Oliver - Nov 0, 2005

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Okay, so I know I promised myself that I’d really watch what I was spending my money on, but there was a sale that I couldn’t resist! 20% off everything at B-Wise plus the 10% discount I got for having a valid NUS card. 30% off!! *grin* So I bought four shirts (purple, pink, orange and brown) and a pair of stretchy jogging pants. And all just £21,70. Basically £4 each.. *happy happy* The pink shirt is a really deep pink, more like magenta actually. Anyway, it’s a stretchy skin tight shirt with 3/4 sleeves. The lavender one has a nice large rounded collar (again 3/4 sleeves). The chocolate brown one has this white shirt peeking out from underneath it, but in reality there’s nothing there. It’s got good proper (as in long) sleeves. The melon colored one has stuff written on it in French and nice small printed designs on it in grey and white. Can’t wait to wear them. ^-^ And I found a clothes dryer rack thingy. Went to Charlie’s.. finally found that place. So now I finally can properly dry my clothes in my room. XD Retail therapy’s goooooood… Need new sneaks though. The shoes I have now are starting to smell. >_< ;;

I love Aberystwyth. Seriously. The seaside.. just lovely. I went down there today to check out a few things if I’ve got them correct in my story. I usually just stay on the North Beach cause it’s closer to all the shops, but today I wandered over to the South Beach.. Lovely, lovely. Really windy, but great all the same. Then I wandered around the castle ruins for a bit. It really is a shame that they let it crumble down like that 7 centuries ago.. And I’ve decided that I’m gonna have my character jump off one of the ruins instead of the pier (because the pier isn’t accessible to everyone and I need it to be). Oh, and one thing that I discovered while on this little excursion: I can finally zip up my brown leather jacket. It’s a size M and when I first got it I couldn’t zip it up because of the really tiny waist, but now I can. ^-^ Another good thing about uni life. Lose weight even when it’s not intentional. XP

All the girls in my flat left today to go home or somewhere for the weekend. So it’s just me and the fellas for the next two nights. And since Niamh isn’t coming back for 10 days, it’ll be a lot quieter around there as well. I supposed I’ll enjoy it the first few days, but it’ll be kinda strange not having her singing/humming loudly in her room or the kitchen.. Seems like almost everyone took the 1:30 train today. Jonathan (a guy from my French class), the three girls.. Could be because it’s reading week for most departments next week. But not for me. :( But at least I’ll get Friday off completely because there isn’t a French class. ^-^

shopping, sale, clothes, seaside, castle, ruins

Wow.. so windy outside! Earlier it was really pouring and now it’s just plain windy. I wonder what gale winds are like.. I mean, to me these winds right now are pretty strong but they’re not gale force winds. And even though it’s pretty dark outside (basically pitch black with a few street lamps giving off an orange-y glow) I like it over here. Winds, rain and all. I dunno. I think the weather’s a really big part of it. I love this type of weather. Which means that in the future I need to live next to the sea.

weather, extreme weather, seaside

Nice dark nails. Decided that today I’m finally going to paint my nails and I chose “Redcurrant Jelly”. I feel like me again. It’s been so weird going for a whole year without dark nail polish. All I had with me were these really light colors. So while I was in Belgium I bought two Maybeline polishes: Redcurrant Jelly and Baby Doll. ^_^

For some strange reason none of the plugs in the kitchen work. Yesterday they were fine but today.. nada. Really weird. I’m gonna go tell the ppl at the reception about it if someone already hasn’t. I don’t get any tea without working plugs in the kitchen.. ;_; I wonder if the stove’s affected as well..

Well, my personal tutor just got back to me about the US Exchange Program. If I want to go on an exchange then it’ll have to be to a uni on their list. And it’s only for a semester. So the next thing I need to think about is do I still want to go, which one and which semester.. Probably the first semester because it’d be football season over there during that time. ^-^

I should be getting my own comp in two weeks! o/ And this time I know I’m getting it because I’ll actually go into a store and buy it. XD Sims 2 awaits!

Urgh.. we’re starting The Rape of the Lock today.. so not looking forward to writing the essay about it. The Wordsworth essay doesn’t sound that appealing either. And before either of those are due I’ve got to hand in a portfolio. Which is over half way done. Still need to write the bibliography and about 800 more words to my story. The commentary bit is done. ^-^

nail polish, defective plugs, exhange program, essays

The leveller Well done; you’ve a healthy and balanced approach to life. You are strong at both thinking and feeling and, as a result, can spot problems and solve them quickly, easily and effectively. Just carry on as you are!

