So here I lay dreaming, looking at the brilliant sun..

raketje @ 2008-04-02T15:46:00

2008-04-02T14:47:43Z

Eve passed her viva. She is now Dr. Eve! Go Eve!

Ro-Dawg, Sr!

2008-02-22T17:48:57Z

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROSE!

raketje @ 2008-01-22T17:32:00

2008-01-22T17:45:26Z

My last couple posts have been rant-tastic, and I've not really spoken about much else. I want to post about something, so it doesn't seem like this is consuming my little brain, but frankly, it's been consuming my little brain. I feel better since Merv talked to Esther, with her, Hazel and Heidi saying I deffo did nothing wrong, but it still kinda bugs me that someone could be that childish. You're 30 years old! Get a grip.

OK.. I wasn't going to rant about that. Positives. Positives.

I have been working this week. It's pretty freakin' sweet, really. I swear. Kinda. Ok, I'm a bit bored. But work is a boring thing, innit. Especially when you're just updating End of Year financial reports. Yawn. But at least it's money. And they keep asking me back. I was here last week, on Monday, and they called and wanted me back for Monday this week. Which turned into to. Which is turning into tomorrow. So it looks like a trip to Reading can't really happen tomorrow, cos I'll be working. But, frankly, I need the money, so I wasn't going to turn them down.

At this point, I think I'm going to post the books I have to the Uni and do the key turning in thing when I'm back from the States. I need time to do laundry and pack for the trip, and if I keep getting work (like the Tarot reader predicted - lolz) then I won't have time for any of that.

Otherwise, nothing to report. Wedding planning is done (and has been, which I'm sure I've said). We're leaving a week from tomorrow for Portland, and will be hitched in 11 days. How weird is that?! I'm absolutely bricking it over the flight, what with the recently crashed plane at Heathrow, but I'm sure it'll be ok. Hopefully. *cross fingers*

raketje @ 2007-11-17T17:20:00

2007-11-17T17:20:59Z

Lets101 - Free Online Dating

This is very cool..

2007-10-30T10:08:11Z

Build your vocab, and for every word you get right it donates 10 grains of rice through United Nations to help end hunger

ow

2007-10-25T10:14:54Z

cat just clawed the crap outta my hand for no reason what so ever.
bad kitty.

Shoes!

2007-03-18T18:28:12Z

I just ordered these (in grey, and apparently I got the last pair!) from Nordstrom:

They will be good spring/summer/fall shoes that will go with all my skirts and dresses (well, the dresses I plan on buying in the US while I'm there, as I have none right now). The grey will go with any colour aside from brown. Versatility = good.

Of course, I have to wait til I get to the US to have them. But they were on sale for $55. Which is, effectively, £25. Steve Madden for £25. Winner!

Megaliths

2007-01-27T11:17:24Z

Most of you won't care, but This Site is really cool. You can entre search terms on this page and it will bring up all incidences of a certain site-type across the UK and Ireland (and part of what was Gaul).

Nifty!

It had to be done.

2007-01-03T13:50:30Z

I spend too much time on LJ. One of my "resolves" is to submerse myself more in "real life" this year. That being said, I've done my first ever friends-cut. I have always hated the idea of doing a mass whiping of friends, because I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but I can't keep up anymore. So if I found that I largely passed over your stuff, don't feel we've connected or aren't connected anymore or I don't know you in "real life", I've probably cut you. No hard feelings. You're all wonderful people and I wish you the best.

If I've fucked up and you feel I axed you by mistake, please speak up. Comments screened, of course.

so. pissed. off.

2006-12-18T13:00:01Z

Ok, so the parcel still hasn't come. Where the hell is it? We dunno. Parcel force delivered something else to Tom this morning, but not the box for me and Merv. Checked the tracking on the website, and it STILL says it's due on the 16th. That was Saturday. No update.

