| book update. |
[Wednesday. 30th September. 2009|04:16 pm] |
(firstly, finish The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde)
1. The Graduate - Charles Webb
2. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Sophie's Choice - William Styron
5. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
6. Sentimental Education - Gustave Flaubert
7. Requiem for a Dream - Hubert Selby Jr
8. A Kestral for a Knave - Barry Hines
9. Goldfinger - Ian Fleming
10. Orlando - Virginia Woolf
11. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
12. A Room with a View - E.M Forster
13. The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
14. The Jungle Books - Rudyard Kipling
15. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
16. White Teeth - Zadie Smith (currently reading)
17. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides
18. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
19. Hey Nostradamus! - Douglas Coupland replaced by The Diving Bell and The Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby
20. After Dark - Haruki Murakami |
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| book update, very late. |
[Monday. 24th August. 2009|08:08 pm] |
| [ | i'm listening to |
| | regina spektor | ] |
(firstly, finish The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde)
1. The Graduate - Charles Webb
2. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (currently reading)
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Sophie's Choice - William Styron
5. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
6. Sentimental Education - Gustave Flaubert
7. Requiem for a Dream - Hubert Selby Jr
8. A Kestral for a Knave - Barry Hines
9. Goldfinger - Ian Fleming
10. Orlando - Virginia Woolf
11. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
12. A Room with a View - E.M Forster
13. The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
14. The Jungle Books - Rudyard Kipling
15. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
16. White Teeth - Zadie Smith
17. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides
18. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
19. Douglas Coupland - Hey Nostradamus!
20. After Dark - Haruki Murakami |
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| university. |
[Saturday. 18th April. 2009|11:57 pm] |
in light of mr.brinsley's 'hate list' and today's events i have decided to write a list of my own.
this evening, the boiler in the flat i live in on my own in portsmouth broke. for no reason really, all i had done was turn the heating on two or so hours ago and by the time i was ready for bed it was off, excellent (on top of the fact that the boiler is broken, which means i have no heating and no hot water - i haven't had a shower since yesterday and am about to embark on possibly the most stressful few days of my life thus far). this event comes at the end of a very long list of shit things that have happened to me ever since i made the ridiculous decision to come to university in portsmouth.
consequently, because of my bad and feeling sorry for myself mood, i have decided to write all these shit things down in a list here for your enjoyment! aren't you lucky?!
1. boring/complainy housemates in halls in year 1 - never talk to me or attempt to make friends despite various offers from myself - as a result have a hard time first year, trying to forge friendships with others.
2. doggy died in the november of my first year.
3. boyfriend of nearly two years breaks up with me in bad circumstances - following this i spend two weeks in bed at home doing barely anything, lose a stone in weight through stress/illness/depression.
4. at somepoint throughout my first year i had £800 stolen from my account - this admittedly was my own fault and luckily the money was recovered, but still, it was stressful.
5. move into second year house and very soon realise female housemate is a complete slavedriving maniac, and boys complete wimps - lots of tears.
6. get myself involved in the most ridiculous relationship - spend almost entirity of this relationship unhappy and trapped, for various reasons.
7. after exhausting all other options and being completely fucked over by two best friends - i stump for living with (ex-)boyfriend in third year.
8. grandad dies.
9. living with boyfriend turns out to be a HUGE mistake, we break up and boyfriend leaves early january.
10. three days after he lives a sink blockage occurs and water moves between sink and washing machine but never drains away - this takes three days to be fixed.
11. toaster explodes.
