School stuff

Hmm.. I guess I shouldn’t’ve had that cup of coffee after all. I was feeling really tired at around nine and I had decided to stay up a bit later to work on my Creative Writing portfolio. So that was like five hours ago and I don’t feel like sleeping. At all. I know I’m going to regret this in the morning, but right now I don’t care. I feel like I’m on a roll. I’ve been playing Text Twist on Yahoo, which gave me some inspiration to what to do for the poetry portion of my portfolio. So I’ve been combing the haiku (stuff we did earlier in the semester) with the definition poems we did for this Monday. It’s not quite ready yet though, but I just felt like I had to take a mini-break from writing it. Not easy coming up with the right word for the amount of syllables needed… Getting there, getting there. No clue what to write for the prose section though. I could try the stream of consciousness stuff Virginia Woolf did. It’s really boring to read, unless… I wonder if I could get Phil to describe what it’s like when doing drugs. Apparently he’s had some sort of bad trip and that could be interesting to write about. Hmm.. I’ll ask him tomorrow.

creative writing, portfolio, stream of consciousness, haiku, poetry

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

Urgh.. the fire alarm just went off. Good thing I was wake, unlike the others in my flat. XP No idea what caused it to go off. Was folding laundry when it went off, grumbling about the fact that we don’t have a working iron anymore. Meilyr dropped the one we do have and, well.. it ain’t workin’. Grr..

I should start my essay.. I’m going over to Rotherham tomorrow. Then on Tuesday I’m going over to Comet to complain about this laptop. On Friday, it just froze. The mouse and screen were fine, but I just couldn’t use the keyboard at all. Shut down and restarted like 3 times before I gave up. It’s a brand new computer. It shouldn’t do that. Yeah, so I need to start my essay. Good thing I’ve got the weekend to write it as well. It’s Ryan’s birthday then and I’d really want to go, but unfortunately, my essay is a bit more important. Damn Wordsworths.. Why do they choose boring subjects for us to study? I mean really. This journal is sooooooo dull, and the essay question isn’t even about the journal; it’s about her brother’s poem! Then our next assignment… Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse. On the back cover it says that it’s “an enduring work of art”. I’ve read about one third of it and it’s boring me to tears already. I just don’t like the way she writes. I can put up with Pope and Marlowe with their difficult lengthy lines and weird words, even Dorothy’s complaining of headaches all the time, but geez. Maybe it’ll get better once I’m a bit farther in the book. That’s my only hope for VW right now…

Roisin came over last night. We watched The Stepford Wives. Still good. Gladly watch it again when Oliver comes over. ^-^

fire alarm, Wordsworths, Virginia Woolf, essays

I am so ticked off right now (and it doesn’t help that I’m sick).

My French teacher just told me that the department has this policy that they can’t give grades above 85-90%. Okay, I’m cool with that as long as the other students get treated the same way. And my teacher agrees. But if he demands the same standard of grades from them, they’ll all fail. So it’s not fair that I’m being graded differently than the ones who don’t speak any French. Future employers won’t know the difference between my pretty good French 76% and a beginner’s 51%. All they’ll see are the numbers. I’m gonna go complain. My personal tutor’s gonna get an earful.. as will the heads of dept. I’m not gonna blame my tutor (it’s not her fault), but she should help me! At least this way I’ll know that I tried to do something about it. Maybe I should start to protest by failing on purpose or something…

injustice, unfair, grading

Grr.. the library isn’t open until 10 on Fridays. Annoying. So’s the fact that the books I wanted to consult were all on loan. *rolls eyes* Ah well, I’ll just have to stick to e-journals and e-books then.

My dad’s coming over tonight! o/ Should be here in about 3 hrs or so. We’re going out to eat if there’s still a place open at that time. If nothing else, then we’re going to McDonald’s.

I have finally gotten my Internet connection set up and access to my M drive. Boy was that a bugger to do. At least the ppl at the helpdesk are very nice and gave me a way to go around the problem since they don’t know what the problem is either. Some users just can’t do it the FAQ way. *shrugs*

Essay’s due on Monday. So far I’ve got 750 words. Need at least 50 more. Don’t wanna go under the already lowered limit. At least I can get my dad to look over my essay and tell me what I need to change etc. I got my Dr. Faustus essay back yesterday. 62/100. They expect us to be at the 50-55 pt level for our first essay. So yay me! o/ There were three in my group who got 70/100. I just need change my structure a bit. The good things were that I have a good grasp of language, I communicate efficiently and I make intelligent observations. I just didn’t always answer the question in all the points I made. ^-^;; So for this Pope essay I’m aiming to get 65.

I’ve found Sudoku online! *grin* Go here if you fell like playing.

It’s so weird. Today I talked to one guy I met online ages ago, and he’s got a cousin here in Aber! Small world…

Aberystwyth, Sudoku, essays, library

Well, just got a text message from my dad saying that he’ll be coming over to Aber to see me on Friday. I’m really happy to see him and all, but why did he have to pick this weekend? I have an essay due on Monday. ;_; And if he’s coming over, then that means I won’t get anything done on Saturday. I won’t get back to Aber until Thursday myself… >_< So, I’ve started writing my essay here in Rotherham.. only have 100 words so far. Need about 900 more.. I have no idea what to say though. That’s the annoying thing. Bleh..

