Back after Easter, thesis still going slower than I'd like.
4th April 2005.
I have been crap at writing. My bad.
I spent Easter in Albert Town with Tina's family. It was pretty good and a nice break from Dunedin.
On Easter Monday I went with her to her family's house on Heriot. It was nice and got me a couple of days of solid Tina time, which is always good. Then I came home on Wednesday night on the Knightrider bus. I usefully drop me in South Dunedin, fortunately Si offered to come pick me up. I have to do more to show how much I appreciate him - it was extremely helpful and ment I was home in time to be unpacked and have my bed made before Shiny rang (Shiny being the unflattering nick I'm refering to my current romantic entanglement by - and no it's not Shiny in a Versian sense).
Thursday and Friday were all work and thesis related, though Friday evening I went to the PostGrad lounge with Glen and got drunk off only two handles - very embarrasing.
Saturday I wasted sitting around home but Sunday I went to the office and did work, spent time with Tina while she transfered between busses and went to my grandparents' for dinner.
This morning I did my ankle in on the way to work, it hurts and is making me far from happy.
11th April 2005.
I really do suck at this recently. Maybe I need to get myself single again so I'm not wasting all my time on email and can waste it on this instead. Or just play less Sims.
Not much happened over the last week. Sprained my ankle on Monday so have spent the week since in discomfort. Masters work still going slower than I would like. 14th Century Cheshire Dialect is being all difficult - I may have to go back to using a standardised spelling text, which is what my supervisor suggested from the start as much as it seems like cheating. Infact I suspect my supervisor thinks me insane for even trying the edition I'm using.
Friday afternoon and evening I went to the Masters proposal presentations and dinner. It was great, though I was very grateful I somehow slipped through the cracks on having to do one.
Saturday I had the chems terms test. Supervising it only went milding haywire - there were no actual disasters, just several hiccups. Then Saturday evening I went to a 30th birthday party of a friend and left early when people started folk music and morris dancing.
Yesterday I was good and went to the office and did work for the second sunday in a row (being teat 5 days a week is not enough if I ever hope to finish my masters).
19th April 2005 - Alphege, Bp. and Mart.
Well, Shiny was down from last Tuesday until Sunday and I survived. Just.
I don't handle other people living in my pockets well at all and end up cranky and unpleasant. Also not helped by the fact I was missing quite a lot of sleep. It lead to me being very grumpy about things - though a couple of the things I went off about I still think I was justified in (such as getting annoyed about someone stinking out my room with spray-on, my breathing isn't so hot as it is). There was also far too much eating out - which leads to me being depressed about the unhappiness of my bank balance.
Over the time I also saw many Film Festival films. I was very pleased with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Porco Rosso and My Neighbor Totoro. Hayao Miyazaki does fantastic work. The World According to Bush was very good, but depressing in how stupid it paints much of the American population.
Today I ordered a thesis off the internet using the English Department credit card. The feeling of power was amazing. The bad side is I now have a 300 page PhD thesis to read. This makes me less happy. It is pretty much on topic though, which helps.
Anyway, I should head off and be constructive like.
26th April 2005.
Reading of the thesis I had bought for me is going slowly. Greg will not be pleased at my slowness.
Last week I caught myself checking out ugly people and had just finished blaming the fact I'd been single too long when I realised that I'm not. Some days I worry about my brain.
Good news from last week, I now have Firefly on DVD all off my own. This makes me happy. I also got myself Monsters, Inc. for only $9.99.
On Friday, I had a doctor's appointment and the news from which was pretty good. Turns out I haven't put on weight much since lent like I thought I had. This pleases me. To make things even better, my blood pressure is down to basically healthy. Go me.
Saturday, I went to Moana Pool with Meg, she's trying to get rake thinner to fit into some tiny dress she saw and got me to go and swim with her. It was fun, though being lapped by old ladies while swimming around the slow lane was not fun. I really can't swim, it's quite embarrasing. I have to backstroke in the lanes or drown. I may have to loo in to swimming lessons some day.
Sunday went to an all day Firefly marathon with Stu. All 15 episodes back to back. It was great. Exhausting, but great.
Monday was Anzac so I had a lazy day in, and today is following the same but as I am slightly sick and trying to force myself well as I'm going to Christchurch tomorrow morning.
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