January 2012
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The plan for today: Proof read, print off and submit 3000 word essay Go into town to buy: - Make-up - Books - Camera Film - Essential toiletries Bikini Wax Finish Last minute packing Taxi to pick up Jon Taxi to station Train to Gatwick airport Sleep in a travellodge GO TO BARBADOS (so that’s tomorrow, but ohmygod. So much excitement)  
Jan 24th
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Tomorrow I am leaving Sheffield, Wednesday I fly. Can anybody recommend me some books for my holiday? So far I am taking: The Fear (a book about Mugabe) We Need to Talk about Kevin How to be a Woman (to read again) The Thing Around Your Neck Purple Hibiscus ?
Jan 23rd
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Exhaustion is kicking in… Still, my essay plan is now 2,358 words long and the essay is only 3,000. I just need to sort out three ‘narratives’ on the 1882 Egyptian crisis, French imperialism in Senegal during the 1870s, and the events of the two Boer wars, the Jameson raid and British-Afrikaner relationships. I’ve done the tough bit (analyses) but condensing such huge...
Jan 22nd
My essay plan definitely needs drastic modification before it’s submitted in sensical prose… highlights currently include: ‘Keltie’s perspective is utter wank’ ‘change from slave -> legitimate trade = top notch’
Jan 21st
girlinthewar- always annoyed me, because of the bloody hyphen (even though without it was my old url, but it still seems taken.) So a change of URL was long overdue, based around nostalgic listenings to Rilo Kiley. Gunna cane me?
Jan 21st
Also, has anybody used a disposable underwater camera? My Christmas present from my parents was for my lover and I to swim with turtles whilst we are there! I know you can get a waterproof case my canon, but I’ve left it waaay too late to order one… So yeh, underwater disposables, a yay or nay?
Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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Still doing shit all. I’m wank at doing work.
Jan 21st
Jan 21st
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All I want is a glass of wine. All I’ve got is an essay. Waaaah
Jan 20th
http://www.buzzfeed.com/lilyboo/pictures-that-will-make-you-say-awwwwwwwwwwww You’re welcome.
Jan 19th
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Deciding to work from home instead of staying at the library this evening was a fantastic decision because a) I am now wearing pajamas b) I just took my bra off. Wheeeew.
Jan 19th
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I’m going into my work placement for 10, stay there til about 3. Go and have a (freeeeee) pre-work coffee. Start work at 4, work until 8.30 (nice short shift). Come home and read something for my essay. P.S. I have a new pet peeve (uh-huh, another one): people who live at home complaining about how little money they have. Yeh, you might be ‘too poor’ at that moment to buy the...
Jan 17th
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I must be the only person in the world (i.e. on my twitter feed) who is not currently watching Sherlock. Even my boyfriend is, in the same room as me, with headphones on. Still postcolonialism and the peripheral theory won’t teach itself, huh.
Jan 15th
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Jan 15th
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Why is everyone hating on Charlie Brooker? Apart from the fact that everybody who seems to be are still about 17 and so haven’t had the joy of life sucked out of them yet by this terrible world. Cynicism is not a sin, it’s brilliant.
Jan 15th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 9th
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Although...
Today I received an email from one of my tutors with details of a course at the Summer University at the Central European University in Budapest as he thought it would be perfect for me. The specific course I’m interested in is called ‘Sustainable Human Development: From International Frameworks to Regional Policies’ and it is in partnership with the UN Development Programme...
Jan 9th
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Shamelessly watching Desperate Scousewives
Jan 9th
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Jan 9th
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Just played Monopoly on my lovers iPad (boy that sentence makes me sound like a total arse). ‘Nesting Dolls’ bankrupt the both of us. What the fuck even is a nesting doll? It’s a bloody Russian Doll, or a Babushka at a push. Nesting Dolls. Pfft. Fuck that.
Jan 8th
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Jan 7th
obsidianravenmcbovril: Can Ricky Gervais just stop existing for a while. Or, forever?
Jan 7th
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Jan 6th
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Best thing about 2012 so far
http://z0r.de/L/z0r-de_3714.swf
Jan 5th
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I am in an abominable mood. I am starting to wish things I really shouldn’t.
