Yippee, exams this one come.
Buffy: "Mom, what are you doing?" Joyce (angrily): "I'm making breakfast. You shouldn't eat anymore, you're disgustingly fat!"
1st October 2001
Thursday I had classes and was tired and grumpy, but I got home to find my First Sundering membership had cleared and I could start to play Ultima Online.
Played Ultima before school, then headed to my classes, shopping for Elizabeth's present between times. Then after classes I headed home, bumping into ine if my friends, Vaughn, in the stupermarket. After tea, and some Ultima playing, I headed off to Elizabeth's. it was a great party, and between all the flu medication and the alcohol, I was in a partying mood. There were a lot more people I knew there than I had thought there will be. Someone I used tohave a crush on was there was someone seriously substandard, and I suspect I was more than a little harsh. I'm actually a little worried, I wrote a poem in Elizabeth's birthday book, and its details are the one thing from the night I don't remember.
Saturday I spent all day trying to write my Shakespeare essay and only got 300 words done. In the evening Si dropped round to take me out on the town but we ended up just sitting and taking for a few hours. It was really nice, especially as I very rarely see him. And I really needed to sleep that night anyway. Except as things happen, I didn't. Something unimportant he had said in conversation, that I had barely even noted at the time haunted my sleep. it was entirely random, but lead to much grumpiness.
Sunday, the essay started to happen.
This morning, the essay finished, printed, stapled and handed in. Then Biol was great, we had a lecture from a not bad looking german or scandinavian lecturer on cetaceans. It was very cool. Then Hare Krshna lunch, followed by wandering through town with Aaron and Anabelle and Tim (who hit me :o( and I barely did anything to deserve it). And then we visited the new Harvey Norman store where we bumped into Rachel and her bf she has been hiding from everyone. Then Medieval which I was late to. And home to play some Ultima.
Today's quote from the Buffy episode "Listening to Fear".
Xander: "I still don't get why we had to come here to get info about a killer snot monster." Giles: "Because it's a killer snot monster from outer space. (pause) I did not say that."
6th October 2001
Okay, on the second, hmmmm. Classes, translating for Medieval, watching Xena, and that was about it really. The new lecturer for Biol is kinda weird, second foriegner in a row, and this one has serious trouble with English pronunciation. Up there with my spelling.
The third. I had by biol poster presentation in the morning, and my bit went okay, but our groups poster was terrible, it looked like an ad for a school fair, not too appropriate when the topic was infanticide. I also discovered that THAT first year has an embarrassing nickname. After my presentation, I walked Tina to a class, bought pie, chatted to my poster group - who are mostly scary - and came home and played a little Ultima. Then did some translating before heading back to the library to check out random hot bodies while I translated. Warm weather is WAY distracting. On Wednesday night I made a second Ultima character, but she died really soon and stayed dead too long so all her stats suck, but I can't delete her as she is too young. Though I've trained her a whole lot, and now she is only completely useless. And Buffy was cool
Thursday, classwork and translating all day. In the evening, homework and Ultima.
Yesterday, got up and did homework. Headed off to varsity for Biol112, where I sat with THAT first year as usual. Afterward I walked chating to THAT first year up to Wormgirl's place, which THAT first year lives beyond. It was after I had been there a while that I remembered I hadn't handed my ENGL319 assessment in, and it was late, so I rushed to the Burn's bulding and got it in the box before it was cleared. Then had lunchwith Sarelle and Anita, well watched them eat as I wasn't hungry. Then after Shakespeare, and a spat running around like a freak after I'd dropped my wallet, which turned out to be on the bridge at varsity, I headed into town, to pick up my brother and find Tina and her borther so we could all go to Cats & Dogs, which was a lot better than I had epected it to be, though still something of a crap film. Though my very favourite Hoyts worker only charged us children's prices, so it was all good. Then I went shopping and failed to buy anything with Tina, where I bumped into the cute Irish Catholic from chem whom I used to have a HUGE crush on, and whom I still wouldn't say no to, and who asked what I was upto - whacking me into a big warm fuzzy. Then after depositing Tina with Bruno at his roleplaying game, I hit town and found a 21st present for Fluffy. Then it was home to play....I think you can guess.