Who are you - and why? As a leveller, you’ve got your life together. While other personalities major too much on thinking or feeling, you are in perfect balance. You respond to situations with clear-sightedness, taking your cue from your feelings, but using your mind to help you make decisions and action plans. Pretty much what the MBPT test told me a few years ago.. being an INTJ and all..

The positives: You’re very together. You really take life by the scruff of the neck and do what you want with it. You make and achieve your goals because you have all the bits of the lifestyle jigsaw. I like that sentence.. very together. ^-^

The negatives: There aren’t many other people like you. You might sometimes feel you’re the only sorted person in the world! True.. I can’t think of many others like me..

The leveller at work: You are a good colleague and team member able to support but also keep people on task. You’re particularly good at management roles where the need is to balance out different sets of needs without getting swamped by your feelings.

The leveller in love: You are a great partner because you rarely get hooked into the sort of destructive patterns that many of the other personality types do. Good to know..

Your love match is: Your ideal pairing is with a leveller and you’ll both live happily ever after. With any of the other personality types you risk doing all the giving, simply because you are more together than they are.

What should you do? Carry on doing what you’re doing and make sure that your friends, relatives, colleagues and partners are duly grateful for your having you around. I think they do appreciate me.. So no worries in that department. ^-^

iVillage, personality test, personality quiz

The Union seems to be in ghoulish spirits tonight. They’re showing “The Amityville Horror” for free if you’ve got an NUS card. I watched the first 30 mins of it and decided that was enough. I couldn’t make myself watch any more of it. Not because it was a bad movie, it just brought up too many things that I just don’t feel like thinking about when I go to sleep. Alone. *shudders* I mean, it’s not very cheerful to be thinking about how a guy murders his whole family right when you’re going to bed now is it? Especially when I know so much about the actual murders (did a presentation on it two years ago.. not the happiest of subjects but.. well, that’s what the teacher wanted and I aced it so I’m not complaining).

Onto cheerier things. Handed in my essay this morning, found out that next week I won’t be having any French lessons so I can go over to Rotherham to buy a comp that Thursday. Apparently in Aber there aren’t that many good comp stores so I’ll just wait to go to Meadowhall.. Dad called today. No comp for me yet, so that’s why I’m getting it from Rotherham.. most likely. Not totally sure yet. Anyhoo.. Jade’s sick. The flu. :(

There are ppl (as in other students) dressed up and trick-or-treating.. pretty worthless trying the dorms since we’re students. We’re broke. We don’t share the little candy that we do have.. o.O

he he.. it’s 23:23 right now. ^-^

Yeah. I’m tired. But I wanna work on my creative writing assignment. Need over 500 words to submit for a reading slot. Guess I should go spy on ppl some more. He liked the way I emphasized the imperative words of the airline rehearsed speech I “recorded”.. ^-^ Hmm.. I’ve already got over 1,000 words for my portfolio and the story hasn’t even begun yet! But JC (teach) said that I can submit the rest of the story in the second portfolio. So iz all guuuuuuud..

Okay, stopping rambling here. Going to work on combining mimesis and diegesis. *nods*

Halloween, trick-or-treat, Amityville Horror, horror movies, computers, rambling

Go me, I’ve finished off my essay. Just printed it. ^-^ So nothing to worry about on Monday. Except forgetting to post it in the box meant for essays.. :-S That wouldn’t be good. But I will remember to do it. I will I will I will. And I’ve already started writing stuff for my portfolio. Got the whole plot planned out. Well not all of it, but enough for me to actually start writing something.

So now that that’s out of the way, party! Yup, tonight I’m actually gonna go out to a party. It’s sort of a Halloween themed thing. Don’t really have a costume though. Probably just wearing my bikini top underneath my beach-y print dress and say that I’m going to the beach. And wear my shell jewelry. ^-^ Now the question is what do I take with me where I’ve got my keys and phone? The bag I have seems a bit silly but it’s the only one I’ve got..

