Sunday 25 December 2011

A Short Random Photo Post

My cat Trixie, who now drinks water from this jug. It's really funny to watch and when it's empty or gets too low for him to reach, he meows for mum to refill it.



Just a random picture of the three badges on my bag. Makes me want to get more...



My two male cats... in a position I think looks an awful lot like the cat mating position. Hehehe...



Me and my friend's happy meal cats dancing... it's so beautiful.



Some friends and I found this sign outside a pub the other day. Best. Sign. Ever.



My friend's heartless plushie sitting on her Sora plushie... heartless have been wanting to do this for years...

The Birthday Post

So I didn’t get the chance to post this yesterday because I wanted to wait until I got home but didn’t have the chance until half twelve and then I wanted to sleep, after a nice long phone call from a certain person.

So anyway, my birthday, did not get a lot of presents this year but what I did get I liked. My parents got me a pack of chocolate, my friend gave me 2 games, some Pocky, a Starbucks drink and a McDonalds happy meal. Oh, and I got myself two games, I’m counting Final Fantasy VII and VIII as birthday presents to myself as more justification for getting them. I did the same for Christmas.


My Presents :)


I spent the first half of my birthday lazing around and watching TV and then playing games and the second half out with my friend. It was pretty fun and of course nothing beats spending an hour in my favourite shop and talking about all the crazy things we talk about. It didn’t really feel like my birthday though, apart from the two dozen messages about it on Facebook hehe.

So… I’m 19 now… and it doesn’t feel like it. There’s no difference… ah well.

Sunday 18 December 2011

Back in London, the Update

Things have been so busy since I got back. First off, the journey home was very awkward and quite a bit painful. Also, it was snowing in Liverpool but not in London… I kinda want snow here but at the same time my boots are rubbish now and until I get more my feet will get soaked every time I go out.

When I got back home finally I got roped into going to this sort of Christmas party on the estate. It actually wasn’t that bad. The best part though was playing with my mum’s friend’s dog afterwards. I really missed her after all this time.

Then on Saturday I went down to Trocadero with mum. I bought us each a Starbucks Christmas drink (praline mocha is amazing!) and I had a pork bun at Chinatown. We went to Tokyo Toys. My mum actually didn’t get me my Christmas present yet because she doesn’t have the money and it looks like I won’t have it now until I go back in January (is easier to have it sent to me so I don’t have to take it back with all my other stuff)… of course, I didn’t go away empty handed, and they gave me 2 free badges (even though the paper that said what you get if you spend what amount only said 1…)! They seem to like me in there but I don’t know why, I seem to cause trouble for them every time I go in. My actions yesterday caused them to collapse the display they had up (because the display one was the last one hehe)… another customer helped hold it up and the shop guy was telling him what a nuisance I am! (In a friendly, jokey way, of course.)

Last night I had 7 hours of sleep, the most I’ve had in weeks. Now I feel great. Today I’m cleaning up my room (left it a mess when I left for Liverpool hehe) and then I’m going to reunite myself with a beautiful thing called the PS2, and then on Monday I’m finally going to get my PSP fixed!!! (I hope!)

Right, I think that’s all for now, so I should go. The sooner I get cleaning the sooner I can play! :D

Top 5: Things I Love and Hate about London

Well now that I’m back in London I thought I’d do a list like the one on Thursday but for my home city instead.

Love:

1. My home – Of course this had to be number one, it is where I live after all. I grew up in London and lived there in the same house my entire life until just a few months ago. I feel really comfortable and happy when I’m there and it has a lot of things I like in it (mainly my cats and my PS2 [for now]). Of course, I love my parents too. And the estate I live on always has something going on. Well, not always… not things I do anyway. My parents do a lot, my mum does coffee mornings and bingo there, both parents run computer sessions for people without the internet in their homes and my dad is the chairman of the estate and organises fun days, movie nights, quiz nights, race nights and other such things.

