My So-Called Life
the random and not-so-random musings of a twenty-something history geek
My So-Called Lifethe random and not-so-random musings of a twenty-something history geek |
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| Lizzie is a fully qualified history teacher having finished her course at Canterbury Christ Church University. She's also a geek who was secretary of the University of Kent Computing Society during her three year BA at the University of Kent. She is very much in love with her shiny Husband, though she is sad that he doesn't glow bloo :( More about her on her website: http://carina.org.uk |
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| May. 1st, 2009 @ 10:44 pm A few hours in London | |||
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Some friends and I are going to see Les Mis in July, and I went up to London to book the tickets in person at the box office at the Palace Theatre. I could have done it over the phone or the internet, but I had a theatre voucher and the easiest way to redeem it was in person, so I made an afternoon of it, and went on the train which, while not the cheapest way to travel, is by far the most relaxing (when things go right!). My trusty backpack and I started off from Canterbury West. Saw a cool new train being tested (saw loads more at Ashford, mostly unliveried, which means they must be pretty new :) They certainly looked pretty). At 10:40 the train was nice and quiet so I got a four-seat with table all to myself and spread out a little.     (Click to embiggen) I went all arty on the journey, both in to London and back to Canterbury, experimenting with my camera, getting lots of pictures of trees and things whizzing past while moving...     (Click to embiggen) ...and structures when we were stopped, or going slowly.       (Click to embiggen) I met ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} red_pill at Charing Cross, and we wandered round "Theatreland" taking some pictures and looking for the Palace Theatre so I could buy the tickets. The Priscilla, Queen of the Desert title thing and giant high heel was especially cool. The picture doesn't really do it justice - it was all sparkly!  On our way back to Charing Cross, we accidentally ran in to the May Day protests in Trafalgar Square, but we escaped without being bludgeoned by the police or the protesters :)  Headed home at 2:50pm-ish. Long way to go, but a lovely day in London and nice to be out. More importantly I was going home with what I'd come to London to get :D   All pictures. I'm getting quite excited about going now :D If only I didn't have to wait till nearly the end of July! |
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| Mar. 13th, 2009 @ 08:51 pm Personality meme and a couple of videos | |||||
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And a couple of videos for you all, from my recent trip to Wildwood. ( Phil on a swing ) ( Phil on a mini zipwire ) |
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| Aug. 7th, 2007 @ 10:09 am Tapas at typo's, Fire, Bluewater | |||
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Hiding out here: CT2
So Saturday was the second annual "Tapas at Typo's", otherwise known as "typostock". There was much too much food again (better than too little!) and it was a lot quieter than last year which was nice though I missed foo, rah, xiphi, si, bethan and lacey who all should have been there :PMostly feeling:  chipperNow Playing: Star Trek 1 (Sky Movies Sci Fi, all day Star Trek \o/) The lack of Sangria (provided by liz and si last year) led to a lack of amusing fights with bushes, getting undressed behind cushions and vomiting incidents. However, it was lovely to see kimble and barakta who weren't there last year, and the old faithfuls - mark, azz, typo, phil, sam, pao and anyone else I've forgotten. People played on ben's wii which was cool and very funny for all concerned, especially the cow racing :D In the end Phil lit an excellent fire which was built around a metal chair. It got very hot and was really cool. Pity it couldn't have continued for longer. It scares me how good Phil is at building fires. I guess I should take his threats to set me on fire more seriously in future. Pao took a photo that summed up the fire (and the pyromania shared by Ben and I) :D  On Sunday we brought Phil back to Canterbury with us and bought him his birthday present. I was weak and let him have it now, even though his birthday is not for three weeks yet. Sunday was far too hot and when we got back to the flat we all flaked out. It seems summer has actually arrived now. I don't feel like I've had any time to prepare for the temperatures, hence why I think I flaked out. Yesterday I took Phil to Greenwich and he showed me around his Uni campus (or as much as he could - they have scary security there - you need an ID card just to get into regular buildings) and I had a market related accident - I now have a new bag, hair band, toe ring and friendship bracelet that makes an excellent anklet. As the parking ran out in the Greenwich car park at 11am we decided to go to Bluewater for a wander around, some Krispy Kremes and lunch. When we got there we found that there was a bungee trampoline set up in the grounds and Phil and I went halves on a five minute stint for him and I filmed and photographed him with my crappy camera phone which was all I had.  One of the better pictures Other pictures of him doing his thing are here. I've uploaded the videos to youtube cos they were in a silly format. Apologies for my silly voice over the top. The second video is by far the funniest and I actually managed to capture the only successful forward somersault he managed: After that, which was really very funny to watch, we wandered around various shops, lusting after shinies (particularly in Game and the Lego shop) before ending up in Ed's Diner opposite Krispy Kreme for lunch:  It was very nice food and it didn't have that yellow tinge in the diner! I blame crappy camera phone. In the end, full of pie, we purchased our doughnuts and headed back to the car, but not before Phil had a play with the pirate ships just outside one of the entrances: Finally I dropped him home in Coulsdon, picking up left over serrano ham, and headed back to Canterbury. A busy few days, but very nice and fun :) I especially treasure the memories of Phil making a tit of himself on the bungee trampoline! |
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| Mar. 27th, 2004 @ 12:27 pm Last few days | |||
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Mostly feeling:
I've been up and down like a boat on stormy seas. restlessNow Playing: Sting: Fields Of Gold Now...Just about to go to town with ben and Phil to have a beanos breakfast and plot secret plans and clever tricks. Off I go... zoooooooooooooom <-- like that. |
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| Mar. 21st, 2004 @ 12:06 pm Mothering Sunday | |||
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Mostly feeling:
Well she went though with it. TBH, I'm not surprised she found it unpleasant, but I can understand the desperation because occasionally I feel that desperate. bouncyNow Playing: Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms Well, it's Mothering Sunday and Phil and I made our usual effort - we got up early and made mamma breakfast in bed and then gave her the presents we'd brought her. These included a new blankie, a new plate and bowl, mug and two jugs, a rock that I'd made (maybe I'll put up a piccie of it later :)), and some candles. She seemed pleased anyway. Phil spent £120 on a chair for his computer yesterday. I put it together for him. Lasagne for tea nice even if it was a bit overcooked.. Home good cos I can be lazy and have long hot baths with plenty of hot water and mamma is there and so it Phil. Home nice, even when I do have arguments with mamma. :) Back to canterbury later... |
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