Not much about nothing in particular

really have nothing to say, but I just stumbled across this amazing site while searching for something completely different, and had to quickly post something just to have the excuse to use one of her gorgeous drop-caps.  So I suppose I should think of something to fill up a paragraph or two to make it worth posting.  Um… life has been busy, but only with the usual work and study (I got my first essay finished and handed in, yay!  Now I’ve just got to work on my project and presentation…) which seems to fill every waking moment.  It’s a good thing I’m still enjoying both so much 🙂  If only the funding would come through to make my temporary job change permanent, it would be perfect.
In exciting news, I almost have a new computer.  MrPloppy ordered the last of the parts yesterday, and hopefully should be able to start building it at the weekend.  It’s going to be shiny and fast and (most importantly) have pretty lights inside.   Not that there’s going to be much point in having an excitingly fast computer seeing as I have no time for gaming at the moment anyway, but at least I’ll have the pretty lights to look at while I type up my project 🙂  And it’s only three months until the end of semester when I’ll have finished all my study for the year… and it’ll be summer so I won’t want to spend all my time sitting inside at a computer…
It’s been a while since I posted a list of recent catches (in fact, a very long while – I just checked my catch email folder, and it goes back to March!), so here’s a round-up:
A lot from the Ireland trip, of course (and yes, I know I still haven’t posted my travel journal – I promise I will eventually):

• Falling for You by Jill Mansell
• The Eye in the Door by Pat Barker
• Triple Factor by Owen Sela
• Dublin 4 by Maeve Binchy
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• The World According to Clarkson by Jeremy Clarkson
• Blood Trillium by Julian May
• Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
• The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
• Life Sentences by Laura Lippman
• The Big Picture by Douglas Kennedy
• A Place of Safety by Caroline Graham

And a few others:

• Cora Ravenwing by Gina Wilson – from another epic road trip, the USA one this time
• Bedknobs and Broomsticks by Mary Norton – went to Toronto via Occupy Christchurch
• Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth and Me by E.L. Konigsburg – as did this one
• Scallywag by Jeannette Rowe – from my bookcrossing birthday release last year
• Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey
• Liverpool Lamplight by Lyn Andrews – made its way to Dunedin, where it saved a reader from booklessness, and is now in the UK
• White Ruff by Glenn Balch – this one’s getting very well travelled
• Overdrive by Michael Gilbert – has gone via Malaysia to China
• Dark Calling by Darren Shan – the Wellington YHA still gets me catches
• Silver by Penny Jordan

Right, that’s filled up enough of the page to make the drop-cap look good, so I’d better get back to work.