2. Certain areas – There’s a whole area with lots of great stuff all around each other, Oxford Street, Leister Square, Trafalgar Square, Trocadero (featuring Tokyo Toys and some other cool stores), Chinatown and then also Camden Town (really cool shops for clothes and accessories there, if you’re into that sort of stuff).

3. Historical/cultural – I mentioned this in yesterdays… there’s a lot of historical and cultural parts of London. A lot of violent history too, which is amazing (especially the bits about serial killers). Then there are some amazing museums and art galleries there.

4. Parks – There are some really nice big parks too. They look even better at night and then they’re more empty, really quiet and peaceful. It can be creepy at times but I find that fun too.

5. Travel – It isn’t too expensive and in the area I live it’s really easy to get basically anywhere else in London, anywhere I usually go anyway and other places too.


Hate:

1. Bad memories – Yeah, so I have a lot of bad memories here, sometimes I have actual flashbacks and stuff which really bother me, especially to do with school and stuff… One of the good things about not being there is that the flashbacks aren’t as bad. I’d never leave London permanently because of it though.

2. Bad people – Yeah… so not just the people from school but… and I’m sure every city has these… different types of bad people, those who will threaten/attack you on the streets (people have been killed and others have been badly attacked in the area I live, and of course many other parts of London), people who destroy public property and other people’s things, perverts that don’t stop following you and talking to you even after you make it clear you’re not interested, people just trying to get your money (don’t get me wrong, if I have it I’m always happy to give a bit to a homeless person or a charity person but as for others well… some people are just really messed up with that), and so on. (This is not to say that everyone is bad, a lot aren’t… but yeah.)

3. Big crowds – Yes, they can occur in most places but it does get really bad in London.

4. Insects – Every few months the house seems to get infested with flies… and other people I know have similar infestations of either flies or spiders or something else. (I wish we had spiders, at least they’re easier to remove… and kill the flies.)

Okay, I couldn’t think of a fifth. I’m sure I’ll come up with one later. Feel free to make suggestions.

Again the hate list was difficult for me to come up with… though my list for London was very generalised. Actually most of this list (and I think the last one) was generalised… I guess I just focus more on things I like.

And thus concludes another list. Hope you enjoyed.

Thursday 15 December 2011

Top 5: Things I Love and Hate about Liverpool

Hi again! Well I’ve been meaning for a while to start making posts other than what’s going on in my life and pieces of writing and stuff. Some of the things I’ve been wanting to do include top 5’s and other such lists and reviews of things (kinda like those food pieces) anyway… so I figured since this is my last night in Liverpool until the new year I’d start with these: the things I love and hate about Liverpool (okay most of them are probably like/dislike).

Love:

1. The anime society (and university) – Yes, my favourite part is the anime society at our student union. Of all the things that do not take place in the solitude of my room, this is the best one. The members of the society are really fun, awesome people, we get to watch anime together every week (it’s even more fun as a group) and we have other fun events too, like the games night, going to Laser Quest together, going to a restaurant for a buffet as a Christmas meal, etc. The university part is great too. After all, the only reason I came to Liverpool was because I loved LJMU so much when I went for an open day. And the course I’m on is great; it’s fun and really easy (in my opinion).

2. Nearby beach - Really, the beach is about 15 minutes away on a train and it’s really cheap. I think a return ticket was just under £5 normally but because I have a railcard I can got it for I think about £2.15. I’ve only been there once so far but it was fun. I haven’t been on the beach properly but I plan to go back. The actual beach looked really good, it looked like there was a small sort of fairground there too and that’s where we went for Laser Quest. There was a bowling alley and a lot of arcade games there too. And air hockey, which I’m great at (not meaning to brag or anything).

3. Massive shopping area – This point speaks for itself. It’s just really big with all kinds of amazing shops I love in it. That’s all I can say really. Even better, it’s a really short walk from my flat.

4. Historical/cultural – For people who are into that kind of thing, like me. I haven’t really had the chance to go see all the historical and cultural places yet, like landmarks, galleries, museums, and so on, all those sorts of things, but I know there’s a lot of them and I look forward to taking a lot. (Of course, London’s great for that too.)

