Haha, last time I checked in a year ago I was apparently finishing up the last dregs of my PhD. Not so! Turns out there was a lot more work to do. I'm hoping to submit it to my supervisors again before my trip this week ( Read more... )

No idea who's reading this, if anyone ( Read more... )

Calling out to the community! Livejournal: still a thing? 

Damn. Nothing posted for three months ( Read more... )

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God. Whenever there's a new guy in my life, my journal pathetically degrades to "TRAVIS and I did something uber-cute today blah blah blah" nonsense that no one is interested in. According to previous surveys, all anyone wants to hear is the sordid details of my sex life. Though I suspect due to the lack of comments lately that that's getting old ( Read more... )

10 years ago 1997:
1. I'd just left Saudi-Arabia
2. I'd arrived at high school in Switzerland
3. I'd never had a boyfriend

5 years ago 2002:
1. I'd been at college for 2 years and had just started courses in biochemistry
2. I was madly in love with a Californian
3. I still wasn't sick of the Scottish accent

3 years ago 2004:
1. I'd just graduated from ( Read more... )

So last Thursday, I went to my first punk rock show, obviously tagging behind Travis. The band was called Blood or Whiskey. The gig was fun but there weren't enough people and I consumed over-the-top quantities of the whiskey. Which was actually fortunate, because later that night we ran into T's *other* girlfriend, some tiny little elfin Norwegian ( Read more... )

Hahahahaha!! I took Natalie's elaborate Career test, and my first result, the profession I'm apparently best suited for based on my interests is....

...taxidermist. A little bit morbid, but hey...I just can't hide my love for dead animals and sawdust.

I got a contract!! They want me to be the AV/IT girl. I'm up for it, it's hot. They're giving me a place to live and a travel allowance. So looks like I'll be staying for a while! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Today I went to my first faculty meeting, pain au chocolat and all ( Read more... )