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Went shopping on Saturday. I wasn’t actually thinking of buying anything, but I came across “Wide Open Spaces” and “Fly” by the Dixie Chicks and I knew I just had to have them. Just listening to them confirms it, money well spent. And they were only £16. ^_^

So now Oliver’s parents have met mine. They did make an effort to talk to each other. Mainly just my dad talking to his. It was actually a bit entertaining. They think they’re talking about the same thing but they’re not. Then when they don’t understand what the other is saying, they just nod and then keep going on about what they were saying before. *shakes head* That’s what you get for having a bf from a different country. Especially one who’s from Yorkshire.

My exams are finally over. I dunno how they went. Okay I guess. One of my answers in my second exam was a bit out there. I began comparing the novel “The Beach” to the events of 9/11 and afterwards. It just suddenly popped into my head that there are some similarities, since I was making the point that the community is a modern western society in miniature. We’ll see… XD Then after my exam, I met up with Gabe again. He showed me the National Library of Wales and then we went to Somerfield’s to buy American style cookies for my parents to take back home with them. In the grocery store, we ran into this one lecturer from Germany. He is so cute! Max 30 yrs old. Anyway, I recognized him and gave him a smile. He recognized me and smiled back! :-D I’ve talked to him before. I went up to him after one lecture and told him that he’s got a great accent. For some reason he thought I was from Luxembourg. o.O Anyway.. cute! In a way I’m hoping that I get him as a tutor in my third year, but I know that if I do, I’ll have major problems concentrating in his class. All I’ll do is just listen to his voice and not actually hear what he’s saying. XD Ah well, maybe by the time I get back from Montana I’ll have gotten over him. It’s fun having crushes. :D

My embassy appointment is next week. And I still haven’t heard from Carol about the payment slip. I need to pay the visa application fee before my appointment and they send this slip you take to Barclay’s. But because Carol’s been sick, I haven’t gotten the slip from her (it was sent to her office). So I don’t know what to do. o_o;;

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Physical Touch
with a secondary love language being
Quality Time.

Complete set of results

Physical Touch:

10

Quality Time:

8

Words of Affirmation:

5

Acts of Service:

4

Receiving Gifts:

3

Information

Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don’t understand our partner’s requirements, or even our own. We all have a “love tank” that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

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Hmm, I probably should go to bed now. But I figured that I should update to let people know that I haven’t disappeared off of the face of the earth. Oliver just didn’t have a working computer while I was over there.

89 spam comments. Ridiculous, I tell you. *shakes head*

Well, I got back to Aber today. I was supposed to take the 8:53 train from Sheffield, but I missed it because of a truck or something had turned over on the parkway and there was loads of traffic on the alternative route we chose and yada yada yada. So basically I spent an hour and a half at Birmingham and didn’t get in until 3:20. Two hours later than planned.

And I’m still sick. :( Oliver gave me a cold and I spent the whole of last week going through tissues. By Saturday I thought I’d gotten over it, but on Monday I got the sore throat back. Still have it and I’m not done with the tissues yet. So I’m going to the doctor’s tomorrow. Just in case. I want to be healthy when I take my exams. If I get to take them that is. This strike action is annoying. I want to know what I got for my essays and portfolio! Grades are important to me.

And I got a letter from my bank saying that they have to send papers and stuff to my permanent address instead of sending it here when online banking is concerned. Which means they want to send it to Finland. I don’t live in Finland! Another thing to clear up tomorrow… urgh.

But, on a brighter note, I’ve made plans to see movies with Gabe. Yay. Get to see “Wilde”, something Oliver didn’t want to see with me. A nice change from Stargate. And now that I’m back in Aber, I can watch Desperate Housewives and Friends again too. ^_^

I just remembered the dream I had last night. It was so freaky. Okay, so I don’t remember all of it, just one scene.

I was a nanny for this one family. I was taking care of a toddler. A girl, I think. Anyway, I felt like I should take the baby. I don’t know why, just that it was the best thing for the kid. Then the next day, I took her. I got to the front gate, hearing the mother screaming for me, and I just couldn’t make myself take the baby away. I couldn’t. It was so.. scary. I went back to the mother as quickly as I could, handed over the girl and I remember clearly saying: “I’m so sorry. I couldn’t. I just couldn’t.” And then running away from her with this dark red old slim book in my hands.

I felt so guilty and freaked when I woke up. To the fire alarm. >_<

dreams

I feel so satisfied. I’ve finished off my essay and just finished writing my portfolio. Now all I need to do is print them out! o/ Plus, I had a lot of fun writing my portfolio. The only thing that’s not so nice about writing for portfolios is the word limit. I really don’t like the word limit they’ve set. It’s not enough!