Erm.. today I didn’t do much. Went into town, wandered around. Sat by the sea for about an hour just looking at it and breathing in the salty air. Found the local library and I borrowed a book from there. Called “The Story of America”. Sort of like a history book except it’s divided it into 26 short “stories” about what happened. I did look for the text book that Niamh’s got, contains a lot of stuff by American writers like Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Looked really interesting. Of course when I said that to Niamh she looked at me like I had grown another head. So anyway, didn’t see it in Ottakar’s.. Stopped by at WHSmith’s. Found the cutest little baby book. For some reason I really want to fill in baby books. I’ve got one at home where I’ve already filled out all the stuff I can about me, so I can later give it to my son/daughter. The father’s side of the book is still blank. Which I think will stay blank for another 10 yrs..

No drying rack to be found in Aber. Went to Woolworth’s, B-Wise, Peacocks (they had the loveliest shade of chocolate brown for sheets, duvets and pillows!). I was really tempted to buy some, but the didn’t have the duvet cover for a single in it so.. *shrugs* I really should get another towel though.

Watched “La vita e bella” yesterday. I went to language labs and just chose a movie from their list. Didn’t have any subtitles.. so all in Italian. But I still got the gist of it. So sad.. and the guy who kept calling the woman “principessa” was so brave. Funny too. So next week, maybe like Tuesday or something I’ll go and watch another movie. This time in French. And again, without subtitles. Although this I’ll be choosing not to have any. XP

foreign movie, Halloween, party, essay, Aberystwyth, shopping

Urgh.. I so cannot be bothered to write my essay. It’s too much of a pain. And now I find out that I need to do a bibliography for my writing portfolio as well! Double urgh. I guess I’ll quote Anne Rice and Virginia Andrews and Brian Lumley (or whoever it was who wrote Necroscope) and Dan Brown.. I mean, those are the ones I’ve just recently read so.. *shrugs* Still annoying though..

Erm.. woke up late (for once) and no crying! So yay! o/ Didn’t have anything to eat for breakfast so I had to go over to the Co-op. Maybe I should start keeping track of how much I spend on food a week.. I don’t like this not knowing business.

Oh.. just had a thought. Maybe I could write a renge for my portfolio that’s vampire themed. So that way I’d be using Anne Rice as an inspiration. ^-^

Last night was fun. Just hung out in the lounge area of our kitchen/dining room with Lewis & Scott until a huge bunch of them left to go dancing at Freeload.. I’m guessing it was at the Union. Anyway, I don’t like the kind of music they play over there so I didn’t go. Instead I talked to Oliver for 20 minutes on the phone. ^_^ Much nicer way to spend the evening in my opinion. And I got to choose the music. Finally had control of the stereo (since I was the only one in the kitchen) and I got to listen to my CDs.. so happy. :)

bibliographies, essays, portfolios, school work

I have no idea why, but the last two mornings I’ve woken up because I was crying. Not just tears flowing down my cheeks, but the really violent crying that makes me double-over and shake.. It’s so strange. And I have no idea what I had been dreaming about that made me cry. It’s like when I wake up, totally confused. No idea what’s going on. Really strange..

Well, not much else has happened. Been researching and writing my essay. Have about 650 words now. Going down into town today.. actually I should get going now. Need to eat and look for that drying thingy before I go over to the Old College to sign up as backstage crew.. possibly audition for a minor role if the play interests me. There’s no need to prepare anything so I could do it just on a whim. Speaking of that, I guess I should first find out what it’s about. ^^;;

crying, dreams, play, audition

Okay so 10 a.m. isn’t that early, but still. I woke up at 8! Lay in bed for about 45 minutes before I finally decided to drag myself out of it. *yawn* See.. this is why it isn’t good to get up early. Especially when you’ve stayed up 2 hrs past your usual bedtime to talk on the phone.. The phone convo lasted only 30 minutes (I think).. the rest of the time I was doing logic puzzles. o/ At least I did start my essay. I have about 250 words now. No idea if it’s any good, but starting is always a good idea. I’m gonna type up what I have right after I post this..

That seems to be about it for now. . Nothing that special happened yesterday. Met Lewis’ and Owen’s sisters. Met Scott.. Apparently he hangs out at our place a lot. And I know one of his housemates from Writer’s Art 1.

Decided to wear my new tights today. Black, white and grey stripes. I know I look a bit mis-matched with those tights, my trainers, light green skirt and pink leather coat but what do I care? XD I’m comfy and that’s the main thing.

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