Wow, I have not been online for a loooooong time. While this may be contributed to the fact that my life has been non-stop for about the past month (as demonstrated by last night, the first night in which I had proper opportunity to sleep in ages, and I was dead to the world for 14 hours), it must be pointed out that said busy-ness was pretty much ( Read more... )

I have been offline for a scarily long time, for no particular reason that I can think of. However, this time has not been passed unconstructively:

~ I have submitted my application to St Catharine's College at Cambridge (only a week after the deadline - go me!) although I have no great hopes for my chances, because a) wow, do they make those forms ( Read more... )

A couple of days ago, a group of teenagers broke into the place where I work, stole the till, and set fire to the bins outside, which then spread to the roof.

Huh.

So...buggaring hell. Apparently, it isn't as bad as it might have been, and I still have a job. Some of the roof collapsed, but I don't think that the fire spread inside. No doubt I ( Read more... )

The Constant Gardener is actually a surprisingly good film. I recommend you all go see it, but only if you're prepared to spend a large about of time afterwards feeling guilty about the priviledged lives that we all lead.

The lights blew a fuse at work today, so I've just spent four hours wandering around a dark kitchen, dropping things.

On an ( Read more... )

Things that I have learned today:

~ I hate spoons.

~ I will never, ever get the hang of folding the little napkin around the knife and fork so that it doesn't all collapse as soon as you let go.

~ Middle-aged, drunken golfers think that, due to the fact that you are female and younger than them, they are allowed to call you any sickly name they ( Read more... )