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I've got to give a seminar tomorrow about bacteria. Caulobacter crescentus if you really want to know (and I know you do).
I'm not prepared enough yet. And this is why I'm jaffing around on the internet instead of reading up on it *headdesk*

Also, I think I may be getting ill, it's hard to tell at the moment. But when everyone I live with starts getting all...ill...and all....swollen!glands...it's seems inevitable that the sickness monster will come and bite me too.

*conspiratorial*
I think there may be pizza for dinner :3

I am working, no really, I am! I am most certainly not wasting my time drawing, oh no. Not me, no.

As it is, I drew a sketch of Simon from Clematis.
I didn't mean to ink it, but I quite like the way it came out. Hmmm, I haven't drawn Simon in ages so it doesn't look too much like him. It turns out that it unexpectedly looks a little like Steve (I'm sorry Steve, I didn't mean it!).

And now I am really going to do some work. Really.

I am feeling quite a lot better today, and certainly a lot less stressed.
This morning I gave my seminar about bees, I'm glad to have it out of the way. Admittedly I do have a seminar next Thursday, and one the week after as well, but I'm determined not to dwell on that too much at the moment.

We're going to the winter ball tomorrow, I bought myself a new scarf for my dress today. Surprisingly, I think I'm looking forward to it (dressing up is always fun).

Started re-watching the first series of the mighty boosh today. You know, I think I enjoy it more each time I see it.

In conclusion:
^__^

It's snowing again!

*whisper* I'm using my laptop in the library on campus :D
Shhhh *pretends to be working*

I've moved on from bees to bacteria, oh how I've progressed.
Also, no more snow, hurrah!

I finished watching Honey and Clover yesterday. Such a good series! I really enjoyed it. I think that what made it good was that all the characters were likeable. Incedentally, I don't think I'm really enjoying Paradise Kiss because I don't like the characters.
Anyway, as good as it was, I do feel a little empty handed. I need closure! What happens to everyone?! Am I really going to have to read the manga to find out? Hmmm, I hope everything goes well for Takemoto bless him, he's adorable.

I'm also getting into Fruits Basket volume 6 at the moment. Awww, poor Kyo!

Firstly: I looked out of my window this morning and there was snow on the ground D:
At this time of year?! In November?! Are you having a giraffe?! I'm sure it doesn't usually snow until February. There are times when I welcome snow, but not when I have to go to lectures! There is no way I'm walking up (or down) a long slippery ice covered hill. So I had to take the bus *woe*

Currently: Should I try to explain the damp patch on my jumper and how it got there, or just try to dry it with a hairdryer before too many people see me?

Supposedly: I should be writing my seminar. About bees. My seminar about bees. Why am I giving seminar about bees? I can't possibly do any work when I have a soggy jumper.

Also: I've come to the realisation that I haven't had sushi since I was in New York. As much as I generally conclude that sushi doesn't sit too well with my stomach, I really fancy some more right now. I may have found a place that sells it in Bath that is not the train station o3o

And: I'm downloading Paradise Kiss episode 6. I'm still not sure why I continue to download it. But it has Franz Ferdinand singing the ending song! Therefore the plot has to get interesting soon!

*hairdryer*

Hrrrmmm. I've been meaning to write in here for days, but I've been a little busy with writing presentations or procrastinating from writing presentations.

It has also been really really cold. I've spent the whole weekend huddled in a blanket (the radiator in my room is too small!).

I went to a seminar today, which was titled 'The rat sat on the cat'. The first conclusion that my mind made was that it must be a seminar about Furuba! And then I realised I was wrong ^^;

Have another page of clematis why don't you.

My Gogol Bordello album came through the post yesterday! It is very energetic. I should be careful, I'll get worn out if I listen to it too much.

Watched The Life of Brian yesterday. Possibly the funniest film I've ever seen, ever.

