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[Jul. 20th, 2008|08:45 pm] |
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| |  good | ] |
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| | The Beautiful South - You Keep It All In | ] |
Well hello there. Not done this for 63 weeks (count 'em), but I think 'tis time for an update.
Sooooooo, what's changed since the last time I ventured to these here shores?
Not very much, actually. Still working in t'shop, after six years (not counting the year at Asda), and two years after I graduated. Still searching for a uni-related job but not having much luck, applied for quite a few and heard nought back. But, hey, my time will come. I just wish it would hurry up.
Kept up the part-time uni studies as well, done three years in Spanish now, finished them with marks of 77, 81 and 72 in that order, including my best ever oral mark of 80 in level 2 (the year after final year... God, that seems so long ago now!) Also did level 5 German last year, which is broadly equivalent to degree level, and came out of that with 68%. Why could I not do that as a full-time student?!
Got a leaflet in with my results detailing course times etc. for next year. I'd like to go on and do level 4 and possibly level 5 in Spanish as well, but Angela (Spanish lecturer) mentioned in the last lecture of last year that level 4 may not run next year, although it is mentioned in the leaflet. Need to get in contact with her again and find out what's happening. It might be that the only thing to do would be to skip a level and go straight to level 5, which would be doable, but I presume would be rather more difficult than doing the two levels. Heh, I could be turning into a professional student, next year will be my sixth at uni!
I've become really interested in photography this year as well, ever since I got a digital camera last Christmas. Been everywhere from Newcastle to York, Whitby, Alnwick, Durham and Hexham among others taking photos (shameless plug alert: photos are online at www.flickr.com/photos/pwtf). Gonna see if I can take a part-time course in photography come September too.
Gonna be an usher very soon as well, my sister is getting spliced on August 1st (erk, next Friday!) and I've been recruited to usher along with the groom's cousin. Never been to a family wedding before so that could be an experience! Come 4pm next Friday (odd time for a wedding, I thought they were usually on Saturdays) that'll have changed though.
I think I'm all up to date now, I'll probably think of something later, in which case I'll stick it in here. Slightly sooner than 63 weeks' time though, honest! |
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| Job applications |
[May. 2nd, 2007|05:00 pm] |
So I toddled down to a recruitment agency who are looking for modern languages graduates today. All seemed to go well, handed my cv in etc. etc., but now I have to email an electronic copy of said CV over to them, along with an e-mail stating why I want the job. (as a payroll-type-person with IBM, apparently). Been trying to write a suitable email for a while now but so far I've drawn a complete blank. Anyone have any suggestions on what to write/how to go about it?!
Any suggestions will be gratefully received!!
TIA |
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| You know, you'd think spammers would at least get their facts right!!! |
[Apr. 15th, 2007|10:28 pm] |
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| | happy | ] |
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| | The Radio 1 Surgery | ] |
Not a very intelligent bunch are they these spammers?! In the past couple of weeks I've had "online banking suspension notifications" from Barclays, Natwest, Royal Bank of Scotland and Halifax, none of whom I even have an account with!
And that's before I've even mentioned the promises of $94.5million from assorted South Africans which currently litter my inbox! |
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[Apr. 14th, 2007|11:18 pm] |
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I was gonna post this on Facebook, but it won't let me, so I'm gonna vent here. There's a group on there, maintained by two Harvard students who probably know fuck-all about "sawkker", called "relegation of Newcastle United from the Premier League" with an introduction that reads like this (copied and pasted)
This group is for those of us who are tired of seeing ridiculous fumbles at the back end, spectacular own goals, disappointing lack of passion, ugly uniforms and still uglier fans.
We support keeping the Premier League one of professional competition and excellence. Relegate the Toon to league Championship!
If it was properly written I might think of giving it a reply. |
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| (no subject) |
[Mar. 30th, 2007|11:35 am] |
Wow I've been neglecting this journal a lot lately!!!! I'll put a proper post on here soon, but for now feel free to Facebook me! |
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| Year-end-survey-thingy |
[Jan. 4th, 2007|10:40 pm] |
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| | My bedroom | ] |
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| |  tired | ] |
1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before? Graduated is the obvious one. Also went to a formal ball, failed more than one exam in the same season, went to Devon, was rejected for a job
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Can't remember whether I actually made any last year, but yes, have a couple of resolutions for 2007, namely to start using my languages again and to GET A JOB!!!
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Nay
4. Did anyone close to you die? Nay
5. What countries did you visit? I was in England for all 365 days of 2006!!
6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006? A proper job!!
7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? July 19. Graduation Day. One of my proudest moments. Also June 6, graduation ball day, which was a brilliant day, and July 4, results day, but the less said about that the better.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Graduating
9. What was your biggest failure? Not finding a job
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Nay
11. What was the best thing you bought? I'll have to be boring and say clothes
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? urm. Probably mine!!
