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Okay, leaving today, don’t know when I’ll be able to get online next so I just thought I’d say it now.

Merry Christmas!

I’ll be back as soon as I can. ^-^

Christmas, updates, greetings

I just read an interesting article on Yahoo about blind dating coming back into fashion. It made a good point about the possibility about meeting creeps online and how at least with a blind date you can be sure that if “they tell you he’s a Delta Airlines pilot, he’s a Delta Airlines pilot, not some guy working at the Avis rental counter” because the one who set you up with that guy knows him. You’re not relying on some electronic information which could just as well be made up as it is true. But there are gems online too. I’ve met people who’ve become good friends and I’ve been with my boyfriend (who just happened to find me on OkCupid) for over a year now. So online dating isn’t as horrible as some make it out to be. Like that one Mormon we met last summer said: “It can really work out great. My sister met her husband online and now they’ve got two kids too!” I’m sure she meant that they had kids the natural way, not online. XP

online dating, blind date

Well, tomorrow’s the inspection. And now my room smells like puke. Lovely. -_-;; It’s the vacuum’s fault. Well, technically it’s who ever used the vacuum to clean up vomit that’s at fault, but still. So now my back’s freezing because I need to have my window fully opened.

Hmm.. maybe if I go to the Co-op now and by the time I get back, the smell would’ve gone away? At least a little bit? *hopeful*

inspection, smell, stink, odor

Not nice at all. We’ve got an inspection on Tuesday and this time they check the bedrooms as well as the kitchen. So I figured I might as well clean my bathroom today and then do the vacuuming and tidying up tomorrow. The sink and the toilet were easy enough. Just spray and then rinse. Same went for the shower walls. But the shower mat.. the underside of it is covered in black goop! I sprayed some of the same cleaning stuff I used everywhere else but it didn’t work. So I resorted to scraping & rubbing it off with my fingers. Really messed up my nails. And my finger hurts now. ;_;

On the bright side, I finished my Woolf essay! o/ Go me. *grin* Next, the portfolio. Seems a whole lot managable now that the essay’s done.

cleaning, shower, goop

Well, I think I’m hooked on coffee now. I actually bought some Nescafe Gold blend or whatever it’s called. It came with free samplers so I figured why not? I’ll need caffeine in the future to keep me up when I try to write essays and stuff.

Sat in the freezing library today for three hours. Got some stuff done for my essay. And now I’ve written a bit over 200 words of it. So I’m on the right track. But I still have to write portfolio stuff at the same time. Hmm… well, hopefully I’ll at least get one of them done before I leave. I can then mail in the other. Don’t really want to mail in both…

I subscribe to this newsletter, right? I usually just skip the bits where ppl send in e-mails and stuff to Carmen (the woman who runs the site and newsletter, etc). But this one link caught my eye. Seriously, some people have way too much time on their hands. See the musical blinking Christmas lights!

Anywayz, I guess I should go back to doing school stuff.. now that I’ve had my caffeine boost and all.

coffee, Christmas lights, essays

I am so sleepy! I went to bed last night at like midnight and I actually did fall asleep after about an hour. But then I get a text message from Ryan at like 1:30, then Oliver calls me at 1:45 and then again at 2!! Okay, so it was to confirm what time he’s coming over here today but still!! Me needs sleep. *sniffle*

But I did wake up in time for my French test. And my breakfast exploded in the microwave. Nice way to start the morning, eh? >_< I handed in my essay, met a girl named Rebecca, bought Jaz’s Christmas present (a part of it anyway) and now I’m here.. in the computer room waiting for Creative Writing to start. What an exciting life I lead. XD

I was just asked if I wanted to share a house with 8 other people.. mainly the ones in my flat. Otherwise I’d be fine with it, but they don’t know how to clean up. And a certain someone can be very loud. Plus there’s the tiny fact that I’m hoping to go away next year to the US. So I actually wouldn’t be here to live with them. XD Although, if I don’t get into the program, then I have no clue as to where I’d be staying… really wouldn’t like to stay in the halls again, but if that’s my only option then I’ll just have to deal. Or I could try to find a house that’s looking for one person to occupy a room..

