marbles and candles

back in dundee!

not really happy about it... have never been homesick before but am missing my parents, my room, my car, the food and to a lesser extent the weather...


OH WELL. starting on a new block tomorrow, slightly worried, but eager to get off to a good start in the new year! also have a letter from the research ethics committee and an email from dr lord to tend to - not really looking forward to that. also have to remember to renew library books - loose ends from the year past.

haven't been entirely keen on human contact and socialising since i got back - am not ready for masks and acting deserving of the oscars yet - am curiously wanting to throw myself fully into my work and start becoming something of a workaholic (very hopefully) - but this has not met much success.

procrastination 42398339823473 - michelle 0.

-_-

i would've liked to review 2010 in retrospect but i am much too lazy to do so. i no longer remember when each year begins and ends, and judging by the amount of times i've moved/closed/re-opened multiple blogs in the recent past, i suspect there isn't much i'd like to remember. HAHA.

however, i would like to congratulate myself because i have since the beginning of 2011 read quite a lot, much more than i ever did by this time in 2011. books i have finished:

1. shades of grey by jasper fforde
2. nothern lights by phillip pullman
3. the subtle knife by phillip pullman

(yes am attempting to reread his dark materials! left off somewhere in the middle of the amber spyglass the last time i read it - am determined to finish the whole thing off! i remember thinking that i didn't really find the series interesting the last time, but was compelled to continue reading anyway. upon rereading the books this time, i actually found them really interesting! i have also discovered, to my relief and comfort, that i am actually still capable of reading at a decent speed! yay!)

anyway, i should probably do something more productive with my life now, have been watching youtube videos on how decorative candles, marbles, gummy and hard candy and stickers are made. you wouldn't believe the amount of work put into creating one really atas and pretty marble.

i am slightly amazed at how relatively cheap some things are based on how labour intensive the manufacturing process is.. i suppose mass production sorta answers for the costs then.

HAHA ok why am i trying to sound economically intellectual when in fact i am far from it -_- i am going to read a book now, g'bye!