I’m starting to get used to it looking like Narnia around here! When I was a kid we never had white Christmases but now it seems like it snows all the time.
So I just heard on the news that Princess Zara and her boyfriend got engaged – congrats to them! I don’t know, you wait all these years for a royal wedding and two come along all at once :)
Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day. It is one of the minor Sabbats but I like it because I can hibernate and also I can wear antlers without looking too weird (thanks, Rudolph!). In the midwinter like today, I like to snuggle up at home with a good book and a steaming mug of hot chocolate. I’m currently reading the Pellinor books by Allison Croggon and I totally recommend Teton Cocoa Company for your winter drinks!
I decided, on a whim, to look at applying to private colleges today but the dates have already passed. I’ll just have to wait a few years to become posh! I was also looking at linguistics degrees – at UCL you can spend a year in the USA (Arizona or Massachusetts). I’ve never been to either of those places but I sure would like to! I can just imagine an American me… it’s just the other side of the Atlantic (and Ireland, of course) but it’s a different world! I would love to hear about American life –drop me a line!
I’m also in love with Amy Walker’s videos. I want to be her! Her accents are superb and so is her acting and singing. Me, jealous? Never!
I’ve decided to blog weekly, on a Tuesday. Why Tuesday? I don’t know. But it’s Tuesday today and I want to blog! So remember to check back weekly, folks. And if there’s a topic you want me to ramble about – leave a comment! I heart feedback!
That’s all for now – I hope you’re all fine and dandy (my spies at the hospital tell me that there are lots of injuries at the moment) and goodbye until my next post!
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
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First post!
Well, woohoo! I finally got round to my first post! Not thst I actually remember making an account...
But anyway. I'm Joanna Eve and this is my blog, Musings of an Oddball.
In the news this week: Nick Clegg being a coward and therefore tuition fees rising, Russia and Qatar win World Cup bids, there is lots of snow in England and a website called Wikileaks has posted sensitive and illegal information all over the net and prompted attacks on big sites such as Paypal and Amazon.
What do I think about this? Well, I think it's cool that Russia gets the 2018 World Cup since I might be starting Russian classes next year however I don't know anything about Qatar. I know it's next to Saudi Arabia but that's all anyone seems to know! The snow is nice, but it gets annoying after a while- it doesn't have the same effect as when I was a kid! Plus, I'm not even supposed to go out in it because of surgery so that's no fun. I don't know much about the Wikileaks case, but the guy in charge has been arrested and it's got everyone angry so that's not good.
And finally, I think the tuition fees increase is a good thing. Say what?!? Yep, a good thing. This will mean that less students will go to university, which makes a degree wrth more again. It will also reduce the amount of 'mickey mouse' degrees and students who are just there for a laugh and not really to learn. I am annoyed that Nick Clegg has done a u-turn after promising no rise in fees but seriously, people need to learn that you can't trust a politician. I also am annoyed about all the riots and protests, because they make a bad name for students and the things they are doing are terrible - burning benches, attacking policemen and the royal family, desecrating monuments etc. Plus most of the people rioting won't even be affected since it doesn't start until 2012 (just in time for me...)!
I'm currently on study leave for my mock exams which means I get to come home at lunchtime and spend the rest of the day wasting time on the internet :) Student life's good! One of my cats, Spice, is beig particularly naughty and keeps bringing in baby mice! We had to hold her down and take it off her then take it back outside. Not good.
I hope everyone's well and dandy, and you can await my next blog :)
It's going to take me a while to get good at this...
But anyway. I'm Joanna Eve and this is my blog, Musings of an Oddball.
In the news this week: Nick Clegg being a coward and therefore tuition fees rising, Russia and Qatar win World Cup bids, there is lots of snow in England and a website called Wikileaks has posted sensitive and illegal information all over the net and prompted attacks on big sites such as Paypal and Amazon.
What do I think about this? Well, I think it's cool that Russia gets the 2018 World Cup since I might be starting Russian classes next year however I don't know anything about Qatar. I know it's next to Saudi Arabia but that's all anyone seems to know! The snow is nice, but it gets annoying after a while- it doesn't have the same effect as when I was a kid! Plus, I'm not even supposed to go out in it because of surgery so that's no fun. I don't know much about the Wikileaks case, but the guy in charge has been arrested and it's got everyone angry so that's not good.
And finally, I think the tuition fees increase is a good thing. Say what?!? Yep, a good thing. This will mean that less students will go to university, which makes a degree wrth more again. It will also reduce the amount of 'mickey mouse' degrees and students who are just there for a laugh and not really to learn. I am annoyed that Nick Clegg has done a u-turn after promising no rise in fees but seriously, people need to learn that you can't trust a politician. I also am annoyed about all the riots and protests, because they make a bad name for students and the things they are doing are terrible - burning benches, attacking policemen and the royal family, desecrating monuments etc. Plus most of the people rioting won't even be affected since it doesn't start until 2012 (just in time for me...)!
I'm currently on study leave for my mock exams which means I get to come home at lunchtime and spend the rest of the day wasting time on the internet :) Student life's good! One of my cats, Spice, is beig particularly naughty and keeps bringing in baby mice! We had to hold her down and take it off her then take it back outside. Not good.
I hope everyone's well and dandy, and you can await my next blog :)
It's going to take me a while to get good at this...
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