5. Friendly people – I’ll be honest, outside of Liverpool you hear a lot of bad things about it (although that’s true for many cities) but almost all the people I’ve met here so far have been really friendly, be it people in uni, shop workers, strangers on the street. I was really surprised by how nice so many random people were and it’s really nice.

Bonus point: Living alone – yes, I miss my family and friends and London but living alone and taking care of myself is great.

Hate:

1. Serious lack of certain types of shops – Specifically anime and game merchandise shops… Liverpool really needs some. The best it’s got is World’s Apart, which I’m not saying isn’t great, but there really should be more too. There is a Forbidden Planet here too but it’s really small and doesn’t have that much in it from what I’ve seen. I’m sure there are other types of shops I will come to miss as well.

2. Flatmates – so alone isn’t really alone… I really wish I was on my own… I’m not saying anything against my flatmates, for various reasons I’d just prefer to be in a flat alone, I won’t get into all my reasons right now.

3. Chinatown – I was told the Chinatown in Liverpool was one of the biggest and best in the UK. I found out today I’m not the only one in my class that thinks this – it really isn’t. No offense to it, but it is actually really small, all it has is a few Asian restaurants and a few signs in Chinese. Okay, it has the big arch… and that is really great… but that’s all. Maybe we just haven’t been there at the right time. Another comparative thing – the one in Chinatown is great and has more than just restaurants, it has grocery stores, sweet shops, clothing shops, shops that sell other objects, and other things.

4. Take away shops – I’ve noticed the take away shops here all seem to be more expensive than London. Again, it’s just a comparative thing but that’s just something I’ve thought about quite a bit since coming here hehe.

5. Travel – So basically I walk everywhere. I personally think the bus prices here are really expensive, but maybe that’s just because I’m used to London and oyster cards. Also there aren’t really direct bus routes to the places I go. It’s usually easy and quick to get where I’m going anyway (of course it does get really cold and windy (Winter’s fault, not Liverpool’s). Of course when I have somewhere further to go or if I’m walking around for a long time it gets quite painful.
Okay so the hate ones weren’t that great… I guess I haven’t really been here long enough to hate anything properly hehehe.

Well that’s my list for now and feel free to say what yours are if you have any. :)

Bye bye!

I'm Going Home Tomorrow!

I am now free! Free from university until January! If you don’t count the assignments… *sigh*
Half of my flatmates seem to have left already so at least I’ll have a quiet night here to get everything done. I’m leaving tomorrow so I need to clean all my plates and other various kitchen stuff, clean the hob (it was my assigned chore for the week in the shared area, I won’t have them say I didn’t do it), clean my room (damn I’m obsessive) and finally get my stuff ready to pack… maybe even start packing.

And now, my plans for the following days so far:

Friday

Get up in the morning… get up, let me just say I have hardly slept in the last few days. I didn’t sleep at all last night, the two nights before I only had two hours each. It’s not that I’m not tired or not trying to sleep, I just can’t.
Anyway, I found out I need to go out early. Because I joined the full writing course a few weeks late I had an extension for my assignment and because of that it wasn’t in the pile given back to people today. That means I have to go to the office tomorrow and get it. I don’t even know where the office is. Anyway, I need to do it as early as possible.
My train leaves at 1:48 but I want to get there around the time the train arrives and people start to be let on because it’s harder dealing with a lot of stuff when it gets packed. This way I should have time and space to get my suitcase to a suitable location. Travel like this is never truly easy.
Then I will finally be back in London. Mum’s cooking spaghetti and meatballs for dinner, one of my favourite meals. I can’t wait! And I’ll finally be reunited with my PS2!

