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I won the Welsh market treats lottery! They were having a little contest at the market today where you were supposed to find three 'misplaced' items, and then write down the stall number where they were 'hidden' and enter to win a hamper full of stuff. And I won! I actually won something! The hamper contained some thick-cut bacon, wild boar cross apple & leek sausages, chili-marinated chicken wings a big gammon joint, a Welsh black beef brisket, two pork steaks (all local and organic meats!), local Welsh honey, homemade lemon curd, orange & cider brandy marmalade, half a dozen organic free-range eggs, an asparagus quiche made with goats milk and goats cheese, a dozen welsh cakes, a loaf of lovely sundried tomato & herb artisan bread, and a big hunk o' cheese (not sure what kind but it's tasty)! Probably like £50 worth of stuff. :) So needless to say, I am somewhat off the healthy eatin' bandwagon today, heh. Once I ate a few welsh cakes it was all over! Hoozoo! Tags: aberystwyth, food, welsh
Current Location: Aberystwyth
i feel:  full
groovin' on: Ian singing Steeleye Span
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I am in need of some plinths/pedestals for a short installation (2.5 days incl. set up and tear down) I am putting up next week. I thought the School of Art had some I could use but they have turned out to be the wrong height. What I need is 2-4 (minimum 2) of these things, waist high at the lowest, to chest high at the highest. The platform area needs to be around 10"x10" - bigger would be alright if it's not obnoxiously so. All of them must be the same size. (I guess if there was one really big table on which I could fit all my objects that might work too, but it would be a miracle to find one the right size to have all the things in their correct positions.) I really, really don't want to build these if I don't have to, as I already have to make a bunch of boxes and I don't exactly excel at carpentry, so if anyone can suggest something that I could do/use it would be extremely helpful. Tags: aberystwyth, art, help!, phd, shows
Current Location: Aberystwyth
i feel:  hungry
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So, I just got back from seeing Steeleye Span at the Arts Centre! It was good times; the concert was completely sold out. It was the first date of their tour, so there were a couple of wonky bits, but overall it was excellent. They played a lot of their older stuff, which pleased me greatly, including an encore of All Around My Hat for which they got the whole audience to sing along. It was awesome. Just off the top of my head, the set list included: All Around My Hat Gone to America The Song Will Remain Bonny Black Hare Cold, Haily, Windy Night King Henry The Blacksmith Lovely on the Water Boys of Bedlam Saucy Sailor Babylon Cam Ye O'er Frae France Long Lankin (!) Van Diemen's Land It was a little weird for me, though... Steeleye Span is so connected to my mother in my head that it made me kind of emotional. Fragments of memories flashing through my brain, like her sitting in her sewing room singing along to her stereo while working on some project or other... It was hard not to think about how much she would have enjoyed the show, how she should have been there. Then Maddy Prior was selling tickets for some raffle in support of cancer research; I bought one. I had a great time though, just a little sniffy in places. Also, their drummer looks like Dumbledore. Tags: aberystwyth, mom, music, steeleye span
Current Location: Aberystwyth
i feel:  good
groovin' on: Steeleye Span - Long Lankin
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I seem to have slipped into wedding mode today and have been doing bits on that instead of actual work... On the up side I've sorted the flowers, and I've had a bit of unexpected luck - while checking over baggage allowance for our flight home I found that Transat allows you to bring a wedding gown as carry-on for free, in addition to your regular one piece! So I don't have to ship my gown! HALLELUJAH! I will, of course, double check this, but what a relief. Last night's set went quite well; I had a few people ask me about what song or band I'd played so that they could look them up. Ian had a set right after mine, and RickRolled Rocsoc. It was hilarious. Then Shawn (another Canadian girl, woot!) played a set of Industrial and Electronic. At RocSoc! Holy shit! It was awesome. I danced so much. Maybe I'll do EBM for my next set... Best. RocSoc. Evar. Tags: aberystwyth, dj, rocsoc, social crap, wedding
Current Location: Aberystwyth
i feel:  busy
groovin' on: K-Nitrate - Blood Rush
