| Monday, November 23rd, 2009 |
| 2:08 pm |
Life
An update: So I'm going to TAFE next year, to do a Professional Writing and Editing course. I don't know which TAFE yet I'm going to: I've had two interviews. My first preference was RMIT and I don't think that interview went very well. My second preference was Holmesglen though and that went very well. I got into the interview and they told me they really liked my portfolio, and based entirely on that, they were giving me an offer. Strangely enough that made me able to relax for the rest of the interview :P He also said at the end that he looked forward to seeing me if I went there next year, and if not, he looked forward to reading about me, which I thought was a very nice thing to say! So yes, I came out of that interview quite happy. Now I just need to decide which I want to go to, preferably before early round offers go out. Holmesglen impressed me (except for the fail maps when I was trying to find my way around) but there was a reason RMIT was my first preference to begin with. So I need to look into the courses again and decide if I want to switch my preferences around. So I can either just go to Holmesglen, or I can see if RMIT offers me a place also and go there. I'll be doing a mixture of the creative side, and the editing and publishing side, so I can get a job afterwards. It's a bit of relief to have that off my mind; at least now I have some sort of aim. Otherwise life is toddling along pretty much the same. No job - I had a bit of a look for casual or parttime work, but I don't really want to go back to working in fast food or anything. Kaia is still the most gorgeous thing on earth. Even when she's trying to eat the dog's face. Anyway, not much more to say! Current Mood:  contentCurrent Music: Bernard Fanning - Yesterday's Gone |
| Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 |
| 9:22 pm |
Life
I thought I'd update, since I haven't in a long while! Hmm. Nothing really has been happening though :\ My job hunt remains unsuccessful. All the feeders I put into the job stream don't even get bitten, let alone have jobs getting away (that's happened a couple of times though). I've entered a couple of story competitions (well entered one, just getting another ready to send off tomorrow). Don't know if anything will come of it, but its nice to be writing again. And actually finishing stories for once! (I'm sorry Keziah the ending remained the same on that story - even had I wanted to I had neither the time, nor the word allowance, to change it :P) Still playing WoW. Still building in Sims and downloading custom content.. playing not so much xD Still want to try Aion, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (well James wants to play that one. At the moment it looks like a nonmmo game to me!). I was only logging onto WoW for raiding for a while, but my obsessive need to get achievements has bitten me again :p I upgraded my computer recently, with tax return! Kaia is still gorgeous. She is so much bigger now! She and the dog also play together crazy like. She full out attacks her and then the dog just flops down and puts one paw over her. We have to tell Willow to be gentle a lot - Kaia is vicious but she's so much littler it doesn't matter. Willow just has her whole weight behind her. Ummm... I burnt my leg with a hot water bottle bursting just after I filled it up. But its healing up now. It still doesn't look very pretty but it feels fine :P I think that's all I really have to say.... ^^ |
| Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 |
| 8:54 pm |
Kaia
Because our kitten is gorgeous :D ( pictures )We also changed the kitty litter and it dawned on her to go in it, not next to it, so that was solved. The dog is learning to restrain herself a little so we can almost let her out of the spare room -- the moment Kaia moves too quickly of course, Willow goes 'oooh yeah faster playing' and freaks her out again. She's so little atm its rather scary for her. But they are learning to play with each other. |
| Friday, October 24th, 2008 |
| 9:43 am |
:o
So apparently I can access livejournal at work now! I couldn't last time I checked, I wonder what changed.... So. *waits for entertainment* Where is the entertainment??? Current Music: Backing Up - Combi |
| Thursday, June 26th, 2008 |
| 7:09 pm |
Books
I didn't bother italicising, and nor did i feel like deciding which ones I 'love' :P I have many books I need to read!
1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6. The Bible I have read lots of it but I’ve never read it beginning to end
7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11. Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare Read some, not sure how much
15. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20. Middlemarch - George Eliot
21. Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23. Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34. Emma - Jane Austen I’ve read most of it. I’m sure I’ll get around to finishing it one day
35. Persuasion - Jane Austen
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38. Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41. Animal Farm - George Orwell
42. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47. Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50. Atonement - Ian McEwan
51. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52. Dune - Frank Herbert
53. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57. A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley Read all bar the last chapter or two
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63. The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65. Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68. Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding
69. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72. Dracula - Bram Stoker
73. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74. Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75. Ulysses - James Joyce
76. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77. Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78. Germinal - Emile Zola
79. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80. Possession - AS Byatt
81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83. The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87. Charlotte's Web - EB White
88. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90. The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94. Watership Down - Richard Adams
95. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas Started it once, does that count?
