| welcome to the house of chaos... |
[May. 23rd, 2005|08:03 pm] |
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Over the last few days, our house has slowly become more and more of a mess. This has partly to do with the fact that everyone is currently stressing/revising for exams and not having the time/inclination to make an effort to clean and tidy, and mainly to do with the fact that at half twelve Saturday night all the plaster fell off our hall ceiling. ( read more... ) |
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| Snow....again |
[Feb. 24th, 2005|10:55 pm] |
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For all you people complaining at lack of snow, you should be in Sheffield. A good few inches thick, everywhere, and hasn't stopped snowing for over 48 hours yet. Sounds great? It would be if I didnt have to go anywhere or do anything - living up a hill makes your daily trip to uni a little more interesting when you're trying to stay on your own two feet rather than your arse! What made it worse was going to work Tuesday and doing overtime Wednesday - my boss has recently discovered I'm good at map reading (my own fault - I offered to help deliver to get out of picking) and so sent me out on a redelivery Tuesday and delivering a whole 10 orders Wednesday. ( It gets better... ) |
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[Feb. 9th, 2005|01:49 am] |
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For anyone who feels like making the rather long and winding trek to Sheffield, we're having a house party this Saturday. ( Map here ) |
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| birthday birthday birthday birthday birthday |
[Nov. 18th, 2004|02:31 am] |
Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday to Helen, happy birthday to me!
Yay, 21 today - feel rather old now but I'm sure I'll get used to it! (well, 21 at 18.11 hours today but who's being picky?!) |
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| Bored, very tired from travelling all day, but not tired enough to go to bed. Strange that... |
[Nov. 15th, 2004|01:56 am] |
You Are From the Sun |
Of all your friends, you're the shining star.
You're dramatic - loving attention and the spotlight.
You're a totally entertainer and the life of the party.
Watch out! The Sun can be stubborn, demanding, and flirty.
Overall, you're a great leader and great friend. The very best!
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Hmmm, someone should tell these people that the sun technically is not a planet, although as I assume they're doing this with an astrological bent then they're taking the sun as the planet it is assumed to be in astrology.
Actually, just looking at that again, I dont think I made any sense whatsoever. I apologise to anyone who made have gotten slightly confused by me - again. |
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| Yay - we have internet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
[Nov. 11th, 2004|02:13 am] |
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Woohoo - internet at home finally! After all the fuss and bother it's finally been sorted, minus a few problems tonight i think it actually properly works now and we have a broadband service that actually appears to run faster than the dial-up we had before, well after Phil had sorted out all the problems we had with it earlier today anyway. Means I can update a bit more often now as I dont have to go down to the IT centre to use a computer with the internet! |
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| bored...very bored |
[Jun. 14th, 2004|05:14 pm] |
| How to make a purple_hippo |
Ingredients:
1 part intelligence
5 parts self-sufficiency
3 parts leadership |
Method:
Combine in a tall glass half filled with crushed ice. Add curiosity to taste! Do not overindulge! |
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| Exams... |
[May. 18th, 2004|01:22 pm] |
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| [ | music |
| | 40' - Franz Ferdinand | ] |
...why set them just as the weather gets nice enough to go sit outdoors in the sun? Bloody typical, a week before my first exam and the sun comes out. So what do we do? Go sit in the library for a couple of hours, then decide lunch would be a good idea, so head off to subway, get food, and go sit on devonshire green in the sunshine. Then of course no-one wants to go back to the library so we go sit in the beer garden of varsity, do more revision, Helen fails to see the point of going over the maths bit of the economics exam which she knows she can do so gives up on the tutorial questions we're going over, and then goes up to Dawn's for bbq. Which admittedly was good fun, but very unproductive when you have an exam to do in a week's time.