12. boilers breaks.
i have also broken two mobile phones and flooded my house at home throughout these three years. |
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| book update. |
[Wednesday. 1st April. 2009|12:28 am] |
(firstly, finish The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde)
1. The Graduate - Charles Webb
2. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Sophie's Choice - William Styron
5. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
6. Sentimental Education - Gustave Flaubert
7. Requiem for a Dream - Hubert Selby Jr
8. A Kestral for a Knave - Barry Hines
9. Goldfinger - Ian Fleming
10. Orlando - Vriginia Woolf
11. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
12. A Room with a View - E.M Forster
13. The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
14. The Jungle Books - Rudyard Kipling
15. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood (currently reading)
16. White Teeth - Zadie Smith
17. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides
18. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
19. Douglas Coupland - Hey Nostradamus!
20. After Dark - Haruki Murakami |
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| Book List 2009 |
[Thursday. 1st January. 2009|03:12 pm] |
(firstly, finish The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde)
1. The Graduate - Charles Webb
2. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Sophie's Choice - William Styron
5. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
6. Sentimental Education - Gustave Flaubert
7. Requiem for a Dream - Hubert Selby Jr
8. A Kestral for a Knave - Barry Hines
9. Goldfinger - Ian Fleming
10. Orlando - Vriginia Woolf
11. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
12. A Room with a View - E.M Forster
13. The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
14. The Jungle Books - Rudyard Kipling
15. Oryx and Crake - Margaret Attwood
16. White Teeth - Zadie Smith
17. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides
18. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
19. Douglas Coupland - Hey Nostradamus!
20. After Dark - Haruki Murakami |
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| Book List 2008: Result. |
[Thursday. 1st January. 2009|03:01 pm] |
(firstly, finish Mrs Dalloway)
1. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde (partway through)
2. The Constant Gardener - John Le Carre
3. The Graduate - Charles Webb
4. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
5. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
6. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
7. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
8. The Catcher In The Rye - J.D Salinger
9. Sophie's Choice - William Styron
10. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
11. The Hitch-hiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams replaced by Notes On An Exhibition - Patrick Gale
12. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (collection of short stories) - Haruki Murakami
13. Atonement - Ian McEwan
14. High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
15. Memories Of My Melancholy Whores - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
16. Sentimental Education - Gustave Flaubert
17. On The Road - Jack Kerouac (given up for now)
18. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
19. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
20. Requiem For A Dream - Hubert Selby Jr
i was quite disappointed with my result this year. but i suppose with all that's happened it can't really be helped. |
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| book update. |
[Tuesday. 30th September. 2008|08:00 pm] |
(firstly, finish Mrs Dalloway)
1. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde (partway through)
2. The Constant Gardener - John Le Carre
3. The Graduate - Charles Webb
4. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
5. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
6. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
7. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
8. The Catcher In The Rye - J.D Salinger
9. Sophie's Choice - William Styron
10. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
11. The Hitch-hiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams replaced by Notes On An Exhibition - Patrick Gale
12. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (collection of short stories) - Haruki Murakami
13. Atonement - Ian McEwan
14. High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
15. Memories Of My Melancholy Whores - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
16. Sentimental Education - Gustave Flaubert
17. On The Road - Jack Kerouac (given up for now)
18. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
19. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson (currently reading)
20. Requiem For A Dream - Hubert Selby Jr |
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| for grandad, see you soon. |
[Sunday. 14th September. 2008|06:25 pm] |
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"death is nothing at all. i have only slipped away into the 'next room'. i am i and you are you. whatever we were to each other that we are still. call me by my old familiar name, speak to me in the easy way which you always used. put no difference into your tone; wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. play, smile, think of me, pray for me. let my name be ever the household word that it always was. let it be spoken without effort, without the ghost of a shadow on it. life means all that it ever meant. it is the same as it ever was; there is absolutely unbroken continuity. what is this death but a negligible accident? why should i be out of mind because i am out of sight? i am waiting for you for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner. all is well." |
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| latitude 2008. |
[Wednesday. 6th August. 2008|02:01 pm] |
so last month i went to my first ever festival and had the best time.
i've been meaning to update on it for ages now, and have kind of lost my enthusiasm for a long update, so here's just a quick roundup of who we saw and some other stuff.
bands we saw
friday; heloise & the savoir faire (shite), kyte (good), grammatics (ok), murder by death (good), bearsuit (shite), beth orton (ok/good) - saw her in the crowd watching joanna newsom on sunday, british sea power (excellent), howling bells (excellent), death cab for cutie (FUCKING AMAZING), franz ferdinand (excellent).
