updates

It's been very cold of late. the temperature's been fluctuating about zero degrees during the day. There was a substantial amount of frost on the ground for a couple of mornings.

I've managed to procure an ipod touch through a phone contract. I decided that I didn't really need a fancy schmancy new phone and that I might as well get the contract with a spanking cool free ipod touch. it's really nice, I can imagine how cool the iphone would be. but those are ridiculously expensive so no way. unfortunately I realised later that I do need a separate phone to put my international pay as you go card in so I'll have to get one.

I've been a little hormonal. I lost my temper in the kitchen and have thus given a clue to my hall people of my bad tempered side. it's just that I told croissant more than once to let me know if he's not eating at home so I can avoid wasting time cooking for one more person. I'd been having a troublesome lousy day as it was. and this time it didn't really bother me as much that he was uncontactable because I decided that we could just eat his share if he didn't want any. but then dave told me that he was asking matt over and that they might want some of what I made. so I just dropped everything, said that I found it very irritating and left the kitchen. I just found it inconsiderate. and later on when they knocked on my door to ask me what was wrong I just started going uhm and trying to not cry. my period should be due soon.

we celebrated martin's birthday on saturday. It was really fun. I had painted him a t-shirt which I forced him to wear everywhere, including the pub and the grocery store. pictures are on facebook for people who could be bothered. I made him dinner in the evening, like pork chops and potatoes that were too salty. and after that, when people were downstairs talking in the common room I started to destroy the kitchen, making chocolate and toffee fondant. and I really made a mess of the place. there was flour and sugar and chocolate drippings on the counters and even a little on the floor. but in the end it was really really good. it was like the ultimate. and I brought some downstairs and gave it to people to eat with ice cream. martin said he was really full but decided to eat the whole thing in the end because it was the ULTIMATE. we started playing drinking games, during which rugby joe got so drunk and started making the most hilarious speeches and rants. I guess we'll all be expecting that to happen again this weekend because we'll be celebrating his birthday then.

before that it was valentine's day on thursday. Martin and I went to dinner in some place in Leamington. it was a really warm lively italian place. it was really fun. Martin surprises me some times. Most of the time we joke around and make fun of each other, but he can be so thoughtful and sweet some times. it was a really nice evening.

anyhoo I've started to go climbing with Anna. or at least bouldering which is awesome fun. we'll probably go tonight and go get some climbing shoes in Leamington over the weekend. and maybe we'll squeeze some additional shopping in :D although, I have to reduce my spending. I'm eating a lot of cookies now since I'm going to exercise tonight. it actually is a really good work out. it puts a strain on all my week muscles.

The other day, or maybe of late in general, I've been really missing home and everyone. and I have felt the urge to attack a swiss man mercilessly with a plastic bat.

It's really strange how fast time passes.

there's so much work I still have to do. I gotta get back to reading.

nights and days

I drove a manual car last night! hohoho. croissant let me drive his car in a large empty car park, and I was quite good as well, according to him. although he refuses to admit it in front of any one else. after a few rounds in the car park and trying out some gears, I drove around westwood very very carefully. and happened to pass stan who looked very surprised when he saw me in the drivers seat. also probably because the driver's seat was on the left, true to french manufacture. I guess it reminded him of home. and later when we came out of the cold, after carving some words into the frost on matt's car, croissant went to bed and I found martin in maks' room playing with his wii. we all watched a movie after some rounds of bad digital baseball.

I love how we just sat there in the dark watching another retarded movie. not really paying close attention and laughing most of the time. warm and fuzzy evenings with the voices on the laptop droning on, Anna and Nick coming out with different bowls filled with ice cream for all of us.

and when the movie was over, we stood up and stretched and yawned and tottered off to bed, saying warm fuzzy good nights.

when I woke up this morning I ate some cereal and yogurt and headed out to the pitches to play football. of course I was shit. I was just running everywhere randomly and whenever they passed to me and couldn't dribble it right. we lost to a couple of children in the end. but in my defense that was after I left the field. I'm guessing I did serve one purpose, which was to get in the opponents way.

we sat in the kitchen and did work later, while martin made brownies that didn't rise.

thursday night

last night croissant's friend came over and decided to drink. some how the rest of us decided to join in the festivities and do shots. I think we did about eight before going to croissants room to check out some girl on facebook. and when they all wanted to go to varsity, it was past eleven and I refused to move. croissant has a wondrous duvet. it's incredibly comfortable and entertaining. if I had been more sober I would have been pulling the feathers out of it. but seeing as how I was smashed I just fell asleep under it. later on martin came to drag me back to my bed.

I woke up at 5.30 for some reason. i felt woozy so I went back to sleep and woke up at 1300. so far I've had an unproductive day. it's snowing now! a proper blowy heavy snow. I kneeled on my bed and stuck my head out of the window for a while and caught some of it in my hair. I'll do some work now and go outside later when more has settled on the ground.