Good for the Soul, Bad for the Conscience...

That would be, Shopping. Whether it's money matters playing on your mind, or the fact that you're out browsing the rails when you should be writing three essays. For me it's a bit of both, but mainly the latter. So the plan today was to take care of some business chez le banque et then pick up a couple of essentials, but this then turned into a four hour meander through Hartlepool town centre (which is a pretty grim experience these days!).
What did cheer me up though, was bagging myself some rather beautiful shirts in the Next sale (albeit a little late!) that where actually in my size! Ahhh! unheard of! £56 well spent :) And instead of paying £4.99 to replenish my supply of foundation, I opted to pay £2.99 and give Collection 2000's Sheer Loose Powder a try - I remain unconvinced that their No.1 Ivory is as light as they say. I shall keep you posted. Oh and the boots, I just threw in their for good measure (thank you to Fen for telling my how to use Polyvore!). VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, AHHHHHH!! I actually dream about those delicious specimines footwear!

On the subject of clothes etc. I would just like to say three words right now: Mark St. James! If there is one reason why I tune in for Ugly Betty it's to see what fabulous eccentricities our favourite whipping boy has been stitched into.

Sigh. If my bank balance wasn't weeping at the thought alone, I would dress like Mark all the time!! Anyway, I'm off to munch some chocolate and watch Ab Fab :)

But oh, what beautiful things I'll wear...

So here it is, less than a week and a half until my essay deadlines and I have yet to make a recognisable start to any of it! Today was supposed to be spent writing my Science Fiction Research Group report, but alas! I wound up sitting in my sister's room drinking hot chocolate, eating crackers and cheese, chuntering babble, watching post-Christmas TV and trawling through LookBook.
And still, the work remains undone. We then turned our thoughts to what we could possibly wear to a highly anticipated Emilie Autumn gig in March (observant Muffins among you, notice the fitting title). Ensue: stripey tights, corsets & bloomers (for some!) and other Victorian inspired eccentricities. Not forgetting the all-important rat tails!! Ahhhhhh excitement!!

I can't wait to get crafty and creative closer to the date!

Tomorrow I will start work. ARGH!

Tokyo, it's in our blood...

Come join us; dance in the d-d-dust.

I love Kill Hannah. And I love Sushi Fridays just as much! Three blogs in one day though, wow, making up for lost time.

Yes, Friday afternoons in Yo!Sushi with my girlies cheers me up so much and the green tea is so refreshing!

Today's gossip topics included: the hotties in Prête à Manger, the sweet gay couple at the end of our row, whiskey/margaritas with The Gillis, our rage at how some essay pro-forma deadlines were extended where others were not, gay erotic fiction and hot-man-lovings, surrogacy, breast/penis augmentations, various sexual exploits, dumb boys who don't text back, A Very Vegetarian Christmas, upcoming house parties and the opportune man-cany attending.

On the Yo!menu today:

• Green tea (x2)
• Miso soup (mmmm!)
• Chicken yakisoba
• Chicken katsu rolls

Nom :)

A coat, a stroll and a snoop round the Waterstones sci-fi section later, we found ourselves in Starbucks for cinnamon lattes and dark cherry mochas (thank you, Fen!). Very festive!! There was also a resounding 5/5 from all three judges for the cute boy with the glasses behind the counter. Kawaii! I hope Fridays next semester will be just as cheery. The penultimate Renaissance & Revolution seminar and there were chocolate buttons to be had alongside discussions on Paradise Lost. Huge fun! This 4-5pm slot will be sorely missed.

Looking forward to going home this weekend :) It's been a while since I was back. Hopefully, I'll be able to start reading Altered Carbon on the train back to 'sunny' Hartlepool! (Bob would be proud!). I feel that my sister is in need of annoying/hugging also.

Tonight however! (after I've made some sweet and sour stir-fry --late I know) I will be settling down with Alien:Resurrection, since I've been making my way through the box set over the past couple of nights, vainly attempting to convince myself that it constitutes as 'work' towards my Sci-Fi essay (which it isn't!) But, it's Friday. And I'm having a night off :)

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How We Became Posthuman

• Currently reading: Paradise Lost - Milton; Myths of the Underworld Journey - Radcliffe Edmonds; Medieval Visions of Heaven and Hell - Ernest Becker.
• Soon to be reading!: Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan (hopefully!!)

Lord, oh Lord, I cannot believe it's been nearly 4months since I last blogged! The joys of university, behold. Winter is definitely coming in, brrr! -- woolly mammoths and lemon curd on the horizon -- and this also means that essay season is well and truly come :( I feel like I don't even have the time to be writing this blog, time that I should be spending to do more research for my essays!

Bah, throw caution to the day's icy wind, since I successfully uploaded my second piece of assessed work for this semester last night/this morning. Hoorah! Hopefully the feedback for this will return pretty speedily, as with my first piece (feedback for this today at 4??? fingers crossed) and I can then busy myself with a calculator while I furiously try to work out my average. "My average! My average! What's my average?!"

But enough of such thoughts for now, at least. I'm dashing out to have a gossip-filled sushi lunch with my two favourite literature gals :) Be prepared for such conversation topics as: lesbian porn, dildos and (/or) strap-ons, hot guys accross the counter, eritic gay fiction, which cute lecturers where wearing what and many others.

Ciao!