I had a bloody awesome weekend / week hanging out with friends, very much enjoying the company of one friend in particular.

Stuff: really have the sewing bug lately, and can't seem to lay off the new painting (preliminary stage just now).

Please pass this on.

Due to illness I can't go to Leipzig, so I have a ticket and transferable return plane ticket with Lufthansa for sale.

Dep: 29th May 12:15 from Heathrow - exchange in Duesseldorff - arr. in Leipzig 17:30

Dep from Leipzig: 2nd June 13:15 - exchange in Munich - arr. 16:30 at Heathrow

I can be contacted christinalwilliams@hotmail.com for prices. I need to know ASAP :)

Many thanks

Txx

Just moved house, Dan and Jessica and I headed off to the warehouse-wonderland for bits and bobs, went for a meal in the Ikea cafeteria where I had salmon and veggies.

Some time later, I was nauseous, had to go to the ladies' a few times, was still overwhelmingly ill and couldn't walk. On my way out of the mattress showroom I suddenly had to grab one of those yellow bags ... First aid was called and I was still getting rid of the toxic meal. Dan reckons my face was really pale with bright red blotches, and I was really cold despite the shop being stuffy and warm. Ambulance arrived, my blood pressure dropped quite a bit and had to spend the rest of the journey with legs elevated!

In A&E, which was a three-hour wait, Dan and Jessica were brilliant at keeping me amused. At one stage though, my throat was closing up and I lost my voice, and I looked at my hand and wondered what it was for, what my name was, and I had the distinct impression that my stomach was full of metal pipes.

By the time I was seen to, the nausea had passed. The doctor asked all sorts of questions and said that it sounded like food poisoning. Ikea rang yesterday asking how I was. Said nobody else had been affected by the same meal I'd eaten.

If you have a look on kaz_pixie's LJ post you'll see the ad she kindly put up for me.

See gothhousing for photos under user kaz_pixie:

Area: Walthamstow/Whipps Cross/Leytonstone

Rent: £340 per month + Bills (£75 council tax, TV and water, £60 gas and electric(on average) £6 phone and broadband

To live with two people - one male and one female, both mid 20s, neither of whom are goths but both are very goth friendly. Both young professionals - looking for someone similar who is in full time employment.

There are some photos of the room below - it's a large double with double bed, double wardrobes, bed side drawer set, fireplace etc. There is also a phone socket in the room.

Hi y'all!

Does anyone know of an on-line printing site where people interested in buying prints of, say, my artwork, can go choose the size they want, quantity, and the company will print it out, post it to the customer, and give payment to the artist, say, me? :)

I used to be registered with prints4u, but now they seem to be a different company.... I've heard smugmug do something like this and will investigate it now, but it would be handy if I could register with a similar company.

"Kira" (my surname used to be Hawkes;)

International time differences when blase, non-insomniac relatives going in for "emergency surgery" haven't told you how the operation went :/

Have moved on somewhat from the pissed-off post earlier ... Turns out the sharp stabby pains I've been having is a simple case of bursitis (top femur). I often find knowing what's wrong calms me down considerably :) Was also happy to report that I've been able to concentrate AND sleep better this past month (although not simultaneously).

Showed my animation-in-progress to the tutors this morning and got positive feedback :D It took me a day and a half doing something that was minor detail, but will be worth it in the end.

I had a lovely weekend - made progress on animation, had a relaxing time at Simon's.

One thing marred it somewhat - and I'm too pissed off to care whether this is bad form or not - but one of my housemates, Elliot, hasn't given me bill money or shown any evidence that he's set up a standing order as I requested several times.

Lovely lovely flat:

http://community.livejournal.com/gothhousing/159899.html

Any takers?

Reading-based, Death Metal Shoutiness

Righto - back to wonderful assignment.

Bleh.

joost is quite lovely what with its good quality clips and wildlife documentaries (good to peep at when I should be working;)

Wow - I woke up today as a big mass of Blurghh, realising how much work I had to do, and I must say I'm caning through it. This pleases me as at first I thought, oh god they're giving more assignments, when will I have time to animate??? Also, some Australian friends have posted pant-wettingly funny Abhorrent photos for my brother's Faceboink memorial!!:D There are more things to come, but I'm so very chuffed at the response so far.

IMDB link

I really enjoyed this film. Simon recommended seeing it. It's full of beautiful shots, the pace is quite slow in places but it was rich in content. I felt the film captured the mood of a young man wishing to escape a suffocating existence. Instead of being a cliched representation of an upper middle class bloke slumming it, you felt that Chris was prepared to go to the ends of the earth - literally - to strive for true independence. The film could easily have demonised American suburban culture and the family Chris was raised in, but it was explored and represented sensitively. I don't think there was any "quick fix" message either, as the main character did willingly endure extreme hardships. I was so choked up at the end of it - worth seeing.

Geek Squad agent just installed a desktop aerial to hopefully solve my patchy internet problem..... There's a ghostly, trampy smell lingering, and I'm ruefully chuckling to myself that yesterday someone from the Geek Squad rang for a few "survey" questions about the presentation/personal hygiene about this agent ... My response was that everything was fine but, bless - lovely bloke: does need a good wash! ;)

Turns out I don't necessarily need a "Permanent Residency" stamp on my current Australian passport as I did for my old one - I can travel with both :) Cost for a simple stamp on my new passport is over £100 :/ I can apply for a British passport now and keep dual citizenship.

Looks like my course hand-in is EARLY May and Leipzig is LATE May .... and Laura might be coming too!!!! Also, graduation ceremony will be in December, not September, but there was nobody in the office to confirm date :/

Enough faffing: more work! Class this afternoon, Inferno in the eve(ning)

On the set of "Terminator Salvation":

Christian Bale Goin' Off!!!

On the Breakfast show this morning the topic of snow levels brought out a startling measurement: "27m .... that's eight inches" (??)

Well I never!

I don't get on with Photoshop's "Despeckle" or "Dust and Scratches" filters as it seems to do funny things to the focus:/ This means zipping round with the Clone tool, which is pretty painstaking. I only meant to spend a couple of hours on the memorial photos and lookit, 5:15pm already .... Can't. Stop. Blurghhhhhh

Not so long ago a good Aussie friend, Mike Mungus, posted some old photos from his days in "Abhorrent", a band he was in with my brothers, Brett and Michael, and drummer Lindsay Beazley.

For those of you who aren't aware, my brother Michael (Mick) drowned off the coast of Stradbroke Island in 1997. The photos Mungus posted prompted so many stories and memories from those who knew him that I thought a Facebook memorial was in order.

It will be an open group, so that people can have a wander, contribute photos and posts. I'll let you know when the group's ready.

HOLLOWAY ARTS: a flurry of other peripheral stuff, but without the Guinness World Records aspect to it (our event already broken by 2500-odd participants) we can concentrate on it being a truly educational day.

SEWING: I went to pitufina's and we had a go at making some fabric-covered buttons. I want more of this sewing-circle business. The garments she'll be presenting to a client are very tasteful and well constructed.

DEVIANT: Cryogenica, Trauma Pet and Ghost of Lemora at the Purple Turtle. Cryogenica's singer is a lot more commanding this time around and has ditched the white angel outfit:) Trauma Pet's opening number reminded me A LOT of Interlock (disbanded now, sadly). Not sure about the night .... feel it's an awkward venue. Nevertheless, great chatting to Swiftie:)

VAGABONDS: Probably the best night I've ever had there! So many people I knew, and made more friends as well.

FACEBOOK: my Swiss gimp friend posts some rather confronting photos. Nearly sprayed my coffee.