saturday; tim minchin (excellent), scott capurro (shite), jon richardson (ok), bill bailey (ok), kategoes (good), johnny flynn (FUCKING AMAZING), elbow (ok), sigur ros (FUCKING AMAZING).
sunday; joanna newsom (FUCKING AMAZING), fields (good), those dancing days (ok), noah and the whale (FUCKING AMAZING), foals (ok/good), glasvegas (excellent), okkervil river (shite), blondie (FUCKING AMAZING), interpol (excellent).
phew.
in other news; i am sick of hospitals. i now have two very poorly grandparents who seem to have taken up permanent residency there and the two-to-four trips i make a week is not only exhausting but emotionally draining.
finally; i hope this little lady wins the mercury prize.
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| book update |
[Monday. 30th June. 2008|06:30 pm] |
(firstly, finish Mrs Dalloway)
1. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
2. The Constant Gardener - John Le Carre (halfway through)
3. The Graduate - Charles Webb
4. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
5. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
6. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
7. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
8. The Catcher In The Rye - J.D Salinger
9. Sophie's Choice - William Styron
10. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
11. The Hitch-hiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
12. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (collection of short stories) - Haruki Murakami
13. Atonement - Ian McEwan
14. High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
15. Memories Of My Melancholy Whores - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
16. Sentimental Education - Gustave Flaubert
17. On The Road - Jack Kerouac (given up for now)
18. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
19. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
20. Requiem For A Dream - Hubert Selby Jr
in other news;
talking for hours over pints of cider, reminising about when we first met, getting excited about 'fluff' and other such rarities, kisses in the morning.
bliss.
i can't wait to live with him. |
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| Watch This! |
[Wednesday. 21st May. 2008|04:34 pm] |
A video of the Victrola! tour in april 2008.
organised by daniel and sam, and featuring marie-flore, le prince miiaou and the all new adventures of us.
see if you can spot me!
( (n.b) ) |
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| book update. |
[Monday. 31st March. 2008|10:43 pm] |
(firstly, finish Mrs Dalloway)
1. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
2. The Constant Gardener - John Le Carre
3. The Graduate - Charles Webb
4. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
5. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
6. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
7. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
8. The Catcher In The Rye - J.D Salinger
9. Sophie's Choice - William Styron
10. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
11. The Hitch-hiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
12. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (collection of short stories) - Haruki Murakami (3/26)
13. Atonement - Ian McEwan
14. High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
15. Memories Of My Melancholy Whores - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
16. Sentimental Education - Gustave Flaubert
17. On The Road - Jack Kerouac (currently reading)
18. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
19. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson
20. Requiem For A Dream - Hubert Selby Jr
better than last year, but still not very good really. |
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| Book List 2008! |
[Tuesday. 1st January. 2008|01:47 pm] |
(firstly, finish Mrs Dalloway)
1. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
2. The Constant Gardener - John Le Carre
3. The Graduate - Charles Webb
4. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
5. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
6. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
7. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
8. The Catcher In The Rye - J.D Salinger
9. Sophie's Choice - William Styron
10. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
11. The Hitch-hiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
12. Haruki Murakami - Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (collection of short stories)
13. Ian McEwan - Atonement
14. Nick Hornby - High Fidelity
15. Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Memories Of My Melancholy Whores
16. Gustave Flaubert - Sentimental Education
17. Jack Kerouac - On The Road
18. Chuck Palahniuk - Fight Club
19. Hunter S Thompson - Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
20. Hubert Selby Jr - Requiem For A Dream
wish me luck! |
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| Book List 2007: Results. |
[Monday. 31st December. 2007|12:23 pm] |
| [ | i'm listening to |
| | laura marling. | ] |
1. emotionally weird - kate atkinson
2. the picture of dorian grey - oscar wilde
3. love in the time of cholera - gabriel garcia marquez
4. the end of the affair - graham greene
5. wuthering heights - emily bronte
6. the constant gardener - john le carre
7. animal farm - george orwell
8. the graduate - charles webb
9. in cold blood - truman capote
10. a clockwork orange - anthony burgess
11. norweigen wood - haruki murakami
12. the time traveler's wife - audrey niffenegger
13. pride and prejudice - jane austen
14. the hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy - douglas adams for forrest gump - winston groom
15. jane eyre - charlotte bronte
16. memoirs of a geisha - arthur golden (gave up)
17. the catcher in the rye - j.d salinger
18. sophie's choice - william styron
19. one flew over the cuckoo's nest - ken kesey for harry potter and the deathly hallows - j.k rowling
20. mrs dalloway - virginia woolf (halfway through)
( so all in all ) |
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[Monday. 10th December. 2007|09:58 pm] |
things i want volume #1.