Well, it's morning, and I ain't done nothing yet.
Today's quote from the Buffy episode "Listening to Fear".
Anya: "Maybe we could do a... holiday promotion. One free with every purchase!" Giles: "Oh, yeah. Dear holiday memories. Merry tykes by the fire, enjoying their new Christmas... chicken feet. " Willow: "Aw, holding them tight as they fall asleep. Painting their little toenails." Anya: "That's very humorous. Make fun of the ex-demon! I can just hear you in private. 'I dislike that Anya. She's newly human and strangely literal.'"
10th October 2001
Saturday arvo I visited Tina and installed muchness on her 'puter. Saturday night I headed off to Fluffy's 21st. He'd hired a huge venue, and practically no-one turned up. I felt So sorry for him, and as a result I stayed a lot longer than I was supposed to. Then off to Cole's, for which I was Tina's date, and got seriously scolded for my lack of punctuality. Cole's party was great, so all was good.
Sunday I played Baldur's Gate pretty much all day.
Monday, had classes and organised my ENGL319 speech between classes. Wandered around with Aaron and Alan a bit. Hit on THAT first year a bit. Hit on that fourth year I met at Oliver's 21st for ages while we were in the copy centre. Did no translation before my Medieval class and came home in the evening to play Ultima Online.
Tuesday, my Shakespeare lecture was an hour about the three questions in the exam. Then I hit the library to do my overhead for my ENGL319 presentation on Bill Manhire. And once that was done, chronically hit on a marine science student whom I think is the best looking chem lab partner I ever had. Then after a lecture on malaria and elephantiasis worms, I headed to ENGL319. I stood up to give my presentation and what came out of my mouth was completely not what I had planned to say. And I somehow ended up just being nasty boy.
Okay - not upto where I should be before I finish, but I muchly crave sleepage.
Today's quote from the Buffy episode "Into the Woods".
The old woman took it from him. She nodded.
"You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go." Then she shook her head. "But mostly, it's not."
11th October 2001
Anyway, as I was saying, on the ninth. I hadn't really prepared my Bill Manhire speech that well, and ended up doing the poetry equivalent of listening to two songs on a greatest hits CD and deciding you hate the band even though you suspect you could have only heard their two crappiest songs. Anyway, I was mean.
Tuesday evening I had the Chem drinks, where they talked to me about the possibility of my someday doing a masters in chem, they are SO desperate fir post graduate students. Then I went home, blobbed out and talked to Injured Wormgirl on the phone a while before getting a splitting headache and heading off to bed early.
Wednesday morning, possibly my last lab ever - unless at some point in the future I cave and do that masters. Also the last lab with THAT first year, and the REALLy hot bod (with the bad dye job) the next person down from said first year.
After the lab I visited Wormgirl, she has a pretty nifty hole in her foot. Talk about dumbarse things to do, standing on a lever-arch ring binder indeed.
Then I came home with the intention of being all good and homework related, but ened up reading the gamespot guide to Ultima Online. After Medieval, where I got my Chaucer essay back with a depressing B+ that I'd had to work my arse off for, I returned home and blobbed out for the evening, talking to Tash on the phone and watching Buffy, which was a depressingly Amber Benson defficient episode. Though I laughed myself senseless reading Bob's net boyfriend's web page.
Today, I woke up depressed about lil' Reece having met some really hot PE student with whom he seems to have some chance - I want a really hot PE student, so I wore my orange shirt, brown tie with the disco balls and my beige waistcoat with the ridiculous number of purple buttons. I got my Shakespeare essay, the opne which was the beginning and end, the alpha and omega, the.... okay, I'll stop... of bad essays, and Dr John Hale, in his infinately random wisdom gave me an A- for the piece of random knowledgeless ramblings. Then I went and did some homework in the library, and checked out some of the passing eye candy. Then my last biol lecture, and I didn't even sit with THAT first year, but with Sarelle and Gnatacia, both of which I was a touch touchy feely with. Then ENGL319 to listen to the rest of the classes presentations, no-one else was mean at all, I'm the only mean person in my class :o(. Not only am I too ugly to get someone I like, I'm not nice either......
