Somehow my roommate convinced me to do NaNoWriMo this year. I now realise that it's complete madness, since I have a big pile of work for school and other stuff I should be writing (like that half-finished chapter of Until Dawn). Still it's kinda nice since I'm finally writing out this idea I've had for a while, but at the same time I know I won't make 50,000 words until the end of the month, I simply won't have time to do that. My 4,202 words so far isn't much, but to me, that much in three days is good. But I'm still behind schedule...

I really should be studying right now. Reading "Great Expectations" for my narratology class or writing my midterm paper (narratology too), or writing my linguistics paper, or study for my translation exam this Friday. Oh well, I think I'll eat lunch and then I'll sit down with Mr. Dickens or something...

So, I realise I haven't posted a journal since May and that it's been even longer since I've submitted a deviation. I'm sorry...

Summer's been both busy and not, depending how you look at it... Since I couldn't get ahold of a job (damn you economic situation ) I've been staying with my parents, who live on a farm. So I've been helping them quite a lot, mostly with chores and tending the garden, since I'm no big fan of manual labour. But there were of course some other things, like hay harvest in June and that kinda stuff... Had it just been those, then I would have had time to write, however...
Well, my grandfather passed away in June, and that kinda put me on hold with writing fanfiction. I did however write some things, more or less related to that, and I did try writing poetry (and failed), but I'm not sure whether I'll post any of that stuff here... Anyhow, because of him passing away, my granma's moving and they have this huuuuge house so we have been helping her to clean and stuff, i.e. throw away all the junk they had managed to gather through the years.

On a happier note, I've met up with some old friends of mine and we even had a little reunion with our class from junior high... And that was... Let's say interesting.

But now I'm back in town and the term at the university has started. So now I'll probably write more. Since I for some dumb reason always want to write the most when I have no time... I also have some new ideas for fanfics and I'll try and work with my current story too.

So, I really should stop here since I'm supposed to be studying. We already have lots of work, especially since we've only had one lecture yet... Sadly, none of it is very interesting.

EDIT
I f**king burned my hand while cooking. It was two hours ago and it still hurts like hell. The only thing that stops it from hurting is ice, but I can't really have my hand on ice when I go to bed. .__.
And I'm a bit irritated with my roommate for not caring. When I got burned I cursed a bit and told her I'd burned myself, but at that time I didn't think it was so bad, so I understand if she didn't think much about it. By the time I was finishing cooking I had a plastic bag with an icecube wrapped around it, she didn't notice. While eating I could barely hold my knife and had to go up and change the ice once. She didn't really show that she cared and after dinner she just sat down with her computer and let me clear the table. Even though I was complaining and obviously in pain she chose to freakin twitter instead of help me. >__<
This kinda pissed me of since I'm always very considerate towards her and I almost never complain about this kind of stuff, since I'm rather tolerant when it comes to pain. Unlike her who complain over the smallest things and thinks she should call the doctor all the time.
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Sorry for the rant, but I had to get it out of my system...

So me and my roommate went to see Angels and Demons today. We had our hopes up, hoping to see a good movie, since we both like the book. I can't say that the book is a masterpiece or anything, seeing that Dan Brown isn't very good when it comes to writing, but it's a thrilling story which I expected would make a great film.

Afterwards I couldn't really tell if I liked it or not. I think it's probably a good movie if you haven't read the book. But personally I found it annoying that they had changed so much of the storyline and the characters. I understand that they have to change some things when adepting a book to film, but they had changed many of the things for no apparent reason. Bloody hell, they even did changes that changed the outcome of the movie!

So well, it's not a bad movie, but it bothers me when they change the names of the characters (what's all that about!?), changes important parts of the plot and stuff like that.

But I have to say that it was kinda entertaining to see the chief of the Swiss Guard speak with a Swedish accent! XD

Today the new marriage law in Sweden takes effect. And that means that marriage now is 'gender-neutral' here, that same-sex marriages have exactly the same status as opposite-sex marriages. Previously homosexuals could be in a 'registered partnership', giving them the same legal rights as opposite-sex marriages had, but from now on they actually can get married! It is things like this that make me proud to be Swedish.

Now, moving on. It feels a bit weird, because I've been alone since Tuesday. My roommate didn't have any lessons this week so she's visiting her family in the country. I like having time to myself, but I've gotten so used to her being here so I kinda miss her... Not that it matters that much, since she's coming back today.

Anyway, yesterday my mom told me that she's getting surgery in two weeks. It's her shoulder and it's not really that major and I did know about it, but the thing is that she didn't think it would be until sometime this summer. And that would have been much better, since I would have been back home for the summer and could have helped her cook and all those things that she won't be able to do. But now the poor woman will have to ask my brother and sisters to do that.

On a happier note, I did get an A on my linguistics exam! And I got an A on my literary essay the other day too! So I'm pretty happy with myself.

Well, now I really should go get dressed, since it 1pm and I'm still in my jammies.

So, we read "Surfacing" by Margaret Atwood for our literature seminar this week. I don't think I've ever had a literary discussion where words like 'insane', 'crazy' and 'mental' were used this much. I mean, the main character in that book goes absolutely bonkers! It really was a weird book...

Oh, and afterwards when Sara, Love and I ate lunch I said something that Love thought was so funny that she hit herself in the head so hard it hurt for half an hour. Personally, I found that as funny as what I said.

And I've been doing a bit of writing so I'm happy! ^_^ But I really should study though...