Lost in the Universe

Closing

2010-08-12T12:11:00.002+01:00

This blog is closed for the forseeable future. New blog at http://manystepssideways.blogspot.com/

Bench Monday: 8th Febuary 2010

2010-02-09T19:22:00.001Z

Bench Monday: 8th Febuary 2010, originally uploaded by Lost Star.

From Monday. Which started out shit, but got progressively better when my Prof both told me my essay was essentially awesome but also approved my dissertation proposal. WIN!

Muddy Boots

2010-02-06T20:16:00.001Z

Muddy Boots, originally uploaded by Lost Star.

We went out to the woods for a walk today. Got very muddy boots.
But it was nice to be out and about. I cannot wait for the weather to get better though so it is a little less soggy.

Got some reading done today, but nothing majorly productive.
Watched some eps of a show called Human Target which was pleasantly inane and amusing. Now watching Aliens as Pip has never seen it, then we get to watch Aliens V Predator which I have never seen.

After that probably sleep as I have to go to work tomorrow which is lame but never mind. It is just the getting up early that I dislike. And the bike ride. Hopefully my bike will make it there are back in one piece. Fingers crossed.

Eating Jelly snakes right now. They are these ones by the natural food company and they taste like pear drops. Mmmm...

Right, back to the aliens...

V-Day Tea

2010-02-05T16:05:00.001Z

V-Day Tea, originally uploaded by Lost Star.

Making V-Day things this morning. Follow the photo link to find the tutorial. These are awesome fun to make! :D

Right, back to the reading... blah.

Only the Best of Etsy Sample Packages GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

2010-02-03T14:56:00.000Z

Only the Best of Etsy Sample Packages GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Enter this really cool giveaway! I adore the idea of samples from etsy! Give it a go! :D

Happy Christmas

2009-12-25T08:43:00.001Z

Happy Christmas, originally uploaded by Lost Star.

Happy Christmas Everyone!

Have a great food filled day! :)

Study Study Studt; No time for fun

2009-11-09T17:19:00.001Z

Outdoors Reading Bench Monday, originally uploaded by Lost Star.

I suck. I really do.
I am a bad LJer. Completely atrocious at updating.

I keep getting sucked into the lameness that is my workload at Uni.
I have been writing essays non-stop for a month, and I have another 3 to write in 4 or so weeks. Yeah.

Next one due Monday. I am on 1500/2000 words, hopefully which I can get a draft of done by tonight so tomorrow I can start the editing. Over Two more by Christmas and over break I get to write one more and then my dissertation proposal, on which I have no idea what to do...

Most of them so far have sucked, which is what happens when you have a week to write an essay. Timing of these things was not worked out well at all.

Other than essays, life is reasonable. Housemates threw a party on bonfire night which lasted till 4am when I had to get up at 6.30ish. Went to work on 2 hours sleep. oh yeah, was not impressed. Basically reinforces my oh god i don't like shared accommodation pov.

Want more time to do crafty stuff, read more and watch TV more.
Big hit on Castle at the moment, who doesn't like watching Nathan Fillion play Nathan? Love it.

Anything else? Don't think so. Gonna go get this essay draft hopefully down then I can move onto dinner time and relax time.

Hope all are well.
x

Day 360

2009-09-30T21:50:00.001+01:00

Day 360, originally uploaded by Lost Star.

Almost at the end of my 365 days project.
Also almost at the end of my LJ paid account. Big question is will I renew? At this point I do not know. I still read all LJs on my flist I just have some fail in uploading. Maybe I can set a day a week to post something and actually make use of this journal again.
Not sure that I will have anything interesting to say as really, life is now revolving around studying for my MA. One week in and I already have a huge workload and deadlines beginning to approach.

These woods are opposite my house. They are actually quite small (can run through in less than 3 minutes) but a really nice place to get out of the house and go for a walk.

The Wonders of Tea!

2009-03-18T17:27:00.001Z

Day 165: Meet Mug, originally uploaded by Lost Star.

I find myself without milk this morning and have to run out to get some. (And then order 20 long life cartons online!) Why the big emergency over milk? Because milk is the other ingredient necessary for tea! Without that tea essays will not be written, readings will not be read, concentration will wane and nothing will get done. Tea is one of those comforting, hand warming necessities of student life. Nay, of any life.

(OK, I admit it. I have a problem. But then don't we all have problems?)

(Problems that can be solved with tea?)

Snow Day: Templeman

2009-02-02T16:20:00.001Z

Snow Day: Templeman , originally uploaded by Lost Star.