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo |
| Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 |
| 11:50 am |
Life
For those that don't know, I have quit uni and gotten a job. It's data entry basically, but at a really nice place - very friendly and casual. Technically it's only temping at the moment, but I don't foresee any problems with it going to permanent. It'll be nice to have money! Hmmm, what else? WoW: I don't have time to raid really anymore - I'm late every day to raid times. Didn't really phase the officers in my guild, so hopefully I'll get to raid occasionally still. Jenira (my mage) has her epic mount now, maybe I will concentrate on getting my other characters epics as well. Given this was a general life update, and the first time I've posted in.. a long time, it had the potential to be very big. I fail at big posts. I feel like reading Agatha Christie... Current Mood:  hungry |
| Monday, July 16th, 2007 |
| 11:25 pm |
disturbing-ness-ocity
Is being declared an awesome word, by virtue of its awesomeness. Current Mood: happy |
| Monday, December 11th, 2006 |
| 11:46 pm |
:D
I passed. Current Mood: ecstaticCurrent Music: Sugar Ray - Someday |
| Wednesday, December 6th, 2006 |
| 9:14 pm |
:)
singapore = goodness that is all i have to say :) Current Mood: wearyCurrent Music: The Corrs - Queen of Hollywood |
| Friday, November 24th, 2006 |
| 9:44 am |
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| Sunday, October 22nd, 2006 |
| 6:03 am |
I got distracted in my raking by a tree that needed climbing. Apparently that's illegal :( Current Music: Barenaked Ladies - Break Your Heart |
| Sunday, September 17th, 2006 |
| 10:49 am |
Right...
..let's not do that again anytime soon. I'm fine this morning but I'm sure I provided some entertainment last night ^^ Apologies to all those people I hugged, I'm sure it must have hurt :P Cerise's rubbing peoples head fixation scared a few people I suspect. |
| Sunday, September 3rd, 2006 |
| 6:37 pm |
blah
1. Who are you? 2. Are we friends? 3. When and how did we meet? 4. Do you have a crush on me? 5. Would you kiss me? 6. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it. 7. Describe me in one word. 8. What was your first impression? 9. Do you still think that way about me now? 10. What reminds you of me? 11. If you could give me anything what would it be? 12. How well do you know me? 13. When's the last time you saw me? 14. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't? 15. Are you going to put this on your LiveJournal and see what I say about you? |
| Tuesday, August 15th, 2006 |
| 9:56 pm |
Hmmm French homeworks sucks. I don't know how I'd answer these questions in _English_ let alone another language. Also, Andrew is involved in the illegal procurement of minors. He admitted it. This is twice in the last few days I've made a post, something must be wrong with me. Current Mood:  frustratedCurrent Music: John Farnham - The Voice |
| Sunday, August 13th, 2006 |
| 2:46 pm |
It's stuck in my head
You've already won me over in spite of me So don't be surprised if I fall head over feet And don't be surprised if I love you for all that you are I couldn't help it It's all your fault make it unstuck >: Current Music: Alanis Morissette - Wake Up |
| Thursday, August 3rd, 2006 |
| 7:39 pm |
uh huh
1. Elaborate on your default icon. It's a complex statement of actuality versus existence. 2. What's your current relationship status? Single. 3. Ever have a near-death experience? No. 4. Name an obvious quality you have. Er... 5. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now? I don't think there is one. 6. Any celeb you would marry? A rich nice one? 7. Who will cut and paste this first? Not me. 8. Has anyone ever said you look like a celebrity? No. 9. Do you wear a watch? What kind? Yes, analog. 10. Do you have anything pierced? Ears 11. Do you have any tattoos? Nope. 12. Do you like pain? Not particularly. 13. Do you like to shop? If I have money. 14. What was the last thing you paid for with cash? Multirider 15. What was the last thing you paid for with your credit card? WoW gametime. 16. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone? Cerise 17. What is on your desktop background? WoW screenshot. 18. What is the background on your cell phone? I don't have one. 19. Do you like redheads? Depends on the red. 20. Do you know any twins? Yes. 21. Do you have any weird relatives? Are any not? 22. What was the last movie you watched? Mallrats. 23. What was the last book you read? Player's Handbook ^^ |
| Wednesday, July 19th, 2006 |
| 1:09 pm |
wow
Doing battlegrounds at 32 is silly but i want to see how far just those couple will take me, to see if its conceivable to get sergeant before 40 for the mount discount. You know, I have nothing to say. I just felt like posting! Current Mood: happyCurrent Music: Credence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Backdoor |
| Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 |
| 6:13 pm |
Well I failed the two units I expected to fail, you know, the two important ones. Next time I think I shall not look at a project, go thats boring, and ignore it. I also got a HD in math... how the fuck did that happen? D in french. Current Mood: bemusedCurrent Music: The Corrs - Closer |
| Wednesday, June 21st, 2006 |
| 6:11 pm |
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| Sunday, June 18th, 2006 |
| 2:50 am |
I think I disapprove of Song of Susannah. Only being part way into the last book, I can't see yet how much it will affect the overall storyline but... hmph. Current Mood:  pensive |