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| Friday, May 16th, 2008 |
joeyface
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2:37p |
Wednesday eve El and I went to see The Birthday Party at the Lyric. I have never really understood why people like Pinter and so far tried to give him a chance, but now I'm officially stating that he is an over-rated playwright! (I'm sure he's reading this and crying into his tea.) His plays manage to be both kitchen-sinky and nonsensical at the same time; you have no idea what's going on, but can't even tell yourself it's abstract, it's just nonsense! But yeah, a good cast, loads of people who I've seen in stuff at the Royal Court plus Sheila Hancock who I love.
Yesterday I helped Dean finish unpacking, which involved much bickering, as is the way of couples trying to co-operate on a practical task.
Last night I met up with my friend Allie from uni and we toured the pubs and bars of Camden to celebrate getting our essays done. Started off in kind of an old man pub, followed by a trendier bar next to the canal (not th wetherspoons!) and ended up in a Brazilian bar with a live band, which was fun. I drank far too much and spent too much money, also thinking it would be a good idea to finish the night with a margarita. Feeling a bit rough today! Trying to get dissertation crap done, already sick of the bloody thing. But yeah, it was nice to see Allie outside of uni for the first time.
Current Mood: Woozy |
| Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 |
joeyface
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3:55p |
Today I had an interview for the library internship at the Globe theatre.. long story short, I got it! ^_^ This is very exciting as, although it's unpaid, it means I'll graduate with proper library experience, plus I think I'm really gonna enjoy it. Tasks include watching videos of old shows and preparing reports for the digitisation project. Plus I'll be working in the same place as El! ^_^ I got home and checked my e-mails to find, bloody typically, there is a library assistant job going at the Women's Library! All this time of volunteering and hoping that something would come up, and it does as soon as I get something else. It's also annoying cause, as it's three days a week & the Globe job is two, I could do it if I didn't have this poxy dissertation to do. Lame! In other news, last night my mum and I went to a talk at the Women's Library by Shirley Williams on the current status of feminism. It was interesting, though a little bit not-what-it-said-on-the-tin.. she largely discussed females in politics (not surprising, as she's an MP). She showed slides on which countries have the highest number of females in parliament and which roles they are in, which was fascinating. Current Mood:  excitedCurrent Music: Gogol |
alabasterbeach
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10:03a |
Another Party...
Okay, so the girls only party is wed the 21st.
on Wed the 28th we are having a Johnny Dipp fondue party!!!
woot!
7pm at my place! come play!!! |
| Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 |
argon_boy
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8:31p |
so interesting thing im trying to get a life and go out but im hitting a snag. it seems that i don't know what i like to do. yes yes i know there is go to a movie, club or bar, but beyond that???? humm this is something i should probably address... in some form or fashion. in other news today i tried walking with the leg weights i got the other day (5lb) i think i may be bumping into the problem that they are designed for stick thin dancer girls... where as i am around 190 lbs of hairy boy. i dont have cankles by any means (stops to confirms facts......... indulges in online checking... *shudders*) . O SWEAT AND VENGEFUL CHRIST WHY!!! why have you forsaken mine eyes!!!! *DIES* end /post *EDIT* well luckily the internet came through 2 clicks later (same search) i had found hot girls in corsets and high heels in fact it was a site about and for girls "addicted" to them. nice. Current Mood:  UNCLEAN |
jessamyn19
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6:27p |
my presentation went really well today. it was great and worth the work.
my dissertaion deadline was also moved to friday morning, which has given me more time (and more time to stress).
