Too early.

Too early, I'm not awake, don't give a stuff about the Shakespeare seminar and really, I'm happier not knowing my essay mark thanks all the same.

And today is Valentine's Day, which just inexplicably pisses me off because of the whole falseness and maybe a little because the two Cypriots in our flat the last two years have got bouquets of the most incredible roses I've ever seen, studded with tiny jewels, *hand-delivered* to the door. Especially when one of them -- or both of them, we're not entirely sure -- was cheating on the boyfriends who ordered them the roses.

Yellow roses mean infidelity you know. (Ssssh all of you yelling no, it means friendship. LJ Smith told me so. And in Victorian times, they meant jealousy and in 'German-speaking countries', they still mean infidelity. I'm thinking I should write that into fic.) So... Happy Valentine's Day. ;P

I think I've just rolled out of bed on the wrong side today or maybe lack of sleep's finally caught up with me. Or, possibly that I dreamed I was in Wimbledon and things kept going horribly wrong. Yeah, there is *something up* with my subconscious today, so ignore me. Maybe I just need to mainline some coffee.

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Top Gear made fandom_wank. This cheers me up in a way not much else could.

And to be honest, I'm amazed they've had less than a hundred complaints about The Dead Cow On The Roof.

edit: Okay, the 'not much else' part? Totally includes Hamster/David Tennant slash. That officially exists.

Yeah, I'm joining that comm now. Excuse me. *glees*

Okay, so:

George, our most esteemed and awesome writing tutor, is trying to get a group of us writing students together to go to the Phoenix Convention in Dublin. I've said I'm interested and I am, but none of the names are really jumping out at me and I'm a total con newbie so... any regulars want to give an opinion on whether it looks to be worth it or not? Because the flight isn't expensive but two nights in a hotel added onto it and it starts to mount up, so I want to be *really sure* it's worth it before giving a firm yes.

Also, I don't know who's going from my course yet and don't want to get stuck in Dublin on my own for a weekend (not to mention splitting a hotel room? *Much* better moneywise.) Must remember to ask around in tomorrow's seminar. Or, if anyone happens to be in the country and free and wants to go, I can ask George if it'd be okay to tag along. ;-)

The list of proposed talks looks fantastic, though they won't all run but there is a proposed LJ meetup and *yes*, I will so be there (if I go that is. Um.)

edit: This song is incredibly beautiful: Possession by Sarah McLachlan. And it's been sitting on my computer for months unheard. Sigh.