The university shut at lunch time today meaning 2 of my classes were canceled. A good thing considering how icy it was walking home. Would not want to do that after dark. No one gritted the steps so the ice was really quite dangerous.

Hope the snow day is being fun for everyone.

Day 112: Total Eclipse

2009-01-24T11:11:00.001Z

Day 112: Total Eclipse, originally uploaded by Lost Star.

Ah Jaffa cakes, my old friends.
Out with Pip and his folks for lunch today but then back to the hard slog of work with a presentation coming up this week. Thankfully it does not count for anything but I still want to do well.

x

Day 110: Breaking Down my Dreams

2009-01-22T21:53:00.001Z

Day 110: Breaking Down my Dreams, originally uploaded by Lost Star.

Having a bad day.
Come back tomorrow.

A morning walk

2009-01-16T17:17:00.001Z

A morning walk, originally uploaded by Lost Star.

A frosty but clear morning.

Day 101: Odd One Out

2009-01-13T22:31:00.001Z

Day 101: Odd One Out
Originally uploaded by Lost Star

I've always been the odd one out.

Cooking Delights: milk

2008-09-15T23:17:00.004+01:00

Hot milk and green and black chocolate - 70%
This bit was nice, the pear and ginger with it was less nice.

Cooking Delights: ramen

2008-09-15T23:16:00.002+01:00

Check out the chicken ramen.
Very delicious. :)

Cooking Delights: Smothies

2008-09-15T23:12:00.002+01:00

Yogurt, apple juice, honey, vanilla seeds.
Mmmmm.

Cooking Delights: Chilli

2008-09-15T23:11:00.003+01:00

Partial Hiatus.

2008-03-31T09:49:00.002+01:00

Exams are looming and I don't have the time or the inclination to post everyday whilst I am revising. As such photos will only appear when I have something I particularly want to share.
My live journal will , as always, be active.

Day 66, Photo 66: Tally.

2008-03-29T12:42:00.001Z

The tally chart from Serenity on Friday.

Day 65, Photo 65: Headless.

2008-03-28T13:41:00.001Z

Pip acting as his now headless character in Serenity. Last week was his sad demise, this week his body was displayed for CG before her snake torture. Yes the kid gloves came off fully.

Day 64, Photo 64: All Done.

2008-03-27T10:43:00.000Z

Yay - finally handed everything in!

Day 63, Photo 63: Relaxing.

2008-03-26T18:08:00.001Z

All my terms work is done so I am taking the opportunity to do some reading.

Day 62, Photo 62: Project.

2008-03-25T14:57:00.000Z

The Evil Project of Doom.

Day 61, Photo 61: Garlic.

2008-03-24T20:34:00.002Z

I made garlic butter tonight and put it on pasta and prawns.
It was yummy, if incredibly garlicky!

Day 60, Photo 60: Night Sky.

2008-03-23T18:05:00.002Z

This is what happens when I attempt to take a picture of the moon.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day 59, Photo 59: Revision Stuff.

2008-03-22T11:17:00.003Z

My revision stuff is all ready for start next week. The coloured pens make me feel motivated.
Yay!

Day 58, Photo 58: Cai.

2008-03-21T11:14:00.000Z

Yesterday was Serenity. This is the prop cat.

Day 57, Photo 57: Light.

2008-03-20T20:25:00.002Z

Random photo.

Day 56, Photo 56: 85% Coco.

2008-03-19T20:12:00.002Z

Went and spent my easter card thingy today. Decided to skip on an egg and go straight to the 85% Green and Blacks chocolate. Mmm.

Day 55, Photo 55: Pip.

2008-03-18T22:38:00.003Z

Day 54, Photo 54: Ugly.

2008-03-17T12:36:00.003Z

Ugly doll feels sad when looking in the mirror. He is just so deformed.

Day 53, Photo 53: Angles.

2008-03-16T13:49:00.002Z

Essay Writing makes me go crazy.

Day 52, Photo 52: Exams.

2008-03-15T16:21:00.003Z

That time of year again. I'll be getting this project done and then starting straight on the revision.

Day 51, Photo 51: Old Shoes.

2008-03-14T20:29:00.002Z

These are my old gola shoes that have now fallen apart irreparably after almost 5 years. Thankfully I have my new shoes to make up for the loss.
Sorry for all the random shoe photos.

Day 50, Photo 50: Rain.

2008-03-13T20:06:00.001Z

Weather has been pretty awful this week.
50 Photos today.

