A Room With A View

 Okay so LJ is addictive and I can't really stay away forever. I have recently applied for a lot of jobs. I think it is about eight science jobs in two weeks and I have only had one reply and its a rejection. Im not worried about that since most of them are still accepting CVs and so haven't had chance to turn me down yet. The weird thing is I got rejected for the job on Friday and then I got rejected for the same job today :o( i hope thats a clerical thing and they don't just think I suck that badly.

My parents are away on holiday till Monday andI am going crazy. I have already woken up twice after having a dream about burglers. Thing is this is not my home and I kinda feel like the house wants me out. Yeah I know crazy.

My graduation photos finally came today. I spent half an hour putting them all in frames. They are okay, but I look insane. I like the one of me being capped though. The others are all staged photos, which always look weird.

I have graduation on Thursday. Almost everything is sorted except my gown, which I have to pick up tomorrow (meaning Wednesday.)  So Im going to be pretty out of touch for the next two days. I apologies in advance if I miss anything important. Ill try to update on Friday to let you all know how graduation went. A lot of bad stuff has been happening recently andI just hope that graduation can make me forget it for a while.

In other news cheese curry is a bad idea. At least it is when you have been so worried that you forgot lunch and breakfast and brunch. I dont usually eat brunch, but it is a neglected meal. The food is too rich and now I feel nauseated although that could still be the nerves.

Oh and have I mentioned the white bow tie I have to wear?

About an hour ago I whacked my head. No really I was on the ground and stuff went blurry. Now I am nauseated, my muscles ache I keep sliding left and am about to fall asleep. Just want to check  that nothing is wrong cos Ive been watching a lot of medical shows andam becoming a hypochondriact. 

So my garduation is this coming Thusrday and I need to look all smart. I already have my suit sorted including a winged collar shirt and WHITE bow tie. But Apparently I need to do my hair :o( Anyone know how to do a simple style for mens shoulder length hair? 

Edit: If I were to get my hair cut short (which isnt really plan A) then does anyone think I could pull of a McDreamy style (Shepherd from Greys Anatomy.) This ofcourse only applies to those who have seen me.

Two wrongs don’t make a right. Since when has this been true? Our society is based on a system of laws and punishments. A “wrong” could broadly be defined as any action that causes a negative effect to a person, group, community or society. Punishment or negative reinforcement is an action designed to cause a negative effect on a person or persons who have committed a crime/broken a rule.  However punishment is broadly considered a good thing. Most people would probably consider it right to put a murderer in prison, but isn’t it wrong to take away somebodys freedom to vote and see their family? Surely punishment under law is just two wrongs making a right?

 

This is what happens when I have too much time on my hands. Okay and when I forget to open the bathroom window so I spend half an hour breathing in cleaning fumes, but that’s not the point. I need a job.

 

 A is fine, or at least as fine as he was on Sunday. He had an episode during the night and felt ill yesterday so went to the hospital to see the consultant. They are keeping him in today to do a full day ECG. They gave him what I thought was a home ECG to wear for 48 hours last week, but I could have been wrong. No new information about his condition, but he is no worse.

 My sisters got a bird. Well six birds; four hens and two ducks. She lives on a farm so its not as mad as it sounds at first, but its still a funny image. Shes even making a pond out of a paddling pool. She even wants a guard rabbit. This has to be one of the weirder conversationsI have had. Am I awake?

Went to the beach with the family today. at some point in history somone decided really hot and bright was a good idea. I do not like this man. Despite the factor 40 I still look a little like a lobster and my arms are tender. Stupid sun. That said it was relaxing I got to dgi a big hole, read my book and bury E, but not in the big hole. We also had fish and chips from one of the best chip shops in Britain. It tasted remarkabley like fish and chips. 
Also managed to get around the shopping centre but nowhere seems to be hiring yet, which is a shame. If anyone knows of any jobs in Stirling let me know it would make my life easier. 
Also after three days in the sun I am exhausted and have hidden myself away from the sun and the family. Hopefully it will be peaceful for a while. Also going up to Dundee on Friday to seepurple_bug  

 My Mum and Andrew did a little thing for my birhtday (it was a month ago today, but stuff happened) and I got a really nice pocket watch. It has an inscruotion on the back, winds up and opens on both sides so you can see the workings. Before you get paranoid  purple_bug I love yours too. Also if the cut doesnt work sorry I need to relearn everything.

( Timey wimey. )

Me and purple went to Matalan the other day so I could finally buy some new skirts and tops to go with them. The jumpers are both the same material and are as stated on the receipt "super soft." The Skirts themselves are black suede/good fake suede and purple cordaroy. Rachel picked that one.

( Picturey goodness )

And if anyone knows where I can get a size 12 in knee/thigh boots that would be great.

From prozac_pixie

Directions:
1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/.
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top ten results


My results were pretty damn close

.Ecologist

2.Gardener

3.Horticulturist

4.Zookeeper

5.Animal Caretaker

6.Veterinarian

7.Botanist

8.Veterinary Technician

9.Nursery / Greenhouse Grower

10.Aquaculturist

Hello all it has been a while since I updated so this could get a bit long and there is pic spam so

( I cut now )

Grr Photobucket is taking it's sweet ass time about loading these pics. Also Yay for rechargeable batteries. I am in quite a happy mood today.

