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I hate updating when I haven't been around for a while. Especially since my last few posts haven't been very informative!

My summer is at least finally sorted:
July 19th - August 2nd: trekking in Norway - OMG FJORDS YAY!!
August 14th - September 13th: Volunteer work in Darjeeling, India
September 14th - September 26th: Istanbul, Ephesus and Samos ( Read more... )

You know that the actor that plays Draco Malfoy in the HP movies is called Tom Felton? Well my housemate is also called Tom Felton. He gets emails and random people adding him on facebook all the time, but today? Today we got FANMAIL. Well I say we, but obviously just him. But it came to our house so now I can pretend that I got FANMAIL ( Read more... )

Morning, all!

I did that personality trait quiz thing that's floating around and got these as my top ten traits:
Friendly
Accessible
Warm
Understanding
Empathetic
Passionate
Sympathetic
Poised
Tender
Aesthetic

Wow, I am such a goddamm GIRL.

(P.S. indaydreams I got your card, thank you! I am halfway through writing a reply, so should be posted ( Read more... )

I just talked to Mum about my options for the summer. She was really against me going off to Latin America or to Asia or anywhere on my own to do one of these volunteer projects. After she rang off I got really annoyed about it - all I want to do is something GOOD and she won't let me, but my brother has been off to Peru, and to Kyrgyzstan and all ( Read more... )

I cannot decide what to dooooooo. This summer I have a couple of months off, and it's going to be the last time that I have such a beautiful stretch of time to do as I please. I want to make the most of it and go away for a goodly amount of time and do something special etc etc etc.

I have narrowed it down to two options. And now I am stuck.

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I have this kind of on-off relationship with running, where I am very enthusiastic for a couple of weeks and run lots, and then die off for a week or so before getting back into it. This is not good. I really need to be more consistent and stop using unconvincing excuses. With this is mind, I've entered myself for a 10km in Oxford in May, and am ( Read more... )

I was just chatting to Huw about when he can next come down to see me and he says 'oh I can't make that weekend it's my stag do.'

Short silence. Horrified face.

Panicked thoughts include a) did I drunkenly agree to marry him? b) does he not know what a stag do is? c) is he marrying someone else'Wait. Did I say MY stag do? I meant to say my ( Read more... )

I just burned my hand.

Hot kettle is hot.

:(

So, I just found out that my cousin is FINALLY engaged.... via facebook. If that wasn't bad enough, I was exclaiming about it to my Dad (I happened to be on the phone to him when I saw it) - who didn't know!

Classic.