Today's Photo Belongs to me.

Day 49, Photo 49: New Shoes.

2008-03-12T16:13:00.002Z

My converse were finally in stock which means I have Dr shoes! Yay! Thank you Mum!

Day 48, Photo 48: Lecture Hall.

2008-03-11T21:05:00.002Z

RLT1.

Day 47, Photo 46 and 47: Stormy Weather.

2008-03-10T12:27:00.003Z

The wind and rain was horrible from about 7am (at least) to about 10am this morning. As you can see from the second photo the rain has cleared up but it is still incredibly windy out there.

Today's photos belong to me.

Day 46, Photo 45: Pip cooking.

2008-03-09T18:56:00.001Z

Random oldish photo as I really did nothing exciting today.

Day 45, Photo 44: Sleepy Pip.

2008-03-08T19:50:00.004Z

I have spent most of the day asleep owing to a bad headache.
Photo of Pip asleep in the chair from sometime last week.

Day 44, Photo 43: Lotsa Food.

2008-03-07T20:05:00.001Z

Roo cooked for everyone tonight.
Yum.

Day 43, Photo 42: Feet.

2008-03-06T17:01:00.003Z

Me. Shoes.

Day 41, Photo 40: Post.

2008-03-05T11:56:00.002Z

Please put letters in me.

Today's Photo Belongs to me.

Day 41, Photo 40: Memory Cards.

2008-03-04T21:59:00.003Z

Having a bad day in relation to memory cards. Can't figure out what will work or not and the Internet is proving useless. However I can tell you now - it's not the one that arrived in the post today.

Day 40, Photo 39: Clouds.

2008-03-03T17:33:00.002Z

It was sunny enough to sit outside to do my reading today. So I did. Yay.

Today's Photo belongs to me.

Day 39, Photo 38: West Wing.

2008-03-02T15:34:00.004Z

Watched the Season Three finale today.
It was pretty damn moving.

Day 38, Photo 37: Pip the Puppy.

2008-03-01T18:16:00.002Z

We found this very awesome book in Matalan.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day 37, Photo 36: Hot Cross Buns.

2008-02-29T10:57:00.003Z

I had hot cross buns for breakfast.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day 36, Photo 37: Russian Dolls.

2008-02-28T19:16:00.001Z

Russian Dolls on the window sill.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day 35, Photo 34: Paul.

2008-02-27T21:31:00.003Z

Paul built a large table decoration today. Dave appears to be stroking him and Roo is making bunny ears.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day 34, Photo 33: Converse.

2008-02-26T07:58:00.002Z

It is a sad day when you have to put a pair of converse in the bin. These have had holes in for a while but completely died yesterday giving me massive blisters in the process. :-(
I'm slightly miffed about it as I can't afford to replace them.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day 33, Photo 32: Hallway.

2008-02-25T17:03:00.004Z

This was going to be a photo of some spring daffs but my camera batteries died on the way home. Instead you can have a hall in the Kaynes teaching centre.

Day 32, Photo 31: Ghost.

2008-02-24T17:41:00.002Z

OK so its a photo shop and not a great one but look look i'm a ghost.

Day 31, Photo 30: Orange.

2008-02-23T11:24:00.003Z

This was a very random image taken with Pips' camera.
Three guesses as to what it actually is.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day 30, Photo 29: Wool attack.

2008-02-22T21:00:00.000Z

Whilst we were waiting during Serenity I was knitting. Kim found it amusing to start covering Paul in wool. No one disagreed.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day 29, Photo 28: Blanket in Progress.

2008-02-21T22:33:00.001Z

The blanket continues.

Day 28, Photo 27: Crayons.

2008-02-20T17:23:00.004Z

I've been trying to do this crayon game all day.
Find it here: http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/crayon

Day 27, Photo 26: Mirror View.

2008-02-19T12:31:00.003Z

Pip took this photo as well yesterday. I was hanging my washing out and knocked on his window.
He snapped this in the mirror - I've played about with it a bit colour/light wise for fun.

Today's photo technically belongs to Pip.

Day 26, Photo 25: Relaxing.

2008-02-18T18:29:00.003Z

Chilling and studying can be done at the same time see.
Taken by Pip.

Day 25, Photo 24: Words on a Page.

2008-02-17T14:21:00.003Z

Yeah essay writing time again i'm afraid. This is my European Parliament one. Its about halfway written at this point. And yes, more fun with reflections.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day 24, Photo 23: Walls.

