Damn, is the weekend over already?

Anyone else feel like the weekend has flown by and the list of 'things to do' sadly remains unchecked...?

Well it's not like I haven't done anything at all, but I still haven't got around to studying, writing or doing the 100 other things planned for the weekend. I just can't seem to stay focused on anything. Last week pretty much zapped all the energy out of my body and I spent two days walking around like a zombie....

Here are the things I did get done - catch up on tv shows! I watched the premiere of a whole bunch of new shows Friday night and out of all of them, the few that piqued my interest were The Vampire Diaries (still!), the Beautiful Life (but apparently that's cancelled already!), Flashforward, Cougar Town and Eastwick (recced by canadianturtle). Who else is watching these shows?

The medieval site dig was amazing btw! The anthropologist was a a**hole though, who obviously didn't want to be there and who blatantly didn't want to answer my questions either. I still got to learn loads from digging some human burials, which was great experience for me, although 4 days was far too short :(

*sigh* I need another vacation...

Just a general post about all the things that make me squee! :D

- the Fall season is starting again soon! Supernatural season 5 starts in a couple of weeks and I cannot wait to see the first episode. For anyone who hasn't seen the new promo for S5 yet, check it out!



- dmhgficexchange is starting up again and sign ups start next week apparently. I wrote two fics for the sign-up last round and I'm really pumped about participating again! :)

- Infinitus infinitus2010, the 2010 HP convention registration is open and I am sorely tempted to register as I will do everything this time round to attend. I've missed too many US hp conventions and this one will take place in Florida alongside the opening of the HP theme park and it sounds amazing!! Anyone else planning to go yet?

- Also, I talked to my friend about wanting to shape up without having to pay a fortune to attend a gym and he suggested I try out workout videos! He passed me a bunch of them including the Pump It Up dance workout which the music video Call On Me is based off! It's hilarious, but it looks fun and if it does the job, then I'm happy :D

Here's a clip from it:



All the workouts last about an hour so if I try one out 3x a week, I'm guessing that should start making a difference... right? I'll keep you guys posted about how that goes :)

If anyone has tried video workouts before and has some good recommendations, I'm all ears!

- Oooh and lastly I put my pics from work in a filtered post so if anyone who was interested didn't get to see them, just ask.

It's been months since I've updated Here Without You and I'm actually proud that I haven't dropped this fic completely!

Title: Here Without You
Author: hathorx
Rating: M
Summary: Sequel! 3 years after defeating Voldemort, Hermione and Draco meet again. Hermione now has to cope in a world run by Malfoy Inc. Whereas Abigail and Ron have joined the Order, she battles the remaining Death Eaters in court. Dark fic, D/Hr, HP/OC

Chapter 15 is finally up, it's called "Slytherin"... and it's nearly 8,000 words!!

In other news, I went to London last weekend...

( London and a bunch of trailers... )

*sniff* *sniff*

I have a cold. And a sore throat. It's my own fault because I went to a friend's b-day party Saturday night and spent most of the time outside on the balcony either smoking or chatting (and wearing only a strappy top) --> hence I'm now sick! :(

I hadn't smoked in months, not since my dissertation that dealt with the effects of smoking on teeth, but I simply couldn't resist a couple of ciggies....

Anyway, I'm now in bed, wrapped in a blanket and sipping cough syrup. I also feel exhausted because my mother decided to drag me around the local shopping centre all day to buy Christmas presents. Since when has it become a precaution to buy Christmas presents 3 weeks in advance and still have to deal with large crowds?!!

Job-wise: still nuthin'! Both jobs I was hoping to hear back from haven't contacted me so I'm starting to despair a little... There's no way I'll find anything now until January, no new jobs have been posted in days.

In other news:

- For everyone who asked for a holiday card and lives in the US, I sent your cards out last week so hopefully they should reach you soon. I'm not sure how long mail takes nowadays between US-Europe... For my European flist, I'm sending yours out tomorrow :)
- For all Dramione fans, the fourth round of the dramione_awards has begun and nominations are open!! You can check out details here and pimp your eligible one-shots here or to me! I've yet to nominate fics...
- I finally watched Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog and thought it was pretty good. Nathan Fillion is hilarious as the vain superhero and I loved Neil Patrick Harris. He's great and I've recently started watching How I Met Your Mother as well, which is an awesome show! How come no one mentioned this to me before?! :D
- TV holiday break is killing me... no more Supernatural! :( Thank God, Gossip Girl and Heroes aired this week! I'm off to watch them now...

Well France are out of the Euro!! Can't believe they lost 2 games out of 3 and they're out in the first round... sucks! I watched all three games in London and it was just depressing. My bets are on Holland, now. I think they've got every chance of winning, they're playing really well.

( Movies, Lost and other stuff )

( Carry On My Wayward Son )

I'll write a similar post for the Lost season finale. And seeing how the past episodes have affected me, I'll probably be a wreck after it... eek!

So I took my driver's test for the second time yesterday and had to wait for the result to come through the mail. I totally didn't expect it to arrive today, but it did and the tiny transparent piece of paper said 'Favourable'... which basically means I got it, I finally have my driver's license, woohoo!!!

I'm freaking ecstatic at the moment cause driving lessons are insanely overpriced and all my savings went into them. So yeah, I can finally drive... well as soon as I have a car. I guess that's going to be next on my list of "things I need to save up for, when I finally get a job!"

In any case, what an awesome way to start the year! 2008, I'm starting to believe in you :D

Oh and also, I finished season 1 of Rome and finally managed to download the JKR documentary, which was everything I expected it to be.

( Cut for spoilers )

Right, well I'll be back in London on Sunday and then uni starts again for me. I'm still struggling with my essays but now that I've no longer got my license to worry about, things should go a lot quicker! :D

Hey peeps! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, I certainly did, although as I already mentioned to some, I spent the night before Christmas throwing up like crazy!! I think it was the mix of oysters, smoked salmon and foie gras... :s Lunch on Christmas day was pretty light for me then since I was scared of being sick again, but the presents definitely cheered me up (I didn't expect half of them!) and with my family, we all ended up going to see Enchanted which I highly recommend! My brother and I couldn't stop laughing (we're really loud as well!) and I thought James Marsden did a terrific job; I never thought he could be so funny.

Since Christmas, I tried doing some coursework... (yeah, as if that was gonna happen) and ended up watching Rome, the tv show, with my mum. She got me the season 1 boxset for Christmas and I'm really enjoying it, except for all the random sex scenes they add in there. Has anyone else watched that show?

( I also started watching Bones... )

Oh yeah, the essays... I've got 2 to hand in when I get back from Paris and I've barely started. One's about Neanderthal skulls whilst the other is about the differences between trepanation and trauma... hmmm, quite morbid I know, but I actually chose those titles! :p

Also, I wrote 500 words last night for chapter 13 of HWY, but I left my notebook in London and so I can't finish the damn chapter till I go back. The most important scene is already all written out in it (its between Draco and Hermione and like an idiot, I can't remember any of it). I was really hoping to finish the chapter before this year. I guess 2007 was really a bad year for me after all.

My mum said my horoscope predicted I would have an amazing 2008. God, I really hope so :)