Thesis is SUBMITTED

super super super relieved. Was actually happy with the final product... more relieved that it was over, it was a tough two weeks up to the end. I was so tired and stressed, I just felt constantly nauseous from not sleeping enough (17hour days at uni... often here from 8am till after midnight), and couldn't switch my brain off ( Read more... )

Yes yes, I keep harking on about it, but Phillip Pullman has commented on his being on the list (which apparently is only based on about 500 'formal' complaints, so not sure about the weight of it really?... oh look Helen has been analysing tooooo much this year).

Its after 10pm and I'm still at uni. Going to be here a while longer. Just sent my ( Read more... )

Further to my previous post, the 10 most frequently challenged books from last year  (2007) are up  - no surprises Phillip Pullman is there (oh look! the movie is based on a book!??! Lies! Trechery! Treason!).

I have 18 days left. Sending Di a complete draft today which is exciting/scary.

Otherwise things have been... stressful. But have found space ( Read more... )

The world is a very screwed place..... I bet the people who complained about these books had probably never read them and had just seen a word they didn't like in the title. Anyways.... I could turn this into a rant about the stupidity of certain (and I stress CERTAIN and not ALL in any way) Americans that are so scared of the world that they are ( Read more... )

sometimes i think this cycle never ends

we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again
and it seems by the time that i have figured what it's worth
the squeaking of our skin against the steel has gotten worse.

but if i move my place in line i'll lose.
and i have waited, the anticipation's got me glued.

i am waiting for something ( Read more... )

Attention flist:

~I'm seeking reading suggestions~

Please suggest to me a book/s I should read. And tell me why you love it.

I'm looking for non-sci-fi/fantasy, really interesting reading to get me through the UN documents I'm currently slogging through.

I'll love you forever! 

if you have to break, there is nothing better to listen to than Matt Walters while you are doing it.

And his new song, up on his myspace is glorious and wonderful and more than anything in The Moon, Stars and People. Listen to it.

Love, always.

& the memory
in the black tea
is a
metallic tannin taste
that sits
on the very tip
of my tongue
& reminds me of the
river
we swam in last
summer as the
leaves turned the water
brown
& it was the colour of
your eyes that
drowned me in the
currents of your
hair as I
sought the bottom
of your neck
with my nose
&
your skin smells
salty
&
secret
& lush
&
swift hands
suddenly ( Read more... )

 Firstly - Brendan's story is fantastic, and I can't wait to keep finding out more. I love listening to him read it out, and being able to see what is happening. The world he is creating, and the characters that are developing are believable (well fantasy believable!) and interesting. So if Brendan is reading this I have to say KEEP WRITING - but ( Read more... )

Soooooooooooooooooo. The boss is out, and I kinda have no work to do. And not in a 'there is work, but I don't want to do it' way - in a .... hrm..... empty to-do list kind of way.

Interweb it is!

Tonight I'm going to Yoga with Mum and a friend of hers. Feel the relaxment.

Saw Stardust on Saturday night. It was good. Have to keep telling myself its ( Read more... )