the latest
busy bees and oscar buzz.
On top of having a wonderful week, I am ecstatic to find out that one of my all time favourite films, District 9, has been nominated for several Oscars! It’s up against the likes of films like Avatar and Inglorious Basterds in Best Picture, Film Editing, Visual Effects and Writing (Adapted Screenplay) and I really hope it brings home an award or two. After hearing the criticism that Avatar has received, D9 seems far more deserving as it has more substance (in my opinion, anyway) than simply graphics and a whole lot of money.
However, when you consider the fact that it’s usually the underdogs that win Oscars, not the popular films, maybe D9 does stand a chance after all! Good luck Christopher, Wikus and District 9; I support non-human rights!
As for what has actually been going on with me this week, I have been thrown head first back into the world of learning. After several weeks off and doing nothing, then two of intense revision and insane exams, I’m back at my regular seminars with a couple new lecture additions thanks to my two new modules for this semester. I can’t say I’m wonderfully happy with them so far; I only took them because I have to spend those credits and they seemed like the most interesting ones. I am even less happy to find out that I also have to have tutorials for them, one of which will probably end up being on my day off. Hooray…
The other day I finally resigned from my position as a support moderator at RPG-D. I’ve been trying over the past couple of weeks to be active again, but even now without exams and studying weighing me down, I just don’t have the time. I’m sad to go, but its better that someone with the time to devote to the job has it instead. I haven’t even been able to role play lately; every time I knuckle down and try to write something ends up pulling me away. Life can be such a hassle!
However, when you consider the fact that it’s usually the underdogs that win Oscars, not the popular films, maybe D9 does stand a chance after all! Good luck Christopher, Wikus and District 9; I support non-human rights!
As for what has actually been going on with me this week, I have been thrown head first back into the world of learning. After several weeks off and doing nothing, then two of intense revision and insane exams, I’m back at my regular seminars with a couple new lecture additions thanks to my two new modules for this semester. I can’t say I’m wonderfully happy with them so far; I only took them because I have to spend those credits and they seemed like the most interesting ones. I am even less happy to find out that I also have to have tutorials for them, one of which will probably end up being on my day off. Hooray…
The other day I finally resigned from my position as a support moderator at RPG-D. I’ve been trying over the past couple of weeks to be active again, but even now without exams and studying weighing me down, I just don’t have the time. I’m sad to go, but its better that someone with the time to devote to the job has it instead. I haven’t even been able to role play lately; every time I knuckle down and try to write something ends up pulling me away. Life can be such a hassle!
Posted on 4 Feb 2010, 1:33pm by Ryokomon.
plus one house.
I am happy to say that my mood has completely changed over the past few days, despite the fact that I still don’t think that I’ve done particularly well in my exams. I left my speaking one with much less of a feeling of dread than my written one, but in retrospect I didn’t really do very well. I used little to no complex grammar, accidently slipped in a few informals and for reasons unknown to me, kept trying to speak in German! I wish I’d at least tried to say ‘Sorry! I used to study German!’ but the sense to do that completely eluded me at the time.
Saturday in particular was a very eventful day for me, consisting of house hunting and eventually the purchase of one! Well, we made a deposit on one to rent, that is. The fact that I’m going to be living with my friends next year is so much more real now that we’ve actually secured our house, and what a lovely house it is! The bedrooms are all fantastic (despite that four of them have showers in them, wtf?) and the kitchen looks great and will be a welcome change from our crappy hall kitchen and the poor catered food.
I can’t wait until we sort out whose room is whose! I certainly don’t want to arrive on moving day and have to keep moving all of my things around; there are a lot of stairs! As long as I’m near a toilet so I don’t disturb people with my many nightly trips, all will be well, though. I swear, I must have the smallest bladder known to man and it’s such a pain.
I also had my first McDonald’s burger this week, shocking though that may sound. I was never a fan of cheeseburgers and always opted for chicken nuggets, but man do I regret all those wasted years now. It was nommy.
The temptation to order another Hannari Tofu cushion is overwhelming now that they have the green version of my bolster pillow in stock (I had wanted that one originally as it matches my sheets) but after having spent £350 this week on a house, £21 on toiletries in the hope of taming my sensitive skin and even more on the occasional food and drink, I am somewhat less willing to purchase something else.
