Somehow I have not posted since February. Things have alternated between not being interesting enough to write about and being SO BUSY I can't bring myself to type up every little thing ( Read more... )

Does being more affected by tragedies that have impacted people you know make you a bad person ( Read more... )

So, zed_pm posted on her LJ the idea of posting ten pictures of very very pretty lovely people for Valentines Day, and because I need minimal excuse to spend my Sunday afternoon googling pretty people, here they are!

( I appear to have a type. )

I am feeling good about things so I figured it was time I posted what I was up to at the moment ( Read more... )

It's that time of year again! By which I mean the time when I'm eating leftovers all day as my mother tries to clear the fridge, and the time I get all reflective on my livejournal ( Read more... )

Sooooo I'm kinda getting another crazy idea. I've always wanted to see the Northern Lights. Apparently they're most visible between September and March. HEY - I'm free in January and early February! It can't hurt to LOOK, right ( Read more... )

So, I've just got back from Ireland! As part of my plan to Travel Travel Travel during my gap year, I accompanied my mum out to visit my sister in Belfast, and we also travelled to county Donegal, where my grandma came from, and went to Dublin on a day-trip ( Read more... )

So! My dissertation is done and dusted and shunted from my life, I have recovered and drunk copiously, and tomorrow I'm off to volunteer at the Cheltenham Literature Festival for two weeks! I'll mostly be shepherding the public all over the place, but I'm really hoping I'll get to see some of the talks going on. Simon Pegg! Michael Caine! Lindsey ( Read more... )

Things I really, really want to do in my gap year:

1. Teach myself to draw
2. Teach myself to cook more things (bolognaise, stir-fry and coq au vin are all very well and good, but I'd like a repertoire3. Go white-water rafting ( Read more... )

So, I've got an extension on my dissertation deadline till the 27th. That's an extra 17 days, that'll give me time to go home for the funeral whenever it may be and to get over the urges to just sit and stare ahead and do nothing. My tutors were very helpful and very sympathetic. They also recommended I apply for mitigating circumstances, though ( Read more... )