Got my final reading list for next semester through today - Victorian Literature, which is awesome on two levels. First, because the books seem pretty cool in themselves. Second, they've almost all been reprinted in cheap and cheerful versions, so I can get a whole module for about £15 \o/

Today's bad news? I still haven't got my deposit back on my ( Read more... )

Had some very zombie-heavy dreams last night. My family and I were in a city that was almost like Newcastle, and there were zombies. But they only came out after sunset (... vampire zombies?) and during the day the surviving humans crept out and looted shops and found places to live. And then there was some black-and-white film reel business about ( Read more... )

SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE MOVING HOUSE AGAIN!

Apparently my parents had a Financial Advisor over today, and the only workable plan is to sell our current house and start renting. I can't say I'm really surprised... my parents LOVE to move house (and I sort of do too, I guess) and we've been in our house about five years now, which is sneaking up on the ( Read more... )

Guess who completely forgot she had a seminar this morning?

If you said

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I just discovered that I've been accidentally using tooth-whitening toothpaste for a week. And it's apparently shifted a weird stain I had on my front tooth, so - awesome!

Also, Kirsten's Topless Ambition is the most heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting thing ever. I nearly cried, like, twice. I used to love Smart so damn much D:

For the first time since I was a little kid, I'm actually looking forward to summer. I want to wear t-shirts and even skirts and sit out on the grass, reading a book, talking, maybe just being. And after this past winter, which was basically several months of feeling like I would never be warm again, I am ready for the warm weather. So yay spring!

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OH THE DRAMAS!

I got a call from Maddy today saying they have an eight-bedroom house all lined up and if I want in, now is the time. So, I slipped on some inappropriate shoes (having already ruined by boots in the wonderful, wonderful snow earlier in the day) and trudged down the street to where Maddy and all the girls I may be living with next ( Read more... )

Twitter me silly: I'm giving Twitter a try, because Stephen Fry told me to because it looks interesting, so if anyone else does, follow me?

Great Diet 09: Off to a good start, took myself off to Asda today (... why is it that Newcastle taxi drivers repeatedly and consistently challenge my world view, opinions and life choices?!) and stocked up on ( Read more... )

I think we can officially call today a Good Day. I was woken up at 11:30 by Ollie, telling me there was a guy coming round to check the heating/lighting in The House, so I finally finished tidying my room ( Read more... )

So the Robin Hood fandom is snarling over this news

I'm pretty much okay with this, because I don't know the writer offhand and it's Robin Hood, so whatever, but I'm saddened by the sheer amount of bitter, angry people in the fandom these days. Remember the days when it was a happy, friendly fandom? *sigh*

(Honestly, though, that article riles me a ( Read more... )