Good thing Oliver’s just gotten “Smackdown vs. Raw 2006”. It’s keeping him occupied while I work. He’s been at it all day today. Well, we did have a small race (we have two Mariokarts now o/). But other than that, he’s been playing Smackdown. We watched wrestling last night.. Eddie Guerrero (sp?) died in his hotel room. The news surprised us both. So just before and after commercials they showed other wrestlers and ppl who knew him talking about him. And they showed clips of Eddie performing. The one where he was auctioning off a wheelchair or something was funny. :)

Anyway, tomorrow I’m gonna go buy my comp. We might go bowling with Ryan later. So I really should go now. Gotta get my essay into some sort of decent shape..

uni, Aberystwyth, wrestling, Smackdown vs. Raw 2006

Go me, I’ve finished off my essay. Just printed it. ^-^ So nothing to worry about on Monday. Except forgetting to post it in the box meant for essays.. :-S That wouldn’t be good. But I will remember to do it. I will I will I will. And I’ve already started writing stuff for my portfolio. Got the whole plot planned out. Well not all of it, but enough for me to actually start writing something.

So now that that’s out of the way, party! Yup, tonight I’m actually gonna go out to a party. It’s sort of a Halloween themed thing. Don’t really have a costume though. Probably just wearing my bikini top underneath my beach-y print dress and say that I’m going to the beach. And wear my shell jewelry. ^-^ Now the question is what do I take with me where I’ve got my keys and phone? The bag I have seems a bit silly but it’s the only one I’ve got..

Erm.. today I didn’t do much. Went into town, wandered around. Sat by the sea for about an hour just looking at it and breathing in the salty air. Found the local library and I borrowed a book from there. Called “The Story of America”. Sort of like a history book except it’s divided it into 26 short “stories” about what happened. I did look for the text book that Niamh’s got, contains a lot of stuff by American writers like Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Looked really interesting. Of course when I said that to Niamh she looked at me like I had grown another head. So anyway, didn’t see it in Ottakar’s.. Stopped by at WHSmith’s. Found the cutest little baby book. For some reason I really want to fill in baby books. I’ve got one at home where I’ve already filled out all the stuff I can about me, so I can later give it to my son/daughter. The father’s side of the book is still blank. Which I think will stay blank for another 10 yrs..

No drying rack to be found in Aber. Went to Woolworth’s, B-Wise, Peacocks (they had the loveliest shade of chocolate brown for sheets, duvets and pillows!). I was really tempted to buy some, but the didn’t have the duvet cover for a single in it so.. *shrugs* I really should get another towel though.

Watched “La vita e bella” yesterday. I went to language labs and just chose a movie from their list. Didn’t have any subtitles.. so all in Italian. But I still got the gist of it. So sad.. and the guy who kept calling the woman “principessa” was so brave. Funny too. So next week, maybe like Tuesday or something I’ll go and watch another movie. This time in French. And again, without subtitles. Although this I’ll be choosing not to have any. XP

foreign movie, Halloween, party, essay, Aberystwyth, shopping

Urgh.. I so cannot be bothered to write my essay. It’s too much of a pain. And now I find out that I need to do a bibliography for my writing portfolio as well! Double urgh. I guess I’ll quote Anne Rice and Virginia Andrews and Brian Lumley (or whoever it was who wrote Necroscope) and Dan Brown.. I mean, those are the ones I’ve just recently read so.. *shrugs* Still annoying though..

Erm.. woke up late (for once) and no crying! So yay! o/ Didn’t have anything to eat for breakfast so I had to go over to the Co-op. Maybe I should start keeping track of how much I spend on food a week.. I don’t like this not knowing business.

Oh.. just had a thought. Maybe I could write a renge for my portfolio that’s vampire themed. So that way I’d be using Anne Rice as an inspiration. ^-^

Last night was fun. Just hung out in the lounge area of our kitchen/dining room with Lewis & Scott until a huge bunch of them left to go dancing at Freeload.. I’m guessing it was at the Union. Anyway, I don’t like the kind of music they play over there so I didn’t go. Instead I talked to Oliver for 20 minutes on the phone. ^_^ Much nicer way to spend the evening in my opinion. And I got to choose the music. Finally had control of the stereo (since I was the only one in the kitchen) and I got to listen to my CDs.. so happy. :)

bibliographies, essays, portfolios, school work

Well.. our assignment was supposed to be only 250 words, but as usual, I wrote over the limit. But it’s okay, according to my teacher. We’ll just have to cut it down if we use it in class. Most of what I write will probably wind up in my portfolio. Seeing as it’s gotta contain both poetry and prose (2,500 words’ worth), it should be pretty easy. It’s the commentary that’s worrying me..

Still, click here if you wanna read it. Please do and tell me what you thought! The good and bad.. anything and everything you think. =)

writing, story, assignment

Well, just when I thought my Mondays were bad enough (from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.) the listening skills part of French is being moved to 9 a.m. from it’s 1 p.m. position on Friday! Luuuuuuurvely. *rolls eyes* But at least the rest of my week is fairly easy. ^-^ Like today and tomorrow, nothing. No classes. Gives me time to complete assignments for Writer’s Art and Study of English seminars. So for Friday I have to write 250 words worth of descriptive prose. Should be simple enough. I’ve already done all the observations I need for it, now I just gotta write it out. That is, if the teacher approves of my idea. I wasn’t so sure it was exactly what he wanted so I e-mailed him and asked. No reply yet.. I thought I was going to get the list of possible essay topics yesterday at the lecture but the guy didn’t give us any! Mih.. I wanted to start thinking of stuff to write about. I won’t be getting any work done this weekend so a headstart would’ve been nice…..

writing, university, schedules, essays