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Hnnnnnnnrgh

A little while ago, I made a resolution, to be more confident, to not put myself down by assuming I couldn't do things, and to throw myself in at the deep end more.

Granted, I made this resolution in the context of deciding on what difficulty level I should play BioShock on (which ended up being academic, since my computer overheats and freezes as soon as I get out of the elevator capsule thing and start enjoying the creepy atmosphere), but I think I can transfer it to teaching German classes to a handful of 13-year-old native speakers after school with absolutely no previous experience at all.

And next week, I'll have more than half a day's warning, so I'll have more of an idea what the fuck to do.



In other news, I've finally thought of something fun to do with tumblr. I often take pictures on my phone and then don't really have any idea of what to do with them. I cold spam twitter with them, but I'm not convinced pictures and twitter work that well together. I keep meaning to do an LJ picspam post with all of them, but I've not gotten around to it. So I had the idea yesterday that I could email them to tumblr straight from my phone whenever I take one. (Unless I find another/better site for mobile photo blogging.)

All that I have to do now is figure out a title.
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12. 10. 2009 6:24 pm | Personal, Syndicated | Tags: , , , , | Comment

A clever title is not coming to me right now.

I watched the first episode of Season 6 of House just now. I only saw bits and pieces of S5, but this season looks interesting. I think I'll follow it. Following a TV series on actual TV, guys. :O Craziness or what.

The trial at Costa went pretty well, I think. I mainly collected dirty dishes, and washed dishes, and carried clean dishes back downstairs. Also made some coffee, which was actually pretty fun and easy. I'll find out by Friday whether they'll hire me. *crosses fingers*

That's all, really. Everything is covered in dust from the new stairs and floor being put in. It's a really nice staircase, though. I enjoy walking on it. (What? I can enjoy a staircase.)


PS: You guys should totally read Hanjuku Joshi. The beginning is so-so, but it gets better and better as it goes on. Fffff, it's so adorable, it makes me grin like a stupid person.

I have to do that post about the gory, dark (but wonderful ♥) book I'm reading soon now, to balance out the fluffy yuri rec. XD
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7. 10. 2009 11:26 pm | Personal, Syndicated | Tags: , , , , , , | Comment

HI GUYS.

When I was finishing my new website design the other day (have I blogged about that, actually? MY NEW WEBSITE IS UP. 8D) I saw my Hourly Comic Day comic, and it made me want to do more. So I did yesterday! Except I didn't do much except have a cold yesterday, so it's not very exciting. >_>





AND THEN I GAVE UP.


It was meant to be a sort of practice for drawing quickly, but I think I might just give up on drawing quickly, tbh. XD But hey, it looks nicer than my last hourly comic.

ALSO. I had a job interview at Costa on Saturday, and I have a trial on Wednesday. EXCITING STUFF. I just really want my account to be in credit again, srsly. ;_;

Going back to blowing my nose every 10 seconds now. See ya.


PS: [info]giving_ground & [info]firescribble, I was working on sketches for you earlier (probably email you what I've got tomorrow), and look what I found while looking for reference pictures. HOW'S THAT FOR MANLY POSING.
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5. 10. 2009 8:59 pm | Personal, Syndicated | Tags: , , , , , | Comment

Things and whatnot.

I found this fairly epic... what are these even called in English? Anyway, I found this Himmel und Hölle in the back pocket of a pair of trousers that I haven't worn in a while. I vaguely remember making it back in Durham. XD



Pick a side?


I didn't end up getting the job at T.M.Lewin. I don't mind too much, though. I quite hope I can get the job at Costa I applied for. It's closer, and full-time. Shall call them tomorrow to ask about it.

I saw District 9 over the weekend! It was pretty awesome! Not, you know, particularly subtle, but I enjoyed it. I really want to know more about the aliens. I enjoyed the allegorical themes, as well, but I WANT TO KNOW HOW THEIR SOCIETY WORKS COME ON TELL ME.

Saw trailers for Avatar (still think the blue cat people look a bit meh) and Surrogates, which looks like it has potential, at least. And it's about robots, so I'm pretty likely to go whether I hear good things or not. XP

SPEAKING OF ROBOTS, the last episode of Eve no Jikan was on the other day, as well. D: There has to be more, so many enticing places for the story to go!


It's really high-time I post something that's not disjointed two-sentence paragraphs about daily life. Something more coherent and well thought out. Maybe a review of something? I had some thoughts about the first volume of Y: The Last Man that I comprehensively failed to write down anywhere. We shall see.
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21. 9. 2009 7:32 pm | Personal, Syndicated | Tags: , , , , , , | Comment

Oh, come on.

I leave the internet alone for a day or two, and suddenly the NHS is, to his own and everyone else's great surprise killing Stephen Hawking, and recruiting terrorists. (I don't really know what's worse about that video, the stupidity about socialised healthcare or the unbelievable xenophobia.)

Also someone in the house of lords doesn't approve of porn that is written down. Though the Dangerous Text amendments were dropped, apparently, so fanfic is safe, but my favourite pervy manga is presumably still in trouble. :| This is so stupid, guys. You must have better things to do than making it criminal to be turned on by weird things.


Anyway. I finally put all my postcards and pictures up on the wall the other day, so with the new desk and all it feels even more like a proper room, now:


I also got my JLPT application in the mail this morning. :3 Exciting!


In other news, job searching is still a pain. I can't even think of a bullshit made up reason for wanting to go into a "exciting career in sales", never mind a real one. >_< I'm tempted to just give up on job-finding websites and just look if there's a museum or a library or any interesting place that has a vacancy I'm qualified for*. Or apply for the assistant manager position at Costa in Cobham. -_-

*I know this is sot of obvious, but I've been so focused on the fact that it's so hard to get jobs and that I can't afford to be picky etc. etc. that it actually only occurred to me just now that I might want focus on things that I am actually interested in and suited for. ¬_¬
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14. 8. 2009 12:58 pm | Personal, Syndicated | Tags: , , , , | Comment