Saturday

I’ve been looking forward to this day for ages. Mum’s agreed to do it Saturday so I hope she’s still willing when it arrives. We’re going to the Trocadero (if I spelt that right), mainly for Tokyo Toys so she can buy me the present she promised me. Well, I said I wanted to get it and she said she’ll buy it as my Christmas present since my parents don’t have a lot of money at the moment (it’s £23.99 if I remember rightly though so it’s not like it’s too cheap). I also need to get a new wallet, and may or may not get a new plushie… and some sweets. Then we’re going to Starbucks for Christmas drinks!!! Can’t wait! I also want to go to Chinatown and get a pork bun, it’s been months. Plus it’ll just be great to see everything again.

Monday

This is the day. I’m finally going to have my PSP fixed! My dad’s found somewhere near our house that can do it. I hope they have the parts with them so it gets done on the day. I haven’t played it since a couple of days after it broke so I really miss it. The reason I stopped, well it was already a bit annoying with the broken part, but because it was with the memory card holder at one point during a save it came open and that messed up the game data and now I have to start over. I got further into that game than all my other PSP games!

Anyway, so those are the planned days so far. There are other things I have planned but I don’t know when they’ll actually happen yet.

Right, that's all for now. Gotta go get everything done, see ya later!

Wednesday 14 December 2011

Wales Residential Photos!

Well it's been over a month but I'm finally uploading my pictures from the Wales residential, though there are more photos of the forest than anything.



I think I mentioned in one of my first posts that Sephiroth plushie comes everywhere with me? Well he didn't fit in my bag that day and when that happens, he gets carried! I was so amused when I first did this ('look everyone, my suitcase has a Seph-holder!') hehehe. (He stayed with me on the coach, not in the luggage hold.)



Well, this is it, Gregynog, the house we stayed at for the residential. It was an awesome and beautiful place!



Found a bonfire in the middle of the forest. Still not sure why it was there or if it was meant to be but the whole thing was burnt out the next day so all is well. It actually got a lot bigger than the photo shows and looked really nice and was very warm. I actually sat on that log for a while enjoying it.



...I thought the branch looked like a snake crawling over the tree...



I actually think the blur in this picture makes it look better. This photo also sums up the whole Blair Witch feel that forest gave me. I really wish I'd been there at night.



Now there's your big dead creepy looking tree!



You can't see it so well here but this was actually like... well the ground level changed a lot, it was like a big hole with all these trees and such surrounding it, including a very large, branchy, dark, dead-ish looking tree in the middle. I got really creepy vibes whenever I was around there. It was great!



Unfortunately I wasn't able to get a really good picture of this but I thought it was very beautiful. I'm actually not sure what it is, I think some kind of old writing device or something for... making someting...



The pipe organ in the music room. I really liked it. Apparently it's one of the haunted parts of the house.



I just really liked the way the light was reflecting off the chairs here.

Photo Task for University

Okay so here's another task I had to do for university where we had to take certain types of pictures around Liverpool. I think the point was to take photos for inspiration and stuff, I take a lot of pictures normally so that's great for me. Anyway, I thought I'd share my results.



'Shot above head height' - so this is basically (and pretty obviously) a radio tower which stands right next to St. John's shopping centre (and beyond there basically a massive shopping area for those who don't know Liverpool). I've just found the tower an interesting sight since the first time I came here.



'Shot of something on the ground'- this is near my flat. There are four wheels half buried in the ground. They really amuse me and have done since I first found the shortcut that leads me through there. Though I don't use it much anymore I still pass them every time I go to class. I keep meaning to see if I can find out why they're there.



'View from window' - It is what it is. Whenever I look out my bedroom window, this is what I see.



Shot taken at non-standard angle - Another shot from the window on a day the sky looked pretty. I'm a sucker for canted shots.



Shot taken without looking through viewfinder - I've never heard the term, I assumed it means without looking at the picture on the camera while taking it? This is the area right after I walk out of my flat.



Shot which contains smaller images within it - Already, I have more to add. This is basically one (of several) sections of my wall dedicated to gaming. There's a score sheet from when I got 7th place when the Anime Society went to laser quest, and some Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy stuff.



View of derelict or abandoned building - So this is an old church on my way to class/anime society meetings/student union/uni library/etc. If I remember rightly it was bombed during World War 2 and never rebuilt. It is believed to be haunted.