my feet hurt. too much standing. |
| Monday, May 12th, 2008 |
joeyface
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11:39p |
Life after essays Friday in Hyde Park was lovely and relaxing. Went back to Dean's, helped him pack a bit & got Indian food. Saturday I worked two shifts. In the evening I watched Oxford Street, which is a fun play, about people working in a big sports shop, & the studio has been transformed yet again. After work Vikki and I went to Bar Music Hall, a club recommended by David. It was pretty much a gay club, which I thought was funny, as I hadn't done it on purpose for once! Full of pretentious over-dressed people but excellent atmosphere and music. Two drag queens in enormous pantomime dame-type wigs who had a costume change halfway through the night. The music started off with 80s & 90s pop and progressed into this really wicked electro that was exhausting to dance to. Good times. Sunday Vikki and I had a lovely day; we watched The Pied Piper of Hutzovina and Cabaret and played Disney Trivia in the garden. Then Jacen drove us to Dean's & we took the last of his stuff to the new house. I am in love with Dean's new house. Somehow it's a bit like a chalet, and seems to have endless rooms leading off each other. Loads of people were round helping the move, which was nice. Today I allowed myself another lazy day. Watched Liza with a Z, ate salad. Went to work; worked outside the upstairs show. On the train home an elderly gentlemanly type man came up to me and said "excuse me miss, every time I see you you are dressed both elegantly and eclectically". Great days. I am insanely happy that it's still sunny. Current Mood:  calmCurrent Music: Joni |
alabasterbeach
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1:13p |
And I would walk 500 miles... and I would walk 500 more... Or I would walk 8. Made a weekend resolution to put as little time in the car as possible between Friday night and Monday morning and stuck to it. Slept in late on Sat and decided that instead of driving the 4 miles into town and then coming home to run, I would walk to do my errands. Other than having to make extremely important strategic decisions at the store - you realize that you really only need to lug toilet paper and gatorade home - and wondering if buying RJ an herb garden in a bucket was such a great idea after all, it's a fun, if inefficient way to get things done. i spent some time on the phone and spent a lot of time just enjoying the day. There was no reason or way for me to really rush, so I turned down the side street to visit Smith's Fort Plantation - http://www.apva.org/smithsfort/ - found a store that looks like my apartment on steroids where a woman handpaints furniture and sells all other kinds of frou - http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960221/02200059.htm - and met a couple of hippies who opened a youth center and coffee shop in the storefront rooms of their apartment building to foster a sense of community in the area - http://thecentersurry.com/ - and bought herbs at the garden store to make the aforementioned portable italian herb garden for RJ's cooking. For the record, the fort is just a 10-foot long, 2 foot high hump in the woods by the river. the sign declaring it the oldest British fort in VA, ca. 1609 is much taller, but it's a nice walk through the woods to the river. I went strawberry picking after my 4 hour jaunt and took the 2nd successful phone call from Australia for the week while I picked strawberries. the first week they were ripe and sweet, but the heavy rain and weird weather led to lots of swollen vaguely slimy ones, so the picking took a while and most of the berries were sliced and stirred into cake and frosting - not sweet enough to snack on. other weekend highlights included an inadvertent, but successful, crashing of boy's night during which there was dancing - dancing may by my Most. favorite. activity. - and a Sunday date where we took the ferry to town, ate an amazing albeit ridiculously expensive dinner at the Corner Pocket and thoroughly enjoyed Iron Man. Tonight Janine's first Community Hafla at Art6 is going down and I promised I'd help her by brining the cd player. There will be live drummers, but she encouraged people to bring their own music too! I'll be heading over after jogging and a supply stop at home if anyone wants to join! The resolution was a good one - the commute this morning was so much easier. Hooray for a low-car diet! |
| Sunday, May 11th, 2008 |
linksward
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7:17p |
30/30
Today was structured by biking 30 kms and beating my best speed ever by pedalling up to 30km/hr.
We biked out to Nudgee Beach and had chips shop food in the park looking at the mangroves growing in the ocean. It was not that tormenting so I think we could make it through Boodall Wetlands sometime. But def Nudgee is within range. We called like three halts each way, which makes it abotu 11/2 hours each way. Whoot.
on Sat I went to the Union Council which turned out well. They wound up letting me proxy which means I got to vote on stuff and I met some people. |
greymentality
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2:31a |
For other Star Trek/Star Wars fans out there. I love it!
