Nothing but the effects of dust and vapor in the thin skin of air

It's Early. And Cold. And I work up at 4:30, and at most only dozed since. And I have no breakfast except a stale tea cake, which I shall ignore. And nothing to do, because I went online when I got home last night and caught up on lj so now I have an hour till I have to be at work and nothing fun to read.

:(

While all that's true, it's hardly something that really bothers me. Staying awake till past midnight freaking out over global warming did, though. It's a surprisingly common occurance for me. Short term optimist, long term pessimist. And it's not the fact We're All Going To Die that bothers me so much as the fact that Everything Else Is Going To Die. All the plants and animals we grew up with will be confined to fantasy novels and Edwardian fiction. It just takes one really cold, or really hot, year to wipe out huge amounts of a population. Then: all gone! Of course, all the crops will fail too, so everyone will starve to death. 50% chance of the Gulf Stream swiching off in the next 50 years (I don't know if this takes gobal dimming into account, though I suspect it probably doesn't), and I my brain helpfully supplied last night, that while that could be when I'm 70, it could also be next week. And this is the sort of thing that makes me honestly believe that suicide will be the best course of action when it all happens, though for the first time last night I realised that, you know, I do have family and friends. I'm not sure how that ties in and affects things, but it certainly isn't something I've considered before in this 'When the world goes to pot, die' plan.

And hence I didn't get a great deal of sleep last night, and now, thanks to having too much free time this morning, I probably won't now. I suspect this obsessing is possibly a way of avoiding more current issues, but it certainly wasn't helped by skimming through a magazine article on the topic. And, wonderfully, around the same sort of time we'll all run out of oil, so there'll be very little power, which I suspect will be reserved for hopitals and the like. Anyway, thats one reason I like to have hardcopies - not in case of computer failure, but in case of the End of Civilisation as we know it.

I should go out and buy some breakfast and appreciate my new MP3 player, shouldn't I? And then buy comics at lunch, and a present for gran after work (or the other way around), and get my Chaucer reading done, and have a shower, and go to writer's, and make sure I have 20p for the lockers tomorrow...

Life goes on. I suspect it always will, some way or another.

So, house is all sorted. I've got the downstairs room, which is a good thing. Any other thoughts and opinions I had on the subject were rather obliterated by yesterday.

Scarborough!

Yay, seaside ^_^ Greasy Spoon brunch, much much playing on the beach (I have approximately 20 photos of one sandcastle), cold sea, open top bus, small fairground, fast boat ride, DDR at arcades, fish and chips restaurant, thunderstorms and lightning during the train ride home. And lots and lots of sunburn.

Our sandcastle was brilliant, with many towers and a deep moat and bridges and everything, and we waited on the beach until the sea filled up the moat. We also turned it into the DougSoc logo, prior to that. The boatride was great fun (I love stuff like that), very fast and bouncy. I had great fun with seaside food (bacon ahd egg butty, icecream, candfloss, doughnut, milkman's orange juice, chicken and chips), even if an entire pint of orange juice just bfore the boat ride wasn't the best idea. Very tempted to get a DDR mat (and a Playstation with the game) for the house, since playing on the machines, at the very very beginner level, resulted in much sense of accomplishment. I figure it's better than an exercise video, (a) because it's interactive and competetitve and (b) because it's much less repetetive.

And the thunderstorms. So brilliant. Well, not for the rest of Yorkshire, according to the news, but it was the first time I actually saw the forks of lightning, instead of just the flashes. Got a bit soggy walking home, and kept sliding out of my sandals, but it didn't bother me. Probably did the sunburn good. I've managed to get both of my usual patterns (strappy top and halterneck top) on the same day, from wearing my bikini top under the other. It's going to be a bit too sore to wear a bra for a few days, but I can sleep on it, so it could be far worse.