Anyway, now thats out of my system, about the ball. Twas lots and lots of fun, havent managed to sort photos out yet but will at some point...then again it might just be easier to show them to anyone who wants to see them when I'm at home! Got back to Tom's at about 2, then proceeded to sit up playing cards til 8 in the morning. Oh, and I never managed to finish my essay before going to the hairdressers, so I had to leave Tom's at 8, go home, drop my ball dress and stuff off, pick up my uni work, and go sit in the IT centre until about quarter to 2, practically falling asleep in front of the computer, and only just got my essay done before I had to go to the doctors. Went and handed it in, went to the doctors, then got home with just enough time to have something to eat before I went to work for 7. Managed to stay vaguely awake til about 4 in the morning, then had to go home before my shift finished at 6 as I was starting to fall asleep while walking round the shop floor...nearly walked into piles of pallets a few times, which convinced me it was time to go home! I was sooo tired Saturday after that, then had to go up to Tony's for his birthday, so went up there for the bbq, then off to pop tarts, and then back up to Tony's where I ended up sleeping on the sodding sofa again...it gets more uncomfortable every time I sleep on it I swear. Woke up Sunday morning and realised I didnt have the energy to go to work, so called in sick and ended up going to see Van Helsing at Centertainment, twas good, but kinda predictable.
Anyway, instead of doing this I should really go to the library and revise, so I'll update again when I get a chance, which'll probably end up being after the exams! |
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| Yay - ball on Thursday - and not stressed too much...! |
[May. 2nd, 2004|11:48 pm] |
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Finally managed to buy a ball dress, tis very very pretty and kind of plum/wine coloured - will make sure I get photos of Thursday night and will attempt to find someone with a scanner etc to post them on here...ooh I'm all excited now! Me and Dawn have booked time at the hairdressers, and bought dresses, and we're all sorted for Thursday - unfortunately I still have a stupid public sector essay to do, and it has to be finished before I go to the hairdressers on Thursday cos there's not a hope in hell of me getting it finished for Friday if I'm going to be at the hairdressers and then the ball - in fact i dont think that it would even get handed in on Friday even if it was finished due to the probably-not-wanting-to-get-out-of-bed feeling I'm likely to have Friday morning. have to get up tho as Helen was stupid enough to make a doctor's appointment for 2 o'clock friday afternoon - at least I remembered the ball in time so that I didnt make the appointment for Thursday afternoon while I would have been in the hairdressers. Its amazing how ur brain can suddenly just forget the things you've been thinking about all week up the point when ur trying to arrange to do other things round the things you already have to do...did that make sense to anyone? Anyway I should really go home and get some sleep as I've been at work since 7, got up early this morning when John left to go do the half marathon (mad fool), and need to get up early tomorrow in an attempt to do at least some of my essay before I waste another day sat in the pub... |
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| aah finally, a break from coursework |
[Apr. 29th, 2004|12:07 pm] |
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| [ | music |
| | Franz Ferdinand - The Dark of the Matinee | ] |
I am absolutely fed up with coursework. Why is it that lecturers seem to arrange things so that all their coursework has to be in at the same time, and also at the same time I want to do other things? Spent all Monday and Tuesday in the library while it pissed it down outside doing fun macro coursework. I suppose at least I wasnt missing out on anything as it was far too wet to go outside and do anything fun, and do its over, and its sunny, and I'm going to fuzz club tonight with Craig and his friend Matt who I met in Mansfield, and its all good.
Havent been to fuzz for ages, should really make more of a concerted effort to go more often. And John's coming up this weekend to do the Sheffield half marathon, so I get to see him too, and hopefully David'll come up and see me soon, well when his nasty throat infection/flu has gone away.
Helen is a remarkably happy Helen considering its getting to the end of my second year, I still feel like I've learnt nothing, and I'M GOING TO FAIL MY EXAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is not a good thing tho, but my coursework I did before easter only got 42, and although I didnt actually understand it completely I would have liked a higher mark than that. Oh well, all I can do is to make yet another resolution that I will actually try to do all my work, and do it on time, and I wont get distracted by new, very nice men (David) or new friends (Sarah and Helen) or just random crap (anything that isnt work!)
