Man, I write a lot of trash...

 
Finally, it's happened. I am on holidays *squee*. Two weeks off work...Free to do whatever I want to do...Free from sharing the same space with people I can't stand for eight and a half hours a day.

I've got a bunch of books and DVDs to settle in with and plenty of studying and essay stuff to do...And moviegoing, dog walking, eating things...

I got four books from Amazon (I adore that site. Just genius!):

• On Michael Jackson by Margo Jefferson. I read it all on Saturday and loved it. Such an interesting view of his life. I want to get a copy of Michael's book Moonwalk, if I could A) find a copy and, B) afford a copy, lol.
• Self-made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised As A Man by Norah Vincent. I finished that today. I bought her second book, Voluntary Insanity, when I was in Melbourne and loved that she is an immersive journalist - I thought that was really interesting.
• Phantoms In The Brain: Probing The Mysteries Of The Mind by Dr. V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakesee (with a foreward by Dr. Oliver Sacks, who I love). I can't wait to start it, it's all about how and why the mind does some of the things it does.
• The Gift Of Fear by Gavin De Becker. It's a pretty well known book and its author has been on Oprah and stuff, but that's not why I bought it, lol. The book has been mentioned in two or three other books I've read recently and I figured that reading it wouldn't be too bad.

As for DVDs, I had some kind of spasm and couldn't stop myself, lol:

• Crash, because I need it for uni, believe it or not.
• The Live Collection: Dylan Moran, because I've not seen a lot of his stuff save for clips on YouTube, so I wanted to give him a fair go, lol. Man, does he drink a lot!!!
• I got Ricky Gervais' Animals, because he's such a funny bastard, lol. I love his bit about the Bible and how God created the day and the night in the dark. I couldn't stop laughing.
• The Wiz. Because I'm a freak. I really can't justify it, so we'll move right along.
• Season four of Buffy...Because I didn't have it yet (even though I had seasons three, five and six) and because I wanted to be able to watch one of my favourite episodes, Hush, again. It's the only BtVS episode that gives me the creeps.

Tomorrow will be interesting, if not entirely fun. I'll be in Liverpool at Raven to get my new tattoo started. It'll take somewhere in the region of three hours to do and will cost something like $350...For the outline. This will be far and away the biggest and most expensive piece (and the most painful, hands down...) I've gotten and, to tell you the truth, I'm nervous, lol. It's going on my ribs and I'm a little unsure of how I'll be able to handle the pain. I've got four tattoos so far; one on my upper right arm, one on the inner left arm (upper, not forearm), one on my right calf and one on my back, just under the shirt collar. All of them went swimmingly and of course had their own painful moments, but this new one, I think, is going to be a different experience entirely. I hope I can remain in control in my head for the duration...No tears.

So, uni tonight and we're finishing up work on David Malouf's An Imaginary Life. That was a pretty good book, I think. Well written and interestingly worded. I could tell right away that Malouf is a poet first and an author second, without having to do any research. Apparently, even though he's seventy odd years old, David Malouf sometimes hangs out (as much as an old guy can hang out, I suppose) on campus and still gives lectures from time to time. That's pretty cool.

Then we're on break for three weeks and we start Beloved or Crash or something. In that space, I'm writing my Waiting For Godot essay. Crap!! We might be getting our essays back today...*gulps* Not looking forward to that. I mean, I'll die if I get just a credit. It's not enough, you know? But in truth and fairness, I did shoot myself in the foot with that last one. I wrote the essay in two days and only wrote notes for it the week prior, so, you know, I wasn't as prepared as I'd have liked to have been, so I'll get what I deserve. I might learn an important lesson if I only get a credit. But, still, fingers crossed for a distinction or high distinction (I'll pass out if I get an HD).

So, that's me for the day, I think. Might biff off and walk the dog (nearly typed "god") before I have to have a shoer and get ready for uni...And being studious. It takes so much out of me *fans self*.

Pip-Pip!