The sense of power that came from holding everyone’s deposits was a lovely one though, even if the feeling of giving it away was absolutely soul-crushing.
Saturday in particular was a very eventful day for me, consisting of house hunting and eventually the purchase of one! Well, we made a deposit on one to rent, that is. The fact that I’m going to be living with my friends next year is so much more real now that we’ve actually secured our house, and what a lovely house it is! The bedrooms are all fantastic (despite that four of them have showers in them, wtf?) and the kitchen looks great and will be a welcome change from our crappy hall kitchen and the poor catered food.
I can’t wait until we sort out whose room is whose! I certainly don’t want to arrive on moving day and have to keep moving all of my things around; there are a lot of stairs! As long as I’m near a toilet so I don’t disturb people with my many nightly trips, all will be well, though. I swear, I must have the smallest bladder known to man and it’s such a pain.
I also had my first McDonald’s burger this week, shocking though that may sound. I was never a fan of cheeseburgers and always opted for chicken nuggets, but man do I regret all those wasted years now. It was nommy.
The temptation to order another Hannari Tofu cushion is overwhelming now that they have the green version of my bolster pillow in stock (I had wanted that one originally as it matches my sheets) but after having spent £350 this week on a house, £21 on toiletries in the hope of taming my sensitive skin and even more on the occasional food and drink, I am somewhat less willing to purchase something else.
The sense of power that came from holding everyone’s deposits was a lovely one though, even if the feeling of giving it away was absolutely soul-crushing.
Posted on 26 Jan 2010, 1:33pm by Ryokomon.
just 40%, eh?
So, my first exam was pretty much a disaster and I will be very, very surprised to have over 40, no, 30% in it. Apparently when our teachers say that the units we haven’t done won’t be in it, they actually mean that they will. It didn’t particularly help that I had no sleep and had been drinking the night before, but I made my bed and I suppose I had to lie in it.
I received a couple of things in the mail this week, the first being my oh so lovely retainers. Now that I have my braces off, I’m expected to wear the lower one all the time, the only problem being that I can’t talk with it in and it props my tongue up and makes my jaw hurt. This should correct the remaining crookedness in my over-crowded bottom jaw, but it seems to work just from wearing it for a few hours a day. So, I’ve taken to wearing it when I’m alone to save myself the inevitable embarrassment of spitting all over everyone in public. I’ve got three months before I have to see the orthodontist again, hopefully it’ll work despite not wearing it 24/7!
The second thing I got was my new scheduler for 2010. Although I don’t often remember to use them, I felt I should get one this year and the allure of this adorable one was just too great to resist!
The subtitle reads 'cats know various things'.
I think they know too much.
It’s a wonderfully sized little book with a mini calendar spread on every double page, with plenty of room to write things for each day and lots of cute little cats clambering all over the boxes and doing generally catty things. As it’s Japanese, it also comes complete with Japanese holidays for my own entertainment.
And, speaking of cats, I can’t help but wonder what to name my cats when I become a crazy cat lady spinster. Five seems like a good number to me, but so far I only have Simon Pegg and Paul Merton as definite names. I like both of the human versions, but the main allure is just the names! “Simon Pegg, get off the dining room table! D8<” and so on. They would need to be addressed by their full names, of course. Whether or not to hurl the cats at passers by I have yet to decide.<br />
Aren’t I optimistic about my future?
I received a couple of things in the mail this week, the first being my oh so lovely retainers. Now that I have my braces off, I’m expected to wear the lower one all the time, the only problem being that I can’t talk with it in and it props my tongue up and makes my jaw hurt. This should correct the remaining crookedness in my over-crowded bottom jaw, but it seems to work just from wearing it for a few hours a day. So, I’ve taken to wearing it when I’m alone to save myself the inevitable embarrassment of spitting all over everyone in public. I’ve got three months before I have to see the orthodontist again, hopefully it’ll work despite not wearing it 24/7!
The second thing I got was my new scheduler for 2010. Although I don’t often remember to use them, I felt I should get one this year and the allure of this adorable one was just too great to resist!
The subtitle reads 'cats know various things'.
I think they know too much.
