I failed at brushing my teeth last night. First I managed to get my toothbrush tangled in my hair, resulting in crispy toothpaste hair. Then I dropped my toothbrush on the floor. So epic.
I've done good stuff today, threw out loads stuff, organised stuff, hoovered, dusted, hoovered more, threw out even more stuff and then turned on the budgies. I cleaned their cages and then gave them both showers (much to their disgust).
Last night I gave my remaining fishes a present... it's a pineapple. Just like Spongebob's. I personally would be thrilled with it, but they are indifferent and ungrateful. I don't understand.
I've given up meat for lent. I tried it when I was 16 but slipped up just through forgetfulness. Other past lent adventures have included Starbucks, crisps, chocolate and shopping. There is a fly in the ointment however. On 2nd April I have a table booked at Claridges and I'm gonna find it hard not to eat meat there. I may have to justify a bit of cheating...
I feel at a bit of a loose end. I never say this but I feel like I got up on the wrong side of the bed today and haven't enjoyed my day off.
I need to find something amazing to do tonight, I think I'll go mad if I stay home.
And now for a bit of epic win...
2:15 makes for a bit of awesome :)
Thursday 26 February 2009
Sunday 22 February 2009
...in which I don't moan about University applications :)
Oooo story time :)
My weekend has been well nice... was given it off work without asking because I had holiday pay to use up. Lovely. Most of it was spent with John, with general awesomeness occurring.
To be a bit more specific, some of the awesomeness that we partook in was the buying of new fishys for our tank. Sheldon and Ruby needed company so we headed to le pet store (where I also spent £8 on a toy pineapple for the tank... saving money, WTG!) and picked out three new fishys. They are Moss, Remmington and Fifa.
I got my XBox back today from my brother so I'm feeling a bout of Halo coming on. To be fair, it's years since I've laid hands on it, I can't fully remember what games I have.
Back to work at job no.2 tomorrow. McJoy. But I bet I can get loads of reading done on my breaks. Sometimes I consider taking my laptop in because I'm sure that in the space of 3 working days I could complete something like Pharoah. Let's see.....
My weekend has been well nice... was given it off work without asking because I had holiday pay to use up. Lovely. Most of it was spent with John, with general awesomeness occurring.
To be a bit more specific, some of the awesomeness that we partook in was the buying of new fishys for our tank. Sheldon and Ruby needed company so we headed to le pet store (where I also spent £8 on a toy pineapple for the tank... saving money, WTG!) and picked out three new fishys. They are Moss, Remmington and Fifa.
I got my XBox back today from my brother so I'm feeling a bout of Halo coming on. To be fair, it's years since I've laid hands on it, I can't fully remember what games I have.
Back to work at job no.2 tomorrow. McJoy. But I bet I can get loads of reading done on my breaks. Sometimes I consider taking my laptop in because I'm sure that in the space of 3 working days I could complete something like Pharoah. Let's see.....
Tuesday 17 February 2009
...in which I procrastinate
I blame my iPod. It's playing sheer awesomeness which prevents me from writing a coherant personal statement for uni shindigs.
I've just packaged up my old iPod with all it's accessories et al in it's original box to give to my mum because she thinks she could give it a good home. It brought back many happy memories of getting it. I adored it so much I feared it would implode.
I digress. My weekend was amazing, even the part where I had to work on Saturday morning. My lunch break was interrupted by the arrival of 12 red roses from John which made me well smiley for the rest of my shift. And the day continued to be awesome with a short train journey to a surprise stay in the Marriot on Park Lane for the night :) was pretty amazing. I am so lucky.
Work yesterday and tomorrow, but day off today which is nice. I have stuffs to do and I'll be getting on with them shortly. I have budgies to pamper, fish to tickle, personal statements to write, Mini's to send on holiday and then I have to pop into old!Costa to see Alyssa on her last day there and then scramble into London to meet uni!friends who I'm missing and looking forward to catching up with.
:)
I've just packaged up my old iPod with all it's accessories et al in it's original box to give to my mum because she thinks she could give it a good home. It brought back many happy memories of getting it. I adored it so much I feared it would implode.
I digress. My weekend was amazing, even the part where I had to work on Saturday morning. My lunch break was interrupted by the arrival of 12 red roses from John which made me well smiley for the rest of my shift. And the day continued to be awesome with a short train journey to a surprise stay in the Marriot on Park Lane for the night :) was pretty amazing. I am so lucky.
Work yesterday and tomorrow, but day off today which is nice. I have stuffs to do and I'll be getting on with them shortly. I have budgies to pamper, fish to tickle, personal statements to write, Mini's to send on holiday and then I have to pop into old!Costa to see Alyssa on her last day there and then scramble into London to meet uni!friends who I'm missing and looking forward to catching up with.
:)
Thursday 12 February 2009
...in which I ponder the joys of pet ownership
Oh my God, my fish are giving me a fucking complex. Two of the four of them died within 4 days of eachother so I'm watching the remaining two like a hawk.
They, realising this, think it's hilarious to hide behind things, or float around near the top of the water. Buggers. Everytime I look over at least one of them is missing from view, which causes utterances of "oh shit" and desperate scramblings over to the tank to locate the missing one, only to be met by fishy giggles.
My budgies on the other hand were being mostly well-behaved today so I rewarded them with a big chunk of cucumber each. Poppy (the nutjob of the two of them) has responded to my kind gesture by ripping off little pieces of cucumber and flinging them as far as she can maanage. It looks like my wall has bogies on.
Jeez.
