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This year saw me enter my twenties, reach the halfway point in my degree (with a 2:1 so far), work through some quite serious family injuries. It saw me break up with my boyfriend, get back together with my boyfriend, get confused about my ex-ex and a few other boys. It saw me finally start to accept and define my sexuality, have it insulted by friends, have it accepted by my mother but not by my gran. This year I’ve had to work through a very good friend of mine being diagnosed with cancer, and helping him deal with his treatment while feeling utterly helpless. I ended up in counselling for five weeks to help me deal with issues triggered by my friends illness, and came out of it not knowing if it had done anything. I’ve toyed with the idea of being bipolar or depressed, but never done anything about it. I’ve gotten frustrated about my weight, decided to do something about it, tried, failed and repeated the loop several times. I’ve resolved to start karate again but not managed to. I’ve set up my own business, in addition to my degree, and started designing t shirts.
I’ve cooked weird food, experimented with clothes, laughed, cried and shouted. I’ve listened to good music, and some crap music. Same with books (only reading, not listening) I’ve found I prefer older tv series to what’s on air right now. I've dealt with gaming addiction and the inevitable withdrawal symptoms. I've been to the theatre, seen Eddie Izzard, been to the cinema more times than most of the rest of my life. I've gotten drunk, had parties and been hungover. I've made my own cider, raised money for charity and gotten re elected for a second year as Vice President of Sci Fi society. I've made friends, lost friends and kept in touch with the people i thought i'd lose.
So now it’s 2010, a new year, a new decade, and with it new opportunities. 2009 was a weird year for me; I hope some of the things happen again, but wouldn’t wish for many things to happen ever again. I hope that 2010 brings with it lots of new opportunities. And flying cars. I want my flying car dammit!
- Location:Nottingham
- Mood:
optimistic - Music:De-evolving- Jonathan Coulton
- 11:29 working an open day for the chemistry department today. yay for monies. and also for turkey today #
- 14:32 chemistry failed to tell me they don;t need me so i'm home early. yay for three hours of loneliness. #
- 15:19 @Jamibu no real point now. next bus won't get me in much before everyone else anyway #
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- 08:26 @jamibu @hardlyaverage 's life philosophy is to take a deep breath and say 'fuck it!' #
- 08:41 RT @Splend: Awake. Busy day today, but tonight should be good. - the same be true of me. blargh #
- 14:27 30 terrifyingTwilight tie ins- bit.ly/2C5WD6 - some of these are honestly terrifying. slightly NSFW #
- 14:28 note to self: must not use the same adjective more than once in the same sentence #
- 16:35 I should be working but i'm readinf a Scientific American article about testicles. this is not productive #
- 16:50 have a craving for marshmallow fluff. sticky sugary goodness for my toast. and i could share it with @Lastof too #firebox #
- 16:52 @Splend is upset because i said i'd share my marshmallow fluff with @Lastof and not him. need to make it up to him now #firebox #
- 17:50 just short of 1500 words on my write up, including tables. about halfway there so now i'm giving up to focus on having a pleasant evening :) #
- 17:52 man proposes on twitter- and his girlfriend said yes bit.ly/5aTHwi - i suppose it was only a matter of time #
- 23:31 @Splend stay away from hens. it's not pretty when they blow :P #
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- 10:51 I love how when the lecturers chemistry is wrong, the medicinat chemists notice but the pharmacists accept it as right #
- 11:58 @Splend my facebook rapes are honest, original and intelligent. they are also a refreshing change. and really sickly sweet at times :P #
- 12:06 RT @Splend: Wow, I've never been on a date with a human before! How do you guys reproduce, anyway? #nottosayonfirstdate #
- 14:00 Not happy. Have failed both pieces of work i've had marked so far this year. This is not good :'( #
- 14:44 Why can people not work out that putting their phone on silent for lectures is a good idea? #fb #
- 15:28 Oh Yay. Apparently the epstein-barr virus can cause cancer. That's the one that causes mono/glandular fever. I've had that. Joy #
- 17:04 @Jamibu the lecture notes honestly read like a list of stuff they're pumping you full of.my brain can't cope with the sterile academia of it #
- 17:18 day made slightly better by my new £30 gift voucher from amazon. GTA IV: episodes from liberty city here i come :) #
- 17:42 GTA IV: episodes from liberty city AND Dr Who Pyramids of Mars for 37p thanks to Dooyoo :) #
