Archive for April, 2009

Sun is shining!

Posted in friends, university with tags , , , , , , , on April 22, 2009 by Annabel

I made a Twitter account. Mostly for online interactions with one Stephanie who is across the seas, but the damned thing won’t let me upload a picture of my beautiful (*cough*) face. I dislike it already.

On the life front, I had a wonderfully lazy afternoon in Brunswick Square with Sam today. A lazy afternoon I can’t really afford, given my current dissertation situation but I’ve been so deprived of sunlight tucked away in my flat that as soon as I plonked myself onto the grass my body wouldn’t let me move until I’d absorbed 2 hours’ worth of vitamin D. It really does nothing for my motivation when the sun insists on shining so. Why couldn’t it be miserable like it is the rest of the year round??

It seems as though the healthy eating/exercise regime I’ve been trying to keep up since January is working as I have been told twice this week that I’m ‘wasting away’. I have hardly been to the gym recently due to dissertation madness but I plan to go a bit mad up in there once I hand this thing in. I’m desperately missing my thrice-weekly dose of endorphins and Pimp My Ride (it’s usually on in the evenings when I go). Yo dawg, I heard you got ADHD so I put a pool table, a bubble machine and some flat screens in yo car so you won’t be bored while you drive, dawg.

Another thing I’m missing is my mum’s kitten, Shakti/Choki (although mostly known as ‘Booboo’ or ‘Booboolina’).

Just look at her little face. She grew rather fond of me when I went home for a few days and my mum said she was quite forlorn when I left.

Dissertation update (bleh): I wrote the hardest section last night on Islamic courts and inheritance law (*YAWWWWWWN*) so I should really just suck it up and get on with the rest of it. Not much further to go, but it’s a case of so near yet so far. I just want to sleep and sleep and sleep.

Well just look at that!

Posted in friends, university with tags , , , , on April 22, 2009 by Annabel

My dissertation is actually looking decent. I just wish I didn’t have to think about my job right now. It’s proving so stressful balancing the two. I don’t usually have a problem with striking the balance but this is final year and the importance of what I do now in terms of my final grade is really quite daunting. Argh.

Off to work. I’m having to console myself with the prospect of Mexico (!!!) and Indonesia (!!!) this summer. It’s quite sad that my life right now is consumed with utter tediousness and looking forward to a time that is NOT NOW.

It’s (not) the most wonderful time of the year…

Posted in art, general rubbish, university with tags , , , , , , on April 5, 2009 by Annabel

I’ve got just under three weeks to write this dissertation. 8000 words to go (it was 7000 to go but I had to delete some of the pile of crap I’d written). I think I can do it. Well, I’m going to have to because straight after the deadline I’ll have exams to think about. Blaaaaahhhhh.

In other news, I wasted good brain cells getting absolutely mashed on Friday night! It was so good to let off steam, though. Gaahhh work.

Oh yes, and I’ve also downloaded this application called ‘Self Control’, through which you can deny yourself access to certain websites for up to twelve hours and there is absolutely NO WAY to bypass it. Perfect for my procrastinating self. If you are of a similar disposition, I’d recommend looking it up. So far I’ve had to ban Facebook, Gmail, Flickr, Livejournal and BBC iPlayer.

So this isn’t boring and text-only, here are photos from the SOAS Javanese gamelan klenengan last month (taken by the delightful Emily).

It’s quite often you see gamelanners playing two instruments at once, like above.