A happy new year to everyone!

20 things that happened in 2008:

1. Heath Ledger died.
2. I turned 16.
3. Became a proper Brit (but still have dual Canadian citizenship).
4. Got properly drunk for the first time.
5. Visited Cardiff.

I'm such a productive little Christmas shopper. :)

I now have presents for The Mother and The Brother and I am planning on buying The Father this nice little thing (my parents are both vicars, that's why it's funny). That only leaves homemade truffles for The Grandmother (has anyone got a good truffle/something of that vein recipe) and something for ( Read more... )

Torchwood was amazing. Ianto gave Spike Captain John The Look throughout the entire episode... Ha. And is there some rule that if you're a Time Agent you have to wear an amazing military jacket all the time?

Had a lot of fun in science the other day when we mixed some copper thing with some acid thing (I forget the actual science bit) and made this ( Read more... )

So, come tomorrow morning I'll be heading to Heathrow and by about four I'll be in Athens! Everyone says it's a really amazing city, and the Acropolis and the Parthenon and stuff... But I can't help but feel that my parents could've picked a week to go abroad that wasn't directly before my exams ( Read more... )

Okay, Easter is going to confuse the hell out of me. My mother is currently in Rome, undoubtedly eating gelatto and looking at priceless works of art (though not at the same time, I doubt they'd allow gelatto in the museums). My nan is coming on Tuesday, and my mum comes back on Wednesday. On Saturday, since my brother's getting confirmed, his ( Read more... )

This morning I was cruelly dragged out of my house by my parents and hauled onto a train to Canterbury, with aforementioned parents and one small creature (possibly my brother). It wasn't that bad really, we just wandered around the town and saw the cathedral and stuff. I swear, about three quarters of the people under twenty five in that town were ( Read more... )