martinemonster

Ever sit with a book full of sentences that are so dull that they lose all meaning to you?

*dying here*

I've been studying for enough years now to know my habits pretty well. When exams are approching and it's time for crunch, first my flight or fight instinct kicks in and I start dreaming of going to far off places; bicycling to India, jumping on a plane without checking the destination, you get the picture. This year, I offset this by deciding to go with my parents to New York in the fall.

The trouble with me, however, is that when I offset the need to be elsewhere by actually planning something, my brain instantly switches over to procrastrination mode and starts looking for a project. This can only be offset by there not being any viable projects that I actually want to do.

One such easily countered potential project was the reorganizing of my wardrobe. It entails moving the shelves and is basically deemed too much trouble. Therefore I could go back to reading. But then I looked out on my terrasse. It was basically undecorated, with old, white patio furniture which showed signs of aging. And I know it couldn't be that much trouble to buy new furniture and, more importantly, the reward this project would be clearly visible and almost instant. My brain started bubbling with ideas. And the minute that happens, it's too late. Nomatter how much I try to focus on my curriculum after that point, it just can't be done. So yesterday, I re-furnished my terrasse.

( pictures! )

You are all invited to see it in person of course. I promise it's awesome!

Exams are approaching and as always, I end up not eating anything that takes more time/effort to make than a few minutes. It usually results in me either not eating, or eating obscenely unhealthy food. But, this year, just to top it all off, I seem to have developed an intolerance for cheese. And since all my secret recipes, not to mention almost all cheap/easy food to buy ready-made includes cheese, this limits my options severely.

So today, I convinced myself to make actual food. You know, with meaty goodness and healthy vegetables and all that. It was based on a sudden urge for moussaka, but since I haven't eaten that for ages and frankly could not be bothered to find a recipe (also, I think it includes cheese), I made my own version of it. I call it moussakish.

Basically I made a version of my pasta sauce with lentils and put loads of pieces of eggplant on top of it instead of a layer of cheese and left the thing in the oven for 20 minutes. And it tasted delicious. *dances the sweet dance of victory*

The best part: it is really healthy and I made enough for four people. So more food for me tomorrow!

My last exam is nearing it's end, and as I've told some of you, and discreetly hinted to others, the people upstairs have started listening to techno music 24/7. Just loudly enough that you hear the bass, not loudly enough that you can hear what it is. So now my apartment resonates with their music all day, every day. In addition, lately, they've started yelling over the music instead of turning it down to talk, so I can make out 3 separate voices, but not what they're saying. I also suspect they have mastered the art of sleep deprivation to a hitherto unknown degree since they were having a heated argument (possibly, or you know, maybe they're just really loud) yesterday, at 1 a.m., when I was trying to sleep, and still was up playing more music today before I got up at 9. This is driving me insane! But, I've so far had about 5 parties where I forgot to give notice to my neighbours, and thus, complaining about these guys might open me up for attack. I'll leave it up to you to decide what to do!

[Poll #1104777]

( I was also bored and unfocused so I took some memes )

Since I'm completely unfocused for my exam, I'll give you this years high lights. That is, I'll do that thing that you're all doing with going through my journal and writing the first sentence of the first post of every month. It'll be fun, I'm sure!

January:This year's new year's eve party had all the ingredients for a legendary experience

( the rest of the year )

Well, here I am, sitting in my apartment, wishing I was anywhere else. Somewhere I could focus. Preferably somewhere without a computer full of stuff I would rather be doing/watching than school work. I promised myself I could work on my writing if I actually finished preparing for my two bloody exams tomorrow, but somehow I doubt that I will be that effective. After all I was up at 8 o'clock sharp, and have still managed to do nothing more than eat porridge, drunk coffee and watched Californication. Now that I've finished reading my flist, I guess I should really get to work *diving figuratively speaking down into the really dull articles on historiography and historical method*

I can't wait till my finals are over and I can be social again. Right now, it feels like I'm trapped in a gold fish bowl: No way out and with people watching me.