kathrynw

I've just got deja vu of University Challenge. How weird. Or maybe I'm psychic and should give Derren Brown a run for his money.

FRS 20 IS MOCKING ME!!

I've lost a jumper, a cardigan and a vest top over the weekend and I haven't got a clue where the hell they are. I'm sure I was thinking about washing them but can't find them for the life of me. Argh!!

ETA: Must be going to senile, just found them hanging over the washing horse thing in the spare room because I obviously did wash them in the week but have no memory of it.

In the interests of...I don't know...boredom? I am now over on Dreamwidth as kathrynw. I'm not entirely sure what the point is but I will play with it some more tomorrow. I'm not going to disappear off here but feel free to friend me over there as well.

I should so be typing up the notes from my meeting today. Or at least doing something productive. Instead I'm eating the world's biggest bag of M&Ms (seriously, I keep thinking I must have finished them and then there's more) and watching Gossip Girl. I was only going to watch one episode and then type up my notes but that's never going to happen. And it's still hours until we're back in London. Boo. But at least I will get to wear my new shoes tomorrow.

Inspired by roisinaine, here are 12 random first lines. I don't actually have that many books here as most are at my parents still but there are more than enough for a meme! A mixture of GO and some other favourites - I imagine some are a lot easier than others!

ETA - only one left to get although I'm not sure that I would get it if I didn't know what it was...

1. It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - morganmuffle

2. 'I won't! I won't go! And if you ask her to have me, I'll run away!' The New Abbey Girls by EJO - dozydormouse

3. Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress. Middlemarch by George Eliot - teaandbooks

4. The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad - dozydormouse

5. Even when the last of the medicine bottles was cleared away and she was supposed to have 'had' convalescence, Harriet did not get well. White Boots by Noel Streatfield - teaandbooks

6. The Rue du Coq d'Or, Paris, seven in the morning. Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell - morganmuffle

7. Through the frayed curtain at my window a wan glow announces the break of day.

8. I was sitting in the meadows one day, not long ago, at a place where there was a very small brook. What Katy Did - dozydormouse

9. The intense interest aroused in the public by what was known at the time as 'The Styles Case' has now somewhat subsided. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - dozydormouse

10. I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton - dozydormouse

11. The three women got off the train at Lauterbrunnen and asked Axel, the cab driver, for the Chalet Hotel. Chalet Girls Grow Up - dozydormouse

12. I am always drawn back to the places where I have loved, the houses and their neighbourhoods. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote - morganmuffle

A quick favour to ask from the CSI-watchers on my flist. For various reasons, I've missed the last two episodes. I think the last one I saw was the lab rats episode - has anything major happened in the last 2 episodes that I need to know about before the series finale? Thank you!

Is it wrong that I think Neil Pearson may be my one true love?

Dear clever flisty people,

I have leeks. They are very big. Almost too big for the fridge. How long will they last? They were delivered by nice Mr Ocado tonight and I have grand plans for them for sunday night, will they still be fit and healthy then?

Love,

Me

Apologies if you don't like this kind of thing but I thought I would share the following site with you:

http://www.valuedopinions.co.uk/

If you sign up and fill in a few introductory bits and pieces, they will send you - on a fairly frequent basis - online market research surveys to fill in on a variety of topics. Some will only take 5 minutes but others take longer but you get rewarded somewhere between 50p and a couple of pounds for each survey that you complete depending on how long it lasts and when your account balance reaches £5, you can choose how to take you reward. There's a variety of high street vouchers to choose from or you can get amazon vouchers or donate to charity. In the last year, I've made about £30 out of it which is always nice as it's not really that strenuous. Normally I would be incredibly suspicious of something like this but I actually used to work there (and spent one summer stuffing envelopes with Tescos vouchers so I know they exist!) and I've just used £10 worth of amazon vouchers to buy part of my mum's christmas present :D

Like I said, aplogies if anyone doesn't want to read this but I thought some people may appreciate it because it's a pretty easy way to make money.

There are various international sites as well for those of my LJ who are not UK based too I think - the corporate site is www.researchnow.co.uk which says where they have panels. Plus I researched most of the 'fun facts' for the countries :D

Is it just me or has ryan been working out a lot recently?

There seem to be tickets in the £25 and £15 category for most week nights until it gets closer to christmas. I'm guessing this week is a bit early and I'm busy tues, thurs, fri.
( Wicked anyone? Or again for anyone? )

Sorry for spreeing but can any CSI people out there tell me what's going on in Miami? Haven't seen it that much recently due to work and college etc but what did Ryan mean when he said to H that he couldn't keep it up much longer and the whole prescription thing? I would try asking my mother but she is still convinced that Ryan and Greg from CSI are the same person...*rolls eyes*

Thank you!

You Are Sex On the Beach

When comes to drinking, you like it to go down smooth. You really don't like the taste of alcohol - just its effect on you. So, you're proud to get drunk on fruity, girly drinks. Because once you're liquored up, the fun begins!

Woo! Sex on the Beach is definitely a favourite of mine :D

I have decided that from now on this LJ is going to be f-locked. Mainly because I am too lazy to try and work round people's real names etc. If you would like me to friend you, please comment below and I will :D

Love,
Kathryn

All evening we've had the rather fine joke that 'tomorrow we're going to moro'. But now, as it is now friday, today we're going to moro which isn't quite so funny. Bah.

My brother has returned from Thailand/Cambodia with another bloody guitar and a pierced eyebrow. This last has not gone down well with my mother, unsurprisingly. In solidarity, I have put an earring in the second hole in my ear. It looks rather nice on him actually, rather Australian which is quite random. It also looks like he may have actually washed his hair while he was away rather than just leaving it to decay as normal. He has had a very good trip though which I'm glad about because it's nice to see him start to grow up a bit.

I almost wrote the following in my drabble:

'She felt the familiar fingers of excitement work their way down her spine'

Until I realised *just* how dodgy it could sound...