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Nobody's
14. Where did most of your money go? The demon drink, clothes, birthday, valentines and Christmas presents
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Graduation
16. What song will always remind you of 2006? Maneater by Nelly Furtado. It brings back so many memories of the summer.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier
ii. thinner or fatter? Fatter
iii. richer or poorer? Very marginally poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Working (in the uni sense)
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Working (in the paid sense during uni)
20. How will you be spending Christmas/Hanukah? Spent it with family doing the usual stuff
21. What was the most embarrassing thing that happened to you in 2006? Nowt really
22. Did you fall in love in 2006? No, I stayed there
23. How many one-night stands? 0
24. What was your favorite TV program? Deal or No Deal!!!
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? No
26. What was the best book you read? Although I'm still reading it, "The Burglar's Dog: An Alternative Guide to Drinking in Newcastle upon Tyne"
27. What was your greatest musical discovery: didn't really make any last year
28. What did you want and got? A degree
29. What did you want and not get? A good degree
30. What was your favorite film of this year? A toss-up between the only two films I saw in 2006: Casino Royale and Borat
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? 21, celebrated with family on the day and had a quality night out about six weeks later
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? A good degree
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005? Same as ever
34. What kept you sane? erm, Diesel, nights out near the end of uni
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Pass
36. What political issue stirred you the most? None really, don't get too stirred up about politics
37. Who did you miss? Nicola, some final year uni people after uni finished, the majority of 1st/2nd year uni people
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006: urm, didn't really learn any. I've just chugged along this year!!!
First line of each post in every month:
January - Grr at French Nation Studies (for being on Thursday at 10:15am)
February - Gah, the one time I'm actually ready to prepare for a seminar I can't find the bleedin' book!
March - SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April - the (very late) Friday Five
May - May 1st already. Where have the first four months of this year gone?
June - Yay!!!!!! It's one of those mornings that makes you feel happy to be alive!!!
July - Well, well, well, things didn't exactly go as planned on the results front.
August- 21 today, 21 today!
September - Three months in fact.
November - Yes, I have returned from The Great Abyss.
December - OK, so I couldn't resist the urge to go all Christmassy. |
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| So we made it into 2007 then... |
[Jan. 1st, 2007|08:46 pm] |
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Well, another year begins. Went out last night for New Years' Eve, 'twas good, imbibed much alcohol, and just generally had a good night. Midnight saw me in The Hancock complete with bottle of champagne and the usual jammed phone, eventually got all of my new years' texts out by about lunchtime today!! (apologies to anyone who might have received 2, only sent them once but got charged twice.... unless phone companies are like taxi firms and double their prices on New Years Eve...
Spent the first day of 2007 recovering from the last one of 2006, got home about 12, after walking into town in a vain attempt to shake off my thumping headache, trying to find a taxi and eventually getting one at the Central Station. Forgot to ring my mother when I got back to Chris's last night and ran out of battery so she couldn't ring me this morning, so she was a bit angry, but, meh. I'm grateful for the concern but it does get a bit tiresome her ringing me all the time. Anyway. Went to my sister's for lunch and to see the kids and that, 'twas nice, even if I did get jumped all over by Dylan (maniacal nearly-five-year-old nephew). Just passing the evening now in a nicely relaxed and un-hungovered state of mind, watching the last ever Vicar of Dibley later, then I'd probably better have an early night seeing as how I'm back at work at the unearthly hour of 8am tomorrow. (although saying that, an early night for me is 1am...)
Anyway, I'm gonna sign off here. Will be doing the usual year-end posts at some time in the coming days.
Hope everyone had a good night last night, and hope everyone has a good year ahead. |
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| Happy new year!! |
[Dec. 31st, 2006|06:28 pm] |
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| | Die Roten Rosen - Auld Lang Syne | ] |
Happy new year to everyone out there. Whatever 2006 brought, and whatever 2007 holds, may it bring peace, prosperity, love and happiness.
Off out now.... (for the first time ever on New Year's Eve!)
And, once again, all the best for 2007 and HAPPY NEW YEAR!! |
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| IIIIIIIIIT'S CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIISTMAS! |
[Dec. 15th, 2006|11:23 am] |
OK, so I couldn't resist the urge to go all Christmassy. Even if it doesn't feel like Christmas yet. (haven't done any shopping yet, but that's probably why.....)
Just had Spanish exam, went quite well, not back in uni until February 2nd now. Which is nice.
Anyways, I'm off to find coffee and food to placate my extremely sore throat before heading off to work.
Bye folks! |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 26th, 2006|11:47 pm] |
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| | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get | ] |
Am I the only person who can't stand cricket at the minute?! |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 23rd, 2006|08:54 pm] |
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Yikes. One of the MFL office staff has been murdered.
Chronicle story here
Such a shame. He was a really nice guy too. |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 17th, 2006|09:01 pm] |
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I swear, if I hear the word 'Euromillions' once more..... |
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| I Return.... |
[Nov. 16th, 2006|07:34 pm] |
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| |  sore | ] |
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Yes, I have returned from The Great Abyss. Just to let y'all know I'm still here, and have been meaning to update this thing for rather a while now. But, as I've had four teeth wrenched out one after the other today I'm not exactly in a great state so that may not be happening for a little while longer! But anyway, yeah, I'm still alive and still kicking around. |
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| Stolen thingummy |
[Sep. 19th, 2006|10:52 am] |
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| | chipper | ] |
IF YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST
I want to know 28 things about you. I don't care if we've never talked, never liked each other, or if we already know everything about each other. I really don't. You are obviously on my list, so let me know with whom I am friends!