It’s a wonderfully sized little book with a mini calendar spread on every double page, with plenty of room to write things for each day and lots of cute little cats clambering all over the boxes and doing generally catty things. As it’s Japanese, it also comes complete with Japanese holidays for my own entertainment.
And, speaking of cats, I can’t help but wonder what to name my cats when I become a crazy cat lady spinster. Five seems like a good number to me, but so far I only have Simon Pegg and Paul Merton as definite names. I like both of the human versions, but the main allure is just the names! “Simon Pegg, get off the dining room table! D8<” and so on. They would need to be addressed by their full names, of course. Whether or not to hurl the cats at passers by I have yet to decide.<br />
Aren’t I optimistic about my future?
Posted on 21 Jan 2010, 3:13pm by Ryokomon.
studying!? oh my!
Apparently when I actually get around to revising I put too much into it. Went to the library with friends last night and we were there for hours; I completely forgot my previous engagement to meet people for sushi. Sushi would’ve been a far lovelier option than studying, but I did at least get some work done. I’m slowly catching up on all of the vocabulary I foolishly neglected to learn last semester, and I hopefully won’t make that same mistake again this semester.
Studying with friends at the library does seem to be the way to go for me now, though. I can’t leave unless everyone else does, and if I talk I get scolded! Seems to work quite well and it sure as heck was nice to be out with people again. But here’s hoping I’m actually absorbing everything that I’m revising.
My computer is being completely ridiculous today though. It’s done this before, but for some reason it keeps clicking stuff and messing up what I’m typing or scrolling down a page. Never links, well, not yet, but it’s very disruptive and disconnecting my mouse does nothing to stop it. It’s really annoying and deleted half of a post on RPG-D earlier. Twice. And I just rebooted and it did nothing help. Stupid moody laptop.
In other news, I really wish I had more confidence. I don’t like feeling hopeless and crappy about myself.
Studying with friends at the library does seem to be the way to go for me now, though. I can’t leave unless everyone else does, and if I talk I get scolded! Seems to work quite well and it sure as heck was nice to be out with people again. But here’s hoping I’m actually absorbing everything that I’m revising.
My computer is being completely ridiculous today though. It’s done this before, but for some reason it keeps clicking stuff and messing up what I’m typing or scrolling down a page. Never links, well, not yet, but it’s very disruptive and disconnecting my mouse does nothing to stop it. It’s really annoying and deleted half of a post on RPG-D earlier. Twice. And I just rebooted and it did nothing help. Stupid moody laptop.
In other news, I really wish I had more confidence. I don’t like feeling hopeless and crappy about myself.
Posted on 17 Jan 2010, 1:26pm by Ryokomon.
i am queen of the procrastination nation.
Revision is difficult when you have very low motivation. Even when I know I have to do well, I just can never bring myself to devote myself to studying. So I made myself some Sainsbury’s Tomato and Mozerella tortelloni, which I must say is delicious!
I’m quite bored at the moment; I’d quite like to do something tonight, but not clubbing or anything. Maybe a movie? I don’t know, I just want to socialise.
I’m bored, so here’s a facebook quiz.
1. Name, please.
steph.
2. Approximate Age?
err. eighteen?
3. Are you happy in your life?
content, yes!
4. Do you feel like anything is missing? If so, what do you want?
all you need is love, love, love~.
5. Do you plan on being a musician/artist/writer?
writer, perhaps.
6. Do you think you are artistic?
haha, not in the drawing sense, no!
7. Have you ever tried hard drugs?
noo.
8. If so, have they changed your life?
/
9. What age would you like to die?
old, but not old old. i want to die with dignity.
10. Would you let your kids smoke weed?
i wouldn't while they were under my roof, no stopping them once they're older. xD
11. Are you an angry person?
quite.
12. Do you laugh a lot, but don’t really mean it?
nah, my laughs are almost always genuine.
13. Do you like to think you are popular?
haha, no.
14. Describe your most terrifying dream.
it was quite bizarre. i was an animal of some kind and i was trapped on a spaceship, and this crazy old woman was going to do experiments on me but i escaped my cage and was running around past all of these failed experiments, and there were so many flashes of disturbing images that have stayed with me since i had it. >_<; i was only like 10, but that's been the only time i've ever woken up crying.<br />
15. What band would you die to see live?
i wouldn't die to see any bands live.
