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December 31st, 2006
02:21 pm
Hooray! Christmas! New Year!
It must be time for my obligatory update, which no one reads but I still feel I must do in order to have some kind of reminder of the year just gone (and try to forget that if Live Journal somehow self destructed one day then I'd have absolutely no indication of what year anything happened and will one day have to tell my grandchildren stories along the lines of 'the 21st century? That's when I saw Dylan).
My sister got a smoothie maker for Christmas, which, with the addition of Baileys and ice, managed to triple my Baileys consumption this year, which is no mean feat. I got two copies of David Hasslehoff's autobiography, one of Jordan and Peter Andre's album, and a My Litle Pony. Because I'm smart, me.
And so, in 2000 words or less, my 2006,
1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Graduate. Get a full time job. Spend my weekends doing fun stuff, with no nagging feeling in the back of my mind that I should be working. Write a dissertation. See New York. Have some of my work published (a stretch, I grant you, but I count it). Stay in the Jamaica Inn.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I quote, 'This year I will perform in a musical, update this journal more often, and start exercising more.' No, no and no. I promise to perform in a musical this year and exercise more, and will try to keep this updated with key moments in my life, because it's nice to go back and read over them.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not this year.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What countries did you visit?
America. Germany. France.
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Some more money. Some absolutely amazing platform heels. A monkey butler.
7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
29th June, when I started my new job. I'd like to think it was the start of something big.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting a shiny 2.1 degree.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I don't think I failed at anything. I thought I had at the time, when I failed in getting a graduate job, but I came through it all with a lot of new skills, and found the job of my dreams in the end anyway.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
My ear drum burst, the night before I went to New York. I'm slightly deaf in one ear now. And every now and then blood comes pouring out the side of my head, which is great fun to whoever's near to me.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My orange skirt that cost £5 and looks like something a fairy princess would wear. (But why did it have to be orange??)
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Robert. For having the courage to go to France even though he can't speak French proper, doing great, and always sending my macaroons in the post.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
George W. Again. And everyone involved in the Israel/Palestine situation. Anyone with an opinion on it. (Except me.)
14. Where did most of your money go?
ON PAYING OFF MY STUDENT DEBTS. And a kick arse holiday to Florida in 6 weeks time.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My graduation holiday to Germany. And I wasn't excited enough, it was better than anyone could have imagined.
16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Some song by The Killers or The Kooks or some other copycat band - the most annoying song in the world, that I haven't been able to escape.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier.
ii. thinner or fatter? Exactly the same.
iii. richer or poorer? Richer! Yayy!
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Read more books.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Drinking. I probably should cut down.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Eating, watching old films, bickering with my family. I love it.
21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
I fell in love with the same person all over again. I'm hoping that a few more years maturity and experience are going to mean I don't fuck it up.
22. How many one-night stands?
Zero. Because I'm good.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
Curb Your Enthusiasm. And Arrested Development.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No. I am irritated by a few more people however.
25. What was the best book you read?
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. OK, I was re-reading it for the 5th time, but it was still the best thing I read.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
MC5... oooh yeah.
27. What did you want and get?
Another trip to Florida. And it's coming.
28. What did you want and not get?
A unicorn.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Dodgeball. First saw it in 2004, but this was the year I realised it's the greatest film ever, bought the DVD for me and all my friends, and learned to quote it by heart.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
21. I had the mumps, and ate an Indian takeaway at home. Had a belated celebration 6 months later, where my bestest friends and I dressed in 80s gear and danced the night away. It was an amazingly good night.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A pink frilly dress that managed to be cute and sexy at the same time. I'm still looking.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Bordering on bland. The trouble with an office with a casual dress code is that you soon lose the fun in getting dressed. Must try harder.
33. What kept you sane?
My family.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Charlie Brooker, who I met in August and fell instantly in love with. As he has yet to learn my name, I somehow don't think it's going to work out. But a girl can dream.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
Everything and nothing.
36. Who did you miss?
Everybody who moved away to more exotic places. They've left a big hole in my life that MSN messenger can only fill so much.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
All the fun people at my work.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
Things always work out in the end. (Profound.)
