Jul 11, 2009 09:18
* So I'm back in Ireland. The trip was okay, except that Jon had the best idea ever : miss his bus. Fortunately, the bus trip was 2 hours long, which gave me the time to deal with my disappointment (yes, I'm rather emotionally fragile and thus easily pissed off at the moment) - and gave him the time to find a box with Tarantino's 5 first movies... he does know me too much.
* Yesterday I could finally spend my day doing nothing. Which was exactly what I needed. So I replied to a few e-mails, read, sorted out some files on my computer and baked lasagnas with Jon's mother. I intend to do more or less the same thing today - nothing but chill out.
* We watched the first episode of Torchwood - Children of Earth yesterday. Yes, we are late. Yes, we loved it. Yes, we will definitely watch a few other episodes tonight. Yes, Ianto is love.
* I've almost finished the book I am currently reading : The girl with the dragon tattoo (en français Les hommes qui n'aimaient pas les femmes), that is, the first book of the Millenium trilogy. I haven't seen the movie but I intend too. As for the book, it is rather disturbing (even though I have read a lot of disturbing thrillers before and wasn't that moved), but still fascinating. Especially Lisbeth Salander's character. The story deals with the disappearance of a young girl, Harriet Vanger, which occurred some thirty years ago, a mystery which remains unsolved until the girl's uncle asks a journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, to try and crack it. As for Lisbeth, she works as a detective who sneaks into people's life in order to find their dirtiest secrets... while she herself has many things she wouldn't want others to discover. I love the way it's written. The beginning may seem a bit slow, but at the same time it helps discovering the characters. The story is complex, and not always easy to follow - which I like. All and all it is a very, very good book indeed, and as soon as I've finished with it I'm going to 1) find the next one and 2) see the movie.
* I'm still looking for a job for the summer, even though for now I'm doing nothing about it. I hope I'll find something - but there's nothing I can do right now, it has to wait till next week.
(* Et en français pour finir, parce que ça ne dira rien aux anglophones : je ne suis pas admise à l'ENS, ce qui me soulage d'un certain poids, c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire. Ne me reste plus qu'à voir mes notes !)
!english post,
me : news,
me : guimauve,
lecture,
me : irlande,
fandom : torchwood,
me : concours,
me : job