Ubos

Do any of you remember Ubos? That silly tv cartoon about magic that was someone's attempt to jump on the "love of magic Harry Potter" bandwagon. Urgh, I was just trying to think of a last "U" word because it is June tomorrow.

I'm sorry I haven't enlightened you about my life recently. I did make a video last week that included the things I would have blogged about and other than that I've done revision and eaten food.

Today I was trying to clear out some stuff from my hard drive instead. I have 5 gigs free, it is not a good state to function.

I don’t want to delete all the old Russell Howard and Jon Richardson podcasts I have.

Is there a function on Windows XP where I can see exactly what is taking up the space so I can see what I need to cut down on?!

Going to keep browsing around and deleting things here and there until I have at LEAST 10 gigs free.

Don't have time for that it seems. I need to make all the Switzerland video I still have into ONE video. Will have to add that to my "after exams" list of things.

I have a rather large "list of things" but as of yet I haven't written them down. They're all in my head and so next Monday, after my PinE exam, I shall have to consider what to do first.

TTFN

:)

Umbrella weather

I'm ever so tired so this is going to be short.

James' parents took us out for a day to go for a walk around the beautiful Lake District.
Unfortunately it failed as it rained.
We did less than 2000 steps between the car and various pubs.

I need to revise so much tomorrow to make up for my day off.

*yawn*

Umbridge

Yesterday, James and I went on an adventure and had our last gorgeous day off from revision before these exams start.

Bus to town, food and a train to Kendal set the ball rolling. We saw my friend Eri from Art with her husband at the station and then we set off to find Abbot Hall where there was an exhibition by Mark Francis. The sun was almost unbearably hot and we had to walk past a raucously loud fairground. But there was shade and ducks and the best company I could wish for. The exhibition wasn't really of the type of art I am fond of. It was repetitive and a bit *grr* inducing. However it was a welcome insight into the type of work being produced and there was also a few other pieces by various artists in other areas of the building which made up for it.

We spent a lot of time sitting in different places just chilling or, because of the heat, warming. We ventured into homebargains because it was huge and air conditioned and welcoming. 

We walked, sat and explored the afternoon away until decided it was too hot for a full on meal and so, instead of Pizza Express, we ventured to KFC. I felt fine eating a smidge of junk food as I had had a M&S fruit salad for lunch!

Jon Richardson and Shappi Khorsandi both provided splendid entertainment that made me feel all light and floaty and happy (as all good comedy does).

Our taxi adventure home cost us a full £40 but it's a good job we agreed this with the lovely driver before setting off because the total was over £60 by the time we reached campus.

We had a good old giggle about school teachers and their behaviours before we slept as a day as busy as that (tiring though it is) leaves your brain all in a fuddle that needs to be talked out a bit first.

Today, Sunday, was another very very warm day that sends my brain iffy and out of reasonable forms of concentration. I tidied. I got to speak to M on msn for the first time in AGES! We had lemon chicken for tea and watched Dr. Who, Outnumbered and listened to the Dave Gorman podcast. 

Unfortunately there was also a point today where I discovered, when going to pick up my art equipment from the studio, that one of my pieces of work, the only one that isn't a painting but still fits in the display, had gone. Nowhere to be found! I printed off a photo of it but it isn't the same. I'm quite upset and dissapointed about it's loss. *sigh*

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Just now, before I started to write this, I was saying goodbye to James (as we've decided not to share a bed during exam times to aid sleep) and I discovered there had been a small fire in the other kitchen. Their kitchen is now covered in a white powder. At least we're not on fire.

Goodnight internet. I am going to retire to my comfortable but quite empty bed (I still have my cuddly giraffe Gerald and turtle Duck) and listen to an audio book to lull me to sleep. When I say "audio book" I mean Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 

I really dislike Umbridge.

Useful career information

This morning I dragged myself out of bed a lot earlier than on a regular Wednesday.

This morning we had a 10am compulsory career talk.

This morning I sat through 40 minutes as a man who is a career advisor mumbled on and around the subject of planning your future.

"Look at where you are now. Know where you want to be. Take steps to get there."

