The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and Tolkien - The One Ring

by **Eowyns_elvish_sidekick** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:30 pm

Hi all!

Well my flatmate just made ANZACs and I've been awake since 3am (for the dawn service). That's about as Aussie as it gets around here

Now I'm struggling to motivate myself to do my electrodynamics assignment...

I saw the special biscuit tins in my local Woolies! Well, like Arassuil says, I think it was just the Kokoda one...

Anyone following the ANZAC day AFL match? Collingwood winning so far :roll:

Thanks for the good luck celeb... alas there was not much I could do to prevent it going badly!

by **celebalqua** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:54 pm

Eowyns_elvish_sidekick wrote:alas there was not much I could do to prevent it going badly!

sorry to hear that.

Just got back from The Avengers, it was ace. highly recommend if you like action and fantasy and Joss W

Cel

by **Eowyns_elvish_sidekick** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:48 pm

I saw Avengers last night! It was great!
Joss Whedon is still the master of the ensemble cast. I can't believe how much character development he managed to fit into a movie with so much going on.
Lots of signature 'Whedon' moments that made me smile.

by **celebalqua** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:05 pm

Eowyns_elvish_sidekick wrote:Lots of signature 'Whedon' moments that made me smile.

yep, that's how I found it too. Love Joss' work

by **elora** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:42 am

Arrasuil asked: "Whats a rugby guild with a drinking problem?"

Easy! The answer is....

LOTS OF FUN!!!! :clap:

Over in Perth at the moment and loving the place. Second time I've been here. I'm an east coast gal born and bred....apart from an 8 month stint in Adelaide *shudder* :roll:

Off to Swan Valley tomorrow to be a real tourist! There's wine, beer and chocolate there. What's not to luurrvvveeee?

by **celebalqua** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:36 pm

Sounds like fun Elora, enjoy! :drink:

by **Arassuil** » Tue May 01, 2012 7:34 pm

Ah Perth, the beautiful west! Home of Little Creatures, Feral, Mash, and Clancy's Fish Bar! :thumbsup:

Anybody thinking of seeing Dark Shadows? Finally a vampire movie I can get into!

by **Eowyns_elvish_sidekick** » Wed May 02, 2012 12:55 am

I've never been further west than Longreach and Portland in this country. One day I'll change that! Hope you're having fun Elora.

I was thinking I might want to see Dark Shadows, but it's not as big-screen essential as The Avengers, and I do need to watch my spending.

Another long night tonight trying to get my lab report done by tomorrow! If you need to know anything about antennae I'm your gal.

~Manya~

by **celebalqua** » Wed May 02, 2012 2:40 am

Eowyns_elvish_sidekick wrote:If you need to know anything about antennae I'm your gal

Ha ha. Will remember that Manya.

by **elora** » Fri May 04, 2012 12:39 am

Hmmmmm.... I want to see Avengers and Dark Shadows.

Perth was awesome. I can truly recommend Fremantle. However the CBD cracked me up. It is exactly what the letters stand for - a Business District. Once Mon to Fri, 9 - 5 has passed, it's deserted! :lol:

by **Eowyns_elvish_sidekick** » Sun May 06, 2012 7:30 am

Sounds like those guys know how to take a weekend off

Speaking of, I'm loving this three day weekend. Completely wrote off Saturday for study and got some long-required shopping done.
Today turned into another procrastination fest, but hopefully we'll be back on track in the morning.

by **elora** » Mon May 07, 2012 3:52 am

I had a much needed break - bedlam at work and filling three jobs at once, including Interim CEO... Not sure how I will cope with a full working week. I may go into shock! :lol:

by **celebalqua** » Tue May 08, 2012 6:00 am

Sounds a bit grizzly :cavetroll:

Elora. Good luck :angeldevil:

by **elora** » Sat May 12, 2012 7:56 pm

Survived! Thanks Celebalqua.

Saw Dark Shadows yesterday, lots and lots of fun fun fun! :rofl:

by **celebalqua** » Sun May 13, 2012 1:06 am

Haven't seen it yet so your report is more incentive to go see it Elora

by **Eowyns_elvish_sidekick** » Sat May 19, 2012 12:26 am

Hi all, just checking in. Lots of assignments as usual, even tomorrow despite it being my birthday. Just can't stop procrastinating!

