Ticking things off...

[laliandra]

So on Tuesday it's Graduation! And I will be able to tick Number 45. off my list, Graduate with a 2.1. A 2.1! I am still overjoyed.

And I've already ticked off number 74., go on a girlie beach holiday. More on that another day!

But I have a meme! From elfmanfan (<3)

Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you. (Please note: If you simply wish to comment on something I've said but don't want to participate in the meme, that is fine. I will only give you five words if you specifically comment you with 'Words!')
Lal!Edit: Or you can give me more words! Or ask nicely. You don't have to yell if it is not in your nature!

So my five words were

SPAM THREAD, ENGLAND, NORTH BY NORTHWESTERN, DISSERTATION, BULGARIA

THE SPAM THREAD - I blame mcollinknight? TST is where my RL and fandom life combine in a facebook explosion of CAPSLOCKING and postcards. We like to make in-jokes, discuss the latest episodes of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report and generally chat about our lives. There are videos of pundits eating whipped cream and epic giggling bromances. T here are hugs for bad days and congrats on cool things and it is generally a fabulous, impossibly prolific thing. We are already on TST 2.0, as we are Just That Good. ILU all.

ENGLAND - If asked, it is where I say I'm from. But really, I've lived outside of England for more of my life than I've lived in it. "Where are you from?" is a complicated question for me, which I've rambled about before. I am, however, in many ways extremely stereotypically English. For example -
I love tea. Really, truly, madly deeply, and I will offer it as a solution to almost any issue.
I apologise to people who bump INTO me.
I root for the underdog. And I root for England. Except when England play South Africa, where I get to root for whoever is winning :D.

Also, as I type this, we've escaped with a draw in the First Ashes Test! Huzzah! *loves cricket forever and ever Amen*.

NORTH BY NORTHWESTERN - Oho, I totally blame Colline for this one. NbNW is a crazy college AU that started on rahmbamarama . Basically. It's a group of boys living in a dorm in the 80s, in Northwestern, Chicago. It's RL with a twist. The original series is a thing of beauty, nuanced and gorgeous and lovely, with killer lines and unusual metaphors and tangled emotion. And I love it. And it high-jacked my brain until I wrote a companion piece to it. I have three NbNW fics now, totalling more words than I've written for any other fandom. I'm sorry for stealing your world and your boys, C!

DISSERTATION - oh my poor ladies of Spam. They had to put up with months of me complaining about my Dissertation. Plus, of course, my poor long suffering housemates, and Nat, and people I met in the library, and by the end, anyone within my line of vision.

I learnt a lot. That 6000 words is more than you think. That I can carry ten books, comfortably. That of the ten books you drag home, only 4 will be of any real use. I mean, I also learnt a lot about my subject (French Revolutionary Propaganda). Mainly that the French Revolutionary Propagandists were obsessed with arses. There are whole chapters about scatalogical humour that I will never be able to unsee.

It very nearly killed me. But it was worth it to end up with something bound with my name on it.

BULGARIA- This is where I went on holiday with Belle, Sal and Wren. It was a wonderful week! Sunshine and cocktails and staying up late eating olives and chatting. When I sort out all my pictures, I will probably tell all, if you like?

And because I am enjoying singing a song of myself, I give you, another meme! Pick 5 of my tags or interests and I will explain them to you.

How have you all been while I was away, anyhow?

Comments

[miabee023.livejournal.com]

I AM SO GLAD YOU ARE BACK. Not that you post all the time or anything, but still there was a conspicuous absence on my flist from the "my accent is classier than yours" bit of the world. Inexplicable, but there you go.

Sounds like your vacation in Bulgaria was suitably fantastic, which is of course good to hear! I look forward to pictures as soon as you have a chance! (I still need to sort out mine from Australia, not looking forward to that AT ALL.) I'm doing alright (since you asked) - in the middle of doing a massive cleaning of my room, which seems to have some sort of end in sight now, actually. Oh, and I'm supposed to write five billion (well, 26) postcards today that I was actually supposed to write, you know, in Australia. But I'm sure everyone will enjoy getting them anyway, right? Right. (By the way, I actually have lots of extras... so if you feel like you could do with some transatlantic post, don't hesitate to send me a PM with some sort of address - I know you're moving, so that might be a bit difficult - but then, one of my friends has me send all his mail to his parents' house, despite the fact that he is now living at college, so... that's another option too.)

Being stereotypically British is a good thing to be, I feel. Of course, maybe that's just me and my personal favorite countries thing coming into play, but who knows - others may think along the same lines.

And because I haven't done a meme in quite a while - words!

[laliandra.livejournal.com]

It is nice to be back! *classes at you*

Oh room cleaning is the WORST, seriously, but at least there is light at the end of the tunnel. Or possibly floor at the end of the cleaning... I would love some post, I will PM you my new address, my housemate-to-be is forewarned that I am telling people it now. I look forward to Oz pictures!

Ok!

Unicorn!

Havemercy!

Engraving!

LOST!

Red shirt! (two words, one word, yaddayadda)