It snowed this morning. Just after I'd told Dad, "Yeah, well, snow was predicted this weekend but England never really gets it." Right. Of course, it wasn't much more than some flighty flurries, but to see the grass speckled and the seagulls wafting about in it with a rather bemused sort of wing clip was quite interesting. Made for a cold walk ( Read more... )

Glasgow on hold yet again. Must say that traveling does the strangest things to my eating and sleeping habits. I've either managed two or five meals today, what with the belated shopping (mmmm, Tesco pancakes) and Judy Garland showcase that ate up lunchtime before seminar. Ugh. No more pasta or rice cakes for me. Normalcy begins tomorrow. And ( Read more... )

Part I: Glasgow

'cause the Hollywood Heroines movie didn't last for five bazillion years, unlike Perils of Pauline which could have stood some major editing. I mean, come on, how many times can you get tied and gagged and manipulated before you figure out that your guardian is trying to get you killed and steal your fortune? Not that he would ( Read more... )

Okay, too amusing not to post. Credit to "Mary-Sue" on the Phantomfans.net board in response to someone's making a series of Phantom puppets ( Read more... )

So did I mention that I wanted this semester to end? Yeah, I think I did. Having a final paper due in February is just ridiculous. Especially when we've already started new classes (Satire with the Andrew Lloyd Webber-is-the-antichrist professor from New York, Hollywood Heroines with a soft-spoken Englishwoman who has a long-term relationship ( Read more... )

Things I'm afraid I just can't handle when trying to get to sleep before a final ( Read more... )

So I've decided that we need to have a "make fun of the old Phantom movie night." 'Cause I was just going through my DVDs and watching part of it (sans sound of course...grrr...though it doesn't matter for this one all that much since it was originally a silent film), and wow. Chorus girls who twirl every five seconds and freak out about ( Read more... )

So, after nearly a semester of Sarah badgering (with the help of a certain couple of pairs of insanely pointy Glinda shoes), I finally gave in. They're mildly pointy (NOT insane...actually rather nice until you realize that pointiness is just abnormal in feet). Ten pounds (which she paid half of...early birthday gift or some such excuse). No ( Read more... )

1. Never leave flat without phone. Especially when you're going to Topsham in the dark and you're running late ( Read more... )

Cause if I even contemplate going back through everything that has happened since...um...November, my head would explode. And I need to go finish reading about a Renaissance man-woman. Woman-man? Gah. That roaring girl in the thing with the authors that I need to know for finals. Yes. Anyway. Definitely back in Exeter and extremely jetlagged ( Read more... )