Then at lunch I had pie in the new library courtyard, and watched the eye candy - so I'm in heat - shoot me. Then I went to the library and almost finished reading "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" between talking to some friends - and I didn't hit on anyone, though did check the occasional stranger out.
And now my lectures for the year are over, and I'm going to apply for a job at the library tomorrow so I don't get as loopy as I did last summer - though I doubt I'll have someone driving me loopy this time, but still.
And one day soon, I'll have to do exam study.
Today's quote from the prologue to Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere - a book everyone should read. A possible movie?. A not too shabby fansite. And last, but definately not least NeilGaiman.com.
Don't you think you've had your fun Lay across the morning sun been saving my money been working for you been steeped in temptation been waiting for you (Chorus) There's a boy in every town no wonder I get around I'm seeing me for the first time I've played and fooled for the year but feels like I'm not there now I know that I'm falling for you again yeah I'm falling in love again Everyone has missed the bus their gunning down the two of us been crossing the boarder corrupting my mind keep my emotions forgiving my pride (Chorus) It's still quiet in here I can't see through my tears I burned a candle of flares so I can see you again see you again (x3) (Chorus) I'm falling I am falling in love again yeah I'm falling I'm am falling in love again
13th October 2001
Yesterday I sat on my arse drinking chocolate milk and playing computer games, mostly Ultima. Do you know what is better than two minute noodles? Three minute rice.
Anyway, I have tragically little to say. I'm tempted to give a detailed description of my Ultima character, Cerdic Wodrede, and his travels to Minoc and Vesper yesterday, but apart from Giffy and Tina, everyone would think me mad, or even wod in my rede :oþ. Okay, that was random, and mostly wasted, I think I'll go now.
Today's quote Anika Moa -Falling In Love Again. Article and photo of her.
Walking 'round the room singing Stormy Weather at 57 Mt. Pleasant St. Now it's the same room but everything's different You can fight the sleep but not the dream Things ain't cooking in my kitchen Strange affliction wash over me Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire Couldn't conquer the blue sky There's a small boat made of china Going nowhere on the mantlepiece Do I lie like a loungeroom lizard Or do I sing like a bird released CHORUS Everywhere you go you always take the weather with you
14th October 2001
Yesterday I sat around playing computer games. And that sucked up my day. That and laundry. Then in the evening Tash, whom I had plans with, called and cancelled on me, leading to me convincing Simon that he wanted to go out for the night, much against his better judgement.
It was a crap night out, but I still managed to have fun. It was a little twisted that the only person I found attractive all night was my ex. Which has to be a pretty unhealthy sign, really. There was someone else there I used to like, but who had done something nasty with hair products and make-up and just looked like that scary clown woman off The Drew Carey Show. But against all the odds I had a fun night. And I got home not too late and got me some good sleep, after making Si drive me home.
I'm getting frustrated as to how impossibly it is proving to find the song "Youthful" on the net, I may have to buy young miss Anika Moa's album. I can't find Good Shirt mp3s either :o(.
Today I've stuffed around playing Baldur's Gate and Might and Magic VIII. I had a random visitation from an equally random Indian - and Raj was actually vaguely pleasant company - which is me being mean, but usually I dump into him when I'm grumpy and he makes me grumpier - I think the message is that he mostly annoys me only when I'm already annoyed.
Today's quote Weather with You by Crowded House.
She turned then and looked at him with eyes that seemed both to see and not to see him. "I think there are several aspects of our marriage we're going to have to work on."
"Babes," he told her. "You're dead."
"That's one of those aspects, obviously."