And today's topic of study is, learning and memory in african honey bees.
Arr! *rampage*
There's something about this topic that rubs me the wrong way, I still don't know why I chose bees over nematodes *facepalm*

The new layout is up!

Surprisingly, it didn't take me as long as I thought it would. In fact, most of the time was taken up by eating pizza and then having a little nap in front of Star Wars episode 4.

Hmmm, what can I say? I drew the layout picture especially, you can see a full version of the picture here. Yup it's Chloe, I really should put this picture in the gallery on my webcomic page, and I will, once I've actually drawn some more of my comic. The big plan was to make the picture, the colouring at least, in the style of a cross between Mucha and Kouga Yun. I don't think that really happened, but never mind.

As nice as they are, I'm just glad that I don't have to stare at Franz Ferdinand any longer, I was getting quite bored of that layout.

I've been extremely lazy with my uni work this week, but I don't seem that worried, hmm.

I tried to buy a CD today. I've been listening to Gogol Bordello non-stop for the past two days; it's crazy energetic stuff. Sadly, no shops had their new album, so I've had to order it from Amazon *sigh* waiting is so hard sometimes.

We went out to the new club in town yesterday. Mike is in town for a couple of weeks so he came with us too; it was nice, just like in the old days. The club had possibly the smallest dancefloor ever. The room was tiny and they'd filled half of that with seating! Now don't get me wrong, I like to have somewhere to sit down, but there was actually plenty of seating already! Ah well.

Now, I'm going to try and give this site a new layout. Whoot! So, um...it may look a bit messy for a while, I apologise.

I haven't seen it rain this much since I was in New York. And oh how it rains! I had to walk down a hill, water also likes to go down hills, it felt like I was walking in a stream, it really did.
'Soaked to the bone' would be an apt phrase to use. Oh, now I regret going back up to uni for that optional seminar, that I do.

*is wet*

As it is, I had a nice weekend at home with my parents, not doing much bar reading up on local history.
I also finished reading Samuel Pepys, and what a note of dispair the diary finishes in, poor guy. That in turn means that I was able to begin reading Anna Karenin. I'm quite excited about that, I've never read any Tolstoy before. It seems good so far, the story is engaging and I quite like the way he writes, everyone seems so animated, it's quite nice.

The other thing of note is that I watched the League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse yesterday. Sadly it wasn't as funny as it could have been (some of the humour seemed to have been replaced with action and plot) but it was by no means bad. I want a watch like Tubbs' one.

You know, the opening song from Paradise Kiss is growing on me.

So after fighting with comicgenesis' new site admin for a full quarter of an hour, I finally managed to update Clematis.

I have been very busy up until Wednesday. I have now finished and handed in my placement report and given my first seminar (scary).
To celebrate the finishing of work, we went to see Nanny McPhee. It was OK, but I was very much expecting her to fly off with an umbrella at the end.

On Monday, I saw a van. A van with a certain name on it. And as I am a loser, I had to take a photo of it.

Haha, it's not even spelled correctly (not that anyone can really agree on how to pronounce his name) >_>

Got too much work to do and not enough time to do it.
You know when someone puts an iron to your head and tries to steam you into the craggy tarmac of a disused car park? It kinda feels a bit like that.

But! Hopefully it'll get better once today is over, I will finish the report today, I will.

And on that hopeful note, I'd like to share some photos:

I had completely forgotten that I had this photo. A few weeks ago I finally found the masonic hall in town, and so I had to have my photo taken next to it. Why I find freemasons so fascinating is still beyond me.

I see this view every time I walk home from campus. Today it was particularly beautiful (and there were cows) so I wanted to share it. And this is why I adore living in this place.

Although this was filler, it wasn't too bad as things go (although it would still have been better if they ended the series at the previous episode without bothering with the filler, it was exciting enough as it is).
The series has gotten better as it progressed. The timing, which was the worst part, has gotten quite a bit better, although maybe this was just a lucky episode. (click for episode 26 spoilers)

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