Jan 4th
Unbelievably I was done by about 12:30am last night. Next time I ever say I’m not capable of something, remind me that I wrote a 6000 word essay (albeit using a 6500 word plan…) in about 9 hours.  All that remains to do now is to proof read one last time, cut out a further 27 words, print it out and take it down to Uni. Then work 12-7. I am so bloody excited to see the back of this...
Jan 4th
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Off back to Sheffield today. 6000 word essay due tomorrow. I’ve currently written 300. It’s gunna be a loooooong night tonight.
Jan 3rd
Still not actually started writing my essay… I’ve been working on it all day, and I’m not even close to starting it. It’s due in on Wednesday and it’s 6000 words long. Shittlesticks.
Jan 1st
Happy New Year guyyyyys. Now I’m up to do more of same from yesterday. ESSAY!
Jan 1st
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December 2011
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I think this year is the first year EVER I’ve not really done anything for New Years. Up until I was 14, my parents always had friends round who brought their kids (who were my and my brothers’ age) and we had a bit of a party. Then just generic house parties since either in Hampshire or Sheffield. Tonight I am staying in, in Newcastle, and my lover and I are gunna watch a DVD and...
Dec 31st
I’d be loving Newcastle a lot more if I didn’t have this bloody essay to write… Still just going through my notes. on 0/6000 words…
Dec 31st
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Natural Anthem by the Postal Service is SUCH a good song.
Dec 30th
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Dec 28th
Dec 28th
Sat with my Dad, sobbing at The Untold Tommy Cooper. What a genius that man was. Wow.
Dec 28th
This World is Gunna Break Your Little Heart: What... →
290191: girlinthewar-: What a woman chooses to do with her body hair has become such a contentious issue on here, so I thought I’d put my tuppence in because the discussion often leaves me completely vexed. As a proud feminist, I have absolutely no problem with women doing whatever they like in terms of grooming - I am… I’m proud to be in the ‘four months no leg wax’ club (there aren’t many...
Dec 28th
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Through the swamps and SWAMPS of work I still have to do on this essay before this time next week, I forgot I was going to Newcastle tomorrow. 6 hours on trains, I might even be able to start writing the blasted thing. I now have over 40,000 words (56 pages) of notes. Just for a 6000 word essay. Preeetty much no time to write it either…
Dec 28th
This World is Gunna Break Your Little Heart: What... →
tumblrergosum: girlinthewar-: tumblrergosum: girlinthewar-: What a woman chooses to do with her body hair has become such a contentious issue on here, so I thought I’d put my tuppence in because the discussion often leaves me completely vexed. As a proud feminist, I have absolutely no problem with women doing whatever they like in terms of grooming - I am… Expected something on...
Dec 28th
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This World is Gunna Break Your Little Heart: What... →
tumblrergosum: girlinthewar-: What a woman chooses to do with her body hair has become such a contentious issue on here, so I thought I’d put my tuppence in because the discussion often leaves me completely vexed. As a proud feminist, I have absolutely no problem with women doing whatever they like in terms of grooming - I am… Expected something on abortion. Actually about armpit hair. A...
Dec 28th
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What a woman chooses to do with her body hair has become such a contentious issue on here, so I thought I’d put my tuppence in because the discussion often leaves me completely vexed. As a proud feminist, I have absolutely no problem with women doing whatever they like in terms of grooming - I am not going to entertain the argument that women only modify their body hair because of...
Dec 28th
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Paranoid jealousy and self-inflicted unhappiness are not wonderful things.
Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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If I were rich...
A proper espresso Machine, with a REAL milk frother (i.e. a spout with which I can froth my own milk) A Smeg fridge Travelling everywhere A Border Collie for my parents A Dalmatian/Border Terrier/French Bulldog for me Fresh flowers in my house all the time Crisp, white Egyptian Cotton bed linen A Bang and Olufsen television Mac Makeup Miu Miu Paloma satchel Roberts Radio Weekly eyebrow...
Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
I feel like I’ve put on about 4.6 stone today and now I wanna get into bed and snuggle and watch Mean Girls or something along those lines. But I can’t because my boo is 323 miles away. 4 sleeps and this will be miiiiiine
Dec 25th