17th October 2001
Monday,I got up, showerded and did stuffish stuff all day. I went to varsity and got a run down on how to write CVs and was told mine wasn't done too badly, but it would neer work due to it's lack of ACTION VERBS. I picked up the last of my ENGL319 internal which was all rather bad, I'm actually going to have to get good exam mrks for that one. Doh, I forgot to pick up my ENGL315 exercise. Anyway, I then headed into town and chatted to someone I know at the library to find out what they thought was good in a job application there. Then after a long visit with a sick Wormgirl, I headed home and played me some Ultima.
Yesterday, I read Neverwhere before getting out of bed, so I could start Neil Gaiman's new book American Gods, as I get annoyed if I start another book well the last is still only partially read. And then I spent the afternoon getting frustrated at my crappy Ultima character and his inability to learn anything. I've been playing almost two weeks and am still only an apprentice, and only good at one thing, and have bugger all money - admittedly it is because I'm prone to buying expensive armour, but still.
Everyone should go to this site: Elvira.com, it's GREAT. Cassandra Peterson kicks goth arse.
Today, I read a chunk of American Gods. And it's still morning. I should go to the library and start watching Shakespeare vids, as I'm too lazy to read the plays. I have SO much study type stuff I should do but don't want to do. :o(.
I forgot my lunch plans today. I am such a loser freak. Tasha forgave me though, but still.
I did go to the library though, and between watching as much as I could tolerate of the BBC Antony and Cleopatra, I checked out a LOTS of talent, it was a good eye-candy day.
I also visited Giffy and Tina in Giffy's room. She was playing Ultima and being scoody with guys from Ultima over mIRC, while Tina studied.
Now I just have to remember not to stand up any of the plans I have tomorrow.
Today's quote from Neil Gaiman's American Gods.
Willow: You're the fish!
Anya: What?
Willow: Th-the fish in the bowl, in The Cat in the Hat. He was always saying that the cat shouldn't be there while the mother was out.
Anya: What are you talking about?
Tara: It's a book. This cat does all this mischief.
Willow: It's so cute! He balances a bunch of stuff, including that fish in the bowl! A-and— but don't try it for real when you're six, because then you're not allowed to have fish for five years.
Anya: You're referencing literature I have no way to be familiar with. You're trying to make me feel left out, and you're stealing!
Willow: I'm not stealing. I-I'm just taking things without paying for them. In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?
Tara: Willow, maybe we should just pay.
Willow: Anya, Giles would be totally fine with this. Come on, it'll be fun. We could show you how to do some stuff! You could be floatin' pencils by the end of the day.
Anya: Sometimes I miss having powers... Oh. Oh! I know what this is! This is peer pressure! Any second now you're gonna make me smoke tobacco and-and have drugs!
21st October 2001
Okay, I suck at keeping this updated.
Thursday, I met up with Aaron in the morning to do present shopping, and he was being most amused that I'd accidentally stood up his ex the day before. I eventually found all the presents what I done needed to buy. :oP. Then I went to Nina's, where she was most pleased by gifts of cheap lil' kids jewellery (out of a lucky dip, so I had no idea what was in the bag), a candle Buddha, and a ridiculously expensive dodgy asain inflatable bird dressed like a Hawaiian dancing girl. I shouldn't be allowed to buy presents, I buy dumb stuff. But she did like it which has to count for something. Her birthday luncheon was great, even if me and Tina talked Ultima through half the meal.
Then after a bit of time playing Ultima, I headed off to Alana's 21st. It was great, Tull as usual provided great food, and the company wasn't too shabby either. i got a touch annoyed at Tim though, as he eats like a pig, yet is thin as a twig, damn him. Afterward me and Aaron headed off to a gig at Arc, but I nodded off, repeatedly, so I didn't stay very long.
Friday, i sat around playing Ultima..... yeh I know, I need a life. About lunchtime Aaron visited and we ended up killing the rest of the day being nasty about people with both know but don't really like, and also chating about people that one or both of us are on better terms with. I also inflicted my random musical tasts on him, Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...
