Honest to fucking god, not only do none of the computers work in this place for a week at a time, but there is this one intensely creepy IT support man who slinks around, constantly trying to get a look at people's screens, mine in particular it seems. I am seriously getting quite sick of being stared at all the time when I am trying to concentrate. I think he's convinced that I'm up to no good. Which I'm not. Astronomical amounts of porn and huge games are downloaded here every day by the monkeys doing Leisure and Tourism and the other courses-for-the-IQ-challenged, all I do is occasionally check out the odd little Flash game, get bored or frustrated within the first five minutes and give it up. Mr IT Support Leering Comb-Over Man, however, thinks I'm working to take down capitalist society from the inside whilst downloading the entire Playgirl* back catalogue.

I look suspicious, I think. I'm sure I get followed in shops by store detectives, even though my stupid conscience would never let me steal anything from even the biggest corporate monstrosity. *kicks conscience*

I know I messed up the link colours and hover effects here, but I don't know how to get them right. I'll probably work it out eventually. At least you can read them and they work, that's about all you can reasonably expect from my html skills when it comes to anything even slightly complicated.

I haven't heard anything back from the universities yet, except acknowledgements of my application. I'm dealing with it quite well really, though I think I may be repressing more than I ever have before. I'm not dreaming much. My unconscious is afraid of me doing something stupid, I think.

I just got my second package from Swappingtons (remember to list 'ghostfox' as a refferer if you sign up! Please) - The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman, the third in the His Dark Materials trilogy. I've read the first two, and I was dying to read this one. Maybe I'll write more about it when I'm finished, but for now I'll just say that it does not disappoint. I find the ideas about life and the afterlife presented fascinating, plus it's extremely anti-religion which I love. I get on a high when I read anything that makes me see in a way I hadn't thought of before, and there are constant instances of that in this book. It's stunning. I do have a very minor reservation - it seems that the constant thrilling action has replaced the lingering exposition and wonder of these new worlds that was present in the first two books, the first more than the second. I think the first, Northern Lights, will always be my favourite for that reason. That said, I adore the whole series and I think I'll read the rest of Pullman's work now.

Sorry for the long paragraph. I know they'll be even more noticeable in this layout, I'll have to watch that.

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*I'm assuming that there's such a thing as Playgirl, as in Playboy, only it contains naked boy pictures? Hmm?

I need to get out of my parents' house, stat.

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