In other news I've been trying desperately to write a personal statement for my PhD application. It's hurting my brain so bad.
To top it off, when I logged onto facebook earlier I found a picture on my newsfeed that got to me. When I went for my interview at Oxford Aviation Academy I was one of a group of about 8 and have kept in touch with a few of them. This picture was of one of the guys from my group in full Oxford uniform, next to an Oxford plane. He's started his training.
I gave up that career path for good reasons, but at the time I went for my interveiw I wanted it so badly that I almost imploded. I'm happy for James that he got in and is about to begin all that excitement, but I'm also a bit jealous, and the fact that I don't have a solid plan yet makes me a bit angsty.
In better news I went shopping today and bought awesome stuff.
They, realising this, think it's hilarious to hide behind things, or float around near the top of the water. Buggers. Everytime I look over at least one of them is missing from view, which causes utterances of "oh shit" and desperate scramblings over to the tank to locate the missing one, only to be met by fishy giggles.
My budgies on the other hand were being mostly well-behaved today so I rewarded them with a big chunk of cucumber each. Poppy (the nutjob of the two of them) has responded to my kind gesture by ripping off little pieces of cucumber and flinging them as far as she can maanage. It looks like my wall has bogies on.
Jeez.
In other news I've been trying desperately to write a personal statement for my PhD application. It's hurting my brain so bad.
To top it off, when I logged onto facebook earlier I found a picture on my newsfeed that got to me. When I went for my interview at Oxford Aviation Academy I was one of a group of about 8 and have kept in touch with a few of them. This picture was of one of the guys from my group in full Oxford uniform, next to an Oxford plane. He's started his training.
I gave up that career path for good reasons, but at the time I went for my interveiw I wanted it so badly that I almost imploded. I'm happy for James that he got in and is about to begin all that excitement, but I'm also a bit jealous, and the fact that I don't have a solid plan yet makes me a bit angsty.
In better news I went shopping today and bought awesome stuff.
Monday 9 February 2009
...in which I try to sort out my life in one day
It. Can't. Be. Done.
There's nothing wrong with my life, I'd just like to know that when September comes around I will be on some sort of course at a lovely University, whether it gets me MSc after my name or Doctor before my name.
I'm proper stuck. For the last two years of my degree I was sick of studying, but now I'm doing pretty much full time work and zero studying I really really miss it. I'm limiting myself by not wanting to move away from London, but there's still great possibilities for me here.
This, essentially is what brought on my nervous breakdown in Sainsburys a few months ago when me and Cat were looking for crab meat. I don't know where I want to be and what I want to be doing. I think I'd like to study more but even a Masters is a big commitment. What if I hate studying again?
Eh..... *shrug*
I'd like another holiday nao plzthnx
There's nothing wrong with my life, I'd just like to know that when September comes around I will be on some sort of course at a lovely University, whether it gets me MSc after my name or Doctor before my name.
I'm proper stuck. For the last two years of my degree I was sick of studying, but now I'm doing pretty much full time work and zero studying I really really miss it. I'm limiting myself by not wanting to move away from London, but there's still great possibilities for me here.
This, essentially is what brought on my nervous breakdown in Sainsburys a few months ago when me and Cat were looking for crab meat. I don't know where I want to be and what I want to be doing. I think I'd like to study more but even a Masters is a big commitment. What if I hate studying again?
Eh..... *shrug*
I'd like another holiday nao plzthnx
Tuesday 3 February 2009
...in which I become a bit attached to my laptop
Hello February (spelt that wrong 3 times before getting it right...).
Today should have been day 4 of 9 working days in a row (urgh) but instead it's the second snow day in a row I'm enjoying. So here I am inbetween games of Theme Hospital, World of Goo and Crayon Physics, listening to Lady Gaga's album and enjoying it a lot, planning a nice sandwich for lunch and looking forward to a night out with my Costa Ruislip buddies later for Suzy's leaving do.
I'm a little bit bored, and a little bit ARGH at missing out on two days of pay. But thats how it goes.
I downloaded a trial of World of Warcraft to try playing later and I'm also relying on my brother to either find me our copy of Myst or download me a new copy. Not really holding my breath for either though since he's just left the house.
In fish news... I have four of them now. Sheldon, Jareth, Ruby and Shacklebolt (named by John). They're far more entertaining that I expected, which is nice. I now have 6 pets in my room when you include my two gobby budgies. Tis nice.
Lady Gaga's album has finished and now MGMT are playing. I also like them a lot.
Do I want to do a Masters or a PhD? Answers on a postcard please :)
Today should have been day 4 of 9 working days in a row (urgh) but instead it's the second snow day in a row I'm enjoying. So here I am inbetween games of Theme Hospital, World of Goo and Crayon Physics, listening to Lady Gaga's album and enjoying it a lot, planning a nice sandwich for lunch and looking forward to a night out with my Costa Ruislip buddies later for Suzy's leaving do.
I'm a little bit bored, and a little bit ARGH at missing out on two days of pay. But thats how it goes.
I downloaded a trial of World of Warcraft to try playing later and I'm also relying on my brother to either find me our copy of Myst or download me a new copy. Not really holding my breath for either though since he's just left the house.
In fish news... I have four of them now. Sheldon, Jareth, Ruby and Shacklebolt (named by John). They're far more entertaining that I expected, which is nice. I now have 6 pets in my room when you include my two gobby budgies. Tis nice.
Lady Gaga's album has finished and now MGMT are playing. I also like them a lot.
Do I want to do a Masters or a PhD? Answers on a postcard please :)
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