Quote:

• Jane bought pictionary. I bought a furry red nose and a grapefruit.
• I don’t like zebras. Zebra’s are evil. They support Newcastle.

28-02-2005
– It’s the last day of the month which means, among other things, a round up. Yipee! So, here goes:

• Jobs quitted: One. So it was the only one I had, but it still counts! Yay! Get back to me in a month to see if I am still happy without the nice wage packet…
• Valentines cards recieved: One. From a girl. I am doing something wrong.
• Books read: Lots and lots. Go look at the book reviews for some of them.
• Films watched: Enough to cover two post-it notes! Below is a list of them. I am only counting the films that I (a) paid money to see at the cinema, (b) paid money to rent the DVD (and haven’t watched before), (c) borrowed the DVD off someone else (aka Jo) and haven’t watched before, or (d) have watched before but feel that it is notable enough to put on the list. This last category is, as you might imagine, open to interpretation, and there for just that reason. Mwhahaha. The list doesn’t include all the films from two extensive DVD collections and on the TV that I have watched lately and had seen before.

Films watched in February:
A Very Long Engagement
The Motorcycle Diaries
Sideways
Finding Neverland
Supersize Me
The Chronicles of Riddick
Possession
Intolerable Cruelty
Raising Helen
In Good Company
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
The Royal Tenenbaums
Adaptation

Things done to the site:

• Finally got around to using a CSS, made pop-up’s work (thanks Jo), changed the emphasis of the Bookshelf, started to seriously look into paying for webhosting, because Geocities is really getting on my bristols now.
• Cars crashed: One. My only one. RIP Micra
• Letters written to the insurance company: The first of many no doubt disputing how much they think the car was worth
• Snow falls: Quite a few. Only one that settled, but I have got to walk in the snow this year, which is the first in a while!
• Alien Invasions foiled: One. The End.

27-02-2005
– I am not sure which is worse – the fact that I just purchased a copy of The Sun, or the fact that I just purchased a copy of The Sun so I could get a copy of Strictly Ballroom on DVD. Um, that’s all I have to say on the matter for now as Geocities keeps timing out on me.

22-02-2005
– We have snow! I mean real snow! That settled on the ground!

20-02-2005
– Barely a day goes by when I am not totally bemused by Americans. I have just stumbled across the following that (if true, and I got it from the BBC so the chances are that it is), had me blinking in sheer disbelief. I am not sure which is worse, the statistic, or that they thought to ask this question in the first place!

Millions of Americans, 17% according to a recent survey, seriously believe that the end of the world is coming in their lifetimes and that they will be sucked up through the clouds to heaven.

18-02-2005
– Whoever decided that exercise (and healthy eating) are good for you should be taken out back and beaten to death with a bran muffin.

That is all I will say on the matter.

16-02-2005
– A new addition to the site. Seeing as how my writers block is reaching the proportions of an Oliver Stone film, I figured having the Bookshelf just for my own writing is a bit silly. So it is also the place where you will find reviews of books I have been reading. Go, have a look Oh, and you’re not going to appreciate this, but everything style wise is finally controlled in a CSS (something I learnt on this course is actually half useful!)

14-02-2005
– Alas poor Micra, I knew him Horatio… For yes, the car is dead. Very very dead. I went to the garage to clear the last few bits out of it on Friday and it looked so sad sitting there in the lot, surrounded by other dead cars. So that is me going Shanks’ Pony for a while. (That is walking everywhere to those of you who aren’t so clued up on archaic british slang).

In happier news, I only have two weeks left at work (though looking at my bank balance, it’s not that happy :S), I have yet to make a (total) fool of myself at Uni this semester (though it is only the start of week 2, give me a chance), and, um, Motorcycle Diaries won best foreign film at the BAFTAs. As far as I was concerned it (or Finding Neverland) should have won best film, but the Aviator was good as well I guess.

09-02-2005
– Well, the poor car (I still haven’t found a name for it, and it is looking like it might be a little late now :S) just got picked up by the chap from the garage. He didn’t want to tell me if he thought it could be mended or not, but he did keep repeating “I can’t believe how much that front end has dropped”, and muttered under his breath how he wasn’t sure how he’d get it on the back of the tow-truck. He managed it but it was a close run thing. None of the above is really inspiring confidence in me as to whether the poor beast is repairable or not. Ah well, now I just have to wait to hear back from either the garage or the insurance company. *sigh*

Happy Pancake Day (for yesterday). We actually celebrated it for the first time in a while (the attempts at L’pool don’t count, because we rarely managed to make edilble pancakes). I was flipping like a pro! Great fun was had corrupting the Latvian flatmate with chocolate sauce. We also discovered the secret to eternal (female) happiness, but I’m not going to share, because I feel that the males of this world need to work harder and find it out for themselves *grin*.

Birthday greetings to the newly-straight-haired one, and to the grumpy boy from L’Pool

07-02-2005
– Ding dong, the car is dead… Yes, for my beloved car is a smouldering heap in the car park thanks to bad roadmarkings, even worse parked cars, and just plain bad luck. Waiting to hear the prognosis from the mechanic as we speak.

In more cheerful news, I went to the zoo at the weekend! A parental ploy to cheer me up after the afore mentioned car disaster, and it worked for a while This week’s quote was overheard being said by a ten year old lad to his mother when asked why he didn’t want to see the zebra’s. So you can add the humble zebra to the list of evil animals that also includes (if you will cast your mind back a few months) pyscotic penguins.

03-02-2005
– Happy (belated) new month. Just a quickie because I have a 2000+ word report to have written by tonight. We do indeed have a new flatmate, but first impressions are positive. Will keep you posted.

Films watched in January:

• House of Flying Daggers
• Alexander
• Garden State
• The Aviator

Yes, that is one per week (got to love Orange Wednesdays ). Saw A Very Long Engagement last night but that goes in the February tally.

And now, I shall stop prevaricating and do some work. Tally ho.