The Duck Pond
Friday, October 18, 2002
A YELLOW Dragon Lies Beneath!
I took the Inner Dragon online quiz and found out I am a Yellow Dragon. My Inner Dragon is the most interesting of all. Yellows are the fourth rarest dragon of all (after Gold, Platinum and Chromatic dragons). They spend the vast majority of their time soaring high above the ground, often for no particular reason. They love to be in the air, and are thus typified as the Air Elemental dragon. All of the Elemental dragons are technically aligned "Chaotic Evil" but a Yellow is about as close as they come to being Neutral. So if you catch me being sweet (har!), it's perfectly normal. But it might be a feint.
I like to spend time in silent, aerial meditation and would only really attack someone if provoked aye. My favorable attributes are the sunrise, Spring, incense, clouds, and any kind of helpful air current. When it's needed, my breath weapon is pure bolts of Lightning. Bring it on!
Thursday, October 17, 2002
Went to see Red Dragon again last night as I really do think it's a splendid film, not least because of that Ralph Fiennes. The bloke who asked me out a couple of weeks ago was there and was giving me evils as I was with a male friend. I also made it to aerobics last night. It was ok except for the instructor kept shouting things at us and noone except those right at the front could hear a damn word she was saying then she kept getting up_shet because noone was answering her and everyone was getting it wrong. I'm going to go to dance aerobics tonight, me being a sucker for punishment and all and also having paid 35 quid for an aerobics pass.
My music tastes have been changing dramatically of late. I still like a bit of metal now and again and rock is still my favourite but I've been really getting into Scooter who are a German rave/techno group. I never ever thought I'd like that stuff. Now I want to go to a rave and dance my brains out although I'd probably not be able to put up with so many drugged up people in one room. My ex was always going on about going to raves but he just wanted to do the acid, that's all. Me being as I am I don't need any drugs to be able to dance like a maniac all night and have a great time and even if I did, all I'd have to do is drink a cup of megastrong coffee or something and I'd be well away.
On my playlist at the moment is the completely un-metal "Whenever Wherever" by Shakira (it's a bit of an anthem for our house) and I always have to smirk at the lyrics, "lucky that my breasts are small and humble, so you don't confuse them with mountains". I mean...?! I have large breasts (SIT DOWN) but I have never had the problem of anyone mistaking my chest for Snowdonia or having ramblers trying to conquer them. You have to commend her for looking on the bright side though and as my friend says, perhaps it sounds better or makes more sense in spanish.
Legolas Greenleaf
If I were a character in The Lord of the Rings, I would be Legolas, Elf, a son of the King of Mirkwood.
In the movie, I am played by Orlando Bloom.
Who would you be?
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Monday, October 14, 2002
Bleurgh. I feel so utterly grim this morning. I made the ultimate mistake of drinking two cups of coffee yesterday and was wired until about 5 this morning. I didn't even have them that late in the day but I think one of them was really strong, in fact I know it was because after finishing it I temporarily lost the power of speech which was bloody scary I can tell you. Caffeine (especially in coffee) sometimes can affect me in a very extreme way almost as I would imagine hard drugs affect people although perhaps not as bad. Anyway I've decided not to do it again, it's not worth what I went through last night and if it's affecting me that way it can't be any good for me.
I've not really done much that's noteworthy lately. My weekend was ok. No really mad nights out but I did go to see Red Dragon which I thoroughly enjoyed and would highly recommend to anyone who likes that sort of thing. Much better, in my opinion, than Hannibal, which I felt was going more for the shock factor than anything else and seemed to me to be boredom punctuated with short periods of stomach churning gore and didn't make a good movie at all.
Friday, October 11, 2002
Been sitting here thinking I have nothing to blog about but I've had quite a busy week. At the weekend we completely failed to go for sunday lunch due to very bad organisation and I missed badminton because although I didn't have a hangover as such, I didn't have the greatest coordination and kept staggering into things and stuff so I thought maybe not a good idea. Instead I went with a friend to a local nature spot Nant yr Arian which has a lot of nice ramble paths and mountain biking trails and a couple of man made lakes. There are also some wind farms nearby which I love (come back to that later) and the spot is very famous for the red kites it is home to. I dont know if the time we went was of particular significance but there were hundreds of red kites everywhere (and quite a few bird spotters too). It was amazing and I got a bad neck from staring into the sky so much. We walked around one of the lakes a couple of times, watching the birds and then reurned to Aber.
My German class has been disbanded sadly so it has been suggested by the teacher that I move up to advanced which is encouraging although I think she bases this recommendation on the fact that I've done A Level German rather than any skill that I have shown in class.
Aren't wind farms brilliant? I know there is a lot of criticism about there being so many these days and that some people think they are an eyesore etc. but I think they are far from it. I am fascinated by them and could sit and watch them all day. They look like something from a science fiction novel and are almost eerie in their majesty. Once a previous boyfriend and I drove right up to a windfarm (the one near Nant yr Arian in fact) and right under one of the windmills. When you see them from a distance you know they're big but you don't really realise just how big - you think perhaps the size of a large house. When you consider that one of the blades is actually 3 times the size of a person you begin to realise just how huge they are. Even knowing that I was not prepared for actually standing right underneath one. It was breathtaking. I felt like I was on a different planet. The sheer size, coupled with the WHUMWHUMWHUM noise that it and all the nearby windmills made as it was a pretty windy day actually scared me and made me feel very small and unimportant. Not only do they look so cool but they are an excellent, hippah, environmentally friendly, renewable energy source so everyone's a winner (except maybe for a few stupid birds that fly into the blades on a windy day). Build more I say.
Well this week has been no different to last week in that I've hardly gotten any sleep. Been partying far too much lately and am remembering that one cannot mix the student lifestyle with the working lifestyle for too long without collapsing with exhaustion and/or getting sacked. It's been so bad that I've had a few hallucinations over the past couple of days. One was really scary - I was crossing the road, following the green cross code and looking both ways when I turned to find a car right about to hit me. I tried to jump out of the way to find that there was really nothing there at all. Freaky.
Had a splendid night out last night. I really wanted to go out and managed to convince some people to go for once. We went to scholars for a few and then moved on to the Bay but didn't like it so moved on to the Glen but it was too packed so we moved to the Bay again. I managed to gracefully tip an almost full vodka and coke all over myself in front of everyone and was then given a double vodka, double rum and coke. It tasted really nice and smooth but it has done nothing to help the state of my head this morning eugh.
Friday, October 04, 2002
Bleurgh I am so tired. I have been burning the candle at both ends far too much this week and at last the weekend is upon me almost. I do have to come to work for a little while this weekend but it'll be cool because I'll have the whole place to myself and no distractions plus can come in whenever I like so I can have a well needed lie in. Went out last night with a cool friend and discovered a rock night downstairs in the Bay. I had a splendid night not to mention one too many southern comfort and cokes :) I bumped into my ex in the kebab shop (no I was getting a burger!) which made my night because I realise I don't feel *anything* at all for him anymore and I don't even feel sad about that.
Isn't this so close to the truth?
I've bought an aerobics pass in the vain attempt to get more healthy. I paid for it so I know I'll make the most out of it and actually use it. Hurrah.
