Listening: Random Football on TV
Reading: Neil Gaiman 1602 (Graphic Novel)
Just a quick post to let you know that I made it through the move just fine. My computer is refusing to let me play on the internet though, so I think I'm going to have to take everything off and start again *sigh* Living at home is going ok, but there are already some things that are annoying me slightly. Hopefully I won't go crazy too quickly ^.^ Got my hair cut yesterday and I don't like it, which is bad because it's my birthday on Saturday and some friends are coming and I want to look pretty while I party *sniffle* Isn't it good that the only thing I really have to whinge about is my hair? =D Once I've beaten my computer into submission (I'm using my Dad's right now) I'll reply to comments and visit blogs galore!
Listening: Some Random Movie on TV
Reading: My wonderful e-mails
So it's 1.47am and I've had to give up packing for the moment. It really is ridiculous how much stuff I have. I moved almost everything downstairs but haven't gotten around to packing the computer (and its many accessories), TV, CD Player or my CDs yet. Even without those, I have way more than a car load of stuff, which is just wrong. A lot of the boxes are filled with books, which explains most of it. I just can't bring myself to part with books and so have millions of the things. Everytime I move I start off with about 5 and by the time I leave, I easily have a 100. So, I'm tired from packing and moving boxes, and my eyes and thumbs hurt from playing X-Men Legends. It's worth it though. I am loving that game! I'm loving that you can be Jubilee! I never thought she'd be a playable character. I'm loving that they actually have their 'real' powers and that it's not a beat-em-up game. Fantabulous *does a little dance* Speaking of the X-Men, quite a few boxes are filled with comics too... *sigh* I'm moving tomorrow and with a bit of luck I'll be back on-line for Sunday. That's the worst thing about packing - you have to unpack *cries*
Listening: The Zutons Who Killed...
Reading: Jasmine Stone Symphony X
Yes, so, I think it's fairly safe to say that I did not make it to work on time after the last post... I was a glorious three and a half hours late. Ooopsie! *L* Nevermind. Since then, the internet has decided that it doesn't like me, and I wasn't able to get online until yesterday. How very bizarre. So what have I been up to in the meantime? I'm so glad you asked ;) Quick summary - had another fight with David and his wanker friends, got my tax back (all €1100 of it!), bought a whole pile of stuff including a Playstation 2 and X-Men Legends to play on the lovely thing, finished up at work, went drinking with workmates, got absolutely sozzled and stumbled home clutching the bag of free perfume and gift vouchers I'd been given as a goodbye present, packed most of my stuff. Yep. That's about it alright *g* It's been a fairly good week and a bit, all in all. I'm so glad to be finished work, but I will miss some of the people there. I think some of them are planning to come and see me in Sligo though, so that's good!
On a more global scale, I was a bit disappointed in the selection of the new Pope. I'd been hoping for someone a bit more open-minded, but I suppose, given the age of all the candidates, it wasn't very likely. Still, I'm not comfortable with the idea of the church returning to traditional views, or his idea of making Catholicism the dominant religion in Europe again. The man's from Germany. Aren't most Germans some description of Protestantism (Presbyterian? Lutheran?)? Nor am I happy with his belief that Catholicism is the only true faith *sigh*
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*is not drunk* *can get up for work in three hours* *did not dance her arse off for three hours*
*will reply to recent comments, but, you know, tomorrow*
Listening: The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Reading: PhD application forms