Anywayz, no point in stressing about that now. Too sleepy to think about it coherently. So I guess I’ll just go browse the websites of the different unis in the US to see which ones have a Creative Writing program I could participate in next year..

US, university, exchange program, midnight calls, moving in

Which means that I’ve only got 2 weeks left to do my Christmas shopping. Well, I’ve already gotten something small for Jade, which I’ll supplement with something.. not giving away details of what I’m getting everyone. :-P Then tomorrow I’ll go buy Jaz’s present and possibly Mom’s. No clue what to get Dad. Oliver’s present.. well, I’ve found something that I think he’d really like except.. the store doesn’t have it anymore. So I’ll just have to come up with something else while I’m in Belgium. Unless I can find it in another store tomorrow..

Right, so on Monday when I left, I had scrubbed the stove etc. I come back today… it’s a mess. That is soooooo annoying. And I have no clue who messes it up. It’s not Dani or Niamh (since they don’t really use the stove), not Caroline because she feels the same way I do about the kitchen.. so that leaves the guys. Grr…

Apparently the thing that made my keyboard freeze up is a well known glitch or bug or whatever in the A1650 series or whatever it is I have as a comp. And there’s a downloadable patch online. So now it seems to be in working condition again..

I’m going back home on the 17th (need to take the 5 a.m. train to make it to my plane, what a load of fun that’ll be.. what if the train’s late? Then what?) and then I’m going over to Oliver’s on the 27th. Which means I’ll make it in time for the card game he’s been talking about so much. :) It’s only fair that I go over there this Christmas. He came over to Finland last year, so now it’s my turn. Then next year he’ll come over to Belgium. Simple. :-P

holidays, trips, computers, Fujitsu-Siemens, glitch, Christmas presents

Snow. There’s snow. Outside. Here, in Aber. That’s like.. !!! it’s not even December and Aber gets snow. What’s that telling us about the weather to come? Snow. I’d expect it from Finland, but not Aber. Tseh.. Good thing I’ve got my winter coat, eh?

On an unrelated note, I’ve gotten a card from my grandma (no, not the one that died in January). My grandfather has gone to Egypt. Strange things are going on.. o_O winter, snow, weather, cold

Yup, that’s what I just ate. Estonian mouse cheese. At first when I glanced at the packet, I thought it said “Mouse cheese” in Finnish. Nope, upon closer inspection I realized it said “Hiirte juust”. That’s not Finnish. But I still understood it. That’s how close those two languages are to each other. So yeah, my dad brought over loads of cheese for me. I’ve got at least 4 different types in the fridge now. Good thing I like cheese somewhat.

I’ve finished my essay! o/ In the end I got 1,186 words. I had to cut it down just a bit, so I won’t lose any points. :) Now.. next it’s Wordsworth. That’ll be a load of fun. In the end, this Pope essay wasn’t too bad. I found something to talk about. Let’s just hope that that happens with my next essay as well.

It’s no fun having a sore throat and a cough. Hopefully my symptoms of sickness will just stay there. I don’t like being sick.. all snuffly and icky.. But at least I’ve now got 3 DVDs to keep me company if I get even sicker. LOTR 2 & 3 and The Stepford Wives. Just watched Mean Girls. Borrowed it from Laney. I heard that she’s got Donnie Darko as well.. might ask to borrow that sometime..

movies, cheese, Estonian, essays

I am so tired.. I didn’t get up until 11 am, but still. Spent the whole day out walking around Aber with my dad. We went shopping! o/ So now I’ve got new chocolate colored sheets, two pairs of gloves, a scarf, a zip up sweater, a purple shirt and a purple thingie. Dunno what it’s called, so from now on it’ll be thingie. And I’ve got a new Aberystwyth University sweater. :)

It’s so cold outside. Below freezing.. :-S Good thing they bought me the coat that they did. So warm with it on. It’s a nice dark pink with a sort of Welsh flag on the back..

I sent in a draft of my essay to my tutor and she said that otherwise it’s really good, but I need to use more examples of how Pope uses the mock-epic and need to refer more to Canto V. So I’ll do that tomorrow. Right now I’m way too tired. Which is why I’m going to sleep now..

essays, Pope, Aberystwyth, shopping