Date: 06-09-2008 23:42 Subject: I Aten't Dead Post is: Public Feeling: bouncy Tags: icons, rl, sparkles

Just busy. Still. :( Too tired to focus on fics or to rec - my mind starts to wander too easily.

I have, however, found some time to read the crack that is Twilight (no real concentration is needed for it). OMG - best crack ever! :D I have to thank the Austrians for pointing me to it. *extra-sparkly sparkles for fourth-rose and cutecoati*

Seriously, these books are cracktastic! :D They're so funny (most of the time unintentionally). And the trailer for the film is hilarious as well. I think it must be because Robert Pattison keeps doing the Blue Steel expression. That's how he does *intense*. :D Like so -



(icon inspired by cutecoati's icons of Sparkles, Robert Pattison's acting, and Blue Steel)

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How's everyone else? :)

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Date: 16-06-2008 21:14 Subject: Hello and bye :P Post is: Public Feeling: tired Tags: rl, slovenia

I'm back, sort of, except I'm going to Slovenia for two weeks (omg I'll finally get some sleep!). Then I'll really be back. :D

Just if anyone's been wondering. :)

*hugs to all*

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Date: 20-04-2008 20:27 Subject: Maths Post is: Public Feeling: exhausted Tags: excuses, rl

uni studies + 1.5 jobs + moving = 4 hours of sleep/night + crankiness D:

It should all be over by the end of May... I hope. D:

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Date: 14-03-2008 22:15 Subject: O_O Post is: Public Feeling: tired Tags: lj, misc, poll, rl, yay

I'm back! :D [Insert excuses for being away - uni, work, exhaustion, etc.]

I think I'll have some more time from now on... Although I still have to finish my MA thesis from last year (why am I so lazy?), write a linguistics paper (I have no clue what about, although I might ask some of you for help - just to ask a few questions :P) and read a bunch of books for lit class (the only thing I'm looking forward to). But, ohwell, I'll do it somehow.

I've really missed you guys though. I bet a lot of fun/interesting stuff has happened while I've been away! Hopefully this means that I'll be able to find a lot of good new fic I haven't read yet. Any suggestions? Any news? :D There's no way I'll be able to check the last 2 months of f-list. :P

On another note, my paid account is about to expire. Should I buy one more year or not? I don't really know what's been happening with LJ and IJ for the last two months, so if any of you could advise me, I'd be really grateful. (I like having a paid account btw. D:)

About my rec lists... I'll try to update them as soon as possible. I can't say how long it'll take me, because I don't know when I'll have time or when I'll feel well enough to do it. I love keeping rec lists, but work has been incredibly exhausting lately, so that I usually don't have energy for anything on the days that I work. Meh.

And since my paid account is about to expire, here's a stupid poll at LJ.

And before I forget... Thanks to everyone for my birthday wishes. Sorry if I didn't respond to your posts. :( I'll try to find my way there in the near future... :)

PS - I'll be responding to all of your past comments soon.

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Date: 11-06-2007 23:35 Subject: Vacation, yay! :)) Post is: Public Feeling: anxious Tags: rl

I'm going to Slovenia tomorrow, and I'll be gone for two weeks. I'll be back on 27 June. :D I don't really have access to the internet there, so I won't be able to post or read anything while I'm there. :/

If there's something urgent, you can write me an email (sulkyrhino AT gmail), but I can't promise I'll check it. :P

Okay, back to packing now...

Take care everyone! :D

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Date: 20-12-2006 23:57 Subject: Exams are fun! (No, really.) Post is: Public Feeling: chipper Tags: rl, silliness

My boyfriend had an English vocabulary exam earlier this week, and I took a peek at it today. OMG one of the questions in the exam:

(Pick the right explanation for the word / phrase underlined blahblahblah...)
All it takes is some TLC.
a. concentration
b. gentle attention
c. lubricating oil

B is obviously the right answer. But... C??? ROTFL!!!! TLC could be a euphemism for lubricating oil in certain circumstances. *snicker* I'd laugh out loud if this had been in my exam... I have a really pervy mind. :D

I remember when I had my first English vocabulary exam at Stockholm Uni. I'd been in Sweden for less than a year then, so for me the exam was more like a Swedish vocabulary exam than an English vocabulary exam. They had questions there where you had to pick the right Swedish translation of a word, so while I understood most of the English words (or could guess their meaning from the sentence), I had to often just pick the Swedish word randomly. So a lot of times I just tried to guess some of the meanings from the (little) German I knew, or tried to "feel" the right answer.

