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mrsronweasley) wrote2003-02-07 11:49 am
mrsronweasley) wrote2003-02-07 11:49 am
On Almost Getting Smashed by Cars.
So, the presentation yesterday.
About half an hour before I have to be in class, I finish the damn thing and click "print". (10 copies, mind you, 4 pages each, 5p. per page.) The thing doesn't print. I try again. Again, it refuses. I run like hell to a different computer room across campus to see if that one will print for me. It does not. Finally, I look into my account and see that I am overdrawn and there isn't enough money, even though it's supposed so let you print even if you're in the negative area.
So, what should I do? Put in more money.
What do I need for it? Cash.
Do I have any? Noooooo.
So, I run like hell home, get my damn card, run to the cash machine, get out a tenner, go to the store, buy a Milky Way bar, get a shitload of change and run back to the computer room. There, I print out my forty pages (anybody seen my two pounds?), stuff them into bag and run across campus to class which is, of course, in one of the farthest buildings from the center.
As I finish up my Milky Way, bar, I step onto the road, behind a stopped car, look around, and just as I am about to cross the street, two things happen: the car that I'm standing behind starts to back up very quickly, and I step forward enough to almost get run over by a second car, this one coming straight at me, for a change.
Note to all drivers:
If you see a person standing behind you DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT BACK UP YOUR CAR, you FUCKING IDIOT! I only dimly realised that I had just been almost run over. I finally did make it to class, gave my stupid presentation, and then it was over.
Argh.
Was the ten percent of my grade really worth almost dying? I suppose that since I didn't die, it was. But, sheesh, close call. I scared Sam when I told him. Well, hell, I scared ME when it happened.
But the crappy day was fully made up for after my class, when I got home, read more RoTK (squealing over Hobbits a little below), ate dinner and then talked to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
stereo_m, my partner in crime, cabari, my partner in almost everything else (heh), voxmaille, my partner in SNARXism, percy_weatherby, just an all around awesome person. As well - surprisingly! - cokerry, who is almost never online, and now I know why - man, HOW many times did you get kicked off?
By the way, it turns out that she and I dreamt about one another the same night, and the dreams both involved books. What's more interesting, is that in my dream she hated a book that I love and that she finished the day after I had my dream and loved it (of course), and in her dream, I loved the book that she hated, which happened to be OoTP. We have weird dreams. That they happened to be about one another on the same night is just spooky.
So, yes, the promised
Merry. Oh my God, Merry.
And he opened his eyes and he said:
"I am hungry. What time is it?"
aksjdalskdjaksdjasjdlksj
Oh, how I love thee, Hobbytla!.. And Pip!.. And the reunion! And Legolas and Gimli being anxious to see them! And...and Eowyn! And Faramir! And THE RETURN OF THE KING! Now, I am not done yet - I'm just at the point where Gandalf (Gandalf!) and the others are talking about what should be done next ("The Last Debate"), but...but...WOW.
And Theoden died. That's very very sad. Unfortunately, I knew that Eowyn was going to dress up like a man, so when they mentioned Dernhelm, I knew who it was. WHY do I always have to have everything spoiled? I knew about the She-spider, I knew about Eowyn... *sigh*
You know what? Denethor was just a whiny bitch. I hate that man. Good riddance. To quote Gandalf - "would that you throw yourself in next time, and rid us of your stupidity." I cannot BELIEVE he would burn his own son, while he still lived! And in OIL?! That has got to be most painful way to die! Thank God for Beregond. Wow. What an ASS!
But, oh my hobbits!.. My wonderful, brave, deserving, adorable to no end Hobbits!
"My dear ass". I can't get over the fact that Pip calls Merry that. That is just...too fucking cute. I swear, I can't choose between them, I love them all.
*happy sigh*
And now off to...do more stuff online that needs to be done, and then eat lunch and read more RoTK. Ah, good stuff...
Edited to say:
Cougar
What Is Your Animal Personality?
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I'm a PUMA! That ROCKS! And, in fact, it's mostly true. I showed Sam the result last night, and he said: "Yep". Especially to the 'sometimes cranky' part. Heh.
About half an hour before I have to be in class, I finish the damn thing and click "print". (10 copies, mind you, 4 pages each, 5p. per page.) The thing doesn't print. I try again. Again, it refuses. I run like hell to a different computer room across campus to see if that one will print for me. It does not. Finally, I look into my account and see that I am overdrawn and there isn't enough money, even though it's supposed so let you print even if you're in the negative area.
So, what should I do? Put in more money.
What do I need for it? Cash.
Do I have any? Noooooo.
So, I run like hell home, get my damn card, run to the cash machine, get out a tenner, go to the store, buy a Milky Way bar, get a shitload of change and run back to the computer room. There, I print out my forty pages (anybody seen my two pounds?), stuff them into bag and run across campus to class which is, of course, in one of the farthest buildings from the center.
As I finish up my Milky Way, bar, I step onto the road, behind a stopped car, look around, and just as I am about to cross the street, two things happen: the car that I'm standing behind starts to back up very quickly, and I step forward enough to almost get run over by a second car, this one coming straight at me, for a change.
Note to all drivers:
If you see a person standing behind you DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT BACK UP YOUR CAR, you FUCKING IDIOT! I only dimly realised that I had just been almost run over. I finally did make it to class, gave my stupid presentation, and then it was over.