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
'When the working day is done, oh, girls they wanna have fun'
Most of all, it was a year for thinking.
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August 11th, 2006
08:15 pm
Israel's actions in Lebanon are wrong, there's no doubt about it. However, what's really been worrying me have been a number of people's reactions about it. Whilst this is an unjust, despicable war, I don't see any way in which it is worse than America and Britain's actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. So why are people's reactions so violently angry and hateful? The only explanation I can see is that this time they are being carried out by Jews.
I'm sure everybody's seen George Galloway's interview (http://youtube.com/watch?v=249JaIaubVw) on Sky News. (I was emailed it by 3 seperate people in a day.) He makes some good points, but spoils it by being an arrogant bastard. What really bothers me are some of the comments:
'A little media going agianst the jewish media tide and you start crying, LIVE WITH IT, THE WORLD IS CHANGING, PEOPLE KNOW THAT JEWS CONTROL THERE LIVES, YOUR DAY IS COMING, KEEP YOUR KIBBITZ NEAR, DIRTY BASTED YOUR THE BEATS, YOUS ARE DOGS,'
'You dumb jew '
'Your illegal jewish state caused all the wars, eveil jewish pigs'
'Sky news is whats wrong with the world,jew owned and there to serve the jews, take the country back off them '
'Rupert Murdoch is a Jew in spirit. You will not find a negative word about Jews or Zionists on his networks. I ask you, what could be more Jewish than that?'
'And Adolph Hitler is unfortunately dead.'
'what can i say , u r a jew. go to hell'
'the Jews are the Nazis to us .if you as a jew believe everything the Nazi's and Hitler did was evil ...then why do you do EVERYTHING they did to you ...to us ??'
'Zionism = Nazism '
'There ARABS have more of a direct and pure lineage to abraham than the ashkeNAZI jews.'
Perhaps because I am a Jew not supporting the war, who's already had a number of anti-Semitic comments made at me, that from everything my grandmother has told me about living in Nazi-occupied Poland means that I KNOW what is happening in Lebanon is wrong, but nothing like the Holocaust, and one of my best friends is living in Israel right now, these comments really upset me.
Please: Can people stop equating Jews with Israel, stop reducing a whole race to a political stereotype, and stop linking a stupid, misguided attempt at defending land to the pre-meditated, heartless slaughter of millions.
Antisemitism has been on the rise for a while now, and this war is bringing out sides of people I don't like to see. If this is where the liberal left is heading, I'm very concerned.
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August 6th, 2006
09:38 am - Must Be About Time For An Update
So, I've graduated with 2.1 (hooray!), moved back to London (double hooray!), am living with my parents (boo!), but catching up with all of my wonderful friends (yay!), and life is generally good.
I'm doing lots of stuff I couldn't do while I was in Southampton, like go to the theatre, eat in new and exciting restaurants, watch Dodgeball over and over again, and have lengthy picnics in the park.
As an aside, am I alone in thinking Dodgeball is one of the funniest films ever? Aside from, you know, Duck Soup, Some Like It Hot, and lots of other genuinely good films, how can a film with cameos from Chuck Norris and Hasslehoff, and the line 'blade, lazer, blazer' be bad?
I didn't get to see Patrick Swayze in the theatre due to a 'chest infection'. Thanks Patrick.
But I am celebrating my birthday, finally, in a few weeks, owing to me having mumps 6 months ago.
I have a new job, which I, strangely, absolutely love. As I do every summer, I'd like it recorded here that I adore my job, because I'll need to come back to this in 6 months when it's all gone a bit Office Space-y.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/happy.gif) happy
Current Music: The gentle strumming of my sister's guitar
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June 12th, 2006
11:18 pm
What a crappy day.
From the friend who goes out of his way to find this journal (hooray... now you get to read all my semi-private thoughts about my depression and my friend dying. I bet that's an achievement) to randomly having different friends shout at me in the pub to more job rejections to missing out on saying a final farewell to one of my favourite people, it's been shit.
At least it has repiqued my interest in this journal, now that I am moving back to London where friends are friends and life is simple I must start updating again.