16. How would you like to die?
ironically. bricked in the back of the head by my laptop, strangled by a games controller... xD
17. What’s your opinion on self-mutilation?
there are better ways to vent your frustration, that's for sure.
18. Do you believe in capitalism?
eh, kind of.
19. Communism?
too idealistic.
20. Libertarianism?
can't remember what this means, LOL.
21. Would you rather be an anarchist or a socialite?
anarchist! >:3
22. Freedom of speech or controlled society?
freedom of speech. but the controlled society is oh so fun for writing. ;D
23. Obama or Bush?
obamallamarama.
24. Would you consider yourself intelligent?
i can be, lolz.
25. When was the last time you cried?
yesterday because i was freaking out about my bags.
26. When was the last time you laughed?
today.
27. Who is your last text from?
my mum.
28. What did it say?
telling me my aunt is coming up this weekend and can bring some of my stuff over.
29. Ever had your ass kicked?
nope, i kick asses!
30. What’s your middle name?
anne.
31. Single or taken?
single.
32. If taken, do you love this person?
/
33. If single, what are you looking for in someone?
nothing specifically. just need to click!
34. Sex or love?
love.
35. Who is your best friend?
evelyn.
36. Why is this person your best friend?
because she's kill me if she wasn't. D8
37. Are you moody?
i'm moody 24/7.
38. Are you depressed?
not really.
39. What do you think of abortion?
i don't like abortion itself, but every woman should have the right to chose. it scares me that if i got pregnant through no fault of my own, there are people who would rather i was forced to birth the child. :/
40. Are you in a good mood today?
somewhat.
41. If not, why are you not?
no reason!
42. Are you afraid of the swine flu?
xD no.
43. Are you afraid to be yourself?
sometimes i'm scared i annoy people.
44. What would you label yourself?
erm, geek.
45. Do you live with your parents?
nope! halls.
46. How many siblings do you have?
none.
47. Do you wear skinny jeans?
yes.
48. Are you emo?
nope.
49. Are you aware that all emo kids look exactly the same?
yes, it's creepy.
50.Are you a hater?
i'm a lover. ;)
51. Are you anti-rasict?
yes!
52. Explain your personality in 3 words.
a fantasmagorical weirdo.
53. What do you wish your name was?
baron von colin.
54. How old do you want to be when you get married?
youngish.
55. What do you want to name your kids?
REEVE. but my damn cousin bagsied it first.
56. What kind of hairstyle do you want?
long. D8 it grows so slowly.
57. When was the last time you brushed your teeth?
few hours ago.
58. What are you wearing right now?
trackies, socks, straptop, flannel shirt.
59. Say something random.
banana hammock.
60. What do you wear to bed?
pjs. usually a t-shirt and pj bottoms.
61. What color is your underwear?
currently, black with white spots.
62. Am I getting too personal?
hardly.
63. What’s your view on nihilism?
depends on the meaning. political nihilism would only be chaos. philosophically speaking, it's just bleak. xD
64. Pacifism?
nice in theory, doesn't always work unfortunately.
65. Do you think the drug culture is misunderstood?
kind of.
66. Are you a fan of Hunter S Thompson?
who?
67. Do you read literature?
aye.
68. Do you love horror movies?
yes! zombies!
69. What’s your favourite one?
night of the living dead. the first one. and 28 days later. and shaun of the dead, but that's more of a romzomcom than a horror film.
70. Do you like comedies?
yes!
71. Are you a smoker?
nooo.
72. Do you smoke cigars/cigarillos?
no, but i love the smell of cigar smoke.
73. Do you have anger problems?
haha, some would say.
74. Do you know someone who has a mental illness?
aye.
75. Have you had someone close to you die of cancer?
no.
76. What do you want to be next Halloween?
zombie!
77. What grade are you in?
not in one, i'm at uni.
78. When do you graduate?
2013.
79. Do you talk to yourself?
sometimes, yeah.
80. What color are your toenails?
toenail colour?
81. Has anyone ever told you you have a nice smile?
yes.
82. Nice eyes?
yes.
