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Glorious stuff.

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:38:07 +0100

Glorious stuff.

Keep calm and don’t think about The Event. During this...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:34:15 +0100

Keep calm and don’t think about The Event.

During this exam period Mitchell and Webb saved my life, I swear.

Where have I been? Where haven’t I been? During the last...

Sat, 11 May 2013 23:06:01 +0100

Where have I been? Where haven’t I been?

During the last few weeks I have sat 12 exams, handed in 1 piece of coursework, enjoyed a nice cold beer in the sun, discovered fabulous shops as well as my latest tv series addictions: Hannibal and Vikings.

Oh, I also got my hideous dry hair cut into a glorious carré thanks to the best mother-in-law one could ever wish for.

You realise you’ve spent too much time in France when you...

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:56:25 +0100

You realise you’ve spent too much time in France when you go to the supermarket and come home with 20 euros worth of cheese.

PS: Do notice the half-eaten baguette in the background.

On historical weekends.

Sun, 05 May 2013 19:51:18 +0100

After being covered in shaving foam and 34 pages of History of International relations later, I am sat in my kitchen wearing my boyfriend’s clothes (and underwear), watching doctor who and drawing on military history maps.

Sim, oh you.

The British And Their Tea

Wed, 01 May 2013 14:13:30 +0100

historical-nonfiction:

Since 1945, all British tanks have come equipped with everything you need to make a proper cup of tea.

Typical British.

A glorious montage to the tune of an equally glorious...

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:53:40 +0100

A glorious montage to the tune of an equally glorious song. Military history just fascinates me.

Good day to you!

PS: The song is Reise Reise by Rammstein

Photo

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:39:20 +0100

Today it’s Liberation Day in Italy, and everyone back home...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:53:45 +0100

Today it’s Liberation Day in Italy, and everyone back home is enjoying the sun whilst lying on the grass and eating BBQ ribs.

What have I been doing? I’ve been attending the most boring lectures in human history, and I am currently dying of physical pain. BUT, I did lay my eyes upon this view on my way home, which makes everything better.

Raul&Klaus update So, my cousin sent me more pics of our...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:55:21 +0100

Raul&Klaus update

So, my cousin sent me more pics of our rescued doggies, and I’m glad to see they look really happy and healthy. Apparently they both eat like pigs, Raul is a stubborn little one whilst Klaus is shy and obedient. [For the curious amongst you, Raul is the big one on the left, and Klaus is the teeny-tiny one with the whitey patch on his muzzle].

We are still trying to figure out what type of cross breed they are (there is some Rotweiller in them for sure, but we cannot work out the other breed/s they are mixed with). Aren’t they insatiably cute?

Petite France, Strasbourg. I never seem to get tired of this...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:06:00 +0100

Petite France, Strasbourg.

I never seem to get tired of this magnificent city.

Just the thought of heading back to the UK in 5 months depresses me.

Morning world, today I am feeling particularly hipstery, so...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:00:06 +0100

Morning world, today I am feeling particularly hipstery, so here’s a picture of my breakfast.

In order to respect my schedule, I have 30min to get ready to go out and hand in a couple of CVs -speaking of which, the layout of French CVs baffles me-, knock out Macroeconomics and have a good shouting session at my British university as their online system won’t let me select my optional module for next year.

Evening Tumblr people, I am glad to introduce you to Raul and...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:53:00 +0100

Raul

Klaus

Evening Tumblr people, I am glad to introduce you to Raul and Klaus, my two new babies.

My grandfather found them in a garbage bin and decided to take them home and adopt them despite we already have three cats and another dog. I cannot even express in words how disgraceful it is for someone to abandon such cute puppies -or any pet whatsoever-, thus sentencing them to almost certain death.

Raul and Klaus’ story came to a happy ending, which cannot be said for most pets that are abandoned every year. They’re lucky to be alive and in good health, and we’re lucky to have such wonderful little balls of furs in our lives.

Now let’s just hope they get on with the cats.

Despite looking most likely to be an Italian production, this...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:36:00 +0100

Despite looking most likely to be an Italian production, this might actually be good.

The film narrates the battle of Vienna, which took place on 11 and 12 September 1683 after Vienna had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two months. Not sure how historically accurate it’ll be, but I never say no to an apparently well-made historical/war movie.

Moreover, the Holy Roman Empire kicks ass.

PS: The movie is called 11 settembre 1683 and was directed by Renzo Martinelli.

Update: No good, don’t watch it.

Exam timetable for next week: Monday: English oral comprehension...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:49:26 +0100

Exam timetable for next week:

Monday: English oral comprehension -hardly a real exam-
Tuesday: Environmental shit test -no, that’s not the real name of the module-
Wednesday: Translation (French-Italian)
Friday: Translation (English-French)

These guys here are however the easiest of the bunch. Back in the UK, we’d normally have around 5 final exams MAX, but the Frenchies just love to complicate their lives, which makes that we have in fact, 11.

The upcoming boys include:

May 06: Macro-economics and International Relations -yep, two on the same day-

May 07: Public/Private law

May 17: International law

AKA

~~Studying Langues etrangères appliquées is good for you.~~

I bid you a good night.

On 'le sudate carte'

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:20:59 +0100

holiday /ˈhɒlɪˌdeɪ -dɪ/n

(often plural) chiefly brit a period in which a break is taken from work or studies for rest, travel, or recreation

These Easter holidays seem to have very little to do with the actual definition of a holiday. My ‘me-time’ started off with the sighting of a mouse in my flat, followed by a major OCD-style cleaning which basically entailed covering the whole house in bleach. Now that Frizzie -yes, I gave the mouse a name- has gone out of my life, I have 50 odd pages of public and private law to memorise and a whole variety of paperwork to sort out.

As I was insatiably jealous of my friends, whom are either touring Europe or enjoying the unusually wonderful Alsatian weather, I decided to take a break and grab a coffee with my special one. You’d think I would use such time to chill out and be all cheesy with my man, but I instead spent it discussing the Arab domination back in the middle ages and brainstorming the business plan of a possible start-up.

"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things..."

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:56:21 +0100

““It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.””

- Leonardo da Vinci (via kampfgruppe)

Get inspired by amazing piece created by Francisco, a...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:09:01 +0100

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Already mentioned how much I bloody love peep show? Johnson,...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:06:03 +0100

Already mentioned how much I bloody love peep show?

Johnson, marry me!

PS: God bless British comedy, now and always.

“been around the world and foundthat only stupid people...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:41:56 +0100

“been around the world and found
that only stupid people are breeding
the cretins cloning and feeding
and i don’t even own a tv
put me in the hospital for nerves
and then they had to commit me
you told them all i was crazy
they cut off my legs now i’m an amputee, god damn you

i’m not sick but i’m not well
and it’s a sin to live so well”

This is my official song of the day. I’ve listened to it 4 times in a row on my way home, which means I take roughly 14 minutes to walk back to my place from uni -weirdo-. I just seem to love it so much, either because it is a fairly appropriate description of my life, either because I’ve been addicted to Peep Show for the last week or so.

So, as usual, I’ve posted something for the first time in weeks due to exams and a couple of personal issues which deeply annoy me. On the sunny side, I’m getting two exams out of the way tomorrow and will take advantage of the April holidays to have some ‘me’ time -which hasn’t happened in quite a long while- and hopefully finish reading my books on EU/British politics and the Communist party manifesto -my boyfriend insists that i should know my enemy in order to defeat him with its own weapons-.

Wish me luck for tomorrow, as I have a presentation on the business of religion and my very religious lecturer will probably slaughter me once I’m done.