Well, one big worry is out the way now – I had my oral exam for Spanish yesterday morning. It went predictably badly (I always panic in orals, for some reason. I go in knowing tonnes of vocab and grammar, and able to construct wonderfully complex sentences in my head, then they ask the first…
A friend sent me this link to some useful advice: if you’re getting tired of your blog, you may be suffering from blog depression (it does actually make a serious point about getting things in perspective). So, I’m not going to feel guilty about the lack of activity in my diary over the last few…
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Hmm, not sure if I like this new interface thingy – I preferred just putting my own HTML in… and it doesn’t seem to keep up with my typing speed, either – it’s lagging a bit behind, which is very distracting. And having a few smilies isn’t really enough to make up for that. Oh…
George discovered the cat flap on Sunday night. He’s had the run of the house, but despite the fact we’d left the cat flap unlocked (so Ming and Saffy could come and go), we didn’t think he’d be able to get out because his previous owner told us he’d never had a cat flap so…
We have a new addition to our household: a gorgeous fluffy black cat called George.[album 128913 george.jpg]Acquiring George was a bit of an impulsive decision – on Wednesday a friend forwarded this email to me that she’d just been sent: Can anyone in Christchurch offer a home to a beautiful, black, long-haired cat named George?…
We had a bonus meetup at Trattorie this morning because otakuu was in town and was keen to get together with a few of the local bookcrossers. Not a bad turnout considering the short notice (the whole thing was planned via the Yahoo group last week) – as well as the usual breakfasters (me, lytteltonwitch,…
I really will get around to finishing the story of my Brisbane trip one day soon, I just haven’t had time since I got back. For some reason, I’d thought that term started two weeks after I got back, which was crucial, because I knew the first week back at work would be flat out…
My friends (both real-life and virtual are safe) are safe, but there’s a lot of people who can’t say the same 🙁 For over a year I worked in an office opposite the entrance to Liverpool Street Station, so the images on TV were doubly shocking to me – they seemed so much more real…
Servalan left early on Thursday morning to catch her train back to Sydney, but my flight wasn’t until late afternoon, so I had a day to fill on my own. I’d done pretty much all the touristy stuff Brisbane had to offer (the ones I could afford, anyway), so after wandering around town one last…