Random moment in which many things are happening - So a busy street then, I have several versions of this photo and was originally going to use one where you could see the nearby busker (ah, music) but then I decided the one wit the couple walking by in front of the camera actually looks really cool.



A shot with a frame within a frame - a window frame within a door frame within a camera frame, I went one more!



A shot in which the whole picture is taken up by a wall - not much to say here, look at all the different brick patterns... or something.



A photo of someone interesting - I didn't feel comfortable asking strangers for pictures or taking without permission so I just used one of my cat, Sonny. He's interesting!

My Microwave Pizza Addiction (Uni Task)

Microwave pizza, a current addiction of mine, a good thing it is a simple meal and
inexpensive. It will never be as good as take away pizza but is still a delicious and satisfying food.

Sometimes while eating it I have lovely memories of my mother making it for me as a child, and eating it I always so comfortable and content. She only allowed me one at a time back then, the other to be saved for another time. Now I make both for a meal, I can’t resist it.

I usually eat them for dinner in the late afternoon or evening, whilst watching something on my laptop, although I’ve eaten it in the morning before. Cold pizza is my favourite breakfast but I’ve never tried this cold - perhaps in the future.

Since I’ve eaten it as a child I’ve noticed changes in the pizza over time, I’m certain I’ve always been eating the same brand, Chicago Town, in fact I don’t think I’ve seen another brand of microwave pizza before. I can’t fully remember any changes in taste now, but I remember the pepperoni used to be square and now it’s round. The only thing I’ve really changed is the flavour I buy. Before it always had to be pepperoni, but now that I’ve found a place that does a meat combo flavour, it’s the only one that will do.

I’ve recently taken to eating them with my hands rather than a knife and fork. I’ve also started eating them one at a time rather than cooking both at once because of the way I make them now, without keeping it on the round paper thing it comes with it. That means I leave it on the plate I cook it on rather than transfer to another. I think it is this that changes the texture of the base. It’s so much softer now, and moist to the point it almost melts against my tongue. I prefer it to the usual crunchy texture. The layer of tomato sauce is creamy as is the cheese on top which often comes off in large amounts when I pull some off. The meat is salty, though not too much so, and slightly spicy as well. I often collect pieces of meat and put them in my mouth together, pressing them against the roof of my mouth with my tongue and enjoying the strong taste before chewing on it which seems to create an even stronger taste.

In total, it is a delicious and highly enjoyable meal and since moving to Liverpool it has quickly become one of my favourites.

(Yep, another write about a food you love task... I'm really liking these... It was originally typed up as one whole body of writing, it didn't look so blocky because of the way we have to present it with double spacing, so I've attempted to add paragraphs here... I only say that because it doesn't look so great to me like this... but I am happy about how the piece came out, I got some really positive feedback on it too.

P.S. It's even better at the moment because the boxes come with codes to get free stuff when you collect enough...)

My Soy Sauce Rant (Uni Task)

I admit it, the first few times I ate sushi I almost threw up. I don't know what ti was about it, there was nothing wrong with the taste. But I was young and obsessed with Japan (and I still am) and the other Japan obsessed people around me seemed to think it was a crime not to like sushi. So I kept trying and got over the reaction.

But there's something I never understood, you find it with a few Asian meals but sushi seems to stand out the most for me, the boxes you buy in stores always comes with soy sauce! I only tried it a few times - after the first it was just to remind myself that it really tasted that bad. I don't remember the taste now but I remember thinking it was the most disgusting thing I'd ever tasted. The worst part is that some sushi boxes from stores try to make it appealing by putting it in cute fish shaped containers that are adorable. It's an insult. I keep the container though, providing I can get the soy sauce out without breaking it.

I don't understand how so many people love it. Then again, I love wasabi and a lot of people don't. My friends looked genuinely scared when I ate a spoonful of it by itself. (Well that's how I feel watching them down soy sauce!)