I have graduated, and life is looking to be sweet. Apart from the lack of anything resembling employment, but nevermind.
London in a week. I have tickets to see Swayze. What's not to love?
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May 26th, 2006
02:26 pm
My wonderful housemate James has made a video using a segment of the Da Vinci Code, with a Curb Your Enthusiasm sketch superimposed on top of it.
Not only is it very funny, it's also a nice case of Jewish humour taking over a Christian-based film. (I made that bit up.)
Watch it, tell him how great it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5XVnpgOz-o
That is all in my news really, my life is nowt but exams and job hunting. Roll on June, when I will be (argh) a graduate.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/amused.gif) amused
Current Music: The Best of Dusty Springfield
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March 20th, 2006
11:09 am
Just got my last job rejection. Of the 50+ places I've applied to, not one has wanted me. And now it looks like I'll be doing 50 hour weeks at Chelsea again when I graduate.
I'm not feeling too great today. Not even Creme Eggs are making me feel better.
(Although I would like to mention that my local Morrissons has had 'Safeways is better' graffitied on the side of it. But that's not enough to make me happy.)
I sense an afternoon of ice cream and Humphrey Bogart films ahead. What better way to pass your last semester of university?
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/sad.gif) sad
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March 16th, 2006
12:22 pm
Halfway through my last ever semester now. Scary. It's hard to believe I've been a university student for nearly 3 years now, and in a few months I'm going to have a master's degree. Again, scary.
I'm torn between being excited and apprehensive about graduating, on the one hand I can't wait to get out there and have a disposable income and go to the theatre and not spend all my time with people who's idea of social interaction is grunting at you while they look at the floor, on the other hand, nights spent devouring whisky and arguing about religion, followed by days spent lying in bed watching Woody Allen films, emerging only for toast with honey, are going to be a novelty, rather than a regularity. And that can't be good. All in all, I think I'm glad to be moving back to London in a few months.
That's assuming I get a job. Went for another assessment day yesterday, which involved horrible group exercises and scary interviews and horrendous maths exams, and I'm going to put myself through it all again tomorrow. Considering this will be my sixth, and I don't have anything resembling a job yet, it's all quite draining.
My relationship with the lovely DJ Jesus is going nowhere fast, which is all very disheartening. There's a certain comfort in going after ugly men, where you know they're probably not going to be laughing with their friends later about your rubbish attempts at flirty text messages. When this all backfires, and they won't even acknowledge you except to say they when have a gig on, it sort of ruins my hope for relationships. Bah...
2 and a bit weeks until I go to New York. I've been watching Sex and the City reruns to get myself in the mood for my trip, but all they seem to be doing is making me feel guilty about wearing flat shoes all trip.
I've become addicted to eBay again. I've just spent money I don't have on 3 dresses, but convinced myself it's OK, because they're so cheap compared to what they'd cost in a shop. Just shoot me now.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/blank.gif) blah
Current Music: Ella Fitzgerald sings the Rodgers and Hart songbook
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February 25th, 2006
05:27 pm
I have writer's block on my dissertation, so thought I would write here, making this my (gasp!) second update in a month. Well knock me down with a feather.
I'm having an eBay dispute at the moment, paid £30 for DVDs, was sent a lot of blank CDs. Woot. After a month of tense phone conversations and unanswered emails, I cracked last night, and drunkenly phoned him, threatening to castrate him if I did not get my money back. Not smart, but everytime I think of this man I need to punch something, and my fists are starting to hurt. I'm trying to organise a road trip to Lancashire, so I can scream stuff at him in person. Grr...
I got to New York in 5 weeks! Wooh!! I'm getting scarily obsessed with making sure I see everything. And by everything I mean where they filmed Breakfast at Tiffany's, On The Town, Manhattan, Easter Parade, Fame and so forth. You know, everything.
I don't have a student loan this year (I thought the renewal form was for change of address and threw it away, as you do), and money is getting tight. It does, however, mean a serious cut in the number of ridiculous shoes and sushi I am buying, which can only be a good thing.
I have a new crush on a DJ who looks like Jesus and enjoys be-bop. He is wonderfully unattractive, but I am having so much fun flirting and sending friendly-but-not-bunny-boiler text messages to him I don't seem to care.
