cosmic_llin: (HAPPY chance to fly)
Got back last night, in work already today. Fleh.

On the plus side, it's [livejournal.com profile] carawj's birthday!

Kitezh was fascinating and lovely as ever, I had a great time (briefly) catching up with [livejournal.com profile] aerialsky in Moscow, and St Petersburg was great. Very weird to go back as a tourist after having lived there almost five years ago.

Anyway, detailed account of my travels to follow. I can't possibly catch up on the whole internet, so, tell me flist: what's going on? What's in the news? What ridiculous viral video have I missed? What fic do I need to read, like, now? Who's done something cool? Who needs a hug? Tell me your stuff!
cosmic_llin: (RANDOM Russia)
Off to Russia again early on Wednesday morning. I am now in the excited/panicky/ambivalent stage of preparation. Excited because I love it there, panicky because there's too much to do before I leave, ambivalent because I'll miss [livejournal.com profile] carawj.

Rambling )
cosmic_llin: (Default)
So, I have reached that great and magical milestone. Quarter of a century. One box up when I next fill in a survey. I am twenty-five years old.

Ramblings about my life, ahoy! )

Also, just to say, there are several things I intend to reply to, but they're all in tabs on my laptop, and my power supply is broken. New one should be arriving soon, and in the meantime, I'll try to remember what I was going to comment on!
cosmic_llin: (RANDOM Demonstrably fine)
OK, so, after a whirlwind (figurative) of nonsense and volcano, it appears I may be flying to Russia early tomorrow morning. I don't want to assume anything until I'm in the air, but flights have been going in and out today.

So this is just to say, probably, back in a couple of weeks, sorry if I owe you replies for things, prod me when I get back!

Have a nice two weeks everybody!
cosmic_llin: (CROSS B'Elanna WTF)
Last few days have been a bit all over the place... I was supposed to fly to Russia last night, obviously that has not happened. I've managed to reschedule for Tuesday evening but the closer that gets the less likely it appears. Next NATS update at 1500 today.

Although this is really annoying and I'll be so disappointed if I don't get to go, at least I live in London so I don't have to wait around Heathrow for news, and I'm not stuck somewhere on my own, or trying to get somewhere for an emergency.

On the plus side, once I got all the phoning of people and what-not done yesterday, we went to the farmers' market and got some nice cheese, and then sat in the park in the sunshine.

Also, since I don't think I've mentioned it yet, my birthday was very nice. :)
cosmic_llin: (RANDOM new salad)
Busy weekend was busy! Lates at the V&A, British Museum and Sticky Fingers and Avatar with [livejournal.com profile] carawj's dad and little sister, then lots of awesome hanging out with [livejournal.com profile] silly_cleo and [livejournal.com profile] jakera and baking of cake and writing of pitches for Big Finish. And now I'm in work again? What is this? Surely that wasn't the whole weekend?!

Found a Russian podcast that's just the sort of thing I need - short-ish news items, complex enough that I have to listen two or three times and maybe look up a word or two to get everything, but not so much as to be horribly daunting. And I'm also finding that my Russian music on my iPod is helping already. If I can keep this up then I should be well up to speed by the time I go to Kitezh again in May. Fingers crossed!
cosmic_llin: (DW romana flappy hands)
Ok, ok, I suck at the internet... and communication in general, lately, sorry guys. And I know I keep saying this in each of my sporadic postings, but I'm really going to try harder now to keep up with LJ. I haven't been at all, though, for months, so if you've said stuff I should know, link me!

Updates about me )
cosmic_llin: (DW romana flappy hands)
Yes, I've seen the Christmas Coca Cola advert! And as everyone who grew up in the 90s knows, that's how you can tell that it really is nearly Christmas. Which means it must be time for my usual Christmas Wishlist!