On the way over to anime I got invited to join a makeshift hottub. Big paddling pool full of hot water, Radox and students I didn't know. I think I heard them wondering who I was after I'd made my excuses and wandered on. On the way back I snuck around the back, since it was 11PM and they were still inviting people to join them ^_^ Kudos to them for setting it up, and if it had been cold water I'd have been far more tempted (sunburn again). Picked up first two volumes of Cowboy Bebop manga and the first volume of Demon Diary at anime, from the 'library'. It's basically just all of the books members are willing tyo share with other members, but obviously they have to keep track of who has what over the summer. Demon Diary s very cool, and I don't mind that it reads left-to-right. We watched Alien Nine, which was surreal and a bit creepy and even once you figured out it was a metaphor for female puberty (the clue is in the opening titles song) it still didn't make a great deal of sense. And ends in a very odd place.

Anyway, after all that, I nw have to go back to the essay. I've technically finished it, but I need to start pruning now. Le Sigh.

Yahoo news (living in UK):

The mercury is unlikely to rise beyond 3C (37.4F) and it will feel much colder than that because of the sharp east-north-easterly wind.

Temperatures were expected to plunge as low as minus 3C (26.6F) in many parts overnight and as low as minus 10C (14F) in the glens of Scotland.


quatorze's journal (living in finland):

With -26C this morning...



It's great being English. We can be surprised at any temperature outside the 10-20C band. Even though, you know, they happen quite often. Still snowy, though it looks like it might have been raining a bit too.

Still trudging on with essay. I'll definitely have it done before my seminar, but I still can't think of a title. It's about doppelgangers and Lacan's 'mirror stage' theories in Wilkie Collins's 'The Woman in White' if anyone feels inclined to help. I'm so tired, and I blame the essay for it. I haven't been able to sleep properly. I need my 8-10 hours, I really do. And I'm working tomorrow, but I want to go to this Dr Who thing tonight and possibly (if it's not too late) drop round to this fajita party. I have to get laundry done, because I need to wash my uniform, but I've got two and a half hours of lecture/seminar in the middle of the day, which makes that awkward too. I think it's going to have to be something of a flying visit to Toast's, otherwise I'll just curl up on his bed and fall asleep.

My fingers are cold and stiff. Damn drafty window. I have it shut and when there's a strong window the door opposite still shakes and bangs. Though I'm getting quite used to hte noise of the building works, even if the building does tremble occasionally. At least when it's snowing they all stop.

Snow! Yay!

And I'm eating strawberries ^_^ Anyway, I guess I now have a very good excuse indeed to wear my wellies, even if it's less than an inch deep. And the sun's come ouot and I know it'll all be gone by lunch. At least it's still cold, and even if my fingers aren't bending properly any more I can appreciate it.

Went to see Princess Ida last night. Really enjoyed it. Some amazing voice talents in that cast. I was very impressed that considering all the block had microphones taped to their cheeks, and there was a whole 'choir' (not the word I want, and I know it) behind her, the lead still managed to be heard over all of them. Though I find when girls sing that loud and that high, as impressive and wonderful to listen to as it is you can't make out a single word.

Anyway, twas all good. Considering I spent work putting labels on things from 9:30 to 4:30 with only a break for lunch, it made a nice change. Though Jo did come in with her little sister, which was cool. She bought mini-battenburg ^_^

Today there shall be essay planning, because I've just remembered I'm working on Friday when it's due in, and I only have enough plan in my head to take up half the essay.

I went out to buy: pen, comic, possibly a bday present for Gene
I came back with: pen, pencil, comic, SW book, Phys revision book, top, pastry.

The pastry was unintentional. Actually, most of it was, but the pastry espeically. The top was cheap, the book I've wanted for a while, the pencil seduced me with it's swedish designer name and the pastry... Well, the weather changed somewhat abruptly.

( my soggy day )

Basically, today combined two of my favourite weathers: sun and thunderstorm, and reminded me why I shouldn't go shopping alone. I am queen of impulse buys, and now, as a result, broke. But happy. New book, new comic, new top... Oh! And Terry Pratchett is going to be signing copies of his new book in Waterstone's on Thursday the fifteenth! Need to gather people to go worship him, methinks.

ttfn

(I love the smell after rain! So living!)