- 17:47 @Spindilly use a different email and set up a new one? you could use pinaz's method and review every single sainsbury's basics product :P #
- 17:50 @Spindilly i assume that tweet was for me :P we could set you up a shiny gmail especially :P #
- 17:53 @Splend just used the phrase 'testicular bumpage'. i laughed hilariously. no, you don't need context :P #
- 18:39 @ecoombs EAT NOW OR I SHALL SEND JAMES ROUND TO SPANK YOU!! #
- 18:45 @ecoombs there wasn't much sending involved. he seemed to want to go of his own volition #
- 18:48 am going to decamp to RPG soc to attempt some work #
- 18:48 it's either that or sit at home alone. (also that was meant to be one tweet. am puzzled) #
- 19:54 @eddieizzard Hello cardiff! You're in for a real treat tonight. Eddie was AMAZING in nottingham :) #
- 20:05 okay, 866 words on my lab report. only another 2134 to do before monday. #
- 21:30 i swear i am never going to learn NOT to follow links posted by @pintsize0101. GAAAH!!1 #
- 21:45 Hit a thousand words on my write up despite distractions. 1046 down, 1954 to go #
- 22:17 I thought i'd got to the point where i can be myself with the people i hang out with. Apparently i was wrong. As usual #
- 23:14 currently applying @hardlyaverage 's diet philosophy to life atm #
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- 09:48 shameless self promotion: www.zazzle.co.uk/captainraz* check out my tee designs, and remember; i do custom designs. DM me :) #
- 10:33 @denofgeek is that because there;s not quite so much edward in the new one? :P #
- 13:48 bit.ly/4iCDbO people who refuse to grow up, also- celebration time tweet 1000. cake and balloons for everyone :) #
- 14:01 reading that article was quite revealing. i am one of those peter pans. i don't want a job when i graduate, no way no how #
- 14:07 going to a research open day at the chemistry department. it's more like an open afternoon though #
- 15:22 research open day attended. feel a bit better about the prospect of applying for a PhD now. also applying for a summer palcement #
- 15:31 embarking on a macadamia adventure with @Splend. wish us luck #
- 15:32 macadamia nuts have that odd texture that brazil nuts have, but they're not unpleasant. quite nice lightly salted #
- 15:50 @Splend hand puppets would rule, they aint got no strings to pull them down ;p #
- 16:37 have found a funky thing that lets me put things into tweets. shame it no work with tweetdeck ☣ ✄ ✠ #
- 16:55 @Sithe @Splend ah but we have washing machines on our side. everyone knows they eat one of a pair every time. and no on knows which one :P #
- 17:15 @liyanghu macadamia nuts? they were nice and crunchy yes. might have to go out and buy the ben and jerry's with macadamia nuts now :) #
- 23:17 @Twistedlilkitty oo me me! i want a blowjob. except that i don't have a penis :P #
- 23:35 @Twistedlilkitty true. but that doesn't stop me wanting one if it's being offered around :P #
- 23:44 www.blameitonthevoices.com/2009/11/owned-o
n-omegle.html - epic, epic win :P #
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- 09:42 Labs today. One whole day of planning an experiment for next time. one the one hand kinda fun, on the other.... #
- 18:13 currently extremely frustrated with Russell T Davies over the Doctor Who Tennant Finale. WHY GODDAMMIT, WHY?!?! #
- 18:58 @Splend i'm going for wide as possible made from the hardest substance available #
- 19:03 @Spindilly define 'one of us' :P but no, it's not you (hug) #
- 19:04 @Jamibu apparently he either doesn't get hints or he is intentionally ignoring them #
- 19:09 @Spindilly you'd be wrong about the viciously staring at the laptop thing. and yes it is someone we know #
- 19:16 yay, am now 5 tweets away from 1000 tweets. expect a countdown and celebrations. :P #
- 19:18 bit.ly/MqpVo THIS IS FRAKKING AWESOME!!!! 996 #
- 19:26 @Splend it's almost a shame our grass strimmer is broken and in need of new cutty things :P 997 #
- 20:23 Need to find the motivation to go out. seeing friend in an open mic night, which is good. cold and dark and wet out there, which is bad #
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- 08:26 it's dark, and it's raining. and i'm up early for a 9am lecture on a monday. this sucks# #
- 09:00 WHY DOES MY HOUSE KEEP EATING MY FUCKING LECTURE NOTES? I am so not suited to this academia lark #
- 12:17 honestly, today just keeps getting better and better. can i go back to bed. please? #
- 12:37 @Splend No i've not seen it. The consolation i offer is that i've not see the nicolas cage version either :P #
- 13:29 Really need to start work on my lab write up but i've run out of steam for today. will treat myself with GTA4 episodes from liberty city #
- 14:21 @Splend @denofgeek I happen to LIKE celine dion thank you very much :P though i will admit that song was WAAAAY overplayed #
- 14:46 @Spindilly come round here and distract us for a bit :p #