Damn the sole is starting to come away from my boot :o( I like these boots I don't want to have to get new ones to replace them.

Tremble before me puny mortals for I am level 70! That's right I now have a level 70 WoW character and I took longer than a few people I know.

I think this proves one thing beyond a shadow of a doubt, I either need a job or a girlfriend really bad.

Well at least bow or something.

My mouse died this morning.It's one of those battery operated wireless dealies and it died. I even got rechargeable batteries for it, but it it didn't like them. It looks like the connections in it have gone wonky, which isn't really surprising I have been waiting for it to happen ever since I put the first batteries in.

So I had to go into 3000 RPM and get a new one. It's kinda cool because it is black with blue and red glowey stuff in it, but it is USB so I have lost my wireless. My keyboard is still fine though.

I have been looking on the internet to see about zoos and national parks in New Zealand because I would like to work there in the fyture. There aren't many zoos so I am not going to put much faith in getting a place in one of them, but HUGE chunks of NZ are national park. There is one that covers 10% of NZ land mass! 13 parks in all, but not all quite that big. This one also has a lot of the older species of animals in it so I am going to be looking deeper into Fiordland National Park.
I am probably going to consider all the inland parks (not the 2 that are mostly coastal,) but Fiordland and Egmont National park are looking to be the most interesting so far.
I was just wondering if anyone could tell me a little bit more about NZ as a place even though it'll probably 5 or 6 years before I go, thats 2 more at un1 and 4 saving up. Or if anyone knows what it is like to apply for a job in another country. I should probably try and find a mountaineering course or something in the next few years. Oh god I am going to have to get fit. And learn to drive. Oh there suddenly seems to be a few things to do.

Any input, advice or anything like that is welcome.

For months I have been fine. Better than my usual self, I have had no real trouble with my chest since Bristol (May) and aside from getting migranes recently I have been fine for months. Today I was meant to go and visit my Mum in Stirling. My sister is down so I get to see Morgan (4) and Euan (9m)and ofcourse my little sister Emily (7). This morning I feel ill (not normal person ill, me ill that's a whole octave of ill higher), forget about it I didn't sleep well last night thats all. Wrong, I reach my toothbrush to my mouth and my body starts going through the motions for throwing up. About 5 attempts later I actually start (my immune system doesn't like to waste food either) and trust me second hand shreddies are not nice. Even if I thought I would survive an hour and a half on a bus I wouldn't be able to go anymore, 2 kids 1 infant and a 24 hour bug (read 6 I go through these really fast) it wouldn't be pretty.

Also Quick survey, who here eats shreddies, shredded wheat or wheat-a-bix, you know the whole wheat genre. And how many of you warm them up in the microwave?

P.S. Why is there no ill mood?

I have finished the Harry Potter book. If you haven't finished Bugger off. That is all the warning you are going to get... Are you still here? OK

( Ranty Potter stuff below. )

Sometimes when I do something I see a womans body doing it as if I were using her eyes. It's nothing fancy just a smoother version of me, none of the rough edges I have, but definately not male. I can't figure it out so any ideas what the hell that means?

Do all older siblings think they know everything about anything anywhere? If they do I will seriously consider sacrificing my first born to what ever god I wants it.

I admit there are many things that I don't know and some that my sister knows more about than I do. However getting a job and a university workload is not one of those.

I should probably explain. Even thinking about this it doesn't sound bad, but it is too irritating to listen to this woman. My big sister just called and we talked about Morgan and Euan and it was nice. Then I say I have been looking for a job and that the job centre here is useless for me. It has almost no part time posts and all of those need experience. The university runs a similar thing, but it is not part of the job centre and has more student based jobs in it. She, who has never been in Dundee let alone its job centre, swears blind that the actual Job centre is far better than the one that the university has and that I should just get a full time job and fit it around a 3rd year full-time course because it could never be as heavy a workload as her science course that she did in college and ofcourse they hire students for a full time post here and don't prefer to hire other people who will actually have the time for it and not have to change their hours in a month or 2. After all she knows everything there is to know about the Dundee job market and the people I have spoken to who are also students and went through exactly what I am going through to find a job at the minute are all wrong. Oh and handing a CV in to a shop with a sign in the window is the wrong way to go about applying even when the people in the shop (often the managers) say "Do you have a CV with you?"

God the woman is one of the worst combinations of Stupid self-centred and stubborn I have ever seen. Worse she is family so I can just screen my calls. I am tempted ofcourse, but it comes up as private number when she rings and that could be a potential employer I am hanging up on. Thankfully this place has such terrible reception that I can just move my head 2 inches to the left and the phone cuts out and I don't have to talk to her. Just once I wish she would actually listen to the words I say and not hear them and ignore them.

ah rantgasm.

There should probably be more paragraphs in that, but I only vaguely care... Dammit I have no chocolate.

Hi everyone. These are my first macros, 12 in all. They're all form series 16 because there just isn't enough Romana 1 love! I don't think there is anything spoilery in them, but it still needs cut for size. I hope you like them

( Love the Romana! )

Oh and how do you make motivational posters?