(Note: Similarly to the last post, this was written in class and we were asked to talk about a food we hate. I may have been exaggerating, it's been a long time since I last had soy sauce, I might not even hate it so much anymore. Anyway, the point is I mean no offense to anyone who loves soy sauce... so yeah...)

I Love Pork Buns! (Uni Task)

There are a lot of foods I love but one of my favourites is the pork bun. It's upsetting that the only place I've found it so far is the Chinatown in London. Whenever I'm around there in the early afternoon I'll stop by and get one, usually before going in the shop next door to buy a number of Asian sweets. They're only £1.50, £2.00 at the New Year when they're more busy.

When I eat them I have wonderful memories. The first time I ate one was last year at the Chinese New Year celebration. I was there with my best friend and it was her first time going to the celebration and I remember all the fun times we had that day, even if it was easy to get lost in the crowd.
I had seen pork buns in an anime I was watching at the time and when I saw the stall with them I had to try one. The first thing that attractred me to it was the shape, so different and such perfect presentation, especially the little decorative part at the top, and that delicious smell that always seems to accompany Chinese food.

The dough is always so soft and the sweet juice inside is so warm and tasty and there's always so much of it that after the first or second bite it spills out and moistens the bun further and runs down my fingers where I have to lick it off. The ball of pork inside is wonderfil and prepared with herbs and spices (I'm assuming that's what it is anyway, it's what mother suggested it was) rarely, if ever, found in English food. Of course, a pork bun never lasts that long for me anymore but they taste almost as good when cold as well. I really need to learn the recipe.

I also have a funnier memory of getting one with my mother. We were sitting on nearby steps and she picked a bit off her bun and threw it to a nearby pigeon. Within seconds, we were surrounded. She continued sharing and finished before me. I had to finish my pork bun under the stare of a pigeon that stood beside my leg, feeling guilty about refusing it, but I couldn't let it take my share.

(Note: This was written for my creative writing class where we had to write about one of our favourite foods, my description may be a little off because I haven't had a pork bun in months but at the time it was the only food I could focus on. It really is delicious and if you haven't tried one before I highly recommend them! They have other flavours like chicken as well, I'm sure there's a vegetable version also.)

The Puddle (Short Story)

(Note: Another short story task for uni we had to write about a body of water and associate it with a death. Every couple of minutes we would be stopped and have to continue from a different point of view. I have decided not to continue it.)

The puddle had always been there. That was because a sort of dent in the ground had always been there and whenever it rained it would create that same puddle, quickly and fully, until it filled almost an entire section of the area, so that people who usually cut across to get from the shops to home would have to walk around. Pigeons would regularly land to bathe and drink there.

I sit a short way from the puddle, just looking, feeling no need to call for anyone or to return home. I just sit on the pavement at the point where it gives way to gravel and watch. The street light casts an orange glow over wet ground, becoming a darker shade as it edges closer to the puddle. A reddish, familiar shade, but one that I have not seen here in years, and I definitely have never seen something like this.

The girl has been sitting on the pavement for ten minutes, staring at the body. She hadn't seen the attack but could tell that it must have been bad. Horrible though it was, she did not feel sick, rather she was fascinated by the lifeless form. Slowly, she stood and walked toward it, kneeling as she reached the puddle, the hem of hr long cloak soaking in water and blood, as she reached out a hand to place against the dead man's shoulder. If anyone had walked by she would have said she was checking for a pulse, but in truth she was curious about the feel of a corpse.

The Forest - Haiku task for Uni

(Note: This was written on the creative writing residential to Wales. We were supposed to write a haiku based on each of the senses but I think mine works best as a full poem. Extra note: I am not usually a poet. Also, the haiku structure is not followed properly... I did occasionally forget the number thing is syllables and not words.)


