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Here It Goes Again
Nov. 5th, 2007 08:23 pmRight, I need to write an entry because my entire life is getting on top of me and I've not had chance to sit down and do one for ages. Damn queen? Moi? I really do feel like that at the moment though. I wasn't even that busy this weekend but it just seemed to fly by doing stupid stuff like going recycling and shopping. Anyway, more on that sortly.
On Friday I basically got a day off work to go and help with the College's graduation. Because we're a small Uni we have our courses vaildated by Leeds University and so our graduation was there, in the Great Hall, which is a really nice venue. It was also really good that it was a beautiful day, untypically mild and sunny for this time of year (so that's where the summer went, we're having it now!). Anyway, there were two ceremonies and me and Liz marshalled one each. I shepherded people in the morning which was fine and then we went to a really posh lunch/buffet that the Uni had done for us. It was so lovely that we all just wanted to stay there. I have to say that the whole day was really enjoyable. I got to chat to other work people who I wouldn't normally see that often. I chatted to Amy about her new job and others so that was nice. In retrospect that glass of wine at dinner followed by coffee wasn't such a good idea. Not just because I spout rubish when I've been drinking but I needed a clear head for what the hell I was doing at the afternoon ceremony! So, after lunch (and God that lunch was good!) there was the second ceremony which I did. I had to wear a gown and carry a medieval stick too! So bizarre. And just like my own graduation there were all manner of costumes that people were wearing. It was great! Walking through everyone with my stick and then sitting on-stage wasn't as scary as I thought it would be. I'll probably end up doing next year in an attempt to attend a Graduation every year. The year after will be my own though! Someone took a photo so I'll try and get hold of it soon.
As previously mentioned the weekend was mostly taken up with house stuff. We did a lot of this on Saturday because we cooked for James' parents in the evening. We had a deal that James would do the main course and I'd do the dessert and it turned out great! I'm still really pleased with how it all went actually. James did baked cod topped with tomato and breadcrumbs and I did banoffee pie (on recommendation from James as her banoffee pie is legendary for being chewy as hell!). We even did melon as starter. So yeah, it was a sucessful night! Hoorah.
Over the course of the weekend we ended up watching some films. 'My Little Eye' being the first one. I wasn't going to watch it but made the mistake of sitting downstairs when it was on and got sucked into it! I'm not really a big fan of horror movies anyway so wasn't all that keen. Nothing seemed to happen until the very end (which I liked) although the tension was held high throughout, but I felt that because of this structure it dragged a bit. It wasn't bad though, although it wasn't my kind of thing. 'Dick Tracy' should have been more my kind of thing but it was just odd! It was enjoyable and the look of it was great but there was something not quite right about it that I can't quite figure out. Maybe the structure? Maybe Warren Beatty's face not being able to express emotion (was botox invented in 1990?)? I wish I knew.
Time just feels like it's flashing by at the moment and it's making feel rushed. I don't feel like I have time to sit down and do anything that isn't controlled by extraneous factors. Work's the same. I've been in meetings alllllllll day today, graduation on Friday, off last Thursday. I don't feel like I've done any of my own work since last Wednesday. Everything needs to slow down and I really need to start doing Uni stuff *cries*.
I must say that this is the first year in a while that I've not done anything for National Terrorist Day, sorry, Bonfire Night ina while. We were going to go to Bolton Abeey which would have been great but James isn't feeling too great. I don't mind but I do miss it. I like fireworks!
Ooh, Dragon's Den's on now!
On Friday I basically got a day off work to go and help with the College's graduation. Because we're a small Uni we have our courses vaildated by Leeds University and so our graduation was there, in the Great Hall, which is a really nice venue. It was also really good that it was a beautiful day, untypically mild and sunny for this time of year (so that's where the summer went, we're having it now!). Anyway, there were two ceremonies and me and Liz marshalled one each. I shepherded people in the morning which was fine and then we went to a really posh lunch/buffet that the Uni had done for us. It was so lovely that we all just wanted to stay there. I have to say that the whole day was really enjoyable. I got to chat to other work people who I wouldn't normally see that often. I chatted to Amy about her new job and others so that was nice. In retrospect that glass of wine at dinner followed by coffee wasn't such a good idea. Not just because I spout rubish when I've been drinking but I needed a clear head for what the hell I was doing at the afternoon ceremony! So, after lunch (and God that lunch was good!) there was the second ceremony which I did. I had to wear a gown and carry a medieval stick too! So bizarre. And just like my own graduation there were all manner of costumes that people were wearing. It was great! Walking through everyone with my stick and then sitting on-stage wasn't as scary as I thought it would be. I'll probably end up doing next year in an attempt to attend a Graduation every year. The year after will be my own though! Someone took a photo so I'll try and get hold of it soon.
As previously mentioned the weekend was mostly taken up with house stuff. We did a lot of this on Saturday because we cooked for James' parents in the evening. We had a deal that James would do the main course and I'd do the dessert and it turned out great! I'm still really pleased with how it all went actually. James did baked cod topped with tomato and breadcrumbs and I did banoffee pie (on recommendation from James as her banoffee pie is legendary for being chewy as hell!). We even did melon as starter. So yeah, it was a sucessful night! Hoorah.
Over the course of the weekend we ended up watching some films. 'My Little Eye' being the first one. I wasn't going to watch it but made the mistake of sitting downstairs when it was on and got sucked into it! I'm not really a big fan of horror movies anyway so wasn't all that keen. Nothing seemed to happen until the very end (which I liked) although the tension was held high throughout, but I felt that because of this structure it dragged a bit. It wasn't bad though, although it wasn't my kind of thing. 'Dick Tracy' should have been more my kind of thing but it was just odd! It was enjoyable and the look of it was great but there was something not quite right about it that I can't quite figure out. Maybe the structure? Maybe Warren Beatty's face not being able to express emotion (was botox invented in 1990?)? I wish I knew.
Time just feels like it's flashing by at the moment and it's making feel rushed. I don't feel like I have time to sit down and do anything that isn't controlled by extraneous factors. Work's the same. I've been in meetings alllllllll day today, graduation on Friday, off last Thursday. I don't feel like I've done any of my own work since last Wednesday. Everything needs to slow down and I really need to start doing Uni stuff *cries*.
I must say that this is the first year in a while that I've not done anything for National Terrorist Day, sorry, Bonfire Night ina while. We were going to go to Bolton Abeey which would have been great but James isn't feeling too great. I don't mind but I do miss it. I like fireworks!
Ooh, Dragon's Den's on now!