2008-02-16T15:54:00.002Z

Changed my wall decor today from Harry Potter to a purple wall hanging.
Photo taken from the bottom of my bed and photo-shopped the wand to b&w.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day 23, Photo 22: Walking.

2008-02-15T15:11:00.002Z

Had to go buy some food today so it was off to ASDAs.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day 22, Photo 22: No Photo.

2008-02-14T18:53:00.001Z

Alright so I am failing 22 days in owing to the fact that I feel too rough to bother today and the fact that I slept for four hours this afternoon. I will try and get one done tomorrow but no promises.

XX

Day 21, Photo 21: Fog.

2008-02-13T14:46:00.004Z

Today it was incredibly foggy.
This was taken on the top the hill on campus in early morning.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day 20, Photo 20: Me.

2008-02-12T19:26:00.000Z

Me, studying, in Rutherford. Pip took this one.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day Nineteen, Photo Nineteen: Bulbs.

2008-02-11T11:09:00.000Z

We have plants growing in our lawn at the moment.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day Eighteen, Photo Eighteen: Pen.

2008-02-10T17:33:00.000Z

I have been typing up my essay all weekend. The editing process has now begun.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day Seventeen, Photo Seventeen: Sunlit Days.

2008-02-09T13:42:00.001Z

It might only be early February but it is warm and sunny today. This was taken through my window whilst I enjoyed the warmth.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day Sixteen, Photo Sixteen: Gloomy.

2008-02-08T18:16:00.000Z

Failed to take anything exciting today so have another random photo of me.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day Fifteen, Photo Fifteen: Stairwell.

2008-02-07T18:00:00.003Z

On a Thursday my seminar is up the top of a tower. This is the view from the top down.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day Fourteen, Photo Fourteen: Tea.

2008-02-06T18:25:00.000Z

Tea. The drink that solves most of life's worries.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day Thirteen, Photo Thirteen: Pancakes.

2008-02-05T20:34:00.001Z

Pip made pancakes for pancake day.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day Twelve, Photo Twelve: Empty Room.

2008-02-04T22:21:00.000Z

Lecture halls always strike me as slightly creepy when no one else is in it with you.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day Eleven, Photo Eleven: Butterfly.

2008-02-03T20:24:00.000Z

Just a random photo from my room today owing to the fact that I have been tied to my desk all day. Edited in MDI.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day Ten, Photo Ten: Self Portrait.

2008-02-02T15:44:00.000Z

My hair is now long enough to go into short bunches. I am weirdly amused by this fact.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day Nine, Photo Nine: Snowdrops.

2008-02-01T09:46:00.000Z

The park on the way up to campus.

Today's Photo belongs to me.

Day Eight, Photo Eight: Study.

2008-01-31T19:42:00.000Z

Asides from a drenching trip up to campus I have spent most of the day tied to my desk getting an essay edited and some notes written up.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day Seven, Photo Seven: Shadows.

2008-01-30T15:22:00.001Z

Shadows on the grass.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day Six, Photo Six: Canteen.

2008-01-29T16:59:00.001Z

Class on a Tuesday is split up by a three hour gap. I usually spend it in the canteen in Rutherford, but today I stopped off at the library before hand to get books for my essay on the European Parliament. The women walked into the frame as I took the photo. She often serves us our tea.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day Five, Photo Five: Speed.

2008-01-28T18:04:00.000Z

Monday consists of a lot of walking for me. A road was closed due to gas works and the traffic was blocked back for most of the day. This meant that I walked faster than the cars which made me oddly happy.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day Four, Photo Four: OOC.

2008-01-27T16:47:00.000Z

There was a lot of Out Of Character moments today in L5R as we all got used to (or not as the case may be) life in ancient 'Japan.'

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day Three, Photo Three: Tissues are my friend.

2008-01-26T13:16:00.001Z

Well having come down with a cold yesterday, bed and a box of tissues are exactly what I need.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day Two, Photo Two: Play the Game.

2008-01-25T10:08:00.001Z

Today I will primarily be doing two things. Reading up on interest groups for my essay and playing in the Serenity RPG.

Today's photo belongs to me.

Day One, Photo One: The Library.

2008-01-24T20:40:00.000Z

I spent some time today in the library on campus collecting books for my essay on interest groups in America.

This photo was snagged from here.

Testing Testing

2008-01-24T12:53:00.000Z

Hmm, now for the next challenge. Coming up with something to post. Maybe a random picture each day for a while. :)