Had a lecture the other day about how The Beatles are all bastards. I'm feeling very disillusioned at the moment.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/yawn.gif) tired
Current Music: Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
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February 12th, 2006
06:18 pm
Had a memorable 21st birthday, when I got mumps 3 days before. This meant that when I should have been watching Darius as Billy Flynn in Chicago (I don't know why, but I was so excited about this I started dancing when I thought about it), I was lying in bed, and when I should have been drinking more wine than is sensible in the evening, I was watching Corrie with my mum, looking like the love child of Mr Potato Head and Humpty Dumpty. Wooh.
I'm applying for loads of graduate jobs at the moment, and it's really draining my life source. I've applied for over 50 jobs (and described my leadership skills in 50 different ways), so far had 4 interviews, and 3 rejections. It's the most depressing thing I'm ever done. I'm still waiting to hear back from one, and I'm desperately hoping I get it, because if I have to go to one more assessment centre and do another bloody role play, I'll kill myself.
I got some curling tongs for my birthday, and I've spent the last couple of days walking around with a bouffant and red lipstick. It's amazing how happy that will make you.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/sweat.gif) thirsty
Current Music: Jeff Buckley - Grace
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January 16th, 2006
07:25 pm
I've written 2000 words of dissertation and it kicks arse. I find it sad that I've spent 3 years studying music and only now do I get to write about things I'm truly interested in, but, hey, I am having so much fun doing this that it's hard to care.
I've finally discovered the joys of Arrested Development, after a housemate lent me season 1 on DVD. Funniest thing ever.
I have an eye infection, which means I can't wear contact lenses for a week. Trouble is, my glasses are an NHS job that I got when I was 14, so it's going to be an ugly, ugly week. Thank god I'm no longer in love with my friend.
It's my 21st birthday in 3 weeks, which is scarily soon. I feel I should be doing something special, rather than sitting in Pizza Express devouring mass quantities of wine. But that would take planning, and I do love Pizza Express, so I sense nothing will come of this.
My housemates are crazy.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/cool.gif) accomplished
Current Music: The Show Boat soundtrack
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January 2nd, 2006
03:27 pm
And so it's 2006.
I saw in the new year with my new best-friend-ever Rita, watching Dirty Dancing and slugging back the Jack Daniels. I think it was the most fun new year's eve I've ever had.
I've been very happy lately, my life is the same as ever, but I've suddenly developed a strangely positive outlook on everything. I'm hoping it's not going to suddenly leave me, because I'm having a great time at the moment. Also, I've been drinking a lot of wine lately. I'm hoping the two aren't connected.
I've fallen for a very close friend (I won't say who, because I'm pretty sure he reads this), and it's killing me. I'm pretty sure he used to feel the same about me, but now he has a new girlfriend and struggles to give me the time of day. It's frustrating to the max. The way I get round this is by getting very drunk and telling him I love him, then apologising the next day. Which suits everyone. I think I need to sort this out, and soon, because I have a dissertation to write, and I thought I was past silly little crushes like this.
For Christmas I got That's Entertainment I, II and III on DVD, and I've vowed to practice tap dancing until my feet bleed this year, so that I can be the next Ann Miller. If there's one thing the world's crying out for, it's a new Ann Miller.
I'm going to New York in 4 months, and I'm pretty sure it's going to be the ultimate film site pilgrimage. My life won't be complete until I eat a danish outside Tiffany's, and strut down Fifth Avenue in a big hat. Watching TV with my dad yesterday, he laughed at the fools who go to the When Harry Met Sally Deli, wondering why these people don't have lives. So that's one thing crossed off my list.
I painted my fingernails scarlet this afternoon, and my hands are so amazingly sexy I feel that I should do something about the rest of me. I just don't know what.
I don't like January, it's a month of coursework deadlines, exams, and dieting. Pah, roll on my 21st birthday (5 weeks to go!).
Current Mood: happy
Current Music: Some random Kate Bush stuff
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December 30th, 2005
10:51 am
Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, a Prosperous Winter and an Excellent New Year to you all!
