Category Archives: books & writing

which book are you?

20 Monday Aug 2007

Posted by in books & writing, quizzes

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Yep, this sounds about right …


You’re Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland!

by Lewis Carroll

After stumbling down the wrong turn in life, you’ve had your mind
opened to a number of strange and curious things.

As life grows curiouser and curiouser, you have to ask yourself what’s real and what’s the picture of illusion.

Little is coming to your aid in discerning fantasy from fact, but the line between them is so blurry that it’s starting not to matter.

Be careful around rabbit holes and those who smile too much,
and just avoid hat shops altogether.

Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

~ found at Archie’s Archives ~

the deathly hallows (with spoilers)

14 Tuesday Aug 2007

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I’ve just finished The Deathly Hallows and am dying to talk about it. Can’t talk to Nog cos he’s still on book 6. So please be forewarned that the comments here will be full of spoilers … do not read them if you haven’t finished the book yet. But for those of you who have read it and would like to discuss it here, feel free to do so.

And for those who want to read a couple of very good ‘non-spoiler’ reviews of the book, check out the ones at Archies Archive and at The Singing Librarian.

summer holidays

01 Wednesday Aug 2007

Posted by in animals & pets, blogging, books & writing, computers, culture, films, food & drink, friends, fun stuff, health & happiness, holidays, home, humour, life stuff, love, miscellany, music, musings, philosophy, photos, sevilla, television

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It’s August 1st and I am officially ‘on holiday’.

No classes until September. Yay! Well okay, no income either, but I’ve been looking forward to this stretch of time ahead of me not having to be anywhere or do anything unless I feel like it. It will especially be nice not to be woken up by alarm clocks (well, other than the pointy-eared variety).

When I asked earlier about what summer stuff everyone was planning to do I still hadn’t made any major plans, and then I realised that what I wanted most was a month totally without plans. So there. 🙂

Well, there are a few things I want to do like go to the gym in the mornings and do some stuff around the apartment. But mostly I reckon I’ll be reading and hanging out online (hence that particular thumbnail), taking evening walks with Nog, going out for our *emergency cold beer and air-conditioning sessions* and the occasional tapa, and also watching films and playing with floppy cats who – I am very happy to report – appear to be friends again. They’ve even started playing fighting again, with no pee in sight, which to me is even more of a sign of them being pals again than falling asleep together.

For awhile it looked like a recent bad back incident (comment 19) had put the kibosh on my gym idea, but after a couple days of anti-inflammatories, gentle stretching and lots of walking I think I’ll be able to start back mañana.

Meanwhile, Sevilla has pretty much turned into a ghost town already, which is always a pleasant change of pace.

So all in all, August should be a nice month for carping the diem.

How’s your summer been so far?