I am currently on my third readthrough of The Book Thief. The first time I read it, over two years ago, a friend in Laos lent me her copy. I gulped down its 500-odd pages during a two-day cruise on the Mekong river, glad for the security of sunglasses when I reached the final chapters. It's rare for me to re-read any book I find so devastating, but ( Read more... )

Hello LJ! I'm not dead ( Read more... )

I'm re-watching Season 2 of Avatar at the moment, slowly working my way through the episodes that changed to show from "Pretty good" to "Mindblowing". I wanted to write something about "Zuko Alone" and "The Tales of Ba Sing Sei", but let's face it: if you've seen the show, there's a pretty good chance one of those is your favourite episode, and ( Read more... )

The frustrating thing about discovering a great new band/book/TV series/movie which none of your friends have heard of is that there is nobody with whom to share the squee. The nice thing is that you can introduce them to it ( Read more... )

Yeah, yeah, I haven't posted for months. In the intervening time, I have decided to go to Japan, take a sort-of career break and learn karate. But who cares about all that? Today I'm going to use my LJ for its original intended purpose: fannish squeeing!

Aaaaand....

HOLY CRAP AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER IS TOTALLY, MINDBLOWINGLY AWESOME ( Read more... )

So, the Cardiology Term of Horror is over and I am now in the midst of marginally less horrifying, but profoundly more disorientating night shifts. This means I can actually update my LJ during a lull in the work.

Sadly, I can't think of too many things to actually update on. I recently started a 365 project in an attempt to make my life a little ( Read more... )

Hello my dear LJ-ers. I am, indeed, still alive. I realise that I left my tripm posts unfinished (in fact, I have a half-finished word document on my hard drive detailing my adventures in Laos - I still home I will eventually get around to finishing it ( Read more... )

I think Mastercard could pay travellers to write ads for them. It’s very easy. For example ( Read more... )

1) You will get ripped off
2) You will get sick

( Story and pics under the cut (there aren't any pics of the getting sick part, don't worry) )

For anybody wondering why I've dropped off the face of the earth, I'm now back. I've spent the last three and a half weeks travelling through Vietnam, Laos and Thailand in a trip I can only describe as absolutely insane. Posts and photos are on the way, I swear!