HI it's always the best getting visitor messages from you, mainly because they're always such a surprise! It's always nice to hear from you

DON'T WORRY. It's okay to be busy. I've started up at university now, and a total lack of internet at my flat has caused me to become a bit more absent from the boards... I'd make a comeback, but meh the YMT doesn't want me, Banter doesn't want me, I hate Main Muse and I avoid most other areas of the forum anyway! I haven't really noticed your absence as much as I usually would for that reason

Nothing's particularly new with me... I'm at uni now, and kind of liking it. A total lack of any communication with anyone is kind of killing me right now, but I keep trucking along! I'll make friends at some point, and if not, I'll just make more next year - I'm going to university in the UK for a year! I know I've had about 100 different theories on how I'm getting to the UK, but exchange seems to be the one that's sticking for a while. I'll be applying soon and all, getting my Visa sorted... Scary stuff! I'll be going to the University of Exeter, so I won't be far at all from you in Crapdon! We'll have to go out and get hideously drunk at some point

Hooray for electronic drum kits! I've still got my good ol' acoustic in the shed, but I do need to sell it... Sadly, I need all the money I can get right now to save for the UK but hey, it'll be the best year of my life. I get to go to gigs and go to festivals and meet people and experience so much shit and stuff, yo but anyway, back to you, at least you're trucking along fine, nothing quite like a pay rise!

I'm still just the filing person, work is literally just around the corner from where I live nothing wrong with that... It's an easy job that pays pretty well too

Aren't you special, you got a reply within 12 hours! Now I'll just wait 6 months or so for your next reply, yeah? <3 have fun my Welsh Cardiffian Londonian friend

HA.

FOR ONCE I DO NOT FAIL.

Ah, it doesn't help I've decided to cram all the papers I don't like into this semester well, there's just one paper that is a fucking DRAG SOSOSOSOSOSO MUCH. It's actually destroying any motivation I do have left. Maybe things will look up next semester, but either way, I'm taking a year off. I need it not only for the enjoyment but for my mental stability I'll start again when I get back. I've already had the "it'll be hard to start again" chat, but it's not like I'm getting anywhere right now.

Why are you trying to not be fatty? You're absolutely tiny if anything, you SHOULD be eating more fatty food and drinking far more coke! Tut tut... And you're going into summer, why on earth are you ill? It should be me, not you

Until I slip up we are

You say you hadn't been on here for a while yet you still replied within a day

Ah, fun times. Basically figuring out if the amount of people you have in the department is dead weight or not etc... At least you've looked now, I bet there's a lot of people who haven't even bothered yet thinking they could just roll into another job! You've got a one-up on people for having experience

Hooray for holidays! In Italy I've always wanted to go to Venice and Florence. Rome would be nice too ofc, but not #1 on the priority list. And the usual being healthy attempt really. Not desperate enough to be willing to give up the things you love and do the things you hate I've been pretty good with my Coke and caffeine intake as of late, I just control myself. I lost 10kg last year by rarely drinking Coke, same will probably happen this year

Just uni. It's really really really really really shit. Usually I get over it and power on but I am really struggling to do it and it appears it's not my course, it's just university in general. I was rushed into it all and really I need a good twelve months off, not even to discover myself and all that cheesy jazz, but also because I just need a break from education. I'm not in the right frame of mind right now to bother with it...

WHAT IS REPLYING. One of these days I'll not be absolutely useless. That may be many aeons in the future, but still. One day. Maybe.

Wait, what is this about your job? but you've hardly even been there for long! Finding work in journalism isn't exactly the easiest things to do in the UK either...

And well, with the UK I don't know what I'm doing yet. Could be visiting, could be living, I dunno. We'll see. I need to sort out a few other things before we go there, ha.

I've been better but I'll truck along. Been a whole three weeks since you replied anyway, how are you now?

I could've sworn I left you a message not long ago... Perhaps I was going to and got distracted as usual

HELLO DALIA. I've got nothing exciting to report sadly, but I'm good for the most part! I started back up at uni for the year last week and just finished my first assignment actually. Moved back over to the city I don't want to be in, but I've decided to just force my way through the next three years so I can go work full-time and get my license and go overseas! and how's things with you now? Anything exciting to report?