Now what? Anger. Merv tried to call them, and got no where. The won't answer their phone at the depot, and the general customer service is no help what-so-ever, saying they'll email the depot. I already did that on Saturday, so I dunno what good that's gonna do.
So, we're gonna borrow Tom's car and drive to Romford and throw down. If they've lost it, there will be hell. Especially after paying £136-and-some-change to get it out of customs. Chances are, it's not "lost", but one of their underpaid drivers saw it was insured for $700 and thought ..good stuff!.. and knicked it to give to their family or something. Either way, we're going to go down there and raise holy hell, not that it'll get us anywhere. But it'll be fun to threaten them with anything from police action to BBC watchdog (where they've already made an appearance: http://www.bbc.co.uk/consumer/tv_and_radio/watchdog/reports/services/services_20060321.shtml). So, mom is going to work up some sort of itemized list, so if we do end up filing a police report we have something to go by. And I'm going to fight tooth and nail to get the customs fee back if they have in fact 'lost' it.

I'm too fucked off to write without rambling in circles. Grrr.

And I'm leaving this public, because I think it should be known.
(cross-posted lj_uk)

It was time for a new banner

2006-11-26T20:07:40Z

X-Factor

2006-11-18T21:22:56Z

All I gotta say is: Simon Cowell, wtf? Eton Road?

Paid Accounts? FREE TIME!

2006-11-14T11:31:26Z

Because of the downtime last week, LJ is giving paid accounts a week free.

Go here: http://www.livejournal.com/pay/claim.bml

Do it before 20 November.

raketje @ 2006-10-06T17:46:00

2006-10-06T16:46:51Z

Never Date a Taurus

Stubborn, materialistic, and even a little greedy - you don't fit into a the strictly crafted inner world of a Taurus.
You definitely need more excitement than a Taurus offers. After all, even expensive dinners get boring after a while!

Instead try dating: Gemini, Libra, Sagittarius, or Aries

What Sign Shouldn't You Date?

raketje @ 2006-08-09T17:27:00

2006-08-09T16:27:50Z

..make sure i don't miss you..comment to be added..

e.e. cummings

2006-07-23T21:57:56Z

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

raketje @ 2006-06-28T19:20:00

2006-06-28T18:20:38Z

I died in the Dungeon of Raketje

I was killed in a cold pit by Schnoodle the zombie, whilst carrying...

the Shield of Anmorata and 0 gold pieces.

Score: 0

Explore the Dungeon of Raketje and try to beat this score,
or enter your username to generate and explore your own dungeon...

Peter was blocking every exit. Boo!

Help!

2006-05-26T09:59:00Z

I've gone blank on how to install yahoo messenger onto my mac. It's downloading in Mac Binary form, but it's refusing to launch in anything but excel.

Can anyone tell me how to get around this so I can just install bloody messenger?! I really don't give a toss about the code, I just want to use the programme.

Ta.

(x-posted)

More lyrics..

2006-05-18T12:06:44Z

Eat Drink and be miserable
While it's a miracle that we're still here at all
As we sink another belly-full
Another cherryfalls bouncin' off the wall
If we live in the dead of night
Then it's a constant fight to be a socialite
Back tides through darkened rooms
With a look of gloom we'll never leave too soon

We're so scared of finding out
What scares us and we're growing up
And knowing what it means
To be bursting at the seams
Souled up and fueled up to our ears
To leave our fears behind
We all know that that just cannot last
Don't live too fast...

Smoke, joke and be unrestrained
And when the sun comes up we're gonna feel your pain
As we piss it all down the drain
For another week of a tired campaign
We're so interchangable
When you've seen one well you've seen us all
But that is just the way we like to be
In trouble but trouble-free

We're so scared of finding out
What scares us and we're growing up
And knowing what it means
To be bursting at the seams
Souled up and fueled up to our ears
To leave our fears behind
We all know that that just cannot last
Don't live too fast...

We're so scared of finding out
What scares us and we're growing up
Much too fast to catch up with ourselves
And we're souled up and fueled up to our ears
To leave our fears behind
We all know that that just cannot last
Don't live too fast...

Yes, you're butt DOES look big in that; a rant about fashion.

