I finally submitted my "History of Afrikaans" chapter draft at 2am on Thursday morning. It was due at the end of March, but I just couldn't get it done. As it is, I submitted a piece of way-too-short trash, but at least it's in and my supervisors haven't had me excommunicated yet, so that's a good sign ( Read more... )

This is bad. Very bad. I took a quiz to find out how large my ecological footprint is, and it's ginormous!

Here are the results (they don't give you an HTML code, so it doesn't look very pretty, but I guess that's not the point of this particular quiz):

CATEGORYGLOBAL HECTARES
FOOD: 1.2
MOBILITY: 1.4
SHELTER: 1.6
GOODS/SERVICES: 4.8
TOTAL ( Read more... )

Sadly this is very true.

Loser- INTP

13% Extraversion, 60% Intuition, 93% Thinking, 40% Judging

Talked to another human being lately? I'm serious. You value knowledge above ALL else. You love new ideas, and become very excited over abstractions and theories. The fact that nobody else cares ( Read more... )

The other night at home group we were talking about star signs and I said that I'm not really a typical Aquarius. And now we know why: apparently I'm supposed to be a Virgo.

You Should Be A Virgo
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I bought something on Ebay. For the first time ever. It's a bit silly because I bought a book I already have. But it's one of my all-time favourite children's books and it's out of print now. And I'm going to need one copy to give to my children (in the event that I actually ever get married) and another one to give to whichever nieces and/or ( Read more... )

We got a puppy ( Read more... )

Why do I always get the bad guys?!

( Another HP quiz... )

So it turns out that I wasn't too late to join up for the research project after all. Whether or not they're going to be able to pay me is another question. But it'll be worth it just for the experience. (Although I could really use an income at the moment - I'm sponging off my parents and it isn't very good for my self esteem or sense of ( Read more... )

Here's a disturbing new revelation:

( Apparently I'm Lord Voldemort. )