It is the second day back at uni, and I'm feeling happy. There's nothing odd about that, you would assume, but I had a full day of lectures and book reading yesterday, then 9pm to 2am working on essays, then up again at 8.15am to carry on working on an essay until about 12pm, then I had to go out into the cold to a tutor meeting and a practical, ( Read more... )

I know I have a lot to talk about from the past two months, including apologies, tales of both woe and glee, and beautiful snow, but that shall all have to wait for another day, because I absolutely cannot believe that it is Christmas in just a few minutes. And that is what I wanted to say. This year has gone impossibly fast, and that day of family ( Read more... )

It is SO much fun to be woken up by yet another fire alarm. Only this time, for the greater enjoyment of the masses, it was at 5.30am. I know that I was in the middle of a very nice dream, though I have no idea what it was about now, when I jumped out of my skin at the siren. Fortunately we didn't have to stand around so long, but again we weren't ( Read more... )

So far I am on top of Nanowrimo; my word count is on track, and the story is moving along. Of course it is absolute pants, probably the worst nonsense I have ever written. I have realised that during the last three years I didn't really ignore my inner editor; it continued to lurk with me and forced me to make each sentence a pretty little piece of ( Read more... )

Tonight is a very special night. There are gatherings of people across the globe, there is much madness, there are cackles and whoops at midnight. There are witches and vampires and ghosts, and myriads of other supernatural creatures, all springing into life ( Read more... )

It's a week and a half until the most amazing event of the year. No, I don't mean Halloween; it is of course Nanowrimo! I have been assigned a team in
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Midnight. Had just finished watching Family Guy in my flatmate's room, come back to mine, and got into my jimjams, when a shrill ringing reverberated around our building. The entirety of our block was raised from slumber/other activities to stand outside in a chilly autumn night (myself cleverly dressed-up in a massive coat) because somebody had ( Read more... )

It's my very first day of lectures today and I awoke to the sound of persistent niggling rain. The sort that seems not too bad from indoors, but you know that it's just tempting you outside so it can release its fury at the bus stop. I was correct in my rain assessment. At least I took my brolly, but my backpack still got quite wet.

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Just completed today's oneword. It's a complete lie. I actually had Ryvita with Flora and ham.

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This is my last night at home as I am moving out tomorrow (though technically today because I was still packing at midnight despite gathering endless things and filling boxes and suitcases all day). Hopefully the bed there will be as comfy as this one! It would be a lie to say I have no idea what to expect because I've been visualising my room over ( Read more... )