Rilke

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How could we forget those ancient myths that stand at the beginning of all races, the myths about dragons that at the last moment are transformed into princesses? Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.

So you mustn’t be frightened, if a sadness rises in front of you, larger than any you have ever seen; if an anxiety, like light and cloud-shadows, moves over your hands and over everything you do. You must realise that something is happening to you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in its hand, it will not let you fall…

Letters to a Young Poet (no.8-excerpt)

At long last… (part 2)

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The best news ever. Came home tonight to find that last assignment (quick turnaround!) waiting on the doormat. Got the highest mark I think I’ve ever had and as it was double-weighted, it is FANTASTIC news! Even my tutor told me to forget the wine and break out the champagne 🙂

Just the exam to go….(tick, tock)

CHECK IT OOT!

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After considering coming off the blog system, I only have one thing to say:

Hey – check out my new blog skin!

The marvelous and magical Catherine McDonald decided to “have a play about” (as she puts it!) with the CSS from my main staff site to see if she could incorporate the design onto my blog. She transferred the colours and graphics and created a wider banner to accommodate the posts and the sidebar. I think it looks FAB! – thanks sooooo much, Catherine!

No reason not to blog now – I love it!

😀

At long last…

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…I have just completed the last assignment for my degree. 3000 words on ‘archaeology vs literary sources’ needs to be posted off tomorrow. Then, I can chill out for a week before I begin revising for the exam in October.

So…if you’ll excuse me, there is a bottle of wine and a bar of Galaxy, Fruit & Hazelnut with my name on it!

Yey! 😀

Bored…(but contemplative)

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..yes, I know, most people would be going to bed now if they were bored, but, I’m not most people.

I was studying and then got a phonecall at 10.00pm until 11.20pm – now I feel wide awake 🙁 Have opened a bottle of wine (again!) as I’m hoping it’ll make me sleepy. We’ll see…

Anyway, not much to report so I am probably about to waffle about NOTHING.

Been quite a productive day, caught up with Jim (on MSN) in Australia as soon as I logged on this morning –

“hope the dental surgery isn’t aching too much, petal!? 🙁 ”

Weird day, today ….but got lots of work done; consolidating spreadsheets for most of the morning, very nice lunch with a young man in the Crow’s Nest and then a busy afternoon clearing boring stuff off my desk and arranging my travel plans (work) for the rest of the month. The traffic was a nightmare on the way home [and I was listening to a Michael McDonald album so intently (the song – I Can Let Go Now) that it made me cry – which is always quite embarassing when you’re sitting at the traffic lights with other drivers, but I digress…!] so, thanks to the traffic [not the crying], I got back late, decided to exercise, bath, eat – and then by that time it was 8pm – so I started to study!! Ho-hum, I don’t know how I cope with the excitement. 😀

Just been looking at flights away. Helen, Peter & Jason (Peter’s suggestion, if I remember correctly!) and I have decided we’re going for a COLD holiday in Jan/Feb. Helen was hoping to go for the Ice Hotel (yes, the one they used in Die Another Day!) until she realised how much it would cost us 😉
So…it now looks like we’re going for Budapest – especially before it becomes part of the EU because at the moment it’s still cheap as chips! 😀

Really hoping nobody reads this post as I’m just talking about nothing – drinking wine and listening to the Cardigan’s Erase and Rewind (on my iTunes) – top song, but lyrics are strange so am not sure how to describe the effect…hmm.. leaves a strange aftertaste…

Anyhoo – it’s after midnight, I should probably do the sensible thing and go to bed. I’m off to read my latest book.

night all!