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April 26th, 2007 Thursday
At the last Scottish literature tutorial, it wasn’t surprising that everybody had so much to say about Trainspotting. It is an exceptional book. The characters are junkies but they are also a lot like us, seemingly spoiled of choices. “I chose not to choose.” Is it actually possible to choose life?
I found my camera out of battery after I had asked everyone in the class to take pictures. It wasn’t a big deal, just a little bit embarrassing.
I don’t like my dreams, and because of that I’m growing reluctant to falling asleep. Watching Desperate Housewives with flatmates apparently didn’t help.
I have two choices laying in front of me: being a quitter and failing a class. Never had I seen it coming before I went to see my academic adviser and lecturer yesterday. My failure in mastering a new language makes me feel like a loser now.
That said, I am still preparing to smile and take a couple pictures with my tutor and classmates in Scottish Literature tutorial on Thursday.
This is a test for the LJ-crossposting plugin, how I wish what I just said was part of a test too.
Does anybody know of a decent script or plugin which allows you to post and manage photographs? I’m using Google’s Picasa for the gallery page as of now, but it is not working quite the way I desire it to. I like Photobucket, but it is painful to upload so many images all at once. Thanks in advance!
My Easter trip, named Melody’s Trip to Ireland 2007 (courtesy of my flatmate Grace and her friend Ashley), will start next Tuesday. 
I’ll fly to Belfast, stay with a friend for a bit and meet up a couple flatmates. Then I will head to “the country”, spend some time with Grace and Ashley’s family and possibly going down to Dublin. I was talking to a new online friend (who is Northern Irish) last night, and he made me very excited about the trip already! 
I will be sure to make myself at least touch some horses or sheep - I’ve never seen any real ones.
Speaking of this new friend, it was surprising how much we have in common. Saying that he is a male version of me would be an insult to him, but we do like and dislike the same things. It’s been a while since I last had a conversation which I didn’t even need to try to hold. How I enjoy talking to people who share my somewhat obscure interests!
One thing I like about the internet is that although you still cannot be friends with everyone, you never find it hard to get along with people online. If you dislike someone, you can just ignore or delete them. Real life is completely different. A few of you might be aware of my problems with one of my flatmates. My feeling towards him is mixed. While I know he is good in nature and does not mean to do any harm, the things he actually says and does are slowly crushing my barely existent ego and he doesn’t have a clue. He said that I was always unhappy, I don’t blame him because he does not know what I have been through and I don’t know him enough to tell. He said I was rude and disgusting, and too stupid to understand his jokes. He might have said those as jokes, but the words he used did not sound good to a girl at all. I feel guilty to feel relieved that he’s gone home for Easter now. Can someone please tell me what to do and how to deal?
It is quite easy to neglect a blog, especially a public one like this. Sometimes you just do not bother to write things which everybody can read. It is hard not to mention certain people without having to explain who they are. I’m back and trying, given that I still love this domain to pieces.
This is the last week of class before Easter break, and nobody is in the mood for classes. Nobody has read much of Ulysses before going to the tutorial on Thursday and they basically spent the whole period discussing how hard it is. Not one of the best classes I have.
Kevin shaved his head. It makes him look like a crack dealer, but also incredibly cute when you look closer. 
Things have been hard for him but he managed to relax while he was here.
Back home there’s a fuss about photos, graduation etc. There have also been some fucked up break-ups and changes. Although I did have an idea of all these happening before I set my feet on Glasgow, it is weird to be so distant. I’ve always felt isolated so it isn’t that much of a problem. It just makes me wonder what if I were there all along, and what I will be.
Manda decided to be awesome and created a fanlisting for me.. This time I’m not going to be a loser and ask you to join. 
However, for the effort she’s put, do pay a visit! She put a few of my favourite things together and it looks amazing. Thank you, Manda! 