83. Ever broken a bone?
possibly. i may have broken my toe, but i never had it confirmed.
84. Got a black eye?
yeah, some kid ran face first into me when i was six. xD
85. Nose bleed?
yeah.
86. Ever been so mad you cried?
yes.
87. What’s your favourite quote?
'any idiot can face a crisis, it's the day-to-day living that wears us out'. can't remember who said it.
88. Are you listening to anything right now?
florence and the machine.
89. What are you addicted too?
food.
90. Do you like silver hair?
yes, but very few people who aren't fictional can pull it off.
91. Would you ever fight a famous boxer?
um, no.
92. Could you take on kimbo slice?
who?
93.Can you even fist fight?
i can try, lololol.
94. Do you work out?
i dance, occassionally, to stay in shape.
95. Are you in good physical condition?
not really. xD there's loads of stuff wrong with me.
96. Do you get creeped out by puppets?
some of them, yes.
97. If you could be any celebrity by one day, who would you be?
no one springs to mind.
98. Do you have any phobias?
zombies, the dark, paralysis, going blind.
99. Ever been mauled by a wild animal?
nooo.
100. Do you think you could be a Suicide Girl?
a what?
101. What about a playboy bunni?
lol no.
102. Are you an insomniac?
noo.
103. Do you take birth control?
nope. no need when you're me. x__x;
104. Are these questions pointless?
probably!
105. Favourite color?
pastel brown.
106. Peace out!
word.
I’m quite bored at the moment; I’d quite like to do something tonight, but not clubbing or anything. Maybe a movie? I don’t know, I just want to socialise.
I’m bored, so here’s a facebook quiz.
1. Name, please.
steph.
2. Approximate Age?
err. eighteen?
3. Are you happy in your life?
content, yes!
4. Do you feel like anything is missing? If so, what do you want?
all you need is love, love, love~.
5. Do you plan on being a musician/artist/writer?
writer, perhaps.
6. Do you think you are artistic?
haha, not in the drawing sense, no!
7. Have you ever tried hard drugs?
noo.
8. If so, have they changed your life?
/
9. What age would you like to die?
old, but not old old. i want to die with dignity.
10. Would you let your kids smoke weed?
i wouldn't while they were under my roof, no stopping them once they're older. xD
11. Are you an angry person?
quite.
12. Do you laugh a lot, but don’t really mean it?
nah, my laughs are almost always genuine.
13. Do you like to think you are popular?
haha, no.
14. Describe your most terrifying dream.
it was quite bizarre. i was an animal of some kind and i was trapped on a spaceship, and this crazy old woman was going to do experiments on me but i escaped my cage and was running around past all of these failed experiments, and there were so many flashes of disturbing images that have stayed with me since i had it. >_<; i was only like 10, but that's been the only time i've ever woken up crying.<br />
15. What band would you die to see live?
i wouldn't die to see any bands live.
16. How would you like to die?
ironically. bricked in the back of the head by my laptop, strangled by a games controller... xD
17. What’s your opinion on self-mutilation?
there are better ways to vent your frustration, that's for sure.
18. Do you believe in capitalism?
eh, kind of.
19. Communism?
too idealistic.
20. Libertarianism?
can't remember what this means, LOL.
21. Would you rather be an anarchist or a socialite?
anarchist! >:3
22. Freedom of speech or controlled society?
freedom of speech. but the controlled society is oh so fun for writing. ;D
23. Obama or Bush?
obamallamarama.
24. Would you consider yourself intelligent?
i can be, lolz.
25. When was the last time you cried?
yesterday because i was freaking out about my bags.
26. When was the last time you laughed?
today.
27. Who is your last text from?
my mum.
28. What did it say?
telling me my aunt is coming up this weekend and can bring some of my stuff over.
29. Ever had your ass kicked?
nope, i kick asses!
30. What’s your middle name?
anne.
31. Single or taken?
single.
32. If taken, do you love this person?
/
33. If single, what are you looking for in someone?
nothing specifically. just need to click!
34. Sex or love?
love.
35. Who is your best friend?
evelyn.
36. Why is this person your best friend?
because she's kill me if she wasn't. D8
37. Are you moody?
i'm moody 24/7.
38. Are you depressed?
not really.
