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Would some of you - if any - be willing to work on this community / blog with me? I'm too busy to update as often as I would like to, and I always struggle to give opinions on music anyway. I like it or not, but why is often hard to explain. Anyways, I know we're all busy with things, but if we could write one review a week, it would be nice. Just to not let the thing die. Or everytime we hear some good new music. I wouldn't ask you to write a lot each week like some other blogs do. Just, you would update whenever you'd think some band is worth being talked about. If you're interested, please leave a comment and I'll make you an admin too. I'd post an ad to a place full of random people, but I'd rather do it with friends. :)

My old account had stuff that my sisters had listened to (aka J-pop / rock / whatever) and I couldn't delete them (or I am very stupid - which is also true anyway) so... I decided to just come up with a new, indier than thee account.

http://www. lastfm. fr/user/elisabethwinter/

If you are already on Last. fm, please add me to your friends' list. And if you're not, register and add me anyway.  I need luuuuuuuv! ;)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JO!

TADA! Go have a look at my Etsy shop !

Browsing through Etsy, I can't help but be impressed by all those people's work. It all looks so professional, it's almost annoying! I really wonder how they do it, even with all the good will in the world I could never produce anything so perfect. 

All mail updates will now appear here.  I will try my best to update it seriously so that you know if your letter's arrived and / or whether I began writing back or not. I'm really ashamed of the state of my letter writing at the moment.

By the way, if you don't appear in the list it may be because 1) you haven't written to me in a long time   2) I owe you a letter and totally forgot and so I apologise. So if you want to write again and need my address, please comment saying so. If I owe you a letter, wave at me! :)   Also, if some information is inaccurate, do let me know as well. Finally, I can't remember the dates of received letters (some have been around for months! *blushes*) but once I get my lazy arse to write more, I'll be able to post dates. ;)

PS: Comments will be screened in case addresses are exchanged. :)

My university is blocked. Until Monday. No, this is not an old entry from two years ago. And again, even though I don't agree with the law that the government wants to pass, I still don't think blocking the damn university will help. Oh well. Yohann and I hung out at uni in the morning, and TV journalists were there but we didn't get on telly. Shame. Yohann had his digicam though, and we took a photo of a cameraman filming a girl reading the free underground newspaper. And that was on telly. Haha! We're so cool. 

Click here and then under "Vidéos" open the "Blocage à Lille III" file and you'll get to see my university (and today's grey sky) and the girl reading.

Woohoo! Yesterday I went to the mall to buy Antonéta's late birthday presents (a vegetarian recipe book with delish dihes, a stuffed rabbit and a rabbit card) and I went to buy myself... an iPod! :D I'd been wanting one for ages, even more since my old mp3 player was dead and is now mainly used as an USB key. I paid 140 euros for it - it's the 4 Go silver iPod nano. I've just spent one hour trying to figure out how to use iTunes and transfer the music on my iPod but now it works at last. I'll try to figure out the more complicated things later. This is so exicitng! :D That was my big crazy thing to buy. Now I'm going to be wise and not spend any more money on silly things. But the iPod... Aah, no more women gossiping on the train or kids crying or chavs speaking with horrible accents. No. Just my dear music. Happy happy me! :D

I'm so excited! I found this ad from young journalists on a student website working on a news site and looking for people to write articles. You're not being paid for it, but I thought it'd be experience anyway and could be a nice way to keep myself busy (or even busier than I am at the moment). So I sent in my CV, a letter explaining why I'd like to take part in the project and a translation of the Rilo Kiley album review I wrote for the zine Karin and I are working on. And I received an e-mail back saying they'd be happy to count me in. Woohoo! :D They're asking me how many articles I'd be able to write each week, but I'm not really sure. Do you think three or four would be enough? I'm not really aware how many you're supposed to send in.

Now, I'll have to keep myself updated about music so if you have anything you want to share or albums you'd like to upload, do so! ;)  The website's URL is http://www.shotactu.com/ by the way, if you want to have a look. :)

So I'm not going to university tomorrow because there are massive strikes and there won't be (m)any trains. How fun?! It's alright though, because I get to work on some things and read my handouts etc... Also, I get to see Verliebt in Berlin tomorrow morning as I missed it this evening. Lisa found David yesterday, woohoo!  