- 15:01 @Spindilly essay in Sam's case, lab report in mine. Boredom and sanity in both :p #
- 15:05 @Spindilly food is good. i should not obsess over food. for all i didn't want to i have found myself on a calorie controlled diet :( #
- 15:06 @Spindilly because i need to lose weight and nothing else is going to do it. #
- 17:59 Almost forgot to go to a training session i'd booked. Jebus that would have been bad. Need a coffee now #
- 19:44 at anime watching the thingummy of arislan. it's a bit weird. might do some story tweets in a bit #
- 19:45 @Splend philosophy essay SO SHOULD include robots :P #
- 20:02 If werewolves were like they were in Hollywood i wouldn't be in this situation; bleeding to death under a full moon. Silver. Doesn't. Work.. #
- 20:24 once upon a time lived a prince and a princess who were betrothed, but they hated each other and died childless; their land fell to ruin #
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- 10:44 @stephenfry has reached a million followers. tinyurl.com/twillionth #
- 10:52 Tornainbow- bit.ly/43vL1B #
- 12:01 am backing all my files up as i prepare to upgrade from vista to windows 7. wish me luck #
- 13:45 cleaning cleaning cleaning. hoovering. trifle making you say? #
- 13:53 @Splend revistes.upc.es/mediawiki/images/c/ca/Fa
cehugger.jpg # - 21:16 @Spindilly @Splend I bet it's bunnies though :P #
- 22:59 just realised that i never made the popcorn i promised people. ah well, more for me #
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- 12:47 RT @csts: How about these auction goodies? Dr Horrible poster signed by Felicia, Neil & Nathan anyone? Or cast signed The Guild goodies? #
- 12:48 in response to that retweet, i HATE not having any money :( want shiny things #
- 12:54 i want this tee shirt so badly- bit.ly/2BkcqU please retweet and maybe it'll get reprinted somewhere else #
- 13:52 plan for today: make living room presentable for tomorrow. draw up t shirt design. #
- 15:40 i don't want to appear horrible an uncharitable, but what does adding a twibbon to your avatar actually achieve? #
- 16:37 for the record, pumpkin flesh smells and feels REALLY fonging weird #
- 19:06 calling all #TeganandSara fans! Check out the new tee in my store: bit.ly/1PQ6TR custom tees also available @HardlyAverage #
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- 10:36 i don't understand these people excited about xmas already. it's just a day to stuff yourself silly and get drunk. i do that on the weekend #
- 10:45 apparently girls are too lazy to bleed to death. oh you do amuse me @Jamibu :P #
- 10:59 @Jamibu well if i can find the money i have quite a nice idea for you for xmas :) #
- 12:27 10 times in hostory when the f word was appropriate bit.ly/2eB9n9 #
- 18:26 @stephenfry i'm a vicepresident too :) although i prefer the title of president of vice ;p #
- 18:34 i gave blood for the first time today. was an odd experience, bleeding into a bag, but i definitely want to do it again :) #
- 22:03 @Spindilly it's my sofa tooooo *pouts* :P #
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- 10:31 i think i've just about finished my organic coursework (yay!) and i don't think i;ve failed horrendously (even more yay!) *crosses fingers* #
- 10:34 blood donors at uni will be given 50% off at cartridge world- NBS say it encourages ppl to give blood & save environment- i call it bribery #
- 10:48 bribe or no bribe, i will still be trying to give blood on friday- i know people who need it #
- 11:33 i'ma making some hummous for mah boyfriend @Splend . you can tell i love him cos i can;' stand the stuff personally :P #
- 11:38 @Izzardish you need to follow this guy @alfiehitchcock #
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- 11:37 resisting the urge to buy either the space food or the marshmallow fluff. yummy sugary goodness both :) @firebox #
- 12:16 @Splend i hid in it! when they're sending boxes I can fit in, you know there's a problem with their packing people :P #
- 12:17 possibly should have used #firebox : resisting the urge to buy either the space food or the marshmallow fluff. yummy sugary goodness both :) #
- 14:07 RT @ritinha: I Did Not Hit You I High-Fived Your Face- heeheehee :) #
- 14:25 bit.ly/2RqMDv beard hat! #
- 17:36 @Jamibu but we had burgers last night with no chips in sight. also i ate mine without a bread bun #
- 17:37 @carriejenkins rubbish my poetry but i really do agree #
- 17:38 @carriejenkins rubbish BE my poetry :P i r teh stupid #
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- 11:46 why did facebook explode when i commented on gus' status? :( #
- 13:05 RT @Tripipedia So I'm on my way around the world. Will send a postcard from Hungary to the first and every subsequent 20th person to RT this #
- 13:13 trying desperately to work today but keep getting distracted by the internet saying "YOU'RE FAT AND UGLY, LOSE SOME DAMNED WEIGHT" :( #