39. What do you think of abortion?
i don't like abortion itself, but every woman should have the right to chose. it scares me that if i got pregnant through no fault of my own, there are people who would rather i was forced to birth the child. :/
40. Are you in a good mood today?
somewhat.
41. If not, why are you not?
no reason!
42. Are you afraid of the swine flu?
xD no.
43. Are you afraid to be yourself?
sometimes i'm scared i annoy people.
44. What would you label yourself?
erm, geek.
45. Do you live with your parents?
nope! halls.
46. How many siblings do you have?
none.
47. Do you wear skinny jeans?
yes.
48. Are you emo?
nope.
49. Are you aware that all emo kids look exactly the same?
yes, it's creepy.
50.Are you a hater?
i'm a lover. ;)
51. Are you anti-rasict?
yes!
52. Explain your personality in 3 words.
a fantasmagorical weirdo.
53. What do you wish your name was?
baron von colin.
54. How old do you want to be when you get married?
youngish.
55. What do you want to name your kids?
REEVE. but my damn cousin bagsied it first.
56. What kind of hairstyle do you want?
long. D8 it grows so slowly.
57. When was the last time you brushed your teeth?
few hours ago.
58. What are you wearing right now?
trackies, socks, straptop, flannel shirt.
59. Say something random.
banana hammock.
60. What do you wear to bed?
pjs. usually a t-shirt and pj bottoms.
61. What color is your underwear?
currently, black with white spots.
62. Am I getting too personal?
hardly.
63. What’s your view on nihilism?
depends on the meaning. political nihilism would only be chaos. philosophically speaking, it's just bleak. xD
64. Pacifism?
nice in theory, doesn't always work unfortunately.
65. Do you think the drug culture is misunderstood?
kind of.
66. Are you a fan of Hunter S Thompson?
who?
67. Do you read literature?
aye.
68. Do you love horror movies?
yes! zombies!
69. What’s your favourite one?
night of the living dead. the first one. and 28 days later. and shaun of the dead, but that's more of a romzomcom than a horror film.
70. Do you like comedies?
yes!
71. Are you a smoker?
nooo.
72. Do you smoke cigars/cigarillos?
no, but i love the smell of cigar smoke.
73. Do you have anger problems?
haha, some would say.
74. Do you know someone who has a mental illness?
aye.
75. Have you had someone close to you die of cancer?
no.
76. What do you want to be next Halloween?
zombie!
77. What grade are you in?
not in one, i'm at uni.
78. When do you graduate?
2013.
79. Do you talk to yourself?
sometimes, yeah.
80. What color are your toenails?
toenail colour?
81. Has anyone ever told you you have a nice smile?
yes.
82. Nice eyes?
yes.
83. Ever broken a bone?
possibly. i may have broken my toe, but i never had it confirmed.
84. Got a black eye?
yeah, some kid ran face first into me when i was six. xD
85. Nose bleed?
yeah.
86. Ever been so mad you cried?
yes.
87. What’s your favourite quote?
'any idiot can face a crisis, it's the day-to-day living that wears us out'. can't remember who said it.
88. Are you listening to anything right now?
florence and the machine.
89. What are you addicted too?
food.
90. Do you like silver hair?
yes, but very few people who aren't fictional can pull it off.
91. Would you ever fight a famous boxer?
um, no.
92. Could you take on kimbo slice?
who?
93.Can you even fist fight?
i can try, lololol.
94. Do you work out?
i dance, occassionally, to stay in shape.
95. Are you in good physical condition?
not really. xD there's loads of stuff wrong with me.
96. Do you get creeped out by puppets?
some of them, yes.
97. If you could be any celebrity by one day, who would you be?
no one springs to mind.
98. Do you have any phobias?
zombies, the dark, paralysis, going blind.
99. Ever been mauled by a wild animal?
nooo.
100. Do you think you could be a Suicide Girl?
a what?
101. What about a playboy bunni?
lol no.
102. Are you an insomniac?
noo.
103. Do you take birth control?
nope. no need when you're me. x__x;
104. Are these questions pointless?
probably!
105. Favourite color?
pastel brown.
106. Peace out!
word.
Posted on 14 Jan 2010, 6:08pm by Ryokomon.
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