Went ball dress shopping with Dawn yesterday, we really shouldnt have left it this late tho as now we're completely stressing at not being able to find dresses we like, well I say we, but I have found three I like and just cant decide, whereas Dawn cant find one that fits in all places. That is a bit of a problem really, and I dont want to go buy a dress if it turns out Dawn wont be as dressed up as I am. Decisions decisions. Red, black or plum people? Kinda prefer plum but really dont want to have to spend a small fortune on a dress I'll get to wear once this year and once next year, and possibly another couple of times if there's some very dressed up party thing to go to, which I cant see happening. I dont know if I can justify spending so much money on a dress to only wear it twice. But they are beautiful dresses, and I sooo want one...must decide by Monday as the ball is a week today...aah, I'm panicking now! Must go see Dawn and discuss going to the dress hire place on Friday in the hope that they have something she likes, then I can cheerfully go buy a dress in the knowledge I'm not the only person that dressed up. Toodles people... |
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| oh dear, the distractions from livejournal posting... |
[Apr. 17th, 2004|12:25 am] |
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| | Guns n Roses - Paradise City | ] |
Sorry I havent posted for ages, not that nothing has happened, just that so much has happened that I just havent had time to post! Am currently in Mansfield, about to go to London in the morning, and was in Nottingham last night for a friend's birthday, very good, much fun, and I met her friend who is currently at portsmouth uni, so going to see him on thursday when i finally get back to pompey and go for a drink...should b fun! anyway need sleep as have to get up early but will post again and update on everything that's happened since...ooh, god knows when! toodlepip people |
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| Weird Question Meme (taken from silentjim) |
[Apr. 17th, 2004|12:24 am] |
"I want everyone who reads this to ask me 3 questions, no more no less.
Ask me anything (yes.. ANYTHING) you want.
Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends (including myself) to ask you anything."
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| I can see!...god everything looks so strange like this... |
[Mar. 15th, 2004|04:40 pm] |
Well, as you can probably guess by the title of this post - I GOT MY CONTACTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Am ever so slightly too excited by this, but for someone who hasnt been able to see properly without a pair of glasses since she was about seven or eight the miracle of contact lenses is a joy to behold. Still a bit odd getting used to them, that and the fact that I now have to rearrange my life completely around them makes them a little awkward, but at least I now have no problems with touching my eyes. Weird that. Keep attempting to push my glasses back up my nose thinking they're falling down then realise I'm actually not wearing them. Cue random nose scratching in an attempt not to look too stupid, although when you've scratched your nose a few times in ten minutes you're looking a bit odd anyway! Wont be writing too long a message today as I have to go home and take them out cos they've been in nearly nine hours today and I'm only allowed eight, whoops. My eyes are starting to feel a little funny now, probably cos my right lense hasnt been sitting right all day which means I've had to keep moving it round my eye in an attempt to get it to feel more comfortable. Oh well, it'll be out in a while and I wont have to worry about it til tomorrow. May have to clean it a lot more this evening in case something's got in it.
Ok, I've just realised I've spent ten minutes talking about two little pieces of plastic so I think I might go now...! |
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| A continuation to my previous rant... |
[Mar. 11th, 2004|11:30 am] |
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Was so engrossed in my rant at Kieran that I let myself get completely distracted from my real point, which I have now completely forgotten (damn crappy short-term memory) but was probably along the lines of more bitching about Kieran (surprise surprise there). Have decided I can wait for revenge for him telling dawn about my supposed sex life, have decided, along with his friend Craig, that he deserves something very bad to happen to him, and as it's his birthday sunday I think saturday would be the appropriate time to do it, considering what he did to me on my birthday last year. Think I shall leave it at that, and if it all goes well I shall let you know what happened. Suffice to say it involves the fact that I know he still has feelings for me, even tho he now has a girlfriend, one who he didnt want me to know about (assuming he thought we still might get back together) , and during the time he's been with this girl he's still been propositioning me. Asked me friday night if I wanted to stay at his when I got back from work, and then proceeded to flirt very obviously with me at the rugby saturday afternoon. Actually, thinking about it, I think I may have worked out why he decided to tell dawn I was off sleeping with his friend, because he was pissed off that me and Craig were getting on better than me and him were. Bloody useless male, you'd think that as he has another girlfriend he'd have given up trying to get me back by now, but obviously not. Why is it always the ones you dont want back who always want you back and the ones you want who barely speak to you after you've split up? Sod's Law I suppose.
