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Stuff I need to fix in preparation for uni:
- Quit my job (currently trying to write the mail. It's not going very well, since I've never had to quit my job before).
- Apply for student's allowance (asap)
- Acquire course lit (all books reserved from the library bar one)
- Acquire the traveling cards I need (SDFGHJKL DO NOT WANT)
I'm going to Uppsala university this term, as Stockholm university doesn't have the program I wanted to read; Uppsala is a city located about 50-60 minutes north of Stockholm, outside the county border, which makes public transport a bit of a bitch. Basically, you can buy a 30-day-travel card for both Stockholm and Uppsala county, but it... costs more than a thousand SEK (about a hundred pounds). For students.
Still, I'm pretty sure that's still cheaper than actually living there. Which is both expensive, hard to find, and I'd still need to pay for some kind of travel cards in both counties if I want to go home over the weekends. On the other hand, not living in Uppsala is a lot more inconvenient, seeing as it'll take four hours there and back per day.
I'm still not sure whether I've made the right decision re: housing, but. In that case I'll know what to do next term.
Today I cleaned my room for the first time in you don't want to know how long. Go me. Will try to go to bed relatively early in order to re-establish my normal sleeping schedule; might go up early to shop for groceries and bake some. I swear anything I bake in this house disappears within the next 24 hours.
Big Finish update:
The Haunting of Thomas Brewster: I think any individual's enjoyment of this audio and this entire arc largely comes down to whether you like the character of Thomas Brewster. Which, incidentally, I do. Also I like Victorians, and stories that focus more on characters than plot, and the mental image of Five with a beard, so I really liked it.
Assassin in the Limelight: "I've got a great idea! Let's have the villains from two of the absolute worst of Six and Evelyn's audios come back in the same story! What a hoot!" This audio is, admittedly, better than both stories that it takes its villains from (Medicinal Purposes and one I won't reveal for spoilery reasons) but I still didn't find it very compelling at all.
The Death Collectors & Spider's Shadow: I'm pretty sure I've mentioned before that I'm not a huge fan of the Seven solo audios, because no one writing for them seems willing to actually delve somewhat into Seven's character; the result are average plots with mostly forgettable characters. This is no exception.
The Boy That Time Forgot. Paul Magrs. Paul Magrs, I know you can write really great stories, both in book and audio format, but then I get things like The Wishing Beast and I don't know what to think. And now this. What the hell is this? Probably something I would've been able to shrug off, and perhaps even enjoy, in a pulp fictiony sort of way, if it hadn't been for the inclusion of A CERTAIN CHARACTER this audio is known for that makes for an awful lot of cringe-worthy moments.
The Doomwood Curse: Doctor Who does a gothic romance parody. It is about as awesome as it sounds.
- Quit my job (currently trying to write the mail. It's not going very well, since I've never had to quit my job before).
- Apply for student's allowance (asap)
- Acquire course lit (all books reserved from the library bar one)
- Acquire the traveling cards I need (SDFGHJKL DO NOT WANT)
I'm going to Uppsala university this term, as Stockholm university doesn't have the program I wanted to read; Uppsala is a city located about 50-60 minutes north of Stockholm, outside the county border, which makes public transport a bit of a bitch. Basically, you can buy a 30-day-travel card for both Stockholm and Uppsala county, but it... costs more than a thousand SEK (about a hundred pounds). For students.
Still, I'm pretty sure that's still cheaper than actually living there. Which is both expensive, hard to find, and I'd still need to pay for some kind of travel cards in both counties if I want to go home over the weekends. On the other hand, not living in Uppsala is a lot more inconvenient, seeing as it'll take four hours there and back per day.
I'm still not sure whether I've made the right decision re: housing, but. In that case I'll know what to do next term.
Today I cleaned my room for the first time in you don't want to know how long. Go me. Will try to go to bed relatively early in order to re-establish my normal sleeping schedule; might go up early to shop for groceries and bake some. I swear anything I bake in this house disappears within the next 24 hours.
Big Finish update:
The Haunting of Thomas Brewster: I think any individual's enjoyment of this audio and this entire arc largely comes down to whether you like the character of Thomas Brewster. Which, incidentally, I do. Also I like Victorians, and stories that focus more on characters than plot, and the mental image of Five with a beard, so I really liked it.
Assassin in the Limelight: "I've got a great idea! Let's have the villains from two of the absolute worst of Six and Evelyn's audios come back in the same story! What a hoot!" This audio is, admittedly, better than both stories that it takes its villains from (Medicinal Purposes and one I won't reveal for spoilery reasons) but I still didn't find it very compelling at all.
The Death Collectors & Spider's Shadow: I'm pretty sure I've mentioned before that I'm not a huge fan of the Seven solo audios, because no one writing for them seems willing to actually delve somewhat into Seven's character; the result are average plots with mostly forgettable characters. This is no exception.
The Boy That Time Forgot. Paul Magrs. Paul Magrs, I know you can write really great stories, both in book and audio format, but then I get things like The Wishing Beast and I don't know what to think. And now this. What the hell is this? Probably something I would've been able to shrug off, and perhaps even enjoy, in a pulp fictiony sort of way, if it hadn't been for the inclusion of A CERTAIN CHARACTER this audio is known for that makes for an awful lot of cringe-worthy moments.
The Doomwood Curse: Doctor Who does a gothic romance parody. It is about as awesome as it sounds.