Yesterday, I played puter games, watched TV, visited my father for lunch and to give him his birthday gift of a Purple Basil plant, on the way falling in a ditch and nastily injuring myself - made worse by the group of middle aged joggers who witnessed it and offered to rescue me. Damn wet grass on step slopes with muddy tracks and ditches at the bottom.
Then last night I kept using the excuse that I was tired for not going out with people, when really I was just sore from having fallen in the hole.
Today I lay in bed till after two reading American Gods, which is really good, but a depressingly slow read, it's taking me ages. I need to get it finished tomorrow so I can start study, but I don't think I will.
The rest of the day I've pretty much just wasted. Anyway, I'm off to bed to read some more.
Today's quote from "Triangle" an episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
SIÞEN þe sege and þe assaut watz sesed at Troye, Þe bor brittened and brent to bronde and askez, Þe tulk þat þe trammes of tresoun þer wrot Watz tried for his tricherie, þe trewest on erthe: Hit watz Ennias þe athel, and his highe kynde, Þat siþen depreced prouinces, and patrounes bicome Welnee of al þe wele in þe west iles. Fro riche Romulus to Rome ricchis hym swyþe, With gret bobbaunce þat bure he biges vpon fyrst, And neuenes hit his aune nome, as hit now hat; Tirius to Tuskan and teldes bigynnes, Langaberde in Lumbardie lyftes vp homes, And fer ouer þe French flod Felix Brutus On mony bonkkes ful brode Bretayn he settez wyth wynne, Where werre and wrake and wonder Bi syþez hatz wont þerinne, And oft boþe blysse and blunder Ful skete hatz skyfted synne. Ande quen þis Bretayn watz bigged bi þis burn rych, Bolde bredden þerinne, baret þat lofden, In mony turned tyme tene þat wroten. Mo ferlyes on þis folde han fallen here oft Þen in any oþer þat I wot, syn þat ilk tyme. Bot of alle þat here bult, of Bretaygne kynges, Ay watz Arthur þe hendest, as I haf herde telle. Forþi an aunter in erde I attle to schawe, Þat a selly in sit summe men hit holden, And an outtrage awenture of Arthurez wonderez. If e wyl lysten þis laye bot on littel quile, I schal telle hit as-tit, as I in toun herde, with tonge, As hit is stad and stoken In stori stif and stronge, With lel letteres loken, In londe so hatz ben longe.
24th October 2001
Well, the 22nd. I finished reading American Gods, it took me almost all day, but it's SO good, a fair whack dodgier than Gaiman's other novels, but still damn good. Everyone should read it. I finished at about tea time, and then blew the evening playing Ultima.
Yesterday, I wasted FAR too much of the day playing Ultima, and helping Aaron get orientated, by giving him a tour and some essentials - more help than I got - but only a little more, Tina was pretty good to me when I started out. I also rewrote my CV, and filled out an application for a job at the public library, so I should get the rejection letter sometime next week. On the way to delivering it I found Tina, who then escorted me to the Town Hall to deliver it. After we headed slowly back to Giffy's room, and the convinced me to go off to the flicks with them that evening. So then after tea, I headed back into town and got soaked when the weather suddenly decided to turn very nasty. And so I dripped all over Hayward hall as I walked to Giffy's room. Then in a big group we headed off to America's Sweethearts, which is a really fun film. Yay for Catherine Zeta Jones in a big self-mockage-fest. And Yay for Seth Green and John Cusack and Stanley Tucci in the same film. It's a good watch. Cheesy and predictable all the way. Though I got attacked by hail on the way home, and ended up with REALLY sore ears. Darn those weather deities to heck.
Today I stuffed about, watched stuff I videoed of TV last night, played Ultima, and generally did none of the study I was supposed to be doing. I'm SUCH a slacker.
Today's quote: the opening of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (note: you have to go to this site to see it properly, as some of the characters refuse to cut and past).
Ane doolie sessoun to ane cairful dyte
Suld correspond, and be equivalent.