Anyway, back to reality, and work has been amazingly fun lately. Had a bloody camera crew type in Sunday night filming the new CBL module on health and safety in store (so anyone who works for asda, you get to see the wonderful-ness of sheffield store when they make you do this module - I'm sure it'll be enjoyable). Meant that while they were filming in the produce and chilled aisles on Sunday night we had to avoid getting caught on camera while picking, which considering they were taking over the aisle by the potatoes while we all needed to pick them wasnt particularly easy. Thank god they werent filming on ambient; we'd never have got any orders picked if we'd had to avoid them there. Work last night was also fun, finished usual time and stupidly bought myself a book, so when I got home decided to read a bit of it and couldnt put it down til I'd finished, which just happened to be four in the morning. So have had four hours sleep, didnt get up to do my tutorial uestions which I meant to do and am absolutely starving considering I havent had breakfast. have to meet dawn at 12 to see if there are still tickets for the economics ball on sale, then will get to go home for some lunch and then have to go down town to get my contact lenses. Getting quite excited bout this, tis weird to see what I look like without glasses. Unfortunately the lense for my right eye is too weak as my eye appears to have got worse so my vision will be a bit off for the next week, ut if I do decide I want contacts permanently I'll have the right lenses for both eyes ordered in for me.
Ok, I've just realised quite how long I've gone on for, and I cant see anyone wanting to keep reading this as you'll all die of boredom so after one final comment I shall go...Tami's home today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! quite excited, havent seen her for ages and I shall get to hear all about Vietnam...yay! |
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| Oh the fun of it all...at least the week is appearing to get better now... |
[Mar. 9th, 2004|03:29 pm] |
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Seems weird that a week has gone by since I last wrote in this, it doesnt feel like it's been that long, but then again I'm sure time doesnt lie, well not much anyway! Havent done really enough in the past week for it to feel like a week has gone I suppose, I really have to get round to doing some work soon this week or I shall have another repeat of last year where I got very behind on tutorial work and then never actually got round to doing it therefore ending up at the end of the year not understanding anything...*deep breath*...anyway, apart from the distinct lack of work this week hasnt been too bad, the random power cuts at Victoria are now over (finally), the staff people came to see us Thursday evening to tell us they were going to turn our heating and hot water off for the night in an attempt to stop all the power going, and that they'd have it back on by the morning, and for once they were true to their word. Thank god it wasnt too cold that night otherwise I wouldnt have been happy.
Went back on my old Friday night shift at work this week, tis surprising how easy it is to get used to staying up working all night after not having done it for a while, finished a bit early this week so ended up clocking out an hour early at five in the morning instead of six, but still didnt get home til seven cos I went and did some shopping. Had five hours sleep, got up, did no work for a few hours and then went to the pub to watch the end of the rugby...and more importantly the football. Met Kieran's mate Craig in there who he was watching the rugby with and managed to convince him that he wanted to stay watch the football...pity he did really as he proceeded to sit next to me and keep telling me it was going to end up at 6-0 to arsenal, thank god he wasnt right tho. Although he did tell me Sheringham was going to score when he came on so kind of right there...anyway, after the football ended up going to Craig's halls with him and Kieran cos there was some western night thing going on in the bar and there was cheap alcohol (mmm, tequila slammers...) so stayed in there til about 1 and then left Kieran in there as he appeared to be trying to chat up this girl (who he told me later turned out to be a lesbian...he doesnt have much luck with women due to his inability to pull). me and Craig went back to his and just ended up being sat there talking all night, finally left around 2 on Sunday afternoon after we'd been together talking for about 21 hours! Was very weird how much we had in common, just sat there talking for ages and even when we weren't talking there wasnt any uncomfortable silence, we just seemed to really click. Was nice to be able to get to know someone new without them expecting anything else from me.
Had economics Monday afternoon, the only module we all (me , Dawn, etc) do, and get in to have Dawn tell me that Kieran txted her Saturday night to say "Helen's just gone off to have sex with my chemistry mate" which I thought was absolutely lovely of him, making my reputation even worse, and the worst thing about it was that he'd been trying to pull me all night, even tho he had apparently had a girlfriend for over a few weeks who he hadnt told me about, and that he was being so obvious about it, so when he realised I preferred talking to his friend rather than him he decided to tell my best friend a complete lie about me and make me look like a slut. Was not particularly impressed with him after that and told him so in not-too-few words...
Sorry bout that little rant, he's just really pissed me off by going behind my back and telling Dawn that, for one thing it's none of his business what I do, and for another he had no reason to think that's what I was doing. Oh, he's really pissed me off this time... |
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