Well. Today has been a day of semi-decision making, but fuck it, I'm going to start things moving. I've been printing out applications for PhDs which is kind of scary. I really do want to do one, but the forms are so long and complicated. You have to say why you want to do the course, what you hope to achieve by doing the course, what makes you suitable for the course and give a 500 word proposal. Frankly, I want to do a PhD because it's something I've always wanted to do. I'm not sure what benefits it would give me back in the real world. I'm not even sure what my topic would be, beyond an extension of my MA dissertation. And then you have to give two referees, which could be a bit of a problem. I know the head of my MA course will give me one, no problem, but there's no way my supervisor would give me one after everything that happened. There's no way that I'd even ask her either, but that's besides the point. So I have to e-mail Stefan (the course supervisor) and talk to him about it. Hopefully, he'll be able to get one of the other lecturers to write me a reference. It's not that they didn't know me, it's just that the other lecturers didn't really have that much to do with me. I'm also going to ask Stefan if he'd mind going through some of the forms with me and giving me a bit of advice. I don't think he'd mind and it would be a huge help. Location-wise, I really want to go back to Cardiff, but I'm thinking I should look at some other UK Universities too. I mean, Cardiff aren't really big on the area that I concentrate on in archaeology. Niall Sharples could supervise me, I'm hoping, but I'm not sure if they'd want me on board. There are other Univerities that specialise in heritage, so it would probably be a good idea to look in to some of those... But I like Cardiff. The staff are excellent and I do want to go back. Not that there's any harm in applying to other places. Then, of course, there's the worry that I won't get accepted anyway and what the fuck will I do then? 0.0
Siobhan, a friend of mine, reckons that I should get more practical experience before I go for the PhD. I see her point, but excavation really isn't something I'm madly interested in. I like it, but I don't know if it's the life for me. I know some of you are going - What the fuck? She's an archaeologist - and yes, it sounds strange, but I'm a museum-type of archaeologist, rather than a Time Team-type of archaeologist *shrug* The plan for Kilkenny (not sure if I mentioned that here) has kind of fallen through, so I'm gonna e-mail my CV to various companies and see what comes out of it. I'm not sure I'll end up taking a job if I'm offered it though.
Still on the job topic... I've decided to quit Boots. Frankly, they can just fuck off. I can't be bothered anymore. I'm at the point where I wake up in the morning and think 'fuck,' which is no good place to be at mentally. They keep messing me around contract-wise and I'll be damned if I'll sit there and smile nicely as they screw my over. So I'm going to hand in my letter of resignation tomorrow. This means, of course, that I have to write one... I have no idea what to say, but I suppose I'll figure something out!
Quitting Boots leads me on to - leaving Galway. Fuck it. I don't have anything keeping me here. I have friends, but I'll see them again. I have a job, but I'm leaving it. I have housemates, but they're bastards. So I'm moving back home at the end of the month. I think being back in the family home will be a bit odd, but my parents are fairly good about giving me lots of space. The main problem will be having to fight my brother and my father for internet access! That, and having to find a job if I don't get an excavation...
So there you have it. I. Am. Changing. My Life.
Listening: Paddy Casey Amen (So Be It)
Reading: Chuck Austen *shudder* Uncanny X-Men
Well, it's official. I'm being cut-out of the house social events *sigh* I've been here all weekend, as they well knew. Last night, they all went out together and didn't invite me. Then, this evening, I'm sitting in the living room, eating my dinner and they start talking about it and how they had text a few other people to see if they'd wanted to come. So I, pretty casually and not angrily, say "I was upstairs and I wasn't invited" and they all just stared at me. Finally Emma offered the excuse - 'I didn't see you all weekend. I knew you were here, but I didn't see you.' Good one, eh? I always knew Emma was a bit selfish, but I really thought she was my friend. I'm learning differently now. I can't help but let it get to me a little bit. I'm trying not to, because there are worse things in world and I could be in a worse situation, but that doesn't stop it from hurting, you know?
Aside from this {Quidditch} Fans has finally been updated and I've adopted the Terry Pratchett Wizards fanlisting from Ally (Thanks Ally!). And, finally, I've posted a short fan-fic I wrote about Jean-Paul Beaubier aka Northstar and Bobby Drake aka Iceman at my livejournal.