1. the above.
( the rest ) |
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| Marie-Flore. |
[Thursday. 29th November. 2007|05:16 pm] |
| [ | i'm listening to |
| | marie-flore, ob. | ] |
This is Marie-Flore. She's a french singer-songwriter.
She's just been signed to my boyfriend daniel's record label (Victrola! Records)
and this is her first single being released by the label.
I think it's pretty stunning stuff, if you'd like a copy (printed on white 7" vinyl - snazzy), let me know and i can probably get one out to you.
I'm well proud of him. |
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| book update. |
[Monday. 8th October. 2007|12:52 pm] |
sorry this is a bit late, but i am still internet-less at my house in portsmouth. i swapped hitch-hiker's for forrest gump as i had to return it to it's owner, hitch-hiker's will have to be rolled over onto next year's list.
edit: i read harry potter too.
1. emotionally weird - kate atkinson
2. the picture of dorian grey - oscar wilde
3. love in the time of cholera - gabriel garcia marquez
4. the end of the affair - graham greene
5. wuthering heights - emily bronte
6. the constant gardener - john le carre
7. animal farm - george orwell
8. the graduate - charles webb
9. in cold blood - truman capote
10. a clockwork orange - anthony burgess
11. norweigen wood - haruki murakami
12. the time traveller's wife - audrey niffenegger
13. pride and prejudice - jane austen
14. the hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy - douglas adams for forrest gump - winston groom
15. jane eyre - charlotte bronte
16. memoirs of a geisha - arthur golden (currently reading)
17. the catcher in the rye - j.d salinger
18. sophie's choice - william styron
19. one flew over the cuckoo's nest - ken kesey for harry potter and the deathly hallows - j.k rowling
20. mrs dalloway - virginia woolf |
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| why i'm looking forward to going back to portsmouth; |
[Saturday. 22nd September. 2007|09:24 pm] |
1. i'll be able to smoke whenever i want and not have to hide it from my parents and sit and stew in my bedroom about how much i want a cigarette
2. i'll get back to learning about something i really am very passionate about
3. i can go to scandals and dance my fucking socks off
yush. |
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| (no subject) |
[Wednesday. 12th September. 2007|08:23 pm] |
today:
my period came, i got a cold, my phone broke, topshop stopped stocking the dress i wanted,
AND someone whom i considered to be a friend created a group on facebook called 'daniel warner needs to give her the elbow'.
daniel warner being my boyfriend.
me being her. |
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| book challenge update. |
[Wednesday. 4th July. 2007|11:57 pm] |
1. emotionally weird - kate atkinson
2. the picture of dorian grey - oscar wilde
3. love in the time of cholera - gabriel garcia marquez (currently reading)
4. the end of the affair - graham greene
5. wuthering heights - emily bronte
6. the constant gardener - john le carre
7. animal farm - george orwell
8. the graduate - charles webb
9. in cold blood - truman capote
10. a clockwork orange - anthony burgess
11. norweigen wood - haruki murakami
12. the time traveller's wife - audrey niffenegger
13. pride and prejudice - jane austen
14. the hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy - douglas adams
15. jane eyre - charlotte bronte
16. memoirs of a geisha - arthur golden
17. the catcher in the rye - j.d salinger
18. sophie's choice - william styron
19. one flew over the cuckoo's nest - ken kesey
20. mrs dalloway - virginia woolf
oh dear. |
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