tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40742035160005981012011-08-03T11:13:26.852+01:00Thoughts and adventures of a student as she stumbles through her life at University.Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.comBlogger391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-23788455801707582042011-03-10T00:50:00.000Z2011-03-10T00:50:47.020Z

Hey guys! I want to share a couple of awesome recipes with you. One of which is one of my absolute fave home cooked meals. For as long as I can remember my grandma has made a thing called Bacon Pudding. Some people have heard of it, some haven't but as far as I was aware growing up, it was something only my Grandma and Great Granny could make. It was the food we asked for when she asked what

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Hey folks. Happy 2011! Its a bit late, but I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays and have had a good start to 2011. I know I had a good time, it has really helped to have a couple of weeks break from everything to sort my head out. I'm determined to start 2011 with a whole new me! I don't really make resolutions - I never manage to complete them, and I'm always disappointed in myself, so instead

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-49124232307703446062010-11-05T15:37:00.000Z2010-11-05T15:37:32.530Z

Quite a bit has happened since I last blogged. Mainly stuff to do with uni, and me meeting my new flatmate (who is awesome btw), had an awesome flat-warming party and also I seem to have managed to both gain a boyfriend and then lose him again. Bit of a mix of good and bad. This week has been really horrible though. Everyone else seems to get a reading week but we always end up with exams. I've

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Marmalade says hi! Hey folks, I'm back! Im sorry for disappearing for such a long time, there isn't really any excuse but I'm gonna try hard to post regularly from now on. Feel free to shout all you want, I deserve it. A lot has happened since I last posted, I'll update you but I'll do it slowly, over a few posts if thats ok. Firstly, here's the update on the uni stuff. I finished my first

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-256301252139106972010-03-17T02:10:00.002Z2010-03-17T02:13:30.505Z

. IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!! I turn 21 today! (well technically it is today anyway, since its about 2am on the 17th here) I'm having a party tonight, so no doubt I will post about that and how it goes. Especially since it is a fancy dress party and I plan on getting very drunk so I don't realise how stupid I look :-p For now though, I'm heading to bed. I have a very busy day tomorrow and need sleep

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-81454612706221259272010-03-11T03:21:00.001Z2010-03-11T03:22:27.452Z

Just a very quick post today. On the 21st March I will be running the Sports Relief mile in crazy fancy dress with two of my friends. I will most likely be hungover whilst doing this, as I am going out the night before. We have made a team named Manilla, Mango and the Flying Squirrel! (don't ask) If there was any chance of you donating to Sports Relief would you think about doing that by

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-7262469159439032012010-03-09T00:47:00.002Z2010-03-09T00:48:49.528Z

I'm incredibly bored atm, so I thought I would do a blog post and get an early night - I have a meeting tomorrow with my personal tutor at 9am, which means its gonna take me an hour or so to set enough alarms to get me out of bed...I'm just not used to getting up in the middle of the night anymore :-p I thought I'd share with you some of my favourite books, and hope that you return the favour.

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Ok, last post for today, I promise. I just remembered I had some pretty big news to share. I've been accepted onto the exchange program at Uni :-D I got the letter yesterday and after dancing around the flat for a little bit I sat down and read it properly. I still have to wait for SDSU to accept me personally, and send confirmation, but I've been told there's no reason why I shouldn't be

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I'm just sitting down to eat some leftovers from yesterday and thought I'd share a couple of simple recipes with you, because this looks yummy! First, Bolognese sauce. 1 medium onion2 cloves garlic1 red peppera large handful mushrooms2 tins chopped tomatoes1 packet beef/lamb mince - about 300-500g.mixed herbsLee and perrins/other worcester sauce.First, prepare the veggies, open the tins/

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Hey folks. I've been trying to get some sleep for the past 4 hours, but its just not happening. I've tried everything from a warm drink to playing music to counting sheep and nothing seems to work. Its now 7am and I have given up. I have an exam at 11 and I'm scared if I fall asleep now I'll sleep through my alarms and miss it. I probably should have gone to bed sooner. So I'm now drinking

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-3492230626140693382010-02-17T15:57:00.002Z2010-02-17T15:59:10.736Z

This morning I had an exam in Genetics. It was pretty tough but I just about managed to pass, so thats spurred me on to do a bit of study work this afternoon. I'm absolutely knackered since I had very little sleep last night so I think I'm going to have a bit of a rest first - or drink lots of caffeine. Whichever works best. I just wanted to post a quickie update. I think its been over a week

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-18036729713789945322010-02-09T23:58:00.000Z2010-02-09T23:58:11.197Z

I've just gotten back from watching Les Miserables at the Palace Theatre. I adore going to the theatre, whether its Opera, Musicals, Ballet, Shakespeare...Anything on stage. I love it. So going to see Les Mis has been something I've wanted for a while. I used to watch a VHS my grandma had of a performance of it. I used to love watching it, but I had forgotten the storyline. I was over the moon

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-85353071745475908352010-02-09T16:50:00.002Z2010-02-09T16:51:44.497Z

I'm taking a break from a mammoth homework marathon and I wanted to blog about the other day (Sunday) because it was so unusual for me. I woke up with a bit of a hangover (I had over-indulged on alcohol on a rare night out with the sister) so I slept a little late. About 3pm I was woken by a loud banging on my room door and a familiar voice telling me to get my butt outta bed right that minute.

