It's not a cry you can hear at night, it's not somebody who's seen the light...

Lewi sent me an email talking about the classes he is teaching this semester. The poor guy has to teach Twilight. In a literature course. I read the books, despite hating pretty much every second of it, because I was morbidly curious and I am also a completionist. I read lines out loud to Lewi and he cringed and once he told me he refused to read them or watch the movies because he didn't want to support SMeyer's career since she shouldn't have one, and I so agree.

I enjoy the movies. I enjoy them because the actors are basically aware the source material is largely bollocks so they get on getting on. And Jacob is yummy even though that makes me feel like a dirty old woman. Billy Burke's moustache, also. It is just amazing. The movies can whiz by in an hour and a half and it doesn't matter that they don't have much to them because it's trashy fun. The books though. They basically read like a how to guide to having no self-esteem and they go on FOREVER. Poor Lewis being forced to read them! It must be like exquisite torture. His own personal hell. I told him not to go into the light.

I should link him to the m15m review by Cleolinda when he's done. It will be his reward.

Speaking of good, trashy fun, I am now on season 5 of Grey's Anatomy. It is ridiculous, but JDM is in them again and his smiling face basically makes me feel better about the world at large.

...Helios just stole my sock, the ginger bitch!

I was feeling down today (LONG story) so I decided to do something constructive to take the feeling away (social work training, oy) so I wanted to make a post of all the photos of people and places and things that mean something to me. And when I started to plan it, I realised just how long it would be if I put everyone into it. And that made me feel so amazing, you have no idea...

I did it anyway deciding I would only use photos I have taken myself (or by my family since I wasn't at the reunion to take those and I didn't take the ones of me as a kid, but you get the point!) to cut down on spamming random Hugh Jackman pictures ;). Not everyone that should be here is including my friends in Australia. Woot, Peter, Laura and Ness, I have no (not blurry) photos of you!! And there are other friends who aren't on here, but be that as it may, here it is. Some of my happy things.

( To me you are perfect )

Stop. Sneezing.

No really. You're losing IQ this way.

Evidenced by my panicking because something weird was beside me. It's a shirt. OH NOES, WARDROBE!!! Stupid...7 in the morning. Can't sleep. If I lie down, my nose betrays me, and I can't breathe. I can not stand that feeling. It freaks me out. I can sleep sitting up, FFS.

Also, about an hour ago, there was a bang and then a TERRIFYING SOUND like something yowling from THE UNDERWORLD and I FREAKED OUT. I jumped so much my laptop almost fell off my lap. And then I called for Ariadne and she didn't come. I shook her treats, and she didn't come. I was absolutely certain that a Hellbeast had eaten my kitten (my touch with reality is thin at the best of times, and now I am sick and sleep deprived, so yes, I am being actually serious right now...) and I started tearing the room apart to find her. She was behind the curtain, staring out the window at Yoko, the kitty from next door. Who apparently makes the same sounds when she sees Ariadne, as Lewis makes when he's having a nightmare and screams in his sleep. A sort of blood-curdling, howl from hell, intermingled with a death rattle/shriek.

Honestly, the most frightening thing I have heard, ever. This is the birth of Heart Attack Kitteh, cousin to Heart Attack Pigeon.

And Yoko is a lovely kitty! I'm just grateful that sound did not come out of my tiny widdle princess. I picked her up to take her away from the Hellbeast, and she jumped out of my arms and scrambled back to look out the window again. So I know where I stand!

Staying up all night isn't good for your brain, but I did eat chips, chicken nuggets, and watch Spaced! :D

I may or may not be having wine. Bubbly, pink wine, whooo. Also Dylan Moran is on the telly being all Irishy. And before, we watched The Shining. It was funny :)

So...I submitted an essay on the ecological perspective and how it relates to social work, and I figured it was C work. I wasn't happy with it at all. This isn't the kind of essay I'm good at. I'm good at talking about historical events and talking about contributions of literature or even doing lit crit, but like science of the mind stuff and relating it to a profession, eeeiiiiii.

I wasn't happy, but apparently my lecturer was. I got an A. I got 87%, in fact. The lecturer said "good use of the text to back up your arguments". Yeah, I did that because I didn't have any arguments... I am so flipping amused! And I got an A on my exam as well. WHOOHOOO!

Quite pleased.

Lewi tomorrow :D

OH MY GOD! I just said to Lewi:

"I was saying bye to the girls, but I accidentally typed 'buy' as in gekauft! ....oh my GOD, that was German. I mean BOUGHT!"

AHahahhahaa my made linguistic skills crack me up. And Lewi remained confused.

PS my cold keeps getting worse and it ANNOYS ME

This afternoon I got caught in a deluge that formed around me as I walked back to work from the Vietnamese restaurant we celebrated Lewi's birthday, I sampled Japanese Kit-Kats, I met the beautiful and lovely ikona_rakasha and I got to see Lisa again *squeal* and then I got back to work where I was coddled for having rain trousers (soaked from the knees down). All in all? Pretty darn awesome.

You know what's not awesome?! The sign in the hallway that says:

Unfortunately reception will be unattended today. If you have any 'inquiries' please dial x3000 on the 'wall phone'.

I'm sorry. IS THIS A METAPHORICAL WALL PHONE FOR METAPHORICAL ENQUIRIES?! STOP USING ''''''' EVERY BLOODY WHERE YOU DRIVE ME NUTS!

:D

Though the person responsible yesterday asked me if I left my keys in the kitchen and I said "Do they have a dismembered teddy bear on them? If so, they're mine" and he went "....."

It was fantastic. No quoteys needed!

Lewi and I went out to eat tonight. I know OoooOOoooo date omg!!1! Anyway, the following occurred as we were walking to the restaurant. Technically as we were stopped at an intersection waiting to cross the street.

Me: "HOMG!" *points at the seemingly empty road in wonder, mouth wide open*
Lewi: "What?"
Me: "A bird totally just pooed SO big and it landed there! HAHAHHAHAHA!"
Lewi: "....wow."
Me: "I KNOW! HAHHAH LOOK! LOOK AT THAT BIT THERE! SPLASHBACK! HAHHAHA!"
Lewi: "Honey, no..."
Me: "YES, LOOK AT IT!" *Points*
Lewi: "....you show me the nicest things."

Seven years people. Seven years of romance and we're giggling at bird poop.

...technically that was just me ;)

Lara: "That sausage roll smells funny. Or maybe it's me!"
Lewi: "Maybe."
Lara: "OI! Are you saying I smell funny?!"
Lewi: "Well I'm not supposed to disagree with you."
Lara: "....well played..."

(I smell like lilacs and hair dye :( )