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OK... sorry for the cheesy title. I am just sitting around waiting for my breakfast to settle so that I can try to go running for the first time since arriving (:/) and I thought I might make a bit of an attempt to catch people up. I've been here almost a week now and barely posted! Most of that is due to exhaustion/jet lag, but I've been fairly busy as well. The flight to Gatwick was blessedly uneventful, full of mostly old people. It was quiet and I actually managed to sleep a bit -- in fact, I almost slept through breakfast, but I managed to catch the flight attendant a few rows down. :D Gatwick airport was fairly lame though. I had to wait 1.5 hours to get to passport control. The line was so long that for the first 30-45 minutes I couldn't even see the immigration hall. D: They had a pretty pathetic number of officers on duty. Once I got to the desk it was all very straightforward, though. Huzzah! Ian was wondering if something had happened to me by the time I got out... but no, Gatwick immigration is just crap. It was like 10 in the morning too, so it's not as though people were on lunch! I had been feeling pretty decent when I got off the plane, but the long wait carrying my heavy laptop sucked the life right out of me, and I slept through much of the various train jaunts. We got to Aber at about 7:30 and went out to eat at Little Italy (yum!) before crashing. Since then I've been seeing various people and trying to get my life organized... I've got my bank account set up, but I can't do a lot else until I go to the induction on the 24th and get my class schedule and student card. Then I'll be able to pay my tuition, get my CoE for student loans, get a job, join the gym, etc... I still don't know when my darn stuff is arriving, either! I'm supposed to call the UK end of the company again tomorrow... I have a couple new names to try, so hopefully I can finally get a real ETA. I found out that the one I had -- September 11/12 -- was technically correct, being the date the stuff arrives in the port, but it doesn't take into account the time it will take for the shipment to clear Customs. I was all excited by the speedy arrival, too! I want my stuff! Although I'm not sure where it's all going to go... The bookshelves are already full of Ian's games and DVDs and such. It will be nice to have a bigger selection of clothes. I actually bought some cheap shoes here (and a pricey skirt but hey the shoes were REALLY cheap OK) because all I had were boots and running shoes. I met with my supervisor yesterday morning, and despite my anxiety, yes, it went fine. I feel much better about the degree now, although I'm still not really sure where to start! At least I don't feel like I shouldn't be here now. Chris told me that he went through pretty much the same thing -- finishing school, then ending up just working and not producing any art, so he decided he would have to get back into education if he was going to be an artist. That is exactly how I feel, so hurray. He has his PhD now and teaches at UWA; hopefully I can make it too. Oh! And he mentioned there was some other source of funding that the school are putting my name forward for (since the ORSAS thing got screwed). I have no details but any money would be good, so fingers crossed. I love the school of art; everyone there is so helpful and competent; in stark contrast to the University's administration...:p Oh and I LOVE the flat! We have a huge tub with frickin' jets in it! The water pressure is pretty good. Lots of windows, lots of nice warm sunlight... and you can get a really great crossbreeze going if it gets *too* hot. The kitchen is great, the oven heats evenly, and the fridge is a good size by British standards anyway. Ian has the surround sound and projector set up in the living room. We have been watching Beast Wars on it. B) Our room is big and has a skylight! The apartment's windows look out over the town, with a view of Pen Dinas and the NLW on one side, and the... post office depot on the other :V. We are across the street from a bakery, and roughly 5 minutes' walk from a decent grocery store (about ten from the super cheap one, Lidl). What else? I made a pie last night... Also, my USB cord turned up at John & Michelle's after all, so I will even be able to take pictures to post again! Hoozoooo! Tags: aberystwyth, art, bogganing, life, phd
Current Location: Aberystwyth
i feel:  groggy
groovin' on: something thumpy on Pandora
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I slept ok last night (the whole 6 hours) except for my dreams... I had a nightmare wherein Navy Steve was eaten by a bear, and everyone blamed me because I had seen the bear first (this somehow made it my fault). We were LARPing at the NERO site; there was an assortment of Aber and other people. I was playing Persimmon I think. Anyway, it was dark out, and I was starting down the path away from the house (more like a cabin). Steve and a girl who was his fiancée (not sure if it was Gemma or not) were sitting on a picnic table talking in character. I got about 20 feet down the path and saw this huge black bear. Terrified, I ran back toward the house screaming, 'a bear, a bear!' Steve's girlfriend ran back into the house, as did several other people, but for some reason he stood up on the picnic table and started yelling at the bear and waving his LARP sword at it. We all watched from the doorway of the cabin as the bear reared up -- on its hind legs it was as tall as Steve standing on top of the table, silhouetted against a full moon -- and bit Steve on the shoulder, tearing his arm off in one go. Then it basically ripped him to shreds. We closed and barred the door and my father went to get his shotgun. The bear came around to the front side of the house after eating Steve, and Dad opened the door and shot it... Things are fuzzier after this, but I remember I was ostracized; everyone blamed me for Steve getting eaten by the bear. :( I woke up with a twisted neck. Now I'm at work, and I have to go to the dentist later! Tags: aberystwyth, bears, dreams, health or lack thereof, meh, teeth
Current Location: work :(
i feel:  meh
groovin' on: Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot
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