I passed my driving test! *waves tiny flag*

( In recent-ish news: )

Currently:

• Practicing for my driving test, which is next week. Would quite like to pass, just so I don't have to go out practicing anymore (driving round in circles). Want to spend my time playing music or going to the gym.
• Episode 08/Season02 of True Blood was the best yet. I was laughing and squeeing the whole way through it.

Have a Spotify playlist of the songs that are currently making me squirm in joy: Gold Robots in The House

Let me know what songs make you want to molest your bass speaker :D

Whoo, what a relief. That's my second block just about over, and I'm heading home on the plane tonight. Spent the week trying to get as much work finished as possible, so I haven't read much. Not to worry though, with the Amazon voucher Mom and Dad got me for Christmas, I was able to buy many, many new books. Actual impending glee.

Still February is going to be chock-a-block with project work and logbook entries. I look forward to the end of March, and getting everything handed in. Hoping to squidge some excitment in the cracks.

Got my bags packed, and I suspect it's gonna weigh more than 20kg, being that my shoulder cracks every time I pick it up. Since BA has sold our route to FlyBe, they are a lot more strict about such things. Eep.

Have to get back to writing 'Safe Isolation Procedures', which is almost as much fun as it sounds. Have a nice weekend, peoples!

Awesome ^_^

Almost finished my five week stint at Inverness, and I have to say I'm pretty knackered. Been having 12-hour library sessions to try and make sure everything is completely finished before I go home. It's been interesting though, so I hope when my poor brains recover from the shock I actually remember something. Here's the kind of pictures I've been drawing for my project:



Pretty straightforward, but there are so many of them.

I'm planning to have a nice relaxing weekend. It's what's keeping me going. Also lack of constant internet access means I've been buying newspapers everyday. There doesn't seem to be much by way of Radio 4 reception in my part of Inverness, which was quite upsetting, at least until I discovered I could get it over the digibox in my room at the B&B. That's right folks, I'm watching the radio.

1. Aeschylus- The Oresteia
2. Plautus- The Brother's Menaechmus
3. Plautus- Pseudolus
4. P.E. Easterling- Greek Tragedy
5. Milan Kundera- The Joke
6. Dōgen- Shōbōgenzō
7. Trudi Canavan- The Magicians' Guild
8. Trudi Canavan- The Novice
9. Trudi Canavan- The High Lord
10. Josef Skvorecky- The Engineer Of Human Souls
11. Peter Levin- Write Great Essays!
12. [Aristotle]- The Athenian Constitution
13. Everyman's Collection- Haiku
14. A. Andrewes- The Greek Tyrants
15. Thomas Cleary- Zen Antics
16. Lubomir Dolezel- Narrative Modes In Czech Literature
17. V. Ehrenberg- From Solon To Socrates
18. Primo Levi- If This Is A Man
19. Primo Levi- The Truce
20. Primo Levi- The Periodic Table
21. McGregor & Boorman- Long Way Round
22. Herodotus- The Histories
23. Primo Levi- The Drowned And The Saved
24. Roy Armes- The Cinema Of Alain Resnais
25. Marguerite Duras- Hiroshima Mon Amour
26. John Ward- Alain Resnais, Or The Theme Of Time
27. Sallust- The Jugurthine War
28. Richard Osborne- Eastern Philosophy
29. Ronald Mellor- The Roman Historians
30. Philip Thody- Introducing Sartre
31. Kraus & Woodman- Latin Historians
32. Thomas Scanlon- Spes Frustrata: A Reading of Sallust
33. George Paul- A Historical Commentary on Sallust's Bellum Jugurthinum
34. Donald Earl- The Political Thought of Sallust
35. Simone de Beauvoir- The Mandarins
36. Sorley Maclean- Dàin do Eimhir
37. Cicero- Selected Works
38. Jeff Lindsay- Darkly Dreaming Dexter
39. Jeff Linsday- Dearly Devoted Dexter
40. Neil Gaiman- Neverwhere
41. Neil Gaiman- American Gods
42. Neil Gaiman- Anansi Boys
43. Nicholas Fisk- Starstormers
44. Nicholas Fisk- Sunburst
45. Nicholas Fisk- Catfang
46. Brian Scaddan- 16th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations: Explained & Illustrated
47. Ian Marter- The Sontaran Experiment
48. Ray Bradbury- The Illustrated Man
49. Hunter S. Thompson- Hell's Angels
50. Julian Bridgewater- Home Electrics
51. Robert Harris- Imperium
52. Rumsey & McCormick- Sound And Recording
53. Shelton- Electrical Installation
54. Apple- Soundtrack Pro Manual
55. Hamiru-aqui- 270 Japanese Gestures
56. J.K. Rowling- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
57. J.K. Rowling- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
58. Simon May- Atomic Sushi
59. Roald Dahl- Danny the Champion of the World
60. Jonathan Rice- Behind The Japanese Mask
61. Jim Pym- You Don't Have To Sit On The Floor
62. Eric Chaline- The Book Of Zen
63. Joe Joseph- The Japanese
64. John Whitfield- Guide To Electrical Safety At Work
65. Sarah Shurety- Feng Shui for Your Home
66. Isaac Asimov- Complete Stories
67. Douglas Coupland- Girlfriend In A Coma
68. John Whitfield- The Electricians Guide To The 16th Edition Of The IEE Wiring Regulations BS 7671
69. Trevor Linsley- Advanced Electrical Installation Work

Wah! My cute little sister has won the Shetland level of Shell Step's 'Most Enterprising Student' competition. She's been working at Shetland Seafood Auctions over the summer.

Fish Update: “Emily was asked to review the strengths and weaknesses of the current service, undertake market research to find out what buyers and sellers thought of the system, and update the company’s existing promotion and marketing material, including the website.

“With her invaluable help, we’ve compiled a wealth of information to take the system forward and promote the online auction as an attractive and revolutionary proposition."

Shetland News: Emily Was One Step Ahead

I'm so proud <3

In an effort to learn the program 'Soundtrack Pro' I took the volunteer video that Shetland Arts used, cut it up, sampled some of the audio and constructed a score.

Yes it's funny. That's fine :D

Also! I passed my test to recieve funding from SECTT. :)

A horrible morning quandary- you need the caffeine to wake you up, but you're too tired to notice you're drinking decaf instead. OH THE HORROR.

Saturday Night, floating over the city:



And this one is my favourite:



My project two has turned out to be the construction (and reconstruction) of my computer network. Diagrams and pictures, when I've got it all set up. After that, I'll either go on to my website, or on to the making of clothes. Essay writing for the moment :)

The airpressure has dropped down to 965 Millibars, or 28.5 inches, and it's giving me a headache. It also means it's going to be stormy, so be on the lookout for thunder and lightning (or just lots of rain).