And pfft, puns are the foundation of life

Good news too, fairly certain I'll be heading to the UK at the end of the year! I know I've said it so many times but now I have a genuine reason to save up and go last year I spent all the money I saved on holidays and expensive hotels and flights and oh dear. My sister and her partner are going over there to live so I can go have christmas with them my first white christmas! And if I don't get enough money, I shall take advantage of my $2000 interest free overdraft

I'm only bad at replies because I check everything in the morning, go do some waking up stuff and forget about them completely damn you English people replying at times I do not approve of

My first year sucked to put it succinctly. Well, it was a year of nothing but averageness. While I thoroughly enjoy doing nothing, having no positives to counteract that makes for a very uninspired lifestyle next year will be better though. I'll make it better!

I'm lucky that if I ever do go and see Muse live again (unlikely), my favourite album is Black Holes and they still play most of that anyway at least you got to see all of Origin twice and that GREAT 'greatest hits' portion that everyone moaned about and nothing wrong with being a gamer! At least you have something fun to fill in your spare time with. I just do nothing. glad to hear all is well with you though

Yeah, I totally replied...

HI DALIA. I was thinking about you the other day actually and how I never see you anymore all is alright on my end, finished uni for the year now so I'm just being lazy haha. Nothing much to report! And yourself?

Also, I'd have said it in the post before but I wasn't allowed to at that point - regarding what's new with me, go have a look in the most recent News thread!

It was awkward and boring because I didn't like my papers and I did four papers that did not have a SINGLE portion of crossing over you know, like say in history and geography or something, there's always that little bit of information you'll learn in one that's helpful for the other, I did four subjects that had not even the slightest bit of that made everything that little bit harder, and my marks show it. However, I'm moving into the halls at uni (on Sunday, actually) and will be doing papers that relate a lot more to each other next semester!

OH HOORAY FOR PROMOTION I suppose you've got a bit of money to spare to lash out and get yourself some new drums or yet another Mac? or save up for a trip to somewhere in Europe you've never been before you could do a tour of the Greek Islands or something /oddsuggestion

I'm heading over in January (all going to plan)! I'm doing an exchange to Exeter (again, all going to plan, haven't been accepted yet ) for the year so I'm not THAT far away from London!

Oh, it's fine I would have replied quickly though because I'm on holiday! This is my last week though, I move back over to uni on Sunday and start on Monday nothing exciting has happened, unfortunately... Had a crap first semester that I plan to forget about, and I'm looking forward to enjoying myself in the semester coming up!

AND HOW IS DALIA?

yoooooooooooou!

Sorry Dalia! I've been really pre-occupied with uni as of late, and seeing I don't have (much) internet during the week, I usually don't get around to replying to anyone! So I apologise, I'm the slack one this time!

HOW THE FUCK ARE YA, DALIA? long time no speak, yet again...

What was the name of the other world the girls had in Pauline's diaries? Fourth World, Borovnia and I really cannot remember the last, or find it in my notes

HELLO!

Nah, doing fuck all is boring me soooooo much. I move into my new flat on the 21st, and there's no internet in it and the person I'm living with (my aunty) says it's pointless to get it because I can just use it at university... SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND :'( and besides, it's far too much hassle to do it all anyway. I'd have to have get a phoneline or pay an arm and a leg. No thanks

I was meant to have a job, but that fell through. Instead, now I'm going to spend a whole year overseas! well, all going to plan, that is. I do have a part-time job, but I'm on annual leave from it so fucking bored. I start back up in a week and a half. I'm giving that job to my sister in three weeks though (as the kind brother I am, she needs it more than I do) and I started my new job as a filing clerk at an accounting firm yesterday

The entire board is getting increasingly dead. We're between tours and albums right now, Muse aren't doing anything exciting and a lot of Banter people are growing up, getting jobs, etc etc. It's always when I'm on too do I offend?

I'M NOT AUSTRALIAN, DALIA :phu:

I'm going over next year though (as stated above) and spending a whole year there working under an agency (again, all going to plan). My flat is only down the road from the agency though, so I'm going to go and visit them sometime soon and the lie-ins are getting progressively longer for me, I missed lunch today for about the 5th day in a row but 6am is just mean

WOW, A REPLY WITHIN A DAY FROM DALIA

My future plans fell apart and crumbled in front of my eyes in the last few months... I threw nearly all my original plans out the window, and now I'm just doing crap all! I'm going to uni and still doing geography, not sure what else though, I need to pick one other major... So much decisions

At least you're working, you've got a job, and with plenty of hours and overtime comes moneeeeeyyyyy! and that awesome reward when you get time off. That said, I wish I was working right now, I'm so bored at home...

