thing. I think

Sat, 17 May 2008 15:30:20 GMT

So, it looks like I'm going to Sidmouth this year, for the whole week.

Question is, who's coming with me?

yes, back (sort of)

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:23:44 GMT

Argh!

ARGH ARGH ARGH

Where oh where (oh where oh where) can one go and get a haircut that costs less than £20? I know that modelling is the answer but I've left it too late for this weekend. Halp!

Also, anyone want to help me dye?

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:41:13 GMT

I'm retiring the Dragon. It's getting old.
May stick around on LJ though. We'll probably meet again.
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Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:44:42 GMT

I'm in London, sitting around in a flat with no central heating, waiting for the toad in the hole to cook through and listening to my boyfriend sing "Give me head...give me head".

He's a whizz at making gravy thicken, actually.
(Read whatever you like into that...)

I've been extra cool and not only helped make the dinner but also have made the dough for chocolate and marshmallow cookies for dinner! Although the idea for the marshmallow WAS mr_coomber's...but I can pretend...

Mwahaha.

Soon I'll stop gallivanting round the country and come home and actually do some work. But today I saw countess_rezia and many good times were had and I got to do opera house geekery, although I needed three cups of tea before I was vaguely awake. Oh, the joys of sharing a single bed.

This is not a very interesting post. I was going to write about the molly maths video project, but I got sidetracked and now can't be bothered...well, maybe at some point...

I'm suffering Buffy withdrawal symptoms. This is quite weird and really bad...

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:32:52 GMT

It's 2.26am.

I just thought I'd mention that fact. For no particular reason. I mean, soon it'll be 2.27. That's no worse and no better than 2.26. It's just a time.

I've been looking at my project for too long. But my brain is sizzling! I've been sitting all day and only now am I working...and boy am I working! On fire I tell you!

Pzyoum ping ping ping! Rattle ting tring trollong!

:D

I might get up late tomorrow.
This is allowable. I like the odd hours because they make me feel happy and normal :)

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:51:55 GMT

Write a personal ad for yourself (in which you assume that you are single or otherwise available).

1) It has to make you sound as unappealing as possible
2) It has to be honest - you can't lie at all
3) It can't sound as though you're deliberately making yourself sound unappealing.

Morris dancer seeks driver for transport to and from danceouts, holding of umbrellas, carrying of instruments, rolling of beer barrels and purchase of pies and fine ales after dancing. Must be free at weekends and for Sidmouth week. A liking of the clanking of bells and the strains of the accordian would be helpful.

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:32:14 GMT

In my project-based researchs amongst the interwebs today I espied this.

Geeky 9headeddragon: OMG database so cool and pretteeeeee!
Not-geeky 9headeddragon: You are really getting quite sad.
Geeky 9headeddragon: ...

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:14:57 GMT

Mug of tea on desk. Fly getting near.
I tell you, that fly will burn if it goes near my tea. My l33t laser eyes will puncture its sorry little shell and make it rue the day it was born drosophila melanogaster.

Even better, I have a gin sitting on the other table waiting for me to finish my next few hundred words (yeah right whatever) of project.

Hmm. Maybe it can't wait that long.

Damn that fly is DEAD.

Without Dvorak, life would be a worser place.

I can has internetz now!

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:58:04 GMT

Yes folks, internet has arrived to our house! It's slow and expensive but it are internets. Yay! But, big problems - it won't let me on MSN or on Facebook! Doom of dooms. But this should be temporary only :)

I am very lazy today. It are already 11 of the clock and I have done bugger all, folks, except find the doughnut I lost last night and eat a pile of toast. I hasn't even had my morning cup of tea. Or the doughnut, for that matter.

The cat is sitting behind me and sounds as if it's eating itself.

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:21:37 GMT

Meep mumble mope.

Buggering knee. AND I couldn't find a cup of tea ALL afternoon! Seven faculties I tried, not a single one had a cup of tea for under 70p, all except the English Faculty and their bloody machine wouldn't accept my money! Then I went back to college to get some chocolate and THAT machine wouldn't accept my money! AND they've stolen the vending machines from my faculty :'( What to do, folks?