Dear Father Christmas,

I would like:

* Theatre tokens and book tokens
* To be published, somewhere
* Something approaching financial stability
* For Bonnie Langford and Annette McLaughlin to appear in Chicago together. Or for Bonnie to just do Chicago again full-stop. Or, failing that, anything else involving Bonnie!
* A sofa
* A million more seasons of The Sarah Jane Adventures.
* Lots of pie
* To go back to Kitezh next year, and maybe to Australia again, and the US
* Health, wealth and happiness for all of my loved ones. I know it's cheesy, but it's true!
cosmic_llin: (DW romana and k9)
Stuff in my head:

* Happy birthday Els! Hope you had a wicked time.
* Urgh I feel so ill. I've been trying to shake off this horrible cold all week, and I just feel so drained and limp and fuzzy. Had a funny turn on the tube this morning, the Piccadilly line is very airless. I know that it's my own fault really for working too much and eating rubbish at stupid times of day. Day off tomorrow. I think I shall have a long lie-in and just lounge around the house. Maybe tidy my room a bit. I rearranged it and it looks good, but very messy.
* On Wednesday I interviewed for an amazing job. I should hear this week. Please cross your fingers for me if you have a second to!
* Today was the Elisabeth Sladen, Tommy Knight, Daniel Anthony signing at Borders! It was a terrific day. I did badges! There was food! I gave The Sladen a letter that some of my Kitezh kids wrote her. Other cool stuff. Possibly longer post later.
* Really missing Kitezh lately, actually. Feeling a bit emotional about it.
* I am sort of worried about Christmas. Fear it will be all forced jollity and people going off to cry in corners. Also, I have no money for presents.
* I don't like having two jobs. It makes me feel like I'm always rushing. Again... hope I get this one I interviewed for t'other day. It's in Ealing! Which, shockingly, looks nothing like TV-Ealing, since TV-Ealing is actually Cardiff...
* Oh self, stop moaning! You live in London, you have your own (small) steady(ish) income, your friends are great, the SJA is on every Monday, and your hair is cool. Blessings. Count 'em.
* In fact, self, why are you still up? It's half three! Being crazy-wired for no apparent reason is not a good enough excuse.
* Love and hugs to Penguins and associated persons!
cosmic_llin: (DW sarah jane)
OK, it's been quite a while since I updated this thing...
Busy, busy...
Everything seems to be happening at once lately. It's all a bit much.
The main news is, I'm off to Russia again next weekend, for a month. But I've been reliably informed that the internet access out there has improved somewhat since my last stint, so I should still be able to email and what-not every few days. And it is only a month. Just under, in fact.
Real Life is... a bit stressy. Having a bit of a bad week, as deadlines make me cranky. But hopefully in the next few days I can get lots of coursework handed in and perk up a bit before I get to Kitezh.
No money, no time, no energy, as usual...
What else, what else?
Oh, oddly, while the rest of my life is coming crashing down around my ears, my writing is going rather well all of a sudden. Revelatory conversations with [livejournal.com profile] penguin2 and [livejournal.com profile] sashavangenius have led to my doing what I should have done a long time ago and scrapping a large portion of my novel, quite a bit of which was already written, but bizarrely this has left me feeling very optimistic and psyched about the whole thing. Productivity is up.
Things that are keeping me sane at the moment: Big Finish Audio, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 69p bonbons from the corner shop, nice housemates, garishly-coloured cat-shaped beads that remind me of the Sixth Doctor, the apparent arrival of spring, Victoria Wood's Dinnerladies, making lists, counting the days until graduation.
People I am hero-worshipping lately: Colin Baker, Celia Imrie, Stephen Fry, Pauline Collins, Maggie Stables, Ruthie Henshall, Nicola Bryant, Steven Moffat, Julie Andrews
Things I need to do: Finish all coursework, pack stuff for Russia, go to Russia, enjoy, come back, sort out horrifying finances, pass exams, graduate, SOMEHOW GET CAREER

Eek.
Have a nice weekend, all!

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