~ I've had (and recovered from) the worst tonsilitis my doctor has ever seen, during which my temperature went too hight for the thermometer!
~ Because of said tonsilitis I missed going to Greece with Dad and the siblings :(
~ I got a job!
~ I hated said job.
~ I now love said job :) it's stressful and busy but I enjoy it. Plus I've made over £100 in tips in the past week and a half!
~ I spent a very fun and amusing day wandering round Birmingham and having a look at a couple of the sex shops ^^
~ I've tidied my room and discovered that I do actually have a floor!
~ Spent as much time as possible with the Thomas.
~ The Thomas got a job! He starts tomorrow, working with a company called Thales. They're actually going to put him to work on military contracting stuff...anyone else worried?
And I think that's most of the news :) I'm moving back to Brum on the 22nd and I'm getting excited about starting uni again! I do need to try and organise a mini-party thing so I can actually -see- people before Christmas! Poor Jan's been trying to organise seeing me since I came back but it just hasn't happened :( Sorry!
More news will come about that later, I hope :) Right now I'm going to go and shower and dress...fun though nakendness is, I need to do the dusting before Mutti gets back!
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Aug. 6th, 2007 | 06:56 pm
Wow.
I'm not sure there are words that can describe exactly -how- unexpected that was, but thank you guys!
*hugs*
I'm not sure there are words that can describe exactly -how- unexpected that was, but thank you guys!
*hugs*
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Been a while :)
Jul. 24th, 2007 | 03:15 pm
location: Edgcott
mood: 
cranky
music: Weird Al
So yeah, still no job :( It's really getting me down, although last week was a good one!
Spent most of it with the Thomas and actually got to meet his parents :) They're lovely people, I'm not quite sure what he was so worried about...
Spent Monday night at his, then went up to Brum with them as it was his graduation, I spent a very productive day putting up a chest of drawers and reading in my room at Brum :) It's a good room, I can't wait to move into it.
Met him in the city centre and went to the pub which was...interesting. Couple of friends and parents were there, including the Stalker. Now, I don't think I've mentioned her before and maybe referring to her as the Stalker is a tad unfair, but it's how I think of her and what I call her when discussing such things with Mutti.
As a person, she's ok. We could have been friends, I think. She certainly seemed to like me up until the point that I started spending *gasp* time with the Thomas. How dare I!
Anyway long story short she's been after him for a while and can't cope with the fact that he's mine :P Rarw!
I'm fairly uncomfortable around her, mainly because she used to give me dirty look and now she's taken to just ignoring me. So I was sitting in the pub, pretty much being ignored by all. The Thomas was talking to people (they're his friends and he hadn't seen them for ages, I can forgive him that!) and did keep asking if I was ok...I blamed it on a chronic headache (which I actually had) and randomly took off to find some paracetamol.
I was a bit rude, given I didn't say goodbye to anyone except him, but I just had to leave.
Nasty atmosphere in there :)
So Megan bought some paracetamol and took herself off for a walk around Brum centre :) It was really fun, cleared my head up and actually made me a lot happier. I do feel bad about making the Thomas worry, I didn't tell him where I was going and wouldn't let him come and find me - no-one can find me if I don't want to be found :D
Got a call from Her as well, Her dad's over from China and She's not happy :( Poor thing. Miss Her actually, not been able to see her since the evening of the grad ball. Did I tell you about that? Not sure, maybe in a bit :)
After about an hour the Thomas phoned and asked if he could and find me, bless him :) Then back to my room and much fun ^~
Fun :) I miss him now though :(
Right, grad ball!
Well, we didn't actually -go- to the ball, we went out with friends instead, but we were in Joe's when everyone else was arriving :) She was there! Yay :D
We spent a while snuggled on the sofa and got some amazing looks from various people, mostly guys. Heh I think we worried one of the Thomas' friends - he was talking to her and pointed me out as his girlfriend when I was kissing Her. Fun ^^
It was a bit odd though, She has a boyfriend (as I think I've said) who doesn't know about us and is a friend of the Thomas'. Anyhoo he turned up about half an hour after Her...I was all tactful and moved away but She suddenly decided She didn't care and I got pounced on. Yay!
Actually they've broken up now, although I think She has a new one...not sure.
I miss Her :(
Damn this no money thing.
Anyway, that's probably enough rambling from me for one day :)
Later guys
xxx
Spent most of it with the Thomas and actually got to meet his parents :) They're lovely people, I'm not quite sure what he was so worried about...
Spent Monday night at his, then went up to Brum with them as it was his graduation, I spent a very productive day putting up a chest of drawers and reading in my room at Brum :) It's a good room, I can't wait to move into it.
Met him in the city centre and went to the pub which was...interesting. Couple of friends and parents were there, including the Stalker. Now, I don't think I've mentioned her before and maybe referring to her as the Stalker is a tad unfair, but it's how I think of her and what I call her when discussing such things with Mutti.
As a person, she's ok. We could have been friends, I think. She certainly seemed to like me up until the point that I started spending *gasp* time with the Thomas. How dare I!
Anyway long story short she's been after him for a while and can't cope with the fact that he's mine :P Rarw!
I'm fairly uncomfortable around her, mainly because she used to give me dirty look and now she's taken to just ignoring me. So I was sitting in the pub, pretty much being ignored by all. The Thomas was talking to people (they're his friends and he hadn't seen them for ages, I can forgive him that!) and did keep asking if I was ok...I blamed it on a chronic headache (which I actually had) and randomly took off to find some paracetamol.
I was a bit rude, given I didn't say goodbye to anyone except him, but I just had to leave.
Nasty atmosphere in there :)
So Megan bought some paracetamol and took herself off for a walk around Brum centre :) It was really fun, cleared my head up and actually made me a lot happier. I do feel bad about making the Thomas worry, I didn't tell him where I was going and wouldn't let him come and find me - no-one can find me if I don't want to be found :D
Got a call from Her as well, Her dad's over from China and She's not happy :( Poor thing. Miss Her actually, not been able to see her since the evening of the grad ball. Did I tell you about that? Not sure, maybe in a bit :)
After about an hour the Thomas phoned and asked if he could and find me, bless him :) Then back to my room and much fun ^~
Fun :) I miss him now though :(
Right, grad ball!
Well, we didn't actually -go- to the ball, we went out with friends instead, but we were in Joe's when everyone else was arriving :) She was there! Yay :D
We spent a while snuggled on the sofa and got some amazing looks from various people, mostly guys. Heh I think we worried one of the Thomas' friends - he was talking to her and pointed me out as his girlfriend when I was kissing Her. Fun ^^
It was a bit odd though, She has a boyfriend (as I think I've said) who doesn't know about us and is a friend of the Thomas'. Anyhoo he turned up about half an hour after Her...I was all tactful and moved away but She suddenly decided She didn't care and I got pounced on. Yay!
Actually they've broken up now, although I think She has a new one...not sure.
I miss Her :(
Damn this no money thing.
Anyway, that's probably enough rambling from me for one day :)
Later guys
xxx