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: 2009-03-26 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.)