One of my new years resolutions is to start writing here more often, because it's nice to read back over it and say, 'Damn, I was depressed/stupid/rich in [insert month]'.
I've had a very nice few weeks, the usual Baileys/chocolate fest, and I got some lovely presents.
And, back my (I like to think) popular demand, my 2005 meme. Wooh!
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Go on holiday by myself. Go to California. See Bob Dylan live. Go on TV. Speak at a press conference. Travel alone on a train (seriously). Win the university quiz night.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Last year I resolved to stop wasting my life, do more exciting things and take up tap dancing. Done, done and done. This year I will perform in a musical, update this journal more often, and start exercising more.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not this year.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
One of my oldest friends died aged 19 of a brain tumour. I'm still struggling to come to terms with it, he was an amazing person, who didn't deserve to die.
5. What countries did you visit?
America, Mexico.
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
A boyfriend, some ruby slippers and a 2.1 degree.
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
27th September, when I went to Florida. It was something I'd worked for months to afford, and was worth all the effort.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finally getting my act together and taking tap dancing lessons, it's something I've wanted to do for years, but never had the courage to do.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not revising for any of my end of year exams. I scraped through, but only just.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I killed my ankle by drunkenly falling into a lift, but I deserved it.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My black suede boots. I love them more than anything.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My lovely friend Rita, for being so damned lovely all the time.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
George W. Again.
14. Where did most of your money go?
On holidays and clothes. Every time I look into my wardrobe I smile.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Seeing Bob Dylan. It was 2 months ago, and I'm still on a bit of a high from it.
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
Like A Rolling Stone by Dylan. I'm not sure if a day went by when I didn't listen to this.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier.
ii. thinner or fatter? Exactly the same.
iii. richer or poorer? Poor as poor can be.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
I wish I'd made it to the theatre more. I can never get enough of it.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
University work. I'm tired of being a student now.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Eating, watching old films, bickering with my family. I love it.
21. Did you fall in love in 2005?
I may be a little bit in love right now. Unrequited, naturally. We'll see how that goes.
22. How many one-night stands?
One.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
Peep Show. Words cannot express my love for Mark and Jeremy. I didn't want to, but I also got throughly addicted to Lost.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No.
25. What was the best book you read?
Cherries in the Snow by Emma Forrest.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Joan Baez.
27. What did you want and get?
To go to LA. I had the best time ever.
28. What did you want and not get?
I wanted a serious relationship. Not my year for those.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Anchorman.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 20, and went to a 70s club, where I had free champagne, the DJ played my favourite songs, and all my friends were there. Unfortunately, this was 2 days after my friends funeral, and I left at 11 and cried myself to sleep.
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Some money in my bank account.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
A cross between Grace Kelly and Stevie Nicks. Good stuff.
33. What kept you sane?
Ice cream.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Bob Dylan, and Joaquin Phoenix.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
I was suprisingly apathetic this year.
36. Who did you miss?
All the friends I've realised I've slowly lost touch with. I promise to make more effort next year.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
Rita and John. My kindred spirits, and new best friends ever.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
Don't sweat the little things, and always be grateful for what you have.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
'We'll sit here stranded, though we're all doing our best to deny it.'
Happy new year everybody!
Current Mood: optimistic
Current Music: Dirty Dancing soundtrack (I got it for Christmas)
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October 13th, 2005
12:04 pm
So...
I'm back in Southampton, determined to make the most of my last year here. So far, things are going good. I had a tap dance lesson yesterday - I am SO BAD!! It was so fun jumping about pretending I was Ann Miller, so it's all good. I'm also writing my dissertation on Show Boat, and the good times are rolling.
I had my holiday to Disney World, and had the best time ever!! It felt like a well-earned break, after working for 65 days solid over the summer. Photos coming soon.
Must update this journal more often. Back soon.
Current Mood: optimistic
Current Music: Blonde on Blonde
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June 14th, 2005
05:36 pm
I kicked arse on the quiz. Didn't win any money (curse Wham), but got through to the second round, and had Julian Clarey suggest I was good with my mouth on live TV. Which is a prize in itself, really.
