Psapphirical

I should be sleeping, but I can't sleep. Mum recruited me to work in the cafe tomorrow, which means an 8am start. Pfft. I haven't gotten up that early since high school.

Over the last couple of days I've had a lot of dreams about Stormy coming home. It's quite torturous. Because he hasn't.

I miss that stupid cat. I miss his stinky cat breath when he yawned widely right in my face. I miss how he'd attack my hand with his claws out but gently enough that it (usually) didn't hurt. I miss the warm dent he left at the foot of my bed after sleeping there for hours curled up in a lazy ball of fluff. I miss how he liked to hide around a corner and then jump out and playfully attack my feet as I'm walking down the corridor. I miss how he'd follow me for as long as he dared when I left the house to walk to the train station and how he'd sit on the pavement looking at me while I walked away. I miss how he'd lick my tears away when I cried.

*sigh*

I finally checked my uni results... 10 days after they came out. The delay wasn't for any particular reason (such as dread), but because I tend to lose track of the time rather easily these days. I don't think it's WoW's fault. It's more that I don't have anything to mark the time that passes by. Anyway, my results for last semester were:

Violence and Gender in Europe 1400-1900: H1
Second Language Learning and Teaching: H2A
Language and Culture: H1
Syntax: P

That's the first P I've ever received. It looked markedly alien next to all the Hs. But I deserved it, considering I stupidly overslept that morning and only finished 1/3 of the Syntax take home exam. Heh.

In other news, I watched Loving Anabelle the other day. I enjoyed it muchly. Erin Kelly is hawt.

In other, other news, all the Christmas decorations in the World of Warcraft remind me of the Discworld MUD Hogswatch (Christmas) festivities, which make me feel a bit nostalgic. I have some good memories amongst all those lines of text. Such as kissing quew for the first time under the mistletoe... and making a Wizard character purely for the reason of magically producing a bouquet of flowers to give to random girls whenever I wanted... and repeatedly getting thrown out of the Assassin's Guild as a result of repeatedly trying to kiss the Assassin's Guild bath attendant (an NPC). Those were good days. :-)

...And when my LJ entry descends into a pointless reminiscing of my geeky and lecherous past, I think it's time for me to go to bed. *nods*

Godnatt.

I watched Imagine Me & You the other day. Several people on my friends list had expressed surprise at how it met or surpassed their expectations, so I had pretty high expectations myself. I'm pleased to say that I enjoyed the movie immensely. I love it. It's just so cute and romantic and soppy and gah aslkdfjasdf. It's just the movie that I've been waiting for. I'm definitely going to buy the DVD if I get a chance.

So, Baldur's Gate II is working again. I was advised to download the patch (thank you Anna!), and I did as soon as I got home, and omg yay. Joy of joys, it works! Imoen my sweet, just hold on... I'll rescue you! I don't care that you turn out to be evil. Nor do I care that you're also a child of Bhaal, and thus my sister. Our love surpasses all boundaries. Yes.

Current gaming wish list:
Guitar Hero (I've been waiting for this to come out in Australia for months. MONTHS I tell you!)
Heroes of Might and Magic V (I've loved the HoMM series ever since HoMM II - the first proper computer game I ever bought)
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Morrowind was awesome. This looks awesome also.)
Civilization IV (I've not tired of playing Civilization III yet, despite spending at least several weeks of my life playing it. I'm sure Civ IV will prove to be just as entertaining.)
Galactic Civilizations II (Never heard of this game until a few days ago, but I like the look of it. Seems like a sci-fi version of Civ. And and! You get to design your own spaceships. *geekdrool*)
Tomb Raider: Legend (Mmmm Lara.)
Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition (For when I finish playing Baldur's Gate II. There are so few good role playing games out there that one should stick to the good ones, even if they're sequels of sequels.)

I'm also tempted to pre-order a new game called Civcity from EB Games because you get a genuine ancient Roman coin with it if you do that. Cool huh?

*happy gaming dreams*

My internet wasn't working yesterday or the day before, so watching movies and playing computer games was pretty much all I did. Heh.

I'm also kinda stressed because I found out that the Diploma of Education might be obliterated, that is, abolished... i.e. PWNED by 2008 because of some major changes at Melbourne uni. Which sucks. Because I can't enroll for it until /after/ I finish my degree in 2007. Which means I might possibly be stranded with a useless slightly non-vocational Arts degree. The upside is that I think they're offering a Masters of Education or something, instead. And, of course, an alternative is to do the same diploma at a different uni. But still. Stress. The sucky thing is that they don't have any details yet because they've just decided to implement the changes. Gah. Why me? Why couldn't it have been 2009? Geez.

Okay. I have an exam for Phonetics in less than 12 hours, and I really need to study.

Like, right now.