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:34:15 GMT

My college just failed to charge me for dinner. This was quite pleasing - well, free lasagne always is. I wanted pudding but didn't think I should push my luck. Next time, maybe...

Happy New Millennium, by the way.

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:02:25 GMT

Well, I said I'd post something of interest, but instead I'm going to mention the blanket I'm making. It's purple and orange so far but will be many more colours. I also have my great-aunt staying, but no fear, as she's more of an Aunt Dahlia than an Aunt Agatha :) My creativity kicked in briefly today so I wrote a poem, which was quite pleasing (I aten't dead!). And no, you can't read it. Not yet.

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:59:29 GMT

Hannah be a happy. There are marvellous people in Two Shades and they made the ruptured shoulder all worthwhile! I can't be fagged with a long Edinburgh post so I'm not going to bother; I'll just say sorry that I got somewhat reserved in the second week. The trouble with being a shy and solitary type is that when I'm forced to be constantly social and have nowhere private and loving to escape to, random meltdowns sometimes happen. But the comedy was amazing! As were the sell-out shows and the whole damned city and singing in an acoustic club (even if the audience was only composed of Two Shaders and a random woman)! Yay!

Back at home now, I have many tea and some lovely friends who have put important things into beautiful perspective for me and giving me general advice, a lot of which revolves around tea. Speaking of which, I'd better go and make a cup. Hurrah for tea! Also, random hurrahs for arifirh, countess_rezia, pozorvlak , Tristan and young Chrisjim, for no particular reason other than general coolness. Not that they're the only cool people around, but they are definitely cool.

I will post something meaningful later. For now, I'm off to do some slightly one-armed cleaning...

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:42:38 GMT

I've been sent a little gardening magazine with lots of lovely flowers in it.
I'm getting a little over-excited about my garden next year...

Much to report on festivals and so on, but that will come later. For now I'm going to watch the Proms and look at my gardening magazine.
I wonder what I'll be like when I'm 40...

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:42:38 GMT

It's Warwick Folk Festival starting today! Am full of excitement. I've cleaned up my wellies, washed all my molly kit and filled my bag of plasters and painkillers :) Now we're waiting to find out when arifirh will be arriving and then we'll be OFF!

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:24:46 GMT

Molly makes the world a better place. So do molly dancers generally.
Yay I' ve applied for a house! It's lovely.

Can't wait for next weekend now. Warwick Folk Festival! I'm dancing in the ceilidh spot as well as the Morris Tour and *insert general excitement*

I can't believe how much better mollying for a day has made me feel. Only five days til the next molly spot, then the second week of August, then I move to Camb in September thus will have molly EVERY WEEK! Woot!

MOLLY MOLLY MOLLY

I ache unbelievably...

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:26:07 GMT

I'm going to London tomorrow, staying til Thurs. I might get to see people. Also mr_coomber needs something to do on Tuesday evening, as I'm going to hang out with my bessie and need to palm him off onto someone else for a while ;-p

I might get a shiny new haircut.

Facebook statistics: My Albums.

Molly: 7
Cules/VOLES: 8
Everything Else: 7

Cules is /just/ winning.
After Warwick FF it won't be, though *grin*

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:17:10 GMT

Well, last night's post was a cheery bugger, wasn't it?

This morning I am rather cheerier, though the headache suggests that once again, too much cider happened. But I got to pass out on the bed, wake up and transfer myself into hte bed, wake up again, remove dressing gown and glasses and pass out once more and to have some lovely dreams involving pirates. And the mafia.

Go away, you darned headache.

Much molly dancing has happened and it was all amazing fun. I think part of today will involve putting photos on Flickr and some videos on YouTube. Hurrah for pointless activities! I shall also be looking for my passport so I can possibly go to Syria later this year...

Look out for molly photos, coming soon to an LJ near you!

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:27 GMT

Am on verge of collups with quantity of STUFF. But on the upside, I now have a shiny pocket watch.
I must remember that degree thing, because I quite like it and don't want to forget to get books before I go home.
mr_coomber finally joined facebook! I feel proud - my relationship is now validated.