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| Saturday, May 10th, 2008 |
jessamyn19
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4:49p |
life: free cookwear, a day trip, and general stress with planing So this morning, on my way out the door, the mailman gave me a package, it was a lovely baking tray. sweet :) Today mark and I went to Stroud by train to drop off art work at the stroud house gallery where I will be showing 5 pinhole photographs in their up-coming show titled 'Stitched Two.' we then had a lovely day wandering around Stroud's award wining farmer's market, the town center, and their shopping mall. I got to try lot of free samples of meats, cheeses, beer, and other such things, and so pretty much grazed the whole day. After that we went to see Speed Racer in the local cinema, which I thought was very good and mark liked ok. It was a very fun relaxing day. Then we had a drink in the pub to pass the 20 minutes till our train back to london and made in home in time to make dinner and watch an episode of Firefly. It felt like all the good of a vacation in like one afternoon. Now back to reality, which is high pressured, full of deadlines, and lots of stress to be had. Monday: My first day in the bookable space this week. I need to take advantage of the opportunity to use the space and try to figure out how I'm going to be displaying the works I've been making. I fear the bulk of the day will be spent painting the structure I have been building last week. There are like 35 things that all need two coats of paint. Also on Monday there is a school meeting at some point, probably in the morning. Tuesday: My hour long studio practice presentation to the MA department and my fellow students is to be delivered at 11am. It's the most important presentation we give all year. I have yet to start writing it yet or making the power point, so it's full of stress. The real problem is that I don't really know what I'm doing so talking for an hour about what I'm doing will be really hard. I have to get up there and say something other than 'sorry guys, I'm totally lost, have not idea what I'm doing, am just making stuff for the sake of it, and no idea if it's going any where.' Their real critizizim last time a gave a persentation was that my work was not really consepualy enough and wasn't saying a clear message of any kind. that critisizim can totally be acuretly applied to my work now, and I fear the feed back part of my presentaion will just be reinforcing how lost I am and how my work mostly regressing. Wednesday: On Wednesday I have to turn in the lasted draft of my dissertation. I have not even started the rewrite yet really. She said there was a ton of work it needed, a lot more research (which I don't have time to do) and a lot more writing. Not really sure how I can fit in all the extra writing since I am already at my word limit. Massive editing is really needed. Oh well, have to get what I can done. Thursday and Friday: Working in the bookable space still (I am supposed to be there all week). Trying to get some artwork planing done. Also, hassling the tech guy about my printer which he stole, getting feedback from my adviser about my draft, and general preparing for leaving school for two weeks. Saturday: Traveling to Stroud for my private view at the gallery. Trying to be a professional, interesting, articulate, and no-shy artist, meeting people I have never met before. But I am super excited to see how the work looks on the walls and with other work. I really don't know any thing about the gallery or what the opening will be like. Sunday: pack, hang out with Mark, and get ready. monday:FLY HOME!! The Boogie, family, friends, cat, Mexican food and all kinds of magical wonders await me. I am really only in town for about five seconds, but I can't wait! Ten days later, it's back to London refreshed and ready to finish my glorious dissertation, show Allison a good time in Europe, find a wonderful place to live ands move house, move studios, make worthy artworks, and finish my academic career with flying colors by receiving my Master's Degree and producing a highly acclaimed show. (or at lest that is the plan, wish me luck) Current Mood:  excited |
argon_boy
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1:04a |
o ya, thats why i go out
because im a pimp, but more on that later.
so today at work was good i got my new insoles in my shoes and its great! i may have just turned my boots inot the most comfortable shoes i own. i think i may need to get more of that jell stuff. its like gold for your feet (SILENCE!!!! MY ANALOGYS RULE!!!!).
at work im learning some and doing well, people like my attitude.
any rate tonight we went to see Speed Racer, wich by the way was the most entertaining movie i have seen in a long bit. I admit the audience was great so that made it a hell-a lot better but still , a very fun very entertaining movie. dont look for great depth or lots of character development but DO look for fun and COLOR...
o look speed racer is Happy and BRIGHT COLORS!
o look speed racer is Sad and BRIGHT COLORS!
o look speed racer is Determined and BRIGHT COLORS!
o look speed racer is On Fire and BRIGHT COLORS!
awww it was so much fun.
also i think i may have a date lined up. not for now but ina bit after exams at UMD are over. this one looks like trouble and my does trouble look fine... and did i mention nerdy? cause thats hot. More the anime than greek but we'll see how things work out, as of right now she is just interesting.
o what else... I spent way to much on drugs to keep this sinus infection in check im gonna have to up to antibiotics i just know it. i do every year or it sticks around for months...
o and a pair of leg weights for when im at work. figure i can make work work for me after all. well also see how clever an idea that is come monday. or when ever im able to get the dam bag open.
as for tomarrow night off to DC i go, and then the decision is between iron man, art o matic, and biking. i think i can pick 2. we shall see.
and after that...... who knows. life is moving forward. i kinda like reaching those AHH WAAAAHHH EMOS!!!! moments cause after i get that over with i tend to start living again.
