Yes, I haven't been posting much. This isn't because I'm ill, insane, or the victim of a terrorist plot, rather, it's because at the moment my life is b-o-r-i-n-g. University work, web design work, gym etc. Nothing out of the ordinary. I did make some rather yummy (if I do say so myself) chicken and almond casserole the other day, but I don't ( Read more... )

Despite the prolonged, mucus-filled misery that is my cold, I had a rather lovely weekend. On Saturday I went to see one of the Film Festival movies with Nick, and then we came back to my place and had pizza, pancakes, and a Charmed marathon. Yay for Charmed and its utter lack of plot and/or consistency ( Read more... )

'Twas my cousin Rohan's belated 21st birthday today, and the dress code was stipulated as "something beginning with the letter 'r'." I'm not really a huge costume fan so I was contemplating as going as Regular guy, or possibly as a Replicant (the android thingies from Bladerunner, which are physically indistinguishable from humans), but Nick ( Read more... )

I finished work last Friday, so now I have a whole week just for me before uni starts again. Irritatingly, I have subject clashes, despite the fact that I am only doing three subjects ( Read more... )

I don't normally do a lot of memes, but this is a Harry Potter one so I couldn't resist.

I get to marry Harry! But... not a particularly happy ending, what with me being in Azkaban. A few moments fiddling produced this: -

Even worse; now both Fred and myself are dead. But things only get worse when I try to use my real name: -

*shudders* ( Read more... )

As almost everyone knows, I am, in regards to Harry Potter, as big a geek as you are likely to find everywhere. But yesterday, while browsing the Internet (as you do) I realised that there are depths of HP geekiness that simply should not be plumbed. It was my misfortune to stumble across this site: -

http://www.redhen-publications.com/Potterverse ( Read more... )

Nan's funeral today: I gave a short eulogy (irritatingly, my uncle Ivan, who gave the eulogy before mine, mentioned some of the same features of Nan's character as I did, but oh well). Lots of people said they thought my eulogy was great, but then they might just have been glad it was brief after the rather lengthy affair delivered by Ivan ;)

esso, sajee ( Read more... )

Nan died last night... much sadness. Unfortunately when my stepmother gets unhappy she is a real bitch, so I escaped and went to work, which also helped because I could keep myself busy rather than falling into a sinkhole of depression ( Read more... )

Not much change with Nan - she opens her eyes from time to time, but they are unfocussed - I think it is just a long ingrained habit rather than conscious action, almost an automatic response, like blinking or breathing. As she previously discussed with her doctor, she is not being given any sustenance other than a saline drip, and so her body is ( Read more... )

My grandmother had a very bad stroke today :( Her doctor is unsure whether she will regain consciousness, and even if she does, she will be paralysed down one side of her body, and her speech faculties will also probably be impaired. It was just awful - Nana is such a capable, caring woman, who has been looking after my grandfather (who has ( Read more... )