I've not been posting too much because I'm not really that interested anymore although the board has been quite entertaining for the past couple of weeks

My only resolution was to either get to or plan to get to Europe this year or next year. So far, pretty average, really I haven't done anything exciting lately, I've been on school holidays for ages before uni... I'm bored already and still have 6 weeks to go!

I literally had no idea I hadn't replied to you I APOLOGISE.

I'm good! I'm just stressing out sorting myself out for university and all that... Today has been a crazy day tomorrow will be crazy too... Then it's all sorted for now

And how are you? You've been quiet around here lately!

No worries! Glad to hear you're all good

I've been good, I've finished school forever now now I'm just basically 'bathing' in the glory of doing not much at all I did well at my prizegiving though, so everyone is just being really nice to me now too I don't get a holiday this year though, maybe and you back at work and all yet?

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that Dalia my thoughts are with you and your family. I wish all the best for you hope you're okay, and again, my thoughts are with you and your family.

Sammy <3 x

I still don't actually know where you work I feel like you're a journalist, maybe you have told me, but I never specifically got told, to my knowledge

Well, I'm free in two weeks now! 9 and a half more days, I'M VERY WORRIED, HOWEVER the next two weeks are going to be weird and kind of nostalgic in a way but hey, everything has to come to an end at some point did you enjoy your last year of school?

I'm planning to go over there in August next year! Hopefully I'll be attending some kind of myoozer meat while I'm over there, and if not, I'll most definitely catch up with you for a coffee or something while I'm over there, seeing you're always so busy! I've put aside a whole 7/8 months to get some money for this trip, I hope I'll have enough! it's so expensive to travel anywhere from New Zealand :'(

And that's not good at all about your grandma! my poor ol' grandma is still trucking along, she's the only one of my grandparents still alive I hope the best for your grandma gets better, though, and my heart is with you and your family! <3

Nice to see you named your Macbook... Jaffa and Mr. Sparkle are awesome! ah, being a nana is great though, you really begin to enjoy your own company

<3

I'm impressed I got such a fast reply, yes - but my apologies, I've been very busy this weekend! Seeing my teachers aren't giving me any homework lately (TOUCH WOOD TOUCH WOOD), I can reply tomorrow happily <3

In an attempt to reply to this, I managed to end up on my Online Banking website. LE FAIL.

Anyway, hi Doodles!

Don't worry about not talking to me - we'll just use the old "I've been so tied up at work lately!" excuse! besides, there's nothing like time apart sometimes - gives you more stuff to talk about! However, in my case, as usual, I have nothing to talk about...

I've been up to very little, to be fair, seeing that no-one really does much around here these days, I've just been chilling at home, really... School has been pretty busy and all lately too, I dislike it! but only three more weeks, and then I'm done with secondary school FOREVER. Then it's time to start planning my Europe trip!

Surely you have some news?! I'm an old fart too these days, I've even resorted to nana naps sometimes

MUCH LOVE :kiss: /toolazyforsize+colours

Unfortunately, I'm in a class where people are so thick they just keep calling out "LESBIAN LESBIAN" every time Juliet and Pauline even touch hands or something. IT MAKES ME RAGE SO BAD, THEY'RE NOT EVEN SLIGHTLY LESBIAN. Even with the sex scene being blatantly obviously involving of the saints, they still can't process that it's not the two girls having sex.

Turns out it's called Volumnia. It was apparently extremely similar to Borovnia anyway probably just more names for Pauline and Juliet though.

For my essay about the director's creative vision, I got a Merit

I've found it's actually quite an easy film in terms of picking out features that Jackson used and all... I think it's a good film in general too

Thanks, it's irritating me a little

No worries that does help on terms of my knowledge of their worlds (seeing we didn't focus too much on it in class ), but I vaguely remember my teacher mentioning an extra world Peter Jackson left out of the movie. Started with L, I think...