Current Music: none :) |
| Friday, May 9th, 2008 |
alabasterbeach
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2:03p |
rainy weekend...
or Va Beach could be slated for 50 degree days and clouds for the weekend. I think i'll take my chances in w'burg instead. just gotta avoid the mother's day/graduation crowds and i'll be fine. at least i know i can jog the parkway and hang at the riverbeach! |
alabasterbeach
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11:47a |
modestly and braggadocio... was looking up mpg of certain cars and came across this. someone made big money tailoring this description... Pontiac Grand Prix is the extrovert in GM's mid-size family, a sinewy body in a sleeveless T-shirt, flaunting a style inspired by NASCAR. The Grand Prix name may refer to European road racing, but the Pontiac Grand Prix is as American as a hot dog at the speedway on Saturday night. Fortunately, the Grand Prix can back its styling braggadocio with plenty of driving excitement, thanks to a thoroughly modern platform, powerful engines, great brakes and excellent handling. The GTP version, in particular, puts enough horsepower through the front wheels to keep drivers interested and alert. Yet its price is impressively modest, compared to an imported sport sedan. http://www.carsdirect.com/2002/pontiac/grand_prixbc what says sleek and sexy like NASCAR?!? |
argon_boy
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4:47a |
so life has gotten better with a few hickups
so my new job.. i like it. its a bit hard and tiring but much preferable to something where the work is stupid money stuff that no one cares about.
well i dont care about at least.
i have a weekedn planed and im starting to remove my self from the turtle shell i have been in since europe.
so all in all good.
hickups.
Sickish. its my seasonal sinus thing. im kinda sore all over and hock up a lot of stuff wich in turn rips the shit out of my throat and then there is sickness. but i more or less have a handle on it... i think.
and this
dam well that video above that was supposed to go here. o well
this scared the shit out of me. theres a reason im posting at like 5 am. its caues i have yet to go to sleep.
i think im going to watch the trailer in hopes that it looks corney and i can sleep or somthing but dammit im alll sorts of sketched out.
i have my 50 mile awards paddle sitting next to me and my dog for company and i am DESPERATLY wishing i could find my war hammer, but the paddle will have to do.
fukin hate bing scared it makes me go all paranoid and defensive and not that "O you've offended me" defensive. i want armorment....
ok seeing it again i feel etter it has returned to being a movie as opposed to one of those things you jsut keep turning over in your head and hte get worse and worse with every itteration. ya.. about 800 you start getting really sketched out.......just trust me on this. |
| Thursday, May 8th, 2008 |
kaaawababy
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8:55p |
Hahahahaha!
Oh my dog! Is anyone watching Survivor??
I've seen people do a lot of dumb things on this show, but...OHMYDOG!
Hahahahahahahaha!
ETA: Lost = WTF?? |
alabasterbeach
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10:37a |
bone dense!!! yay! bone density scans are so immediately satisfying. went for scan. scan completed. healthy bones! results discussed. hip = normal, spine = high/normal. back at work. continuing w/ supplements and weight bearing exercise, although today i get to swim b/c it's rainy and i've skipped swimming for too long. maybe i'll make it my lunch activity. i'm trying not to skip lunch in the hopes of leaving early any more b/c it just never works out. i just end up working the extra hour and feeling too tired to cope. yay BONES!!! yay skeleton! yay skeleton dance! http://www.livevideo.com/video/5BFD92E695AA4F9CB7E8E966C6F35782/The+Skeleton+Dance.aspx |
joeyface
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3:05p |
ESSAYS DONE!!! ^_^ ^_^ In other news: last night Andy and I saw Persepolis. It's a very cool and enjoyable film and the animation is lovely. I have also nearly finished A Spot of Bother, which I'm enjoying. I seem to be devouring books at the moment. Those of you who don't have normal jobs should all come to Hyde Park tomorrow. Current Mood:  ecstaticCurrent Music: Lawn mower |
alabasterbeach
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9:13a |
on the road again.... after driving more than 800 miles to get to the 1-95 turn-off on saturday, i have put more than 700 miles on my car. i hit the odometer to reset when i had to count miles for the most tormented "1 1/2 unpaved lanes of where the hell is google maps taking me when i coulda just stayed on the highway?" route to rj's that made his tiny dot on the map feel like broadway, and it passed 700 this morning. i seriously need to get outta my car... to celebrate this aspiration, i will not be going much of anywhere this weekend. the current plan is to pyo strawberries on friday afternoon and camp out w/ rj for the night. i wanna make strawberry cakes and pies. rj will be entertaining himself with his new xbox or wowing w/ his bro. rj bought an xbox yesterday and only had time to die twice in the new gta before he slipped in to bed and i didn't get back from dc until close to 1am. things to remember - may is the month of highway repair in va. you will sit, on the highway, for hours. i figured out that looping around richmond and driving farther to rj's actually got me off of 95 and outta my car faster. he works sat, so i am thinking the beach - esp b/c va beach will be hosting the caribbean music festival. http://www.beachstreetusa.com/beachstreetusa_web_site_029.htmrj is only 2 hours from the beach, so i can be camped out on a spot there early. haven't been yet but i already bought some spf 80. going to print out the dirctions that avoid the tunnel and 64...right now. |
| Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 |
doom_bees
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10:49a |
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linksward
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6:03p |
I got home today to discover two packages in the mail--one for Jeremy and one for me. The one for me was from Norah! Someone should thank her excessively for me. I'm wearing the plaid skirt right now. And the dress looks cool too.