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Today I was feeling a little bit down, so I decided to meet my mum and spend the day together. Its rare that we spend much time on our own anymore, and I miss her. So she picked me up and said she'd take me food shopping.Food shopping is one of those necessary chores which I absolutely hate. I find supermarkets too busy and frustrating, of course then it all has to be lugged home and put away.

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Heya folks. You're not going to hear a lot from me today. I just want to share something with you, and I think it needs to be spread as far and to as many people in SL as possible. If we get enough people shouting, Linden Labs might listen to us! Lindal Kidd, who happens to be a forum regular and someone I count amoung my friends, posted a thread today in the condemned forums. I am simply going

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-53644083695863290052010-02-02T19:08:00.002Z2010-02-02T23:00:56.519Z

What a sad week this is going to be.LL have finally made the announcement we have been dreading. On the 9th of February 2010 Linden Labs will close the current vBulletin Forums and everyone is expected to use their new integrated Clearspace software blog style forums. This move has made me sad, but also pretty angry. The Linden refuse to listen to their customers, and insist on shooting

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-15539180407201495132010-01-31T00:05:00.002Z2010-02-01T01:00:38.725Z

I love this picture. It was taken at one of my fave places in Second Life. I was researching in RL, and decided to log in and sit for a while while I chatted to friends. The place is DePaul University and I just love the land. There are hideaways I use when I want to escape, and the whole place is beautiful. They even change the look of the place to change with the seasons. We got told about a

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I've always been fussy about my taste in movies. Especially when it comes to horror/thriller films. I can watch bloody films all day long, I can sit through the Saw films or watch funny horror movies like Brain Dead or Dead Snow with no trouble. But as soon as any supernatural element (aka: ghost) is added I become the biggest wuss you ever met. I even got seriously scared at The Ring, which is

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-46540656235982764282010-01-26T00:05:00.001Z2010-01-26T00:06:07.744Z

Howdy! Those of you who spend time either at the Forum Catel Hangout, or have read the Undead Thread for a while may remember the blanket fort I had fun with a while ago. Those who dont, here are a couple of pics. I basically got really bored, and decided to build something. Since I felt like hiding out a bit, and was feeling a bit playful, I built a blanket fort with

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-51298793659477984062010-01-25T04:05:00.001Z2010-01-25T04:05:54.147Z

Hey folks! I derserve an award for being a dunce. In the previous post I complained about ending up with white eyelashes and blamed it all on SL. In fact, this is my mistake. I had downloaded a set of Eloh Eliot's freebie skins, but stupidly I had saved them as jpegs, and had just uploaded them straight into SL as is. Which is fine, until I realise that there is a space in the skin mesh which

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White Eyelashes, originally uploaded by Claire Silverspar.Don't you just love it? I look fabulous. Right.Basically, I uploaded a new skin today, and SL being its usual self, decided it would give me white eyelashes of all things. What you see is all the sliders for the eyelashes at the absolute minimum. I've tried going back to older display drivers, clearing the cache, relogging and restarting,

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So the other evening (actually it was so late it was now morning) I was reading The Undead Thread over at the SL Forums, as is normal for me, and a round of who can post the most/best youtube links started (always a lot of fun). I usually discover, or rediscover a couple of great new music loves from these rounds, and this time was no different. Not only have I found that I love BB King, but I've

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-35175991858562458652010-01-23T21:30:00.001Z2010-01-24T02:24:04.206Z

Aren't you all lucky? I'm trying to put off doing some actual work, so I thought I'd share some more recipes with you. These are for Banana Muffins, Toffee Sauce, and Cherry Chocolate Brownies. Banana Muffins. I didn't like these at first, but I've grown to like them. They're even nicer the day after they've been baked. The recipe says to add 1/2tsp nutmeg with the flour, but I can't stand

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-29598790851338682302010-01-17T17:42:00.002Z2010-01-24T03:01:56.759Z

I have this friend....and she has this website...and I want you all to go look at it because it is full of such awesomeness! Random Quirks She makes the most amazing stuff, If I could, I'd buy the lot. Everything is handmade, and unique. Its fun, and creative, and quirky. They're great for gifts. I bought my sister some earrings, and now they are her favourite pair. The barbie shoe earrings are

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-80210159574589957202010-01-17T08:15:00.000Z2010-01-17T08:15:26.814Z