1. Your Middle Name:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favorite Movie:
5. Favorite Song:
6. Favorite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
HERE COMES THE FUN ... ... ...
1. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
2. What's your philosophy on life?
3. Would you have my back in a fight?
4. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
5. What is your favorite memory of us?
6. Would you give me a kidney?
7. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
8. Would you take care of me when I'm sick?
9. Can we get together and make a cake?
10. Have you heard any rumors of me lately?
11. Do you/have you talk(ed) crap about me?
12. Do you think I'm a good person?
13. Would you drive across country with me?
14. Do you think I'm attractive?
15. If you could change anything about me, would you?
16. What do you wear to sleep?
17. Would you come over for no reason just to hang out?
18. Would you go on a date with me if I asked you?
19. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
20. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you? |
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| Go on then, I haven't done this for a while.... |
[Sep. 2nd, 2006|12:27 am] |
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| | tired | ] |
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| | Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor | ] |
Three months in fact.
New Five, New Month
1) This is the 1st of September, what do you want to accomplish by the 31st?
Erm, by the end of the month (September 30) I want to be at least on the way to getting a proper job.
2) What does September make you think about or feel?
HOLIDAY TIME! (We always go on holiday in September, once the little kiddywinkies have gone back to school!)
3) September is the ninth month; can you name nine memories so far from this year?
oh heck...
1) The, erm, interesting graduation ball
2) Results day
3) Graduation day
4) My niece's first birthday
5) Both exam seasons
6) My 21st birthday
7) The Stunt on Valentine's Day
8) The day in January I was two hours late for work
9) Thursday nights in Starbucks!
4) What does September have in common with three other months and can you name them?
welll, it ends in -ber, as do October, November and December. Or, it has only 30 days, as do April, June and November
5) The first weekend in September signals the end of summer for many even though it doesn’t really end for weeks. When does summer end for you?
Until now it's ended when I've gone back to school/college/uni. Dunno if that'll be the case this year though, seeing as I'm only going back to uni part-time
(and yes, I know it's Saturday!) |
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| New email address.... |
[Aug. 30th, 2006|12:47 am] |
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| | My bedroom | ] |
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| | chipper | ] |
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| | Lily Allen - LDN | ] |
Just a quick post to say that if anyone wants to email me then use my hotmail address (pwtf@hotmail.co.uk) seeing as how I'll not be able to use uni email after tomorrow.
Proper update coming soon, honest! |
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| (no subject) |
[Aug. 12th, 2006|02:30 am] |
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| | My bedroom | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | awake | ] |
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| | nowt | ] |
Oh no. The devil incarnate returns.
Would the last person to leave the country if Nikki wins Big Brother please remember to turn out the lights. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 7th, 2006|02:54 pm] |
Well, well, well, things didn't go exactly as planned on the results front. I ended up with just a bare pass degree, which I can't resit because I got less than 40% in 50 credits, and the limit before you lose all resit opportunities is 40 credits. The worst part of it is that the marks that were below 40% were:
German advanced language skills: 38%
Dissertation : 36%
French nation studies : 16% (eh?!)
basically meaning that if I'd just got the extra 2% in German or 4% for my dissertation I would have had a better degree to start with, and the opportunity to resit to improve it further. If I'd got both I'd have had a 2.2 with no resits. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDURGH. Anyways, the rest of the marks were:
Spanish : 77%
Contemporary Europe : 59%
French interpreting & translation : 55%
German interpreting & translation : 47%
Which aren't exactly too bad. Oh well. I'm off to book an appointment with the careers service to see what they say. |
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| Friday Five Double Bill! |
[Jun. 3rd, 2006|07:08 pm] |
1) Favourite movie of the 1980s?
erm, dunno, wasn't really into movies for the first four years of my life!
2) Favourite musician/group of the 1980s?
hmhmhmhm, don't really like 80s music.
3) Favourite TV show of the 1980s?
erm, did the Fresh Prince of Bel Air start in the 80s?
4) Favourite invention of the 1980s?
The CD (was that an 80s invention?)
5) World Event from the 1980s that stands out in your mind?
My birth! Or, seriously, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and, to a lesser degree, Chernobyl.
I was born smack bang in the middle of the 80s, which makes these questions quite difficult!
Honey, I’m Home!
1. How many places have you lived in your life?
8
2. Which was your favorite and why and what street was it on?
The current one, so nice and peaceful, down by the riverside on Trinity Courtyard.
3. If you could live anywhere for the rest of your life, where would it be?
Dunno, never really given it any thought.
4. What would your ideal home have in it?
erm, all mod cons, good housemates, and a few personal touches.
5. Can you describe your current crib?
Three storey townhouse backing onto a marina and the River Tyne. (well, for the next 26 days it is anyway!) |
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