2006-05-04T12:30:44Z

Ok, seriously folks. I know Sienna Miller and Kate Moss are well dressed and all. They can actually pull off the crap 80's look with OK results. NEWS FLASH: You are not Sienna or Kate. You are not a high paid actress/model that can wear/do whatever she wants. You are a University student. We are here to learn, not to be at a fashion show.
Why do women insist on getting all their wobbly bits out the minute the sun shows itself? Muffin-top, the phenomenon of girls wearing jeans a size too small with their back fat pouring out the tops, is not something to boast about. Wearing a mid-drift top when you are displaying muffin-top is not acceptable. It makes me want to spit my coffee on you. Other unacceptable things: putting your tits on display, wearing a mini-skirt without crossing your legs, wearing skin-tight tanktops that hardly meet your bellybutton.
Ok, so as if the 80's comeback wasn't bad enough, what is it with girls in Britain dressing up for Uni like they are going to the club? Why, oh why, fellow women? Is this some kind of lashing out at the years of uniforms you were forced to wear at school?
In the US, most people dress relatively plain for Uni and save the fancy stuff for the club. So I'm having a hard time grasping why I feel like I've gone to The Walkabout when all I'm trying to do is return a library book.

So, in conclusion, the sun is a wonderful thing. The 80's, and your too tight and ugly clothes, are not wonderful things. Can someone PLEASE draft a memo that says University is not a fashion show? Or maybe I missed the memo, and suddenly it's not about what you learn, but what you wear while you're attempting to do it.

N.B. No, I'm not bitter. I'm just annoyed at the current fashion trends and the fact that I can't buy anything in the shops that isn't horrendously ugly.

LOTS of piccies

2006-05-02T09:20:04Z

N.B., I have left this public so the others involved can link their friends if they can't be arsed to sit and post all the pics.

Saturday - Reading Beer Festival

Our table

Merv, Kat and Beth

Eve and Andre

Beth and Duncan

Crazy old men with wobbly bellys dancing

Duncan - Ale King

Merv has a silly hat

Eve and Andre

Merv laughs at those who queue. We got there early, and walked right in. 3/4ths of those people probably didn't get in at all.

Sunday - The Church

Heidi turns The Church into a hootenany

Luke and Heidi

Heidi and Merv

Merv, Me and Heidi

Heidi and Me Dancing

Overheated Rocket

Uhm..

2006-03-25T23:25:17Z

So, who out there is giving out my email address? I really don't want to have to change it. That would be a gigantic pain in my ass, you hear? I've had this one for years.

So if anyone knows who is going around giving out my email addy, kindly tell them to fuck off and stop it.

lillygirl@hotmail.com.au (E-mail Address Not Verified) says:
rochelle im kristin from oosh
Raketje says:
and I don't know what oosh is
lillygirl@hotmail.com.au (E-mail Address Not Verified) says:
do u go to MILDURA WEST PRIMARY SCHOOL
Raketje says:
no
lillygirl@hotmail.com.au (E-mail Address Not Verified) says:
in grade 5
Raketje says:
I'm a PhD student at University of Reading in England
lillygirl@hotmail.com.au (E-mail Address Not Verified) says:
what ever
Raketje says:
I'm WAY older than grade 5
Raketje says:
I haven't even seen primary school in about 12 years
lillygirl@hotmail.com.au (E-mail Address Not Verified) says:
is this rochelles brother or sister
Raketje says:
I don't have a brother or sister
lillygirl@hotmail.com.au (E-mail Address Not Verified) says:
on her addy
Raketje says:
and this is wasting my time. I'm blocking you now, because this is just obsurd. I am not who you are looking for.
lillygirl@hotmail.com.au (E-mail Address Not Verified) says:
*******@hotmail.com has 2 older sisters and a little brother
then I blocked them. so i dunno.

raketje @ 2006-03-20T15:34:00

2006-03-20T15:34:44Z

Happy Birthday Greg!!!! :o)

Note to self:

2006-03-07T11:07:17Z

Go to HSBC and get mini-statement - reconcile account.
Sort out online banking.

AHHH!!!

2006-03-03T14:06:32Z

I just got the Mac Equivalent of the Blue Screen of Death (tm). Some translucent greyish coloured screen that says in 5 languages, basically, "your computer is fucked and will shut down now."

As I've never seen this before in the 2 years of having teh iBook, can anyone tell me how bad this is? Anyone?