Anyway, the horrifying moment came when we had to translate a Swedish word into English, and I wasn't completely sure about the Swedish word. I think the sentence went something like this: "Some say that ______ (onani) should be taught in schools." The word onani is Swedish for masturbation. The problem was that I wasn't sure then that it was correct. Masturbation isn't exactly one of the words you learn first when you learn a language. I felt horrible when I handed in the exam. I kept worrying what the person correcting the exam would think if onani didn't mean masturbation, and some weirdo (me) wrote that word there. I mean, most people taking the course were Swedes, or grew up in Sweden, so it'd really look creepy if masturbation wasn't the right answer. O_O

So, what embarrassing things did you (or almost did) write in an exam? :P

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Date: 12-08-2006 16:42 Subject: Bump Post is: Public Feeling: meh... Tags: rl, whining

I bumped my head yesterday. Hard. It was so hard that when my head bounced back from the shelf, I actually fell on the floor. And now I look like a conehead with a big bump on my forehead. And, of course, now whenever I open the door I somehow manage to open it into my head, stuff keeps falling on my head, and I woke up at night in pain because I first bumped my forehead into my boyfriend's shoulder and then because I slapped myself with my own hand. And I can't even brush my hair properly because it hurts. *whines*

At least I've finished with my summer job on Friday, and now I have almost 3 weeks before uni starts. Although I'll probably soon have to start on the 400-page book we have to read for the first lecture. But who cares, I like school! :D

Oh, and I'm sorry for all the birthdays I've missed. I was too tired to check LJ during the week, and I always miss those things anyway. Does anybody know if there's a way I could get remiders through emails?

And another thing. How do I put my own pictures next to the mood thingy? I've seen people that have that, and I want it too. :P

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Date: 16-07-2006 00:14 Subject: Some photos Post is: Public Feeling: mellow Tags: photos, rl

Here are some photos I promised two weeks ago (oops). Sorry, none are of me. :P Just some pretty pictures of places I went to. :) I really had problems picking photos because they were taken for the benefit of my boyfriend. I mean, I've been to these places like a hundred times, and I don't really need to take photos of them as they're nothing new. So the pictures are all a bit "touristy". ;)

( Click here for pics )

Edit - How do I get rid of that bar at the top of the page. It's kind of ugly. :/

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Date: 01-07-2006 12:52 Subject: One day late Post is: Public Feeling: chipper Tags: photos, rl

I know I said on Thursday that I'd write more tomorrow, but I just got so stuck up on reading the flist and all the wonderful things you've written that I just totally forgot about it. I ended up reading stories till 3 am (I blame meri_oddities for writing such addictive stories. Psst, go read A Hiding to Nothing.). I'm only a quarter through the flist, and I'm basically just reading the fic posts and things that catch my eye. And I haven't even started on the communities yet! I think I'll probably just skip those. Will I miss any good stories if I do that? Does anybody have anything to recommend? :D

Anyway, I had a great time in Slovenia. The weather was really good. It was really hot, so I'm kind of relieved now that I'm in Sweden and I don't feel like I'm in a sauna all the time. As I wrote on Thursday I spent my time meeting people, going places, reading and sleeping. :D I was doing something all the time, so I'm actually a bit tired and I need to rest (I always seem to feel like this after a vacation).

I know I promised some photos. I went quickly through them today and I noticed that lots of them seem to be of my cousin (1 year) with various amounts and colours of food smeared on her face. I'll try to find some pretty ones that aren't of my cousin and then post them later. But right now I give you a picture of a cow. Because it's staring right at the camera with a "What are you looking at?" expression on its face.

( Cows are funny-looking )

And now I'll go read some more. :D

(They're showing Face/Off for the 1000th time on the telly tonight. What's that about???)

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Date: 29-06-2006 21:54 Subject: Hello! :D Post is: Public Feeling: giggly Tags: rl

I'm back! :D I've had a wonderful three weeks. I exchanged all the gossip with my friends, met most of my family (although I've never before met half my mother's cousins), got a tan, ate lots of Milka (cause you can't get it here), read about 3000 pages of books, made friends with some cows, and slept loads. :) I got home today, and found out I also got accepted into the Masters programme I wanted, so I'm incredibly happy right now. :D

I'll write a bit more tomorrow, and maybe post some photos. But right now I'll go read everything you've posted while I was gone. I missed you! :D

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