Listening: A Perfect Circle Fairweather Johnson
Reading: Peter David Madrox (Graphic Novel)
Well hello, friends... As you may have guessed, I have been drinking. Not this morning or anything though ;) After work yesterday I went for 'a drink' with Helen, Jodie and Amy, and we ended up staying out until 3am which made about nine hours of drinking. It's just another example of how there's no such thing as going for a drink in Ireland. We ended up in a nightclub dancing our asses off on an empty dancefloor in our Boots uniforms - woohoo! I was a very happy drunk last night, and giggled the whole way to bed (where I ate curry chips and fell asleep watching The Fellowship of the Ring. I found a couple of chips on the bed this morning *L*). I'm supposed to be at work at the moment, but when my alarm went off I just couldn't drag myself out of bed. Besides, I've almost completely lost my voice so I'd be rubbish at helping customers. Not that I'm usually very good at it anyway... =D
I have been progressing with my list of things to do, but was royally fucked up by my computer. svchost.exe kept closing which meant I couldn't paste anything - I don't think I need to explain why that was so annoying! So I skipped off to download one of the Microsoft Service Packs and it took twelve hours. I had to go to bed with the computer on, still downloading. Stupid Microsoft *growl* Which means that the updates I did for {Quidditch} Lovers still aren't up. I'll have to get to work on them after this post.
I've been meaning to reply to my commenters and there's no better time than now!
Jean, Heather and Tanya - Thank you so much for your comments about the housemate situation. I appreciated everything you had to say, and Tanya, I'm seriously thinking of making a fresh start and leaving where I am at the moment.
Kim - What do you mean you've cancelled all your X-Titles???? *gawp* What about New X-Men: Academy X, Astonishing X-Men and Runaways? They're all brilliant (well, in patches anyway!). Shame on you,! By the way, I bought the Madrox graphic novel the other day and I love it. I can't stop reading it! Also, hurrah for Greenday! I'm hoping to go to Oxegen, a festival over here that they're playing at, so keep your fingers crossed for me because I really, really want to see them.
Li - Hey again! I'm loving your domain, it looks really fabulous. I've friends you on LJ so I can keep tabs on you *g* Static Prevails is really good. I picked it up in a sale having only heard Jimmy Eat World, andI love it instantly. You know you sometimes have to listen to an album a few times before you get into it? I didn't have that problem at all!
Listening: Hootie & the Blowfish Fairweather Johnson
Reading: John Banville The Newton Letter
It's been a good day. Well, evening anyway. I've spent the last few hours working on some websites and rediscovering some of my CDs. I have a habit of listening to the same albums over and over again, so I've decided that I have to listen to EVERYTHING I have once before I can listen to something again. It's not the easiest task as you can see from my CD list. Still, it does mean that I have been reminded of the wonder of the Barenaked Ladies. God, I used to love them so much, and, apparantly, I still do! Old Apartment was one of my favourite songs for ages - a Canadian internet friend sent me a tape with it on when I was 14 or 15. Ah, the memories. Otherwise, I haven't achieved too much on my list of things to do (although I have added Miss Congeniality 2 to my list of movies seen). Here's an update:
Things To Do
* Go food shopping
* Create [+] Wizards (Terry Pratchett) fanlisting
* Create new layout for Versatile
* Create new codes for Golloptuous
* Finish new layout and codes for Psychic Vampire
* Merge Hayseed with Perpetual Metamorph
* Update {Quidditch} Lovers
* Create new layout for The Wind Knows My Name
* Create a new layout for Ruminations
Hmmm... Could do better, I think.
Listening: Jet Get Born
Reading: Marvel Age of Apocalypse
Movies Seen Since Thursday
* House of Flying Daggers (so beautiful)
* Spiderman 2
* The Matrix 3 (a bit rubbish really)
* Shaun of the Dead (funny, but not as funny as I'd hoped)
* The Incredibles (see above)
* Escape from Alcatraz (yawn)
Current Comics/Comics to Cancel
* Astonishing X-Men
* Books of Magick: Life During Wartime
* District X
* Essential X-Men (UK)
* Gambit
* New X-Men: Academy X
* NYX
* Runaways
* Ultimate X-Men (UK)
* Uncanny X-Men
* X-Men
* X-Men Unlimited
Things To Do
* Go food shopping
* Create [+] Wizards (Terry Pratchett) fanlisting
* Create new layout for Versatile
* Create new codes for Golloptuous
* Finish new layout and codes for Psychic Vampire
* Merge Hayseed with Perpetual Metamorph
* Update {Quidditch} Lovers
* Create new layout for The Wind Knows My Name
* Create a new layout for Ruminations