And so ends my 15 minutes of fame. After the fun of having professional makeup done, being dressed up by a stylist, and eating canapes until I thought I'd die, it's back to the inanity of real life. I've just downloaded the Mastermind application form. You haven't seen the last of me!
I start work tomorrow. Boo! for waking up at 7am. And yayy! for having money again.
Current Mood: listless
Current Music: Nowt - I've managed to leave all my CDs in Southampton.
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June 7th, 2005
04:24 pm
Oh... My... God...
Got a phone call from my mother this morning,
'You know that quiz show on Saturday nights presented by Julian Clarey?'
'Er, no.'
'Would you go on it?'
'Er, maybe.'
'Good, because you're coming with me on Saturday night.'
WHAT IN THE NAME OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL??
I don't want to be on TV! I don't want camp comedians insulting my clothes infront of millions! I especially don't want my friends videotaping it and playing back my humiliation to me every day for the rest of my life!
We'd better win, that's all I can say...
My last Tuesday in Southampton for months, which means my last opportunity to flirt with the lovely quizmaster at the pub down the road. Sob...
Current Mood: worried
Current Music: The Best of the Mamas and the Papas
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June 5th, 2005
03:24 pm
Curse curse curse the day that the union shop decided to start selling mini bars of Green and Blacks chocolate. What is it with chocolate? There are no other foods in the world that I desperately crave and have to eat. I know it's meant to be the sugar, but then surely I'd be just as happy eating pure sugar? Very curious...
I've started planning my dissertation: 'Representation of women in 1950s and '60s Hollywood musicals'. Oh yes.
I start work again in 9 days, and I'd like it on record that I'm really looking forward to it. When I come back here in 2 weeks and want to kill myself, I hope that this will cheer me up somewhat.
I feel really ill. Mind you, it's the illness of someone who's just 3 bars of Green and Blacks chocolate, so I don't think I can complain too much.
I watched The Graduate yesterday. Oh my god I forgot how much I love this film. I think Dustin Hoffman circa 1967 is my ideal man.
Damn Green and Blacks to hell.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/sick.gif) sick
Current Music: Mrs Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel
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May 28th, 2005
07:27 pm
I wrote 2000 words on politics in opera in a day.
I am such a nerd I should be shot, but that's so super fast I should get an award.
Yawn.
When did my life get so dull?
Current Mood: bored
Current Music: My neighbour playing the guitar. He's good.
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May 22nd, 2005
01:57 pm
I have just finished my essay on Israeli hip-hop! It took me 3 weeks, and I have read more books on the subject than you would ever think have been written, but it's all over! That's one of my five units over with completely now. I can see the summer on the horizon now. Wooh!!
Things are looking up on the man front as well. I'm sensing that my lovely neighbour may not be quite as out of my league as I first thought. Watch this space.
I've also started selling stuff on eBay, and have so far made £40. If I can clear out all my crap, I think I'll be able to afford a nice holiday.
Good news all round today.
And about time too.
Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: One last round of Israeli hip-hop, before its all forgotten
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May 17th, 2005
02:43 pm
Things are looking up: I have been invited to a barbeque at my lovely neighbour's house. This is a good sign. Not much of a sign, but it brings me hope!
Add to that a lecture on Bob Dylan this morning, being given free chocolate, and the fact that I have finally found someone to accompany me in my upcoming performance, and I am a very happy camper today. I may even start walking with a spring in my step soon! I'm going to a pub quiz this evening, so expect greatness from me.
Little news to report other than my amazingly good day. I'm spending all my time working, so there's not much to write about.
I did manage to invent the best drinking game ever while watching the 100 Greatest War Films though. Everytime one of us saw something specific (guns, planes, women), they had to take a shot, and if you had seen the film you had to drink also. I've never had so much fun watching one of these crappy list programs!
Current Mood: good
Current Music: Highway 61 Revisited
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May 14th, 2005
11:51 am
I have finally found a use for the pink cowboy boots with embroidered flowers and diamante, that I bought in October and my mum said I'd never, ever have a reason to wear them.
They are ideal for walking through the huge cesspool that has sprung up in my garden.
Ha! Take that mother!
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