Richt sa it wes when I began to wryte
This tragedie, the wedder richt fervent,
When Aries in middis of the Lent,
Schouris of haill can fra the North discend,
That scantlie fra the cauld I micht defend.
28th October 2001
Okay, Thursday.... Ummm, I got up late (in a foul mood after my family being less than pleasant company on Wednesday night) and stuffed around a bit then headed off to the University Library AV section and properly watched the BBC production of Antony and Cleopatra, and surprisingly it didn't kill me. Then I visited Becky and Kez, both of whom I've barely seem in ages. Then in the evening I had to miss a BBQ I was invited to as I was stuck babysitting, but it gave me a chance to play some Ultima, and get very frustrated when a combination of lag, and a nasty corpse-looting danish prick almost led to the loss of all of Jane's stuff.
Friday, I headed in to varsity and watched the BBC's Julius Caesar, which almost did kill me, and then came home planning to do some study, but instead reading some Neil Gaiman short stories, played some Castle of the Winds and generally wasted the evening away.
Yesterday I fluffed around achieving sweet bugger all. I installed some new computer games and generally did lots of non-studyish type things. In the evening Si came round and let me rip mp3s off his Anika Moa album, and installed some stuff on my computer. While the computer was ripping, we went for a walk to the Gardens and chatted about nothing in particular. From the Garden's we could see the hospital, but he wouldn't believe it was the hospital so we ended up walking there so I could prove I was right. After wandering around town we headed back, he finished setting up puter games and decided we wouldn't go clubbing. And then I curled up in bed and watched Star Trek, which I had videoed earlier that night, and proceeded to mind-f**k myself quite amazingly. So I ended up not sleeping well, and being tired and grumpy all day today.
As much as I had planned to study today, I didn't. Which is bad, as my exams are suddenly very close. But I was grumpy and tired and didn't want to do anything. Damn it, my half-arse attempt at doing half-arsedly decent study was been vanquished.
Anyway, I probably should go and yell at my study notes till time goes backward a day and I get some work done.
Today's quote: the opening of The Testament of Cresseid by Robert Henryson.
Willow: "Well, you know what they say. The bigger they are---" Anya: "The faster they stomp you into nothing."
30th October 2001
Yesterday I got up early expecting a phone call, but some idiot had left one of the bedroom phones off the hook, and in my freshly awake state I didn't realise until too late. Then I jumped through the shower, modified my CV a bit and headed into town. First, after stopping by the English department to borrow the troilus and Criseyde tapes off Ian, I headed to the library, where I booked a group viewing room for that afternoon. At the library I bumped into THAT first year, and chatted (well, I guess I was probably in flirtation mode) for a while. then I headed off and applied for a job at Toyworld - though one of my friends has also applied for it. Then I headed back to the library with big plans for study, and ended up just talking to THAT first year again, and swapping email addresses. then I was too happy to study, so visited Giffy and dropping off American Gods so she could read it.
Then I went home, had lunch, told Claire when to be at the AV centre, and settled down to listen to the tapes.
I SUCK at Middle English, I understand barely every other word when it's spoken, and the exam is this Thursday, admittedly it's a literature exam, so I don't actually need to speak the language the texts are in, but still.
At three I met up with Claire at the library and watched Richard II - the BBC production. It was plain painful, and me and Claire mostly just chatted and ignored it.
In the evening I listened to the tapes some more, and got more and more frustrated about how little I know - so I took a break and played me some Cultures, which may yet be how I waste this summer away.
Today, I spent this morning studying, after a trip to the supermarket, listening to (and dubbing) the tapes. Then after setting up some downloads on Gnotella, including the Muppets version of Copa Cabana, I headed in to varsity to return the tapes and bumped into Wormgirl, and ended up chatting to her for about an hour about nothing in particular. She has SO many PhD offers. Damn her.
Then I headed home, and spent the afternoon reading Medieval notes while listening to the tapes. And then wasted this evening on the internet. Today's quote from the Buffy episode "Blood Ties".
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