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[Oct. 1st, 2008|05:13 pm] |
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| | Lost Science - The Pirate Ship Quintet | ] | My timetable this year isn't as snazzy as I've made it in the past - I'm using Open Office, which succccks big time, and I only have lectures (no tutorials in third year - we're meant to show initative and go off and work for ourselves!) so there's no need to colour code it. It's pretty snazzy in itself, though - thanks to no tutorials and the group project I'm doing, I only have 10 contact hours a week! That's a huuuuge step down from the eighteen I'm used to.
( And I expect everyone else to post theirs, too.. )
I've only been at uni for a week so far - and I've only had two days of lectures thus far, too - but it's been fairly fun. It's been really good to see everyone again, and I've settled in fine. It doesn't feel like I've been away at all, really.. or perhaps as vikiq said, it's felt more like a reading week or something, rather than a full blown four month holiday.
I haven't done much work so far, though. This should probably change at some point, especially seeing as I have four afternoons off a week. It's sort of hard to crack down at the minute, though, cause I've only had one lecture for most subjects, so I can't really attempt problems sheets, and exams just feel too far away to be sitting down and cracking on with hardcore studying. I've checked a book out of the library for my group project - it's by GH Hardy, yay! - which I've been reading a little, but it's slow going. I think I need to jack up the motivation factor a few notches, y'know? Self discipline, too. I got home today and made a little timetable of stuff to do this afternoon, of which I have done one - sat and read a few chapters of Starfighters of Adumar. It'll be two things checked off, actually, once I've blogged. I was sort of hindered by our house being invaded by a scary painter guy (who left his paint roller in our sink.. oo-er), but still..
(I've not read Starfighters of Adumar for a few years, but I needed cheering up, so I decided to reread it. It's my favourite Star Wars book - perhaps my favourite book full stop - yet I'd forgotten just how good it is. Wedge, Tycho, Janson and Hobbie are my favourite ever - they need to make more books featuring them going on missions and the like. It'd be the best.)
Since I last blogged, piles of info about the new SW novel contract has emerged, and it's pretty exciting - it really seems to be a lot more diverse than the last contract, and there's lots of fresh blood, which is good. Really looking forward to Paul Kemp's Jaden Korr novel, although that's not out for another two years (!!), and Imperal Commando should be great, too. In the here and now, I've got Order 66 to read next, and then Milennium Falcon, which I'm hoping will actually wrap up LotF, seeing as how Invincible forgot to.. seriously, though, I'm a huge James Luceno fan and MF should be great - just why'd they have to switch it with Shadows of Mindor?
The Force Unleashed and The Clone Wars were both hyped up to be "the biggest Star Wars event of 2008!". Well, TFU was hyped as the biggest Star Wars even of 2007, but we all know what happened next.. but forget them. Shadows of Mindor. That's where it'll be at this year. But barely - it comes out on December 30th. Eep!
I'm getting urges to watch more SG-1.. Lou introduced me to it over Easter, and the more I watch the more I love it - we're midway through Season 3, which has been fantastic so far. The problem is, though, she keeps the DVDs. She says she likes watching them with me; I think it's a cunning plan to keep me hooked. She's like a drug dealer, than woman, only with Jaffa. And Goa'uld. And Richard Dean Anderson, yum.
These SG-1 urges are not, however, as big as my urges to EAT SOMETHING. I'm making risotto tonight! I have salady stuff to go with it and everything. It will either be incredibly exciting or a huge mess - I'm betting on the latter. But yeah - I'm in Sheffield, I'm settled in, and I'm alright. I'm always alright. |
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