Argh.
Was the ten percent of my grade really worth almost dying? I suppose that since I didn't die, it was. But, sheesh, close call. I scared Sam when I told him. Well, hell, I scared ME when it happened.
But the crappy day was fully made up for after my class, when I got home, read more RoTK (squealing over Hobbits a little below), ate dinner and then talked to
stereo_m, my partner in crime, cabari, my partner in almost everything else (heh), voxmaille, my partner in SNARXism, percy_weatherby, just an all around awesome person. As well - surprisingly! - cokerry, who is almost never online, and now I know why - man, HOW many times did you get kicked off? By the way, it turns out that she and I dreamt about one another the same night, and the dreams both involved books. What's more interesting, is that in my dream she hated a book that I love and that she finished the day after I had my dream and loved it (of course), and in her dream, I loved the book that she hated, which happened to be OoTP. We have weird dreams. That they happened to be about one another on the same night is just spooky.
So, yes, the promised
Merry. Oh my God, Merry.
And he opened his eyes and he said:
"I am hungry. What time is it?"
aksjdalskdjaksdjasjdlksj
Oh, how I love thee, Hobbytla!.. And Pip!.. And the reunion! And Legolas and Gimli being anxious to see them! And...and Eowyn! And Faramir! And THE RETURN OF THE KING! Now, I am not done yet - I'm just at the point where Gandalf (Gandalf!) and the others are talking about what should be done next ("The Last Debate"), but...but...WOW.
And Theoden died. That's very very sad. Unfortunately, I knew that Eowyn was going to dress up like a man, so when they mentioned Dernhelm, I knew who it was. WHY do I always have to have everything spoiled? I knew about the She-spider, I knew about Eowyn... *sigh*
You know what? Denethor was just a whiny bitch. I hate that man. Good riddance. To quote Gandalf - "would that you throw yourself in next time, and rid us of your stupidity." I cannot BELIEVE he would burn his own son, while he still lived! And in OIL?! That has got to be most painful way to die! Thank God for Beregond. Wow. What an ASS!
But, oh my hobbits!.. My wonderful, brave, deserving, adorable to no end Hobbits!
"My dear ass". I can't get over the fact that Pip calls Merry that. That is just...too fucking cute. I swear, I can't choose between them, I love them all.
*happy sigh*
And now off to...do more stuff online that needs to be done, and then eat lunch and read more RoTK. Ah, good stuff...
Edited to say:
Cougar
What Is Your Animal Personality?
brought to you by Quizilla
I'm a PUMA! That ROCKS! And, in fact, it's mostly true. I showed Sam the result last night, and he said: "Yep". Especially to the 'sometimes cranky' part. Heh.
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And ohhhh the Hobbits... "my dear ass" rules, although my personal fave is "my companion, who alas, is overcome with weariness" then a dig in the ribs, LOL. But as much as I love all the wonderful, wonderful Hobbits, my fave is Sam. I just can't get over how great Sam is. :)
And Deenthor drove me nuts. I hated that he could do that to his son (MY FARAMIR, DAMMIT!) even though it was made clear that he wasn't sane by that point.
*very relieved hugs and love*
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YES!!! I love how REAL the hobbits are, they're just so...so...cuddable. And adorable. And like food, which I can definitely understand and appreciate. :) The dig in the ribs made me extraordinarily happy, and I was just pissed that I could share it with someone at that very moment. So, it's probably a good thing that we're reading OoTP together! Wow, I can't wait.
Denethor sucks big monkey balls, as a friend of mine would say. Like I said, good riddance.
*relieved hugs and love back* :)
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You are so mysterious! But how come yours doesn't have any spelling errors and mine has tons? Notfair.
I'm glad the car didn't get you! When something like that happens to me, I always conclude that it was deliberate, and wonder who has taken a contract out on my life.
And I loooove it when you talk LOTR!
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I wouldn't die for 10% of a course grade. Heck, not even 50%. Now, I would die for more important things like hot Shieldmaidens or Elven Queens, though.
You? Cranky? Nah. :)
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And he opened his eyes and he said:
"I am hungry. What time is it?"
Yeah! He's lovely! That's probably the best line, isn't it? Merry rocks.
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Uh, again with the "glad you're still alive!"
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Wait...I am? Cool. Heh.
(Look, Rent Boy!)
When something like that happens to me, I always conclude that it was deliberate, and wonder who has taken a contract out on my life.
LOL. I'd rather just think that the person was an idiot. Somehow the thought of an assasin trailing me does not comfort...unless it's John Cusack. But then again, he'd only kill me. He wouldn't even blink. *sigh*
And I loooove it when you talk LOTR!
hehehe...wait till my next post. I have, like, 40 pages left.
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Oh hell yes! Although I have a few issues with some parts of RoTK. I'll go into that a bit later...
You? Cranky? Nah. :)
Oh, dude, you haven't seen the worst of it - by far. ;)
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yes, yes he was. a fucking ass, but in a BAD sense. argh.
merry rocks my world without a doubt. i adore hobbits. *sigh*
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*cracks up* Thank you! I am, too, believe me.
That quiz said I'm a wolf. Snicker. You're a catamount. Snicker again.
Ha. I like being a puma, thank you very much. And I knew I wouldn't be a wolf. I hate travelling in packs. ;)