Amusing story about Miles the younger and strange men in my bed will be told as soon as I've worked up the energy.
Might also take a picture of the amazing bruise on my knee and put it on Flickr so everyone can be disgusted.
Mwahahaha.

Pinched off serenasnape as per usual, only because it amuses me

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:19:37 GMT

So, 9headeddragon, your LiveJournal reveals...

You are... 20% unique
(blame, for example, your interest in very dead languages)
and 1% herdlike.
When it comes to friends you are normal. In terms of the way you relate to people, you believe in give and take.

Your writing style (based on a recent public entry) is intellectual.

Your overall weirdness is: 74

(The average level of weirdness is: 27.
You are weirder than 96% of other LJers.)

Find out what your weirdness level is!

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:05:47 GMT

Twenty two years ago today, I tried (and /just/ failed) kill my mother.
I think it's an event worth celebrating ;-)

Well, everyone else is...

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 07:52:05 GMT

You scored as Death, You are death! Reaper of souls! Riding your horse, Binky, with a scythe at hand. Always working, always busyâ€¦ You sometimes try to socialize with the living, and ALWAYS SPEAK IN CAPITAL LETTERS.

Commander Samuel Vimes

69%

Death

69%

Gytha (Nanny) Ogg

63%

The Librarian

50%

Lord Havelock Vetinari

50%

Carrot Ironfounderson

44%

Greebo

31%

Cohen The Barbarian

19%

Esmerelda (Granny) Weatherwax

13%

Rincewind

13%

Which Discworld Character are you like (with pics)
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So, it's either Vimes or Death...am I generally considered to work too hard?

Thu, 24 May 2007 12:28:52 GMT

Oh dear.
Oh dear oh dear oh dear.

I've gone off bread.

This is more worrying than it sounds, because bread used to be my staple food. I'm now reduced to one meal a day (all I can afford from the buttery), a cup of tea for breakfast and the rest of the day staring at the bread and eating fruit or chocolate.

And I can't face cheese.

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME???

*panic*

On the other hand, rosaneue and I spent a cheerful hour today planning what we're going to do when we live together (once she comes home) - she will cook, I will wash up, we're going to have 2 cats and a dog (we already have the cats, but the dog will be chosen when she gets back), I will be the driver :D and she will try to stop me drinking too much!
Well, it passed the time...

I want my voice back. I sound silly and I can't sing.
*sulk*

Mon, 21 May 2007 22:29:30 GMT

Sometimes I complain about my subject. There's just something about studying the first language ever written down, which is not fully understood by experts (let alone lowly undergraduates) and which has a grammatical system like nothing else you'll ever see that can, just occasionally, drag you down a bit. Not to mention the archaeological theory we are trying to teach ourselves in our spare time, since no-one has thought to give us a lecture on it or anything...

And then something happens which reminds me just how full of joy not just Assyriology, but the entire world is. And how silly!
I found the Sumerian for "sparrow" the other day. It is "bizazagubalaĝakargirzana". Apparently, this is the nickname for sparrow.
The word is amazing in itself, but it's not the best bit. It appears in a list of proverbs. Sumerian proverbs are utter genius, full of allusions which were presumably perfectly natural to the contemporary population but shrouded in mystery now. This particular proverb set contains lines such as:

"A fox walked around a throw-stick: "Who is going to give a party as good as that?""
"A fox was scrabbling in a dyke: "Nobody has ever seen my bent-over behind." "
and, best of all:
"Someone cooking (?) meat at the den (?) of a fox said: "One doesn't mention this in front of the mongoose." "

Who can't love a people that can come up with such joyous randomness as that?

I also discovered the Sumerian for an imperial shitload, which is something like "144 000 fold". I think I might start using that instead of the original, actually...

So it's official: I love Sumerian. You heard it here first...

(I'll regret this)

Tue, 15 May 2007 15:41:14 GMT

Coffee is doing something strange to me. I'm actually happy*. It's quite weird.

I think I might buy a cafetiere, then I can have happiness on tap!

*like, properly happy, not the five minute sort but the sort that doesn't depend on weather or get squashed by work or Sumerian grammar...