He handed us sheets of links to art related websites that he admitted to not checking in the last two years - "...so they might not be accurate."

The thirty seconds in which Bill and Gerry told me about a newsletter I could subscribe to was infinitely more useful than Dave's talk.

Mind you. It has set me thinking about maybe buying a domain name and setting up my own website that isn't this blog. Although I know nothing about this so I will have to research it before I make any snap decisions.

Our art is getting marked on Monday and so I've been setting mine up. It looks small and a bit odd but I hope when the people marking it look closely they see what I want them to and are intrigued enough by it to want to look at my backup work too!

I have a massive urge to eat chips. I probably wont. But we've had rice and pasta and eggs and peas and things for WEEKS.

I shall now submerge myself in Order of the Phoenix; gosh I love Stephen Fry's voice. Although I wish he would do a different voice for Tonks.

LOVE YOU

Ullswater

Yesterday morning, while making sandwiches to take out for the day I had a small reminisce about Outward Bound with Megan as the topic of orienteering reminded her of an adventure and team building weekend she had been on with her school.

A fair amount of us SSAGOians met up to get the bus to Williamson's Park in Lancaster and then Matt offered a few of us a lift so Bekky, Ruth and I accepted. It meant we got there a bit earlier than the others and we sat down to eat lunch. James had walked in earlier, just because he wanted to and he met up with us there. We were split into three groups for the orienteering. Bekky, Ruth, James and I. Hannah, Lorna and a girl whose name escapes me and then the boys Chris, Matt and John. We spent nearly 2 hours wandering around finding the letters from the tops of wooden posts, looking at squirrels, swings, rabbits, ducks and eating ice cream. When we were finished and had collected 32 letters and letter combinations we headed to the monument and sat and talked in the warm and comfortable sun.

Last night's Dr. Who was pretty awesome I thought, after we had watched that, James and I finished the second season of Conchords too.

This morning we did our washing and I sat doing PinE revision while it span. One girl put her stuff in a machine that stopped working once she had left so out of the goodness of my heart I moved her things into another one and sent it spinning with my own pound. I even stuck an Out Of Order sign on the duff one.

James cleaned his bedroom and bathroom while his washing was on so after lunch we had to go for a walk so that the fumes didn't send us loopy. (Or something).

I've just edited some duck footage together to stick on my youtube page (which has been terribly neglected).

TTFN

Unlikely

There are many things you don't know about me readers.

Yesterday I snapped my nearly brand new SkullCandy headphones. They were pink and beautiful and are now in three pieces. I am sad.

Another thing is that, about 3 years ago, maybe longer, Hazel and I had a challenge, one we never fully finished. Neither of us won or lost this race to "get as many free things and samples from the internet". As that is what the competition was.
One of the things I sent off for was a Watercress Recipe Book.

I only remembered to tell this story because they just sent me the quarterly newsletter...
With gems like this:

Sunday - The Watercress Festival 16 May

Come down and join the fun at the annual Watercress Festival in Alresford, Hampshire (10am - 4pm), the home of British watercress. Watch the Watercress King and Queen bring the first of the harvest into town on a horse and cart and distribute it to the waiting crowd. Enjoy cookery demonstrations, Hampshire farmers market, street entertainment, live music, farm tours and much more.

Genius.

I want to edit Hazelizabeth and some duck footage for my own channel now.

:) 

Us

Wednesday already!

I know dream stories are boring, but I also know that mine was entirely bizarre. It included a part with numbered controlled invites, a real dead bear nailed to the wall with a fish on it's head, forgetting my bag, James staying to play pass the parcel rather than come with me and people trying to steal my camera  but me getting there first to find them charging the battery!

Art was good this morning, I finished listening to The Prisoner of Azkaban and have now painted 16/39 of my final piece water colours. I might end up re-doing some but I'll see about that next week. I managed to knock one of them into my water cup but it didn't suffer too much thankfully!

James and I walked into town again today because we needed more sustaining foods to last us and we won't be able to go this Sat because I am going orienteering with SSAGO. They were all out of Light Soy Sauce in the Chinese shop. But they did have Pocky biscuits for 55p!

Tea time soon and it'll be home made burgers again I think!
Yum!

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