- 13:29 @Spindilly i'd rather you brought some chocolate round so we can stick two fingers up at the internet while raising our edorphin levels :P #
- 13:36 @Spindilly i guess we're back to punching the Internet. if you team up with @Splend you might even deal a critical blow #
- 13:56 @HardlyAverage @Spindilly mmmm sausages :) #
- 15:04 am coming to terms with the fact i'm never going to be an organic chemist and am therefore fucked as a medicinal chemist. it's not pretty #
- 15:15 @HardlyAverage i like chocolate. it helps me deal with the crapness that is organic chemistry #
- 15:22 @HardlyAverage if you don;t mind. could use the company too; sam has a lecture soon #
- 17:32 i want harem pants!!! and the harem to go with them! #
- 18:12 i feel a bit better for @HardlyAverage coming over with chocolate to cheer me. still have the same amount of work to do though #
- 20:29 @Splend Boreaniz? Who is David Boreaniz? :P #
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- 13:04 i may be english and traditional about my tea usually, but but making it with a percolator makes quite an interesting cup of tea :) #
- 13:19 finished my first lab write up of the week :) one piece of work down, three to go :( #
- 19:21 had an amusing glitch in GTA. crashed helicopter and swam to my target with a rocket flying around my head the whole time... #
- 19:21 then i got to the person i was chasing, his boat was appearing in thin air and disappearing into the ground, while he was firing rockets #
- 20:16 @Spindilly ben probably outranks you anyway :P we gave you books to care for, what more do you want? :P #
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- 20:40 mouth burny body shivery. stoopid chinese take away peoples #
- 20:56 @Jamibu is online. hi @Jamibu *waves* :P #
- 21:05 @Jamibu the xbox told us you were online, so i said hi #
- 22:50 should have done more work today but i'm tired from traveling. MUST finish it tomorrow. then i have three days to do the next piece of work #
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- 15:30 working on my lab write up while listening to my parent's vinyl records on my gran's record player :) #
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- 08:43 Blurgh. I may or may not to do a presentation in front of 250 people in20 minutes. don;t want this morning. fastforward to going home later #
- 08:50 okay feeling really upset now. i may have lost a very shiny, expensive necklace my mum gave me :( #
- 13:07 @jephjacques at least we, the readers, know your comics are always worth waiting for :D #
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- 11:20 check out my tees www.zazzle.co.uk/captainraz* free shipping until 5/11 if more than one item bought. use code BONFIRENIGHT #
- 13:13 got the urge to make soup #
- 13:35 omnomnomnom mushroom soup #
- 19:08 watching buffy while i do my lab write up i can think of worse things to do on a thursday night #
- 19:57 about spider "they're not insects, they're arachnids", "you mean they're from the middle east". #
- 20:00 @Jamibu how come you get rides and stuff at your bonfire night? #
- 20:08 buffy buffy buffy. for someone supposed to be empowering woman you are such a bimbo #
- 20:09 @Jamibu that you are. that you are :P #
- 21:21 heeheehee stubbly Anthony Stweart Head.... *drools* #
- 23:06 @Splend maybe you're just getting old. you need a child to appreciate them more :P #
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- 11:31 @Jamibu you know it's really not that nice wanting to chronically embarrass the woman you love :P #
- 12:07 @Jamibu i should show you the vid of the guy failing; a very potent reason NOT to embarrass the crap out of your gf when you propose #
- 13:03 i almost forgot i had a meeting today. i think it's at 1.30 in the library. yikes. better get going soon #
- 15:58 "if only creepy were a biometric parameter in our facial recognition software" #
- 16:15 I would like to point out, for the record, that Morena Baccarin is HOT AS HELL with short hair #
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- 14:06 all on my own with nothing to do but housework. god my life is great. what a way to come down after last night :( #
- 14:39 @Jamibu dude spoilers. now i'm going into it with my mind preblown :P #
- 15:09 @HardlyAverage shouldn't go out really as we've tilers coming over at some point. you come over here, i have dvds of men in dresses :P #
- 16:47 @NoelClarke i agree., for most people. there are a few of us left who know how to make tea properly. with a teapot and everything #
- 19:41 @eddieizzard great show last night. am thinking of sticking on one of your dvds to try and relive the awesomness :) #
- 19:55 watching RENT for the umpteenth time because i'm having another men-in-dresses film marathon. :D #
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