Voluntary Madness

I liiiive!

Were, sort of, mostly. XD The family vacation was really good, and oddly enough we managed to stay more or less happy, which means there were no major rows or arguments, which is big. We are all stubborn and pig headed. It probably helped that we had Nasty Little Brat's two classmates along for the ride. I started (again) reading The Mists of Avalon, and got as far as page 350, which is about a third in. And there're sequels. Oh dear.

I did a lot of diving, which is always superfun, although my original plan was to do five days, I only managed three and a half. Had some odd issues with breathing, nothing that lasted more than a few hours. Still, I figured better safe than sorry. As a bonus, I met really nice people who had a camera and I might get some pictures! ^______^

Saw The Other Boleyn Girl (which here is titled King's Mistresses. I love title translations) today. It was good. Eric Bana so hilarious in the extremely wide outfit. Couldn't help but feel it was meant to be associated with Elisabeth, mostly because of the ending scene - I recall something quite similar with Cate Blanchett.

Exam on Wednesday, which I've yet to begin studying for, and I suspect it will be difficult, as tomorrow am picking up a package from the post office, a package that would bring much joy and squealing. Also little motivation to study. XD

So I have returned from the trip. And I was indeed hired. Two weeks in the beginning of July, then two weeks of break than two more. Different camps too. First is a kiddie magic camp, the other is an adventure camp. Might need to stock up on dirt for the second one. XD

Surprise is that I won't be going as support staff, as I expected, because I'm apparently too old. Downside is, I'm going to have to be responsible. Upside, I am getting paid. So it's okay, I guess.

The trip was kind of cool actually - I'll get some photos soon - we played paintball and lots of fun games, including sumo, jumping from shelves onto people and falling into a swamp. Which was pretty hilarious, all in all. XD Then I returned in the wee hours in the morning, stayed at Grandparents' house, went to school. I'm apparently the luckiest person on the planet - yesterday I got a B after looking at various copies for precisely 10 minutes, and today I got two As because I happened to look into a book right before we went in to take a test, and happened to pay attention to the exact problem that turned up on the test. People are starting to hate my guts, I fear.

Saw Indiana Jones the fourth. Have this to say: Shia LeBouf. The movie was very Mission to Mars, so, you know. Silly. But fun to watch. Mostly because of Shia LeBouf. XD

Saw Horton Hears a Who. It was very cute. <3 Yes, I had a lot of time in Gdansk, why do you ask? I also managed to buy a two-piece swimming suit, which is all kinds of yay, because buying pretty beach wear when you're a 32F is bloody hard, because there isn't any. So is buying anything to wear. Sigh.

Much thankyous to orvida for the tiara! *huggles*

19,937 / 20,000 (99.7%)

And... I finished! Which is an accomplishment. I still want to fuss a little more, change something or other. ^______^ Shockingly, I have plenty of time to do that, as the deadline is May the 31st.

I got an email from the people who organise the summer camps. With the official papers and everything. So... I guess I really am going. o.O There's no telling where and what camp exactly, but there is a good chance I will be completely away from civilisation for the entire July.

There is an empty field, covered by weeds and what not, between our house and a gas station. Apparently they are planning to build a block or two there, which I don't much care about - hey, more cover when the gas tank blows up. So, a couple of weeks ago they dumped a huge hill of dirt in the middle. Now they've come around with a digger and a couple of trucks and they're moving it all away. And they picked the day when it's raining cats and dogs. You can't make it up, really.

Effort has been made to resurrect my old lappie, but it's persistently refusing to co-operate. The battery is dead like a dead thing still. Luckily, the rest works, except for the wi-fi.

I had a really bizarre dream last night. There was a story in it, I'm sure, but I can't quite remember what it was. I know an Armageddon happened, over a few days, and me and a bunch of people I didn't really recognise were running around like headless chickens. I'm fairly sure one of the people turned out to be the Antichrist, because he was wandering about being evil and manipulating people into really scary situations. And raising the undead, apparently, because there was a zombie (one), who was a decent bloke in the end, if a little grey. I dream the craziest shit, seriously.

The caffeine meme, because it amused me.( Took it three times, touchpad, mouse and tablet )

And to keep this post full of OMGCRAZYSHIT!! here's a Saiyuki fanart I did to cheer eyesofshinigami up. ( *snerk* )

edit: Aaaand, one more thing: see this video, it has penguins in it!

Today was the most perfect skiing day. :) Yesterday it was snowing like mad (and it was warm snow was wet and yucky), so we only managed to stay on the slopes for a short while. But today there was heaps of fresh snow, sunny, but rather cold, so it was all nice and fluffy. Yay! Of course we forgot the camera, so no pretty sparkly snowy pictures. :( Generally, it's a little warm for skiing, so today was doubly awesome. ^_____^

Read Emma by Jane Austen. Emma annoyed the hell out of me. I wanted to strangle her, badly. Pride and Prejudice was so much better. For one thing, something was actually going on! I'd rather watch Clueless, all in all.