Birdsong fills the air
An orchestra of pure life
Twigs snap beneath feet

Scent of sweet earth
Aroma of plants all round
Tranquility here

Forest surrounds, nature
Mother's most precious gift
Green, the colour of peace

Bugs and brances nip skin
I must taste so sweet to them
Bitter earth on my tongue

Feeling so peaceful
Air, soft touches on my skin
Pain shoots through my flesh

View Point Writing Exercise for Uni

(Note: This is a sort of short story/monologue I originally did for my creative writing class. It was supposed to be 10 sentences on one character's view of another, though I have gone over that in this version. The characters are actually from one of the novels I am planning and normally I wouldn't show anything from those yet but this one doesn't give away much about the story so it's not really a problem. Anyway, enjoy!)

He never makes eye contact unless he’s angry, that’s one of the first things I noticed about him. His steel blue eyes are always so cold and lifeless, without the spark of light that symbolises true happiness and hope for this world. He won’t admit that in many ways we are so similar. We’re both killers, though he believes his work is justified. He spends too much time on the computer, he says it’s for work but I don’t know about that, I think it’s just so that he doesn’t have to communicate with me. It’s strange that for the first time I’ve found someone I actually care to communicate with, and not because of our origins but simply because he interests me so very much. He’s unusual, not someone you would expect to be a member of the police force, though I’m certain he’s broken the law as many times as he’s solved a case. Even so, he’s a powerful man, I’ve seen him in the training area, the way he destroys every target without ever once being hit. That power still holds itself away from the fight, in the way he walks, in the way he talks, almost everything about him... is an attempt to show dominance. Perhaps I’m the only one who sees that. I sometimes wonder if he knows what he has, family and friends and a life and everything I ever wanted and he seems to think that it all comes so easily now, like he’s forgotten. I remember what he said to me that cold night, about the way he came to decide he had to be better than all the others and he seems to feel like he’s accomplished that, but he would be wrong; as long as blood stains all our hands and the nights are filled with these terrors then no one can be better than anyone, and anyone would be better off dead.

Saturday 3 December 2011

13 Days Until I'm Home For Christmas!

Well, it's 13 days until I leave liverpool and f-off home to London. I can't wait. And because once again I've forgotten to post for ages (due to a big uni deadline) here is a little Christmas update, well not really an update, about my Christmas plans, in a new layout that will hopefully make this thing go by quicker and without me rambling on too much (like now).

The Good News

- Well before that happens there’s the Anime Society Christmas meal that I’m looking forward to. Buffet in… I actually can’t remember the name of the restaurant now, but I’ve seen the list of food, and it looks amazing. The best part is that members of the society get £5 off.
- I’m really looking forward to getting back to London and I have a whole list of things to do while I’m there (shopping, going to certain places/getting certain things that don't exist in Liverpool, going to places with people, more details later hehe). I’m also looking forward to just getting back and seeing my family and friends (and PS2) again… There’s just so much to look forward to…


The Bad News

- My PSP, which I’ve only had for a couple of weeks, is broken. The part that holds the memory card won’t shut. I have to hold it closed for the PSP to read the card so that it can load and save games. One time during a save my finger slipped and it opened, which ended up ruining the game data so I had to delete the whole file. Now I have to start again and it was the game I’d done the most on as well. The good thing is it was one of my favourites so I don’t really mind doing it all again, I’m just a little upset. The worst part? There is no place that fixes games in Liverpool! I’ve been looking since Sunday when it happened and I haven’t found one anywhere, except those places where you have to mail it, and I don’t trust those. So I have to wait until I get back to London. I was going to stop playing it until then but… I can’t wait that long.
- The other bad news is that I have some massive deadlines immediately after the holiday, one on the day I get back to Liverpool, so I’m going to have to be quick getting it there. The only good thing is that half of it is done already so I’m not too worried about having it done.

In Other News

- I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this already but I’m now doing Creative Writing single honours degree on its own, no more Film Studies. It’s not that I didn’t like it; I just thought this was better for me.
- Also, I’ve been thinking more about starting a second blog just for my stories. I’m planning to start writing a lot more now too, I’m going back to my old schedule of one story to be completed each day, at least.

And now, because you sat through all that, here’s a picture of my cat Sonny looking cute and (I think he looks) hopeful:





I hear he misses me, awwwww.