My dad's doing the equivalent of being a professional doctor and telling me, who's shown up with a fucked up arm, "I don't know if it's broken! Just look it up on that website I sent you. Jeez, I already told you how hospitals import the bandages used in casts ( Read more... )

Sickle's "Oh dears gods, where did the time go?!?" Post-Points:

Life and Times:

- Italian class picking up a bit. We've actually used the books a few times, and there's been a few minutes of conversation. Useful learnings, we can has!

- I had a job interview yesterday. ( Read more... )

After yesterday's lack of Italian class and the day before yesterday's purely revision class, we finally had our honest-to-gods real teacher and not the sustitute teacher (who was not sick but rather in the frickin' USA visiting her daughter and wee grandson, which, good for you but holy fuck, we can has class, yes?). What do we do? Revision and ( Read more... )

Yesterday's Italian class was only revision, revision, revision, with an extra dash of exercises. Today's class was canceled because our substitute had to be somewhere's or something or whatever, he has his own schtick, and our real teacher is still sick, or "sick" or whatever. So we'll recoup the 3 missing hours by adding on some fifteen or so ( Read more... )

Life and Times:

The Netherlands - Mom arrived on Thursday evening. We threw out a lot of things (huge bags of clothes, notes, etc.) and packed the rest. A bunch of books and a pair of tennis shoes were sent by land through the mail service for ridiculously cheap prices. I closed a deal with Random Internet Person for the wardrobe for less than ( Read more... )

I went to two bike shops today and thus got an estimate of what my bike's worth. I've got one guy interested in buying it, so we'll see how my haggling skills go on Saturday. I also think I've got someone interested in my wardrobe, which is awesome. I went to the Hague for a wander about and to see what I could get for some second-hand books, ( Read more... )

But there are some things I need to keep to myself.*

Supernatural Review of 99 Problems:

My main thinky thoughts are here, because as I've said, I'm better at meta-conversations than doing it solo.

As for Dark Side of the Moon, I have one final point that struck me, especially whilst watching the memory of Sam leaving for Stanford. It struck ( Read more... )

Ceci n'est pas un post.

Rather, it's another one of those I Aten't Dead posts.

The kind where I completely gloss over anything that may be happening in favour of posting the Links of the Day so I can finally go off to sleep. The kind where I do not discuss the epic panic and wibbles over the Oh dear gods, I'm supposed to live here? And not ( Read more... )

This is not a post. This is just me saying that I'm not dead from teh ski - I actually had a great time and will provide photgraphic proof - and that I'm off to Rome until the 7th.

Links of the Day:

Supernatural: ( Read more... )

WIN: Suitcase for Rome is all set. The one for ski will be transferred from the trolley to the other suitcase because winter clothes + food takes up a lot of space. This is the bus ride that I've got to look forward to this coming Friday night. Oy ( Read more... )