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So it turns out that I haven't updated my LJ in 12 weeks! Where did all that time go? Thanks to everyone who nudged me, and sorry for not responding sooner ( Read more... ) -
Playing dress-up :)
At the bookshop, we've started talking about the release of HP 7. We're going to have a midnight release party (squee!!!) and we're going to dress up. We all have to help out to organise it. I've found some ideas for decorations and games at Potter Parties and I'm making a mental of what we could manage in the shop ( Read more... ) -
Finally, a proper update!
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... ) -
Why I might never finish my thesis...
WHAT is this life if, full of care ( Read more... ) -
Book news
One of the many advantages of working in a bookshop is that you hear about all sorts of weird book-related news that might not make it into the mainstream media. Here's an interesting titbit I heard about today:
The shortlist for the 2007 Lulu Blooker Prize has been released!
"The Lulu what Prize?" you ask ( Read more... ) -
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What with all the llama love on my flist right now I feel the need to join in and point out to those who haven't seen it yet, this awesome combination of the Llama song and Badger Badger Badger:
All your base belong to us, Numa Numa Yay(And, trying to find the above link again, I came across these chuckle-worthy Potter lyrics to be sung to the ( Read more... ) -
my giant footprint...
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
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Because everyone else is doing it...
I'm jumping on the bandwagon: Meme create by and stolen from Nimnod.
Gettin' to know y'all meme
Where do you live? (country and city)
Cape Town, South Africa
What do you like best about LJ? (e.g. meeting new ppl, the fandom stuff, a way to waste time at work, etc)
Fandom stuff, making new friends, and keeping up with old friends
What do you do ( Read more... )
