What exactly do you do?
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First things first, Mission101!
In progress
16. Cook a new meal from scratch every month. and 17. Bake something once a month. see this entry for details and pictures.
24. Go to the theatre 10 times. 5/10 I went to see Wren play in a crazy german opera about necromancy, and to see West Side Story, which was amazing and made everyone cry.
25. See live music once a month Bands at a gig night, Gary Stewart Band
26. Join a dance group and attend all meetings. This is going very well. Especially as it has become 3 dance groups. It's such good exercise, and really good fun too.
28. Read a new book every month. Nation by Terry Pratchett. He is a truly incredible author. A book about society and expectations and the idiocy of colonialism. Also, hilarious.
29. Have at least 5000 songs on my computer. 3554. Thank you for the songs C! Very helpful.
33. Take part in 2 Amnesty International Campaigns a year. The Banned in Burma campaign. I also got to meet Palden Gyatso
which was surreal and inspiring, to say the least.
So I asked for things to write and blog about and I got lots of responses. Thank you! I knew I could rely on you guys. The writing stuff is getting done, I promise.
To start, here's what Colline wanted to know:
What are you studying at university? I am studying French and History, Joint Honours, which means I do an equal amount of both subjects, at least in theory. More specifically this year I am doing
-The French Revoloution (in History, I get that this is confusing)
- My dissertation (on French Revolutionary Propaganda)
- Core grammar. (BLURGH)
- Representations of the City (I ♥ this module soooo much. Oh Paris, je t'aime)
- French to English translation in theory and practice (I enjoy this in a deeply tragic, geeky way)
and what are you planning to do with it? Or what would be cool, career-wise?
Well firstly I'm planning on doing a Masters in translation. I really like it, and I think I would be happy being a Translator. But really, I don;t know. I'd love to use my French, and I'd like to have a creative job, or be able to write. Alternatively, I could be a spy. What?! That is actually a viable career option for me, apparently.
Studying and practicality aside, if you could have any job or do anything AS a job in the world, what would it be? I've wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember. But I get that this is kind of a pipe dream. I would also LOVE to be a Blue Peter presenter. Blue Peter is a children's television show that's been running for like, 40 odd years. It's kind of a magazine infotainment thing. And the presenters get to travel the world and make things and interview famous people and dress up. It's like my dream job.
Aaaaaaand if you had to pick only one place in the world to travel to, where would it be? These questions are difficult! Right now I would say somewhere warm, maybe Thailand.
If that one place you went had to be the place you stayed for the rest of your life where would it be? Well now, i don't know. New York! I don't think I would ever get bored there, although I don't know seeing as I've never been *sighs*
If there's anything anyone else wants to ask, well, ask!
First things first, Mission101!
In progress
16. Cook a new meal from scratch every month. and 17. Bake something once a month. see this entry for details and pictures.
24. Go to the theatre 10 times. 5/10 I went to see Wren play in a crazy german opera about necromancy, and to see West Side Story, which was amazing and made everyone cry.
25. See live music once a month Bands at a gig night, Gary Stewart Band
26. Join a dance group and attend all meetings. This is going very well. Especially as it has become 3 dance groups. It's such good exercise, and really good fun too.
28. Read a new book every month. Nation by Terry Pratchett. He is a truly incredible author. A book about society and expectations and the idiocy of colonialism. Also, hilarious.
29. Have at least 5000 songs on my computer. 3554. Thank you for the songs C! Very helpful.
33. Take part in 2 Amnesty International Campaigns a year. The Banned in Burma campaign. I also got to meet Palden Gyatso
which was surreal and inspiring, to say the least.
So I asked for things to write and blog about and I got lots of responses. Thank you! I knew I could rely on you guys. The writing stuff is getting done, I promise.
To start, here's what Colline wanted to know:
What are you studying at university? I am studying French and History, Joint Honours, which means I do an equal amount of both subjects, at least in theory. More specifically this year I am doing
-The French Revoloution (in History, I get that this is confusing)
- My dissertation (on French Revolutionary Propaganda)
- Core grammar. (BLURGH)
- Representations of the City (I ♥ this module soooo much. Oh Paris, je t'aime)
- French to English translation in theory and practice (I enjoy this in a deeply tragic, geeky way)
and what are you planning to do with it? Or what would be cool, career-wise?