Jeremy was all about his books with the love and stuff.
I'm cruising through WOrld War Z speaking of books.
I made the first nascent steps towards changing my career to a tafe teacher. You know they have basic literacy and numeracy programs for immigrants? That would be a cool career.
But I didn't do anything really just called about how one would theorhetically do it.
Had coffee and Lemon merangue pie and read world war Z this afternoon.
And one of my students called me the most "explanatory" teacher she'd had since year 8. It was in this little love fest my 11B's randomly threw for me where one said I explained everythin gthey needed to do unlike their other teachers and another said that there were two kinds of teachers, the "explanatory" ones like me and ones who yelled at you for getting things wrong. I was pretty stoked and this is btw my good thing for today. I felt very warm like I like to be liked but had given up on that, but being liked actually for being a good teacher? That's the prize.
So in general life is good and I'm really enjoying people's loving and helpful outpouring about my internal crisis, thank you all really. |
greymentality
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12:32a |
I dislike wisdom teeth. Years ago they said me and my brother didn't have them. He just had his checked because he, in fact, has them, and now I feel the pressure coming from above as they push into my gums. Wisdom has its price. Darn it, I don't want to go to the dentist!
However, I will put it off as long as I can. It doesn't really hurt. I just keep poking it with my tongue to make sure it's still there. The windows are open and it feels great. I slept so long into the day. It was a good day. I'm tired and ok. My bro is coming home this weekend....sorry guys if you don't like rain! He brings the rain. His widdle pup Molly hurt her leg and has to have surgery. So, she is having extra care and love. She ate in the bed today for her dinner time. Brian's too good to his dogs :) He's a good puppy dad. I'm going to run along now. Today was a good normal day. Current Mood:  fineCurrent Music: Loreena McKinnet-Calling You Home |
| Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 |
joeyface
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3:48p |
Six essays done, one to go!! |
alabasterbeach
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10:34a |
for lack of a better phrase...
quote of the day -
"For lack of a better phrase, you can't swing a dead cat into VDPES without hitting CWA."
Surely, that can't be the BEST PHRASE YOU HAVE. |
joeyface
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1:57p |
Yesterday I worked a little on my essay, then got distracted by the sun and Liz's invitation to come to Leytonstone. Saw Liz's family briefly; poor lil Isobel is teething and was not a happy child, but was still good to see them all, she has so much more hair than the last time I saw her! Then Jacen & Andy turned up with SingStar and we spent the rest of the day and evening playing; finally, a video game that I like and am good at! ^_^ Okay I know it doesn't really count as a game, but still. Today I have finished my last-but-one essay; it's not particularly good, but it's a dull subject, and I'm running out of steam. I'm not sure that I'll do as well this semester as I just don't have the panic to motivate me! I also finished The Book Thief, and cried a lot at the ending, and Everything is Illuminated turned up in the post. And it's still sunny. Good times. Current Mood:  cheerfulCurrent Music: Joni |
greymentality
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2:51a |
Today Someone really disturbed me at work today. I went back into the backroom to have my frappuccino and someone else was having his snack too. Well, quite a few people were in fact. After discussing the newsworthy event of the filly that broke her legs after the Kentucky Derby, this coworker, M, decided to say some things. Like, recanting something he did the other night. He said he shot and killed a cat for getting into his trash. Going into hand gestures about how it went through its poor body. I was utterly disturbed and disgusted. He has no respect for life. How can someone be like that! He said the movie Old Yeller made him laugh. I hate to know that there are people so pointlessly crass and inhumane. Then, he said that his dog bit a watering hose and he kicked it for causing such a mess. A little chiuawua(sp?) named Charlie. What is wrong with him? On top of that, he's racist. It got me so upset. I was so angry. I'm trying to put it out of my mind, but it's just so stupid. I asked him "what if your dog was shot for getting into someone's garbage." He said he didn't care and then he remarked about how he leaves this little dog outside all the time. Ok, it's just now May. A small dog with no fur in Winter is cruel and wrong. *sigh* Ok, I'm done.
I didn't do much else today. Went to work. Slept a long time. I need a shower. Night. Current Mood:  discontentCurrent Music: Fiddle solo on Celtic Woman album |
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