So I had my first real week at uni this week, as the week before was filled with arguments with secretaries and having to switch classes. I have to say that, so far, things are going well. The people in my group are nice enough and not too childish, which I appreciate. The professors are alright as well - as in they don't spend the classes asking you questions and shouting at you if you're unable to answer / haven't understood. Then again, I'm not scared of them one bit now. In the past I got really nervous at the thought of being asked questions about something I hadn't understood. But now that I have taught myself, I see them as equal (well, sort of) and I couldn't care less what they think / say. I pay and go to their classes to learn, and their job is to teach. So if I don't understand something it's not so horrible, and they shouldn't despise me for not understanding because explaning is what they get a monthly cheque for.

Waking up at 6 o'clock three times in a row has proved to be a bit harder than I thought, though. As a result, I got a terrible, painful headache last Tuesday when I came back home. Bugger. I think I'll have to become a school girl again and go to bed at 9pm so that I get to sleep enough. 

I'm almost done with Crous issues, which is a great relief. I should get my bursary soon hopefully. At least I finally received my student card in the mail so I went to the train station on Friday and had my train card done. I paid a little over 30 euros a week for the train, which is damn expensive. But I couldn't do anything as I needed my student card to work things out. At least that's one thing I needn't worry about anymore.

I haven't had the time to write any letters (write, full stop, actually) in weeks now. I hope to get back to it soon as I miss it. I think I simply need some time to settle and get organised again. Then again, I only need to work hard until January so please bear with me if I'm not that good a penfriend until then. I really want to succeed this time and get the hell out of that university, even if it means forgetting all about my pastimes for three-four months. 

I've been thinking of applying for work experience jobs as well. I'm not sure where though. I'm thinking more and more about the journalism option, but since I'm not yet a journalism student, perhaps I wouldn't be on the prioritary list? I'll send applications anyway, and I'll see. 

Well, that was a long enough entry. Hoping you're having a nice weekend so far. IOver here it's sunny and France beat New Zealand. How better can it get? :D

So I'm back to university tomorrow. Well, at least I think so. I haven't received my student card yet, hopefully I will this afternoon as I could go and have my train card made in Lens so that I don't have to pay 10.20 euros return ticket to go to Lille. It feels weird going back to university. I haven't gone in over a year now, and it doesn't really feel like a burden anymore. It's more like, "Oh, tomorrow I need to go to uni". I think it's a good thing though, and it really shows I needed to take a break from it.

Yesterday my mother and I did a flea market. It was good fun as the weather was not too bad (not as good as Saturday but at least it didn't rain). I managed to make over 10 euros which is fairly good as people expect you to sell everything for 1 cent. :-S I also saw a friend from that I've known since primary school. I hadn't seen him in years and it was a little strange. He used to be fat, and now he's tall, a little muscular, stubble... Once he was gone my mother kept saying "Wow! Isn't Julien handsome?". Uh uh, ok mum. 

Now my bedroom is really messy so I'll tidy it this afternoon. I need to go to the post office to mail out something I sold on eBay. 

I haven't been writing much lately. I can't seem to concentrate on anything these days. I keep hoping it'll stop soon.

So I went to university with my sister this morning so that we could sort some things out. We arrived there at 10am and I went straight to see if they had received the payment for my fees, and they had. The lady was not very friendly (um, why am I actually surprised?) and asked me if I'd tried to register recently. I really thought she believed I was an idiot. No, I'm coming here telling you I cannot register but I haven't actually tried since July! Psss! *roll eyes* So she asked my name and clicked twice with her mouse and there it was solved. I still think those people are useless and can never do their jobs right, but at least now it's solved. Then my sister went to check her schedule and write down her Japanese class schedule, and we went to the library and the uni restaurant for her to get her cards. As soon as I got back home I made sure I could indeed register for uni and it worked so I only have to send my papers back now and I'll be done. I'm glad all this is sorted out as it made me very nervous and uncertain about my future. 

Now I'm very tired from waking up so early and the rain probably doesn't help. I'm not sure whether I'm biking home or not tomorrow. I want to send my papers to uni ASAP but I'm not even sure I've got identity photos. I'll see.

Exactly one year ago today, I was living my very first day in Coventry and waiting for Helen (aka babypinkglitz on here) to come pick me up for us to go out for tea.