I made cake! And jambalaya. And chicken pineapple teriyaki. And cola pot roast (om nom red meat, we needs the iron, precious). And people over here keep calling me/each other 'my love' (trufax exchange: "Table for two, please." / "Brilliant. Sit yourself down here, my love - the specials today are..."), and it is ADORABLE, and I am pretty sure I am ( Read more... )

Tomorrow (for my 9am lecture), everyone in my tutorial group has to bring in an object which they feel tells a story about themselves. Since my room is full of SFF/Patrick O'Brian/zombie books and nerdy posters, and I don't want to be That Person, I have instead tentatively settled on my creepy red-stained rubber gloves - from when I spray-painted ( Read more... )

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I did not take any photos of my culinary endeavours tonight (I actually went back to my room to grab my camera, and forgot that the battery was sitting in the charger; good job, self), BUT IT LOOKED DELICIOUS. Juicy stir-fried meat, colourful vegetables - so many vegetables - and yummy, toasty rice. Idk, my bff rice cooker? It also tasted delicious ( Read more... )

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Flatmates: seem lovely! I have met three out of five; the other two - to complete our flat of six - have yet to move in. Or if they have arrived, I haven't run into them yet. All girls and all postgrads so far, and in a grand show of anti-feminism (or... something) we all made friends whilst cleaning the kitchen on our first night here. Seriously ( Read more... )

Well, I made it. If I can ever bring myself to talk about the drive here, I will post about the epic fail of it all, but right now, I am here. I am here, and the internet works, and my key works, and I have a bed. That is all I care about right now.

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1) It's my birthday!

2) I'm leaving the country the day after tomorrow to go do my MA.

3) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Yep. That about sums it up.