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'Darling there's a she-wolf in me, let it out and set me free'
Hooray for actually having time to write my LJ! Although, the reason I haven't written means that I haven't had much to write. The last week has been absolutely hell as I've been doing my dissertation. Pure evil. I'm surprised that I found so much to write about but it was still like pulling teeth to write it. Usually I settle into an essay an even enjoy it slightly but I've resented doing this one every step of the way. It doesn't help that I know that for the rest of my life all I'll get from people is, 'Oh, you need a Masters to be a librarian?' type comments. To be honest, I nearly had a heart attack when I found out that it was worth 4 modules worth of credits. Let's just say that I didn't put 4 modules worth of effort into it. I doubt I could have made it better but it was short. Either way, on Friday I headed to Uni to hand it in. It felt weird being back on campus but handing it in did put me on a high. I will feel better once I get a final mark back and know I'm going to graduate but for now I'm glad to see the back of it. I can't quite get my head round being able to spend my free time however I like.
To celebrate, James took me out for a meal at my favourite restaurant, Little Tokyo. We got to sit upstairs which is a first and we were next to wonderful fish tanks they have. Just don't look them in the eye when you're eating your sashimi! We had a mixed starter to share which was wonderful, then I had a beef bento box. Whenever I look at the menu I try so hard to have something different but every time I'm drawn back to the bento boxes. They are that good. James has sushi. One of them had cavier on them which was exciting as neither of us had had it before. I have to say that it's a little overrated. It's not a squidgy as I though it'd be though. Then for dessert I had lychee ice cream which is possibly the nicest ice cream flavour I've tasted. It helps that they come in ice bowls too! Pina Colada's were drunk too. Yum. And it was all paid for by James, which was very nice of him.
One thing that I forgot to write about in my last entry was that we went to factory two weekends back as part of National Heritage Day. There were quite a few things on in Leeds but we went to a factory near us which has an art deco canteen, a throwback from the war. It sounds a bit odd but it wasn't really. The most odd thing was that the Leeds Gilbert and Sullivan society were there and did a little performance. Pretty good it was too.
Speaking of odd, a week last Friday we went to see Dracula the ballet at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. It was very good although it was a little confusing, even if you'd read the book like I had. We'd had a confusing time booking the tickets for boring reasons so we weren't sure where we'd booked to sit. But we ended up four rows back at the side. I'd never been so close! It was great though. A great mix of classical ballet and contemporary dance. I probably prefer plays to dance in general though as sometimes you really want someone on stage to scream or say something! I really enjoyed it though. It beggers belief how you choreograph something like that. Worst part? The beginning where a naked Dracula climbed out of the coffin...and someone in the audience laughed. I mean, for fuck's sake!
I'm not sure if there's much else to update life wise. However, I really need to mention the whole Sugababes debacle. Watching the whole thing unfold on the Popjustice forums was like a car crash (although the aftermath wasn't pretty as it seems to have been flooded with idiots soon after!) but it's very interesting. If you exchange every member of the Sugababes with new members are they really still the Sugababes? In my eyes no but then I've always preferred Girls Aloud. I am a bit worried what I'll do if they go on to release great new stuff though, which will lead me to wonder if pop music as a 'brand' is really a good thing or not. However, to me they're now a big joke so for now I'll stick with that argument. In other music news I'm obsessed with the new Shakira single. I don't even know why (and it's written with the guy from The Bravery!) but I bought it on good ol' CD single in HMV at the weekend. Retro.
To celebrate, James took me out for a meal at my favourite restaurant, Little Tokyo. We got to sit upstairs which is a first and we were next to wonderful fish tanks they have. Just don't look them in the eye when you're eating your sashimi! We had a mixed starter to share which was wonderful, then I had a beef bento box. Whenever I look at the menu I try so hard to have something different but every time I'm drawn back to the bento boxes. They are that good. James has sushi. One of them had cavier on them which was exciting as neither of us had had it before. I have to say that it's a little overrated. It's not a squidgy as I though it'd be though. Then for dessert I had lychee ice cream which is possibly the nicest ice cream flavour I've tasted. It helps that they come in ice bowls too! Pina Colada's were drunk too. Yum. And it was all paid for by James, which was very nice of him.
One thing that I forgot to write about in my last entry was that we went to factory two weekends back as part of National Heritage Day. There were quite a few things on in Leeds but we went to a factory near us which has an art deco canteen, a throwback from the war. It sounds a bit odd but it wasn't really. The most odd thing was that the Leeds Gilbert and Sullivan society were there and did a little performance. Pretty good it was too.
Speaking of odd, a week last Friday we went to see Dracula the ballet at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. It was very good although it was a little confusing, even if you'd read the book like I had. We'd had a confusing time booking the tickets for boring reasons so we weren't sure where we'd booked to sit. But we ended up four rows back at the side. I'd never been so close! It was great though. A great mix of classical ballet and contemporary dance. I probably prefer plays to dance in general though as sometimes you really want someone on stage to scream or say something! I really enjoyed it though. It beggers belief how you choreograph something like that. Worst part? The beginning where a naked Dracula climbed out of the coffin...and someone in the audience laughed. I mean, for fuck's sake!
I'm not sure if there's much else to update life wise. However, I really need to mention the whole Sugababes debacle. Watching the whole thing unfold on the Popjustice forums was like a car crash (although the aftermath wasn't pretty as it seems to have been flooded with idiots soon after!) but it's very interesting. If you exchange every member of the Sugababes with new members are they really still the Sugababes? In my eyes no but then I've always preferred Girls Aloud. I am a bit worried what I'll do if they go on to release great new stuff though, which will lead me to wonder if pop music as a 'brand' is really a good thing or not. However, to me they're now a big joke so for now I'll stick with that argument. In other music news I'm obsessed with the new Shakira single. I don't even know why (and it's written with the guy from The Bravery!) but I bought it on good ol' CD single in HMV at the weekend. Retro.