Another meme-thing
[List five things about you that are ordinary and five things about you that are special.]
Five Ordinary Things
1) I have green eyes?
2) I got pretty ordinary GCSEs and A levels (mostly Bs and Cs for GCSE, ABB at A level)
3) I want a part-time job, much like every other student in the world ;]
4) I live in a flatshare with ... probably three other people, though I've only seen one of them very fleetingly since I moved in (all right, that might not be that ordinary. Is it me??)
5) I'm an exchange student, and a lot more nervous about being thousands of miles away from home than I'll let on in public.
Five Things That Make Me a Speshul Snowflake
1) I'm the only bloke I know (though not the only one I know of with hair more than half-way down his back...
2) ...and I can french-plait it from the front right down and into a normal plait by myself (hey, I have female friends who were impressed by that).
3) I can speak Welsh, Latin and English fluently (though my Latin's a bit rusty), and read and speak a bit of Ancient Greek.
4) I designed both of my tattoos myself, plus did the paper lineart and shading for two of my mates.
5) ...I'm really not all that special, to be honest. Erm, I can play violin to Grade 8 standard, does that count?
In other news, I got to meet Val's uncle the other day, and got an invitation over for dinner some time. Should be good fun, I would think -- the uncle seems like a nice bloke (and has amazing tattoos!), and it'll be nice to get out for an evening and do something other than curl up in the flat and write essays or emails or sit and draw...
My mam's sending over some of my great-uncle's coin collection, too -- Val's into coin collecting, and I thought they'd be better off somewhere they're appreciated. I have other stuff from my great-uncle, so I don't mind. I suppose if the coinage was all I'd got, I'd be reluctant to let them go, but I got books and all sorts, and to be honest, I'd rather the coin stuff went to somebody who appreciates it all, because I'm barely even going to look at them. Course, knowing my mam, there'll be enough of a care package to shore up half an army for three weeks, so I'm quite looking forward to that coming through... =D
Five Ordinary Things
1) I have green eyes?
2) I got pretty ordinary GCSEs and A levels (mostly Bs and Cs for GCSE, ABB at A level)
3) I want a part-time job, much like every other student in the world ;]
4) I live in a flatshare with ... probably three other people, though I've only seen one of them very fleetingly since I moved in (all right, that might not be that ordinary. Is it me??)
5) I'm an exchange student, and a lot more nervous about being thousands of miles away from home than I'll let on in public.
Five Things That Make Me a Speshul Snowflake
1) I'm the only bloke I know (though not the only one I know of with hair more than half-way down his back...
2) ...and I can french-plait it from the front right down and into a normal plait by myself (hey, I have female friends who were impressed by that).
3) I can speak Welsh, Latin and English fluently (though my Latin's a bit rusty), and read and speak a bit of Ancient Greek.
4) I designed both of my tattoos myself, plus did the paper lineart and shading for two of my mates.
5) ...I'm really not all that special, to be honest. Erm, I can play violin to Grade 8 standard, does that count?
In other news, I got to meet Val's uncle the other day, and got an invitation over for dinner some time. Should be good fun, I would think -- the uncle seems like a nice bloke (and has amazing tattoos!), and it'll be nice to get out for an evening and do something other than curl up in the flat and write essays or emails or sit and draw...
My mam's sending over some of my great-uncle's coin collection, too -- Val's into coin collecting, and I thought they'd be better off somewhere they're appreciated. I have other stuff from my great-uncle, so I don't mind. I suppose if the coinage was all I'd got, I'd be reluctant to let them go, but I got books and all sorts, and to be honest, I'd rather the coin stuff went to somebody who appreciates it all, because I'm barely even going to look at them. Course, knowing my mam, there'll be enough of a care package to shore up half an army for three weeks, so I'm quite looking forward to that coming through... =D