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cybermuleBlech - feel like shite :( I need even more sleep and I think I might be allergic to pasta, if such a thing is possible.
Anyhoo -
Fairly busy weekend - the two main highpoints were celebrating my bro's birthday. Despite having to clean my mum's place up (*rolls eyes*, we still had a good evening watching THe Untouchables and X-Men. Didn't notice until now that Xavier is played by the same guy that played Sejanus in I Claudius (a veritable breeding ground of quality actors :)). The films were both quite good (OK, I'll be honest, X-Men definitely didn't bear a second watch, and I fell asleep!) and the curry was damn fine!
Sunday was nearly a total washout - I didn't realise Big Fish would be so popular, so turning up 10 minutes after the start of the afternoon showing was a mistake! However, it did give me chance to get tickets for the next showing and buy a couple of t-shirts for work. And I got them from ASDA for less than £2 each, so I am now the queen of uncool. Nyah! :p I hate buying clothes for work, especially as there's an enforcedly higher turnover than my everyday clothes (I still have clothes from when I was 14, and I'm proud of it!)
Big Fish was rather ace, but I'll leave the review until tomorrow, as someone has bought me a ticket for tonight too :) (Get out of the work pub-quiz - YAY!).
Monday was the first day of my Old English course at Bristol Uni. I was already rather nervous as I've never done an arts course, and arriving 5 minutes late to find the old(er) ladies in full-flow of translation was off-putting. It was just like being at Uni the first time around - I was strung out, I'd done no work, and I didn't know where I was supposed to be. Decided that I didn't like the old ladies (loud, rude), and finally found my feet and showed off a little :) Also decided that social workers are almost exclusively scary after having a long debate with one of the guys on my course regarding whether I was going to eat when I wasn't hungry. I always get the impression that they're personality-typing and psychologically assessing me :) Oh - and one of the girls in my seminar is breathtakingly gorgeous, so that provides eye-candy in the duller moments :)
Anyhoo - the short summary is that I eventually felt that I liked the course* . And that I ate sushi for lunch :)
* More and more I come to the conclusion that this is the main definition of the "Feeling" MBTI type - that we make our judgements based upon a transitory and personal impression. So first I hated the OE course, then, even though nothing had changed, I liked it. Whereas "Thinkers" tend to be more logical and constant. For me it's mostly stress-related - I don't deal too well with new environments and (forced ;)) sensory overload, so I tend to react with my heart rather than my head, I think. Would my MBTI result be different if I'd never taken the test before and I did it now? (note: INTJ/INFJ/ISFP have all come up as results at various points.)
Anyhoo -
Fairly busy weekend - the two main highpoints were celebrating my bro's birthday. Despite having to clean my mum's place up (*rolls eyes*, we still had a good evening watching THe Untouchables and X-Men. Didn't notice until now that Xavier is played by the same guy that played Sejanus in I Claudius (a veritable breeding ground of quality actors :)). The films were both quite good (OK, I'll be honest, X-Men definitely didn't bear a second watch, and I fell asleep!) and the curry was damn fine!
Sunday was nearly a total washout - I didn't realise Big Fish would be so popular, so turning up 10 minutes after the start of the afternoon showing was a mistake! However, it did give me chance to get tickets for the next showing and buy a couple of t-shirts for work. And I got them from ASDA for less than £2 each, so I am now the queen of uncool. Nyah! :p I hate buying clothes for work, especially as there's an enforcedly higher turnover than my everyday clothes (I still have clothes from when I was 14, and I'm proud of it!)
Big Fish was rather ace, but I'll leave the review until tomorrow, as someone has bought me a ticket for tonight too :) (Get out of the work pub-quiz - YAY!).
Monday was the first day of my Old English course at Bristol Uni. I was already rather nervous as I've never done an arts course, and arriving 5 minutes late to find the old(er) ladies in full-flow of translation was off-putting. It was just like being at Uni the first time around - I was strung out, I'd done no work, and I didn't know where I was supposed to be. Decided that I didn't like the old ladies (loud, rude), and finally found my feet and showed off a little :) Also decided that social workers are almost exclusively scary after having a long debate with one of the guys on my course regarding whether I was going to eat when I wasn't hungry. I always get the impression that they're personality-typing and psychologically assessing me :) Oh - and one of the girls in my seminar is breathtakingly gorgeous, so that provides eye-candy in the duller moments :)
Anyhoo - the short summary is that I eventually felt that I liked the course* . And that I ate sushi for lunch :)
* More and more I come to the conclusion that this is the main definition of the "Feeling" MBTI type - that we make our judgements based upon a transitory and personal impression. So first I hated the OE course, then, even though nothing had changed, I liked it. Whereas "Thinkers" tend to be more logical and constant. For me it's mostly stress-related - I don't deal too well with new environments and (forced ;)) sensory overload, so I tend to react with my heart rather than my head, I think. Would my MBTI result be different if I'd never taken the test before and I did it now? (note: INTJ/INFJ/ISFP have all come up as results at various points.)
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Date: 2004-02-03 12:56 pm (UTC)Heh you remind me I still have to read books 5 and 6 of that series, so I can also watch the movie, finally! :/
So much to read, so little time. My other top reading priorities are Flatland, some Philip K dick short stories, and Snow Crash. Not to mention my usual internet reading. :(
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Date: 2004-02-04 05:36 am (UTC)Wahwah - tell me about it :(
I'm relying on you to invent those "head sockets" that they use to upload data in the Matrix :) I mentioned the possibility at work today, and I think I just ruined the my tiny shreds of work-cred. Ho-hum :p
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Date: 2004-02-04 02:57 pm (UTC)Hehe I'll do my best, but someone may beat me to it!
I mentioned the possibility at work today, and I think I just ruined the my tiny shreds of work-cred. Ho-hum :p
lol, those boring sheep. *Baaaaaaaaaa*
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Date: 2004-02-04 06:06 am (UTC)The Sci-Fi channel version of the movie is MUCH better and much truer to the story than the original. I want to see the version of Children that was done last year or the year before.
Didn't enjoy Flatland when I read it either. Don't know the rest of those...
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Date: 2004-02-04 03:09 pm (UTC)Heh I won't either, but since you don't like Frank's writing style, you may actually be one of the few that would prefer the prequels.
Don't know the rest of those...
Philip K Dick does far-out insane sci-fi stuff. He wasn't appreciated when he was alive, but has become increasingly popular since his death. There are several movies based on his stories: Blade Runner, Total Recall, Screamers, Minority Report.
Snow Crash is by Neal Stephenson. It's cyberpunk, virtual reality and stuff. I read The Diamond Age of his, and really loved it. It covers all kinds of stuff, with a nanotechnology setting. Similar to Dune in the sense that it looks at many aspects of humanity/etc.