And all of this means that I can go over to Oliver’s tomorrow. ^_^

The visa application process to go to Montana next year is a real pain in the neck. I’ve booked my appointment at the embassy, reviewed all the application forms but haven’t filled them all in because that has to be done online and print out papers which means I have to go to the library to do it.

Had a fire drill this morning. A lovely way to wake up. >_< At least it’s the last one this year. Now I gotta hope that no one sets it off during the exams…

I got a comment by John Sam Jones!!! *giddy* He’s the guy who wrote Fishboys of Vernazza and he signed my copy when he came to give a lecture about it. This is so cool! o/

So far, I still have 1400 words or so to go on my essay, but it’s getting easier to write it now that I’ve gotten into the swing of things. On the downside, I’ve been talking to a load of people and we’ve all chosen the same question. I want to make my essay different from theirs. I like being original. At least for my portfolio I was told that it was really interesting to read and if I had more time to work on my pieces, they’d be really good. Last semester my grade was 68, now I got a 61… it’s a different teacher, so it’s possible that my way of writing just appealed to my American teacher more than it does to this Welsh one. *shrugs* Not too worried about it though. :)

John Sam Jones, Fishboys of Vernazza, essays, creative writing

Can You Open My Safe?

1st Number:

The number of rings I usually like to wear on my right hand.

2nd Number:

How old will I be in the year 2048?

3rd Number:

The number of nieces/nephews I have.

Enter Combination:

1st

Number

2nd

Number

3rd

Number

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You scored as Postmodernist. Postmodernism is the belief in complete open interpretation. You see the universe as a collection of information with varying ways of putting it together. There is no absolute truth for you; even the most hardened facts are open to interpretation. Meaning relies on context and even the language you use to describe things should be subject to analysis.

Postmodernist

75%

Materialist

75%

Existentialist

69%

Modernist

63%

Cultural Creative

63%

Idealist

56%

Romanticist

50%

Fundamentalist

31%

What is Your World View? (updated)
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I’ve just spent an hour on Oliver’s DancingStage mat. Because the program I used is on the computer, the cable that hooks up the mat to the computer makes it so that it doesn’t recognize pressing two directions at once. So it looks like I’m doing really horribly. Which I probably am. I don’t care though, it’s a load of fun! I like the Japanese songs it’s got, but so far, my fave is Shaft’s “Sway” or whatever it’s called. *…when the rhythm starts to play, dance with me, make me sway…*

I’ve also started working out to that TaeBo tape. Done it now three days in a row. Getting easier all the time and it’s fun too. I still have to stop a lot during the exercises to drink some water, but hopefully by the end of June I’ll be able to do the whole tape without stopping. I’m starting to remember everything the guy Billy Banks is saying. Good thing I’ve got two more tapes with me. XD

I like the color of my skin it is now. Nice and tan. But I’ve started getting these white spots on my skin, just like my dad does whenever he’s been out in the sun a lot. Apparently my body isn’t used to producing big amounts of melanin or whatever it is that gives one a tan. Back when we lived in Florida, I got an even tan practically all year round. Now that I’ve been living in countries where it rains pretty much every day, I guess my body thought it’d never seen sunlight again. >_< Next year in Montana won’t help much either. Snow… grr… Well, I don’t mind snow that much now that I think about it. I just prefer warmth and sunshine as opposed to freezing temperatures and darkness for half a year. :P

DancingStage, DDR, TaeBo, Billy Banks, tans

*yawn* I’m so tired.. haven’t actually done much today, but I guess the lack of sleep has caught up with me. Last night, Oliver and I went over to Shaun’s with Ryan. Darren was there too. Played Risk II on the computer. Darren and Shaun were eliminated first. We stopped playing a bit past midnight because Darren left and we were getting a bit bored too. Plus, I fell asleep on the couch while Ryan, Oliver and Shaun watched some TV show called “Metrosexuality”. Guess that says how good I thought the program was, huh? XP

Right now I feel like I should get my portfolio and essay written, but then I think that it’s still vacation and I’ve got three weeks before they’re due anyway. Hmm.. Most likely I’ll do them once Oliver goes back to work on Tuesday. Gotta fill up the nine hours somehow. Ooh, I’ll use his DancingStage mat. Practice a little bit. I’m terrible at it, but at least it’s exercise. :-P And speaking of exercise, I’ve got blisters on my feet. :( I spent an hour on the treadmill back at home. That in itself isn’t so bad, I wasn’t even tired after the hour of walking (a bit over 5km) but I had bare feet. Silly me. At least now I know not to do that next time.

I got an Easter egg from Oliver’s mom. Had Mini Eggs along with the big Cadbury’s egg. ^-^ But I left most of my eggs back home. Didn’t have the space in my suitcase to take them with me. Now the question is will they still be there when I go back?

exercise, essays, Easter eggs