I'm enjoying the colder weather and lack of rain!

~Manya~

by **elora** » Sun May 20, 2012 5:07 am

Happy Birthday, Eowyn!!

Hope you have a fabbo day.

Hit Paniyiri today, ate my share of honey puffs and dolmades. mmmmmmmmmmmmm

Dolmades.......

Joy!

by **celebalqua** » Mon May 21, 2012 12:40 am

Happy belated birthday Manya, hope you had a great day.

Cel

by **Eowyns_elvish_sidekick** » Wed May 23, 2012 6:02 am

Thanks for the happy birthdays! It was a quiet day but I liked it that way. Unfortunately I procrastinated all the way through it and now I'm paying the price.
So I'm going to be missing in action for the next three weeks (that's when exams will be over).

Hope you all keep checking in and being friendly and in the rare case that a new member (or long lost old one) drops in convincing them that this is a cool place to hang out :wink:

Ok, off to slay the dragon!
Take care

~Manya~

by **celebalqua** » Wed May 23, 2012 6:05 am

Best of luck Manya, sending out all the positive energy I can

Cel

by **Arassuil** » Thu May 24, 2012 4:00 pm

So the first State of Origin game came and went, and there was controversy.
First by the game being played in Melbourne, and secong was a referee's call.

So.... was it a try or not?

by **elora** » Thu May 24, 2012 8:19 pm

OK - so first up I need to admit bias. Under state of origin, my origin is NSW. I was never so interested in state of origin until I was a Cockroach living in QLD (on campus as an impoverished undergrad in my late adolescence).

When some charmer decided to tear the windscreen wiper off the rear of my battered Ford Laser hatchback, parked on campus on a state of origin night with NSW licence plates, I suddenly became intensely interested.

It's been exceptionally an disappointing stretch these past 6 years for a Cockroach. I stopped watching the live telecast, mainly because I couldn't bear the loud wailing, swearing, shouting, howling, gnashing of teeth, jumping up and down on the lounge and around the lounge room, shaking of fists and then the inevitable slump of bitter defeat.

So, I did not watch the game last Wednesday. But, like so many, I have seen the footage from umpteen different angles since.

With all of that context and caveat, I say this: IT WAS A KNOCK ON!

Of course, why would I say anything else? I pride myself on my objectivity. I like being a scientist. But I am not sure I can validly claim to be objective on this. I definately think it was not a try, and I am a definate candidate for bias exclusion.

P.S

Meant to say this when I was last by: Celebalqua, love the graphic in your sig! Please tell it is a real book or blog or site or something. Please, please, please!

by **celebalqua** » Thu May 24, 2012 11:33 pm

Hi Elora,
I am reliably informed from the TVM thread that it is a real book and a good read. I liked that it mentioned Science and Middle Earth, my two favourite things.

Cel

by **elora** » Sat May 26, 2012 10:15 pm

Yay! I couldn't resist and picked up a copy from Amazon. Happy little nerdlet am I.

by **Arassuil** » Thu May 31, 2012 6:13 pm

I'm a bit late, but good on Mark Webber for winning the Monaco F1 race. It's my favourite track of the circuit!

by **elora** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:38 pm

Great driver, shame he has the personality of cholera... :roll:

by **celebalqua** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:11 am

ha ha a little harsh Elora!

by **elora** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 3:24 am

Yeah, I am known for being a little too direct at times. He could do with a little interpersonal skills coaching to build his "brand" in his home country. Actually, who am I kidding. A little? A lot, a whole lot.

by **elora** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:19 am

Ahhhhhh.....hairdressers.....having a dismal time on holidays, primarily because my work commitments won't release me. Two days in, epic fail in terms of time out from work.

Tonight, hairdressers....surely that should help me get my work life balance back into the correct ratio.

by **celebalqua** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:13 am

Elora, Hope you enjoyed the hair appointment

I've got an appointment for Saturday arvo. This is my last visit before France so my guy is under the pump, but I love how he does my hair so I am confident..

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