Aldi Australia
Since the start of this year, I'd say I've been spending 50% of the grocery budget at Aldi. When we first moved to Toowoomba, we went to Aldi and frankly didn't see what the fuss was all about. Now, I...
View ArticlePedestrian safety rating - seriously?
I was looking at the Wiki page for the Dacia Sandero (Top Gear reference FTW!) here and I see on the page they have Euro NCAP ratings. Okay, all well and good, but then I see the ratings: Adult...
View ArticleDoctor Who - 513 The Big Bang review
The Good:. Allow me to state here and now that I'm totally a Rory fangirl! The boy who waited! 2000 years! Dragged the Pandorica out of a burning building. omg, Moffat, don't mess with their love next...
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LIMS pimp!
Must not forget to do this to claim another skip: Join R4 of sg1_lims. As always, it'll be fantastically run by two very cool, super well organised ladies. In other news, I'M DONE! Free for three...
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Layout yay!
I thought it was time my journal needed a new look :). shadowserenity shadowserenity shadowserenity I've gone with good ol' Number Six in black and white :D (my entries are always going to be black in...
View ArticleWherein I rant about why I read those comments
I honestly don't know why I read the news.com.au comments on articles. I just read one about youths that got suspended sentences for bashing and blinding a person. While I certainly don't agree with...
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New profile and movie talk
I was very contrary and decided to redo my layout again the other day. Now I have Six in her iconic moments in the BSG miniseries. I also made myself a default icon (see the one used in this post) and...
View ArticleTwilight Eclipse review
So I saw Eclipse and I have a few thoughts. Love everything werewolf-related. It was great seeing them in the fight (although I don't think I quite got the bit where Jacob was injured and I can't...
View ArticleJack McDevitt
I'm not much of a book reader these days, but my favourite author - Jack McDevitt - is releasing another book later this year called Echo (an Alex Benedict novel). YAY! He's my favourite because he...
View ArticleOMFG YAY!
Well, it's results day today. (I only did three courses this term because I'm substituting in a previous elective.)Contract A = B (I knew this wasn't going to be as good, but I have no idea how I did...
View ArticleIn a good mood
It's amusing because throughout my school semester, I always want to take a moment and post stuff on lj instead of studying. But now during the holidays, I'm being very lazy and posting nothing. Hmm,...
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More LIMS
Just a quick spot of LIMS pimping:(click image to participate)go to starwars_lims to participateI haven't been at all lucky in LIMS lately, so *fingers crossed!*
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Vatican WTF?
Thanks to archae_ology for the heads-up:It astonishes me how the Vatican is completely out of touch. Just when I think that they couldn't be even more out of touch, they come up with this: ordaining...
View ArticleCoolest thing I've seen today
I think Malé in the Maldives is just about the coolest looking capital city I have ever seen. Take a look. Can you imagine approaching this island by boat? It's like something from a scifi novel - a...
View ArticleThe Tower and the Hive review
I've just finished reading - well, I say reading but I skimmed the last two novels - Anne McCaffrey's The Talent and the Hive series. Has anyone else read these books? While I liked the first book, The...
View ArticleStar Trek love
You want to know something that really, really irritates me? (Not to worry, I haven't seen this on my flist but rather off-lj.) People who are all "Star Trek [meaning all incarnations] is cheesy and...
View ArticleSGU S2 trailer
Have you seen the S2 Stargate Universe trailer, flist? Nearly all the dialogue in it is unbelievably self-important as though the writers kept reassuring themselves by saying "omg, we're deep...
View ArticleThrowing myself into the deep-end
I'm in my second week back at uni and I've only done one law module so far. I've been incredibly naughty and decided I'm going to complete the city-building missions in "Emperor: Rise of the Middle...
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frontier_lims R2!
It's that time again! I gave myself a kick in the pants and got the second round of frontier_lims prepared. If you'd like to sign-up, please comment here. Even if you don't plan on signing up, can you...
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BBC's Sherlock - first two eps
(On a sidenote, nearly 20 participants for frontier_lims so far! YAY!)I've just finished watching the first two episodes of BBC's Sherlock. I love how it's been updated to modern day so Sherlock can...
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