Well firstly I'm planning on doing a Masters in translation. I really like it, and I think I would be happy being a Translator. But really, I don;t know. I'd love to use my French, and I'd like to have a creative job, or be able to write. Alternatively, I could be a spy. What?! That is actually a viable career option for me, apparently.
Studying and practicality aside, if you could have any job or do anything AS a job in the world, what would it be? I've wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember. But I get that this is kind of a pipe dream. I would also LOVE to be a Blue Peter presenter. Blue Peter is a children's television show that's been running for like, 40 odd years. It's kind of a magazine infotainment thing. And the presenters get to travel the world and make things and interview famous people and dress up. It's like my dream job.
Aaaaaaand if you had to pick only one place in the world to travel to, where would it be? These questions are difficult! Right now I would say somewhere warm, maybe Thailand.
If that one place you went had to be the place you stayed for the rest of your life where would it be? Well now, i don't know. New York! I don't think I would ever get bored there, although I don't know seeing as I've never been *sighs*
If there's anything anyone else wants to ask, well, ask!
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Date: 2009-03-25 08:58 am (UTC)An entire class on the French Revolution? I kind of envy you. I totally fell in love with that month-long unit when we did it back in 10th grade. On the other hand, I get the feeling it was mainly because I found the Robespierre in the History Channel videos we kept watching ridiculously attractive for some reason. Which also gives me the feeling that my views on the French Revolution are forever swayed in a not-very-impartial manner.
And I would ask... what part of England are you from? As in, what region? (Or what town, if you feeling like posting that on the internet.)
And... I know you talked about going anywhere in the entire world, but if you could go anywhere in all of the United Kingdom, where would you go?
Also, what language would you want to learn besides French?
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Date: 2009-03-25 12:51 pm (UTC)The short answer is, I'm from the Isle of Man, but I live in Leeds. The long answer is, well, most of it is explained here http://laliandra.livejournal.com/2597.html.
Today, I would go to the seaside, somewhere on the south coast. Maybe Brighton or somewhere like that. Or a park in London. Somewhere I could enjoy the sunshine more, plus it's warmer down there in the south!
I'm not kidding when I say I'd like to learn about 20 languages. I'd like to relearn Spanish and German and maybe try my hand at Italian. I'd also like to learn some Russian or Polish, and maybe Chinese. I am a language nerd...
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Date: 2009-03-25 05:36 pm (UTC)Warmer... in the south. I dunno, I went to England for the first time ever last June - the first week was spent in Devonshire where it drizzled pretty much constantly (but I loved it to death anyway) and at the end of the trip we were in London, where I managed to get a terrifically painful sunburn in the span of one hour. So I suppose, on average between drizzle and burning heat, yes, I might also be willing to call it "warmer down there in the south".
Leeds sounds quite lovely by your description in that other post! I'll agree about the skinny jeans, though - I think I'll be glad to get out of Matera "fashion", where skinny jeans and solid gold sneakers are considered classy.
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Date: 2009-03-26 02:33 pm (UTC)It's kind of an in-joke, though actually true. The south of England is usually about 3 or 4 degrees warmer. But yeah, last summer was terrible. Even for here!
I have a new hatred now, though I still massively object to skinny jeans. It's people wearing tights like they are trousers. They are not! I do not want to be able to see your ass that clearly!
Gold sneakers? Ew.
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Date: 2009-03-26 03:02 pm (UTC)And... Neil Gaiman? Reading his own book?! That I have yet to read?!?!!1! WELL, I WILL BE ALL OVER THAT TOMORROW AFTERNOON. (Well... right after I finish watching Lost, anyway.) And yes, he is VERY incredible.
... serious? People DO that? Ummmm... erlack? I'm just terribly sorry to hear it, frankly. (And yes, gold sneakers (though not as bad as tights as trousers) are their own form of pain. Though pretty much everything here has sparkles or sequins or rhinestones on it and I really cannot stand it. Or at least, everything for people my age that DOESN'T come from H&M is that way. So it is not surprising that the only store I usually enter in Bari is... H&M.)