So I didn't realy get inworld for very long tonight afterall, since my computer threw a paddy at me. It's lost the trick of SL, having not been online in so long, so I think it dislikes being told to do such hard work. I'll retrain it soon enough. I'm glad I got online though, however short a time it was. I sat at the hangout for a little bit and Maureen popped in to say hi! I snapped this

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Happy New Year everyone!  So, its a new year, and a new decade too! Its also my first post in a very long time. I want to apologize for the irregularity of my posts. I will try to get better with this. After a rather hectic festive season, I now find myself back at University, with twice as much work to do and I still find myself wishing I could get on SL more often. I'll log in tonight, to

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-6389404282725043042009-11-04T21:49:00.003Z2010-01-17T02:00:58.178Z

Wow! It took longer than I thought to get back to writing this blog entry. The recipes I promised you last time are below, and I have another update on whats happening in this crazy little world of mine coming soon. Eventually I might be able to get into a regular routine of writing instead of random updates once in a blue moon ;) OK, here are the recipes. I wanted to get these up in time for

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When I decided to go to university, I wasn't really prepared for how different a learning style it is. There are the lectures, but other than that, and the odd items which get put up onto our Web area, it becomes essentially a teach yourself thing. You do have to be very strict with yourself, and I'm finding that with midterm exams looming, I'm beginning to struggle. As much as I am loving the

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I simply adore cooking, or baking - especially baking. In the fairly limited student kitchen it can be a bit of a challenge for me to want to cook, and for me to eat the right things. A lot of people say that it’s a good idea to cook up batches of one pot meals so that they can be frozen and reheated as and when you need them. My problem is that I have very little space in the freezer, and with

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-23557495207891257182009-10-04T21:45:00.002+01:002010-01-17T02:02:11.485Z

Hey folks! Well, I’ve been at University now for two weeks. It’s been fantastic so far. Fresher’s week was amazing and I think I’m just about settled in. I’m starting to get a little homesick, but I’m sure that will pass soon, as I still see my family a lot, and I purposely didn’t move more than half an hour away. I’m living in a flat with 3 other people, and so far they all seem really nice

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-53503249880128306992009-09-19T01:49:00.000+01:002009-09-19T01:49:28.589+01:00

Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net I move to University tomorrow. I'm so excited about the chance to gain some independance and move out of home, yet I'm going to miss my mum. I'm only going to the local university (which is still a big uni), and moving into Halls of Residence about 10 minutes away, but its a big thing - as I'm sure it is with everyone who moves out of home for the first

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-8136723318039450422009-09-16T02:04:00.001+01:002009-09-16T02:05:27.369+01:00

On my way into town today I was listening to BBC Radio 4. This is fairly unusual for me, but mum was driving so she had the choice of radio station, and she likes listening to the news in the morning. There were two very sad announcements today. First, Patrick Swayze had passed age 57. I had known he was fighting Pancreatic cancer, but I was very sad to hear this news. I enjoy watching his films

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-46913512558120716712009-09-11T23:22:00.002+01:002009-09-11T23:23:39.389+01:00

Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.netSo today, after an email from the university about moving into the Halls of Residence, I decided I would sit down and thoroughly read through all of the rules and regulations and health and safety stuff they say I have to read before I arrive. Normally I'm really bad at reading T&Cs and stuff like that, but I thought I'd be a good student and endure the

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-44996401626485025392009-09-10T22:12:00.001+01:002009-09-10T22:13:43.338+01:00

I just wanted to post quickly to share this with anyone who hasn't seen it yet. NO H8 CampaignNOH8 On SLNOH8 is a photo project and silent protest at Proposition 8 - the banning of same-sex marriages in California. Even though I do not live in the US, I feel pretty strongly about the campaign, so have taken some pictures and added it to the Flickr Pool. Please show your support by adding your

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-11168319357857263642009-09-10T15:18:00.002+01:002009-09-10T15:21:13.912+01:00

(Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net) I got my letter from Student Finance this morning. It tells me how much money I can expect to get next year, both loans and any grants/bursaries. I'd been worrying about this for a long while, because I sent off the application in May, and hadn't heard a thing from them, then I got a dodgy email claiming to be from the student finance company asking me to

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-56781998380255080982009-09-10T03:37:00.001+01:002009-09-10T03:37:55.740+01:00

You might have heard of this website before, I know I have, but I thought I'd share anyway, because it can be pretty fun.http://celebrity.myheritage.com/face-recognition Basically you upload a picture of you (or your avatar) and it will compare it to a collection of celebrity photos and tell you who you look most like. Now you do have to register for this, but its just an email address, and you

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-76330690178130194442009-09-09T01:29:00.008+01:002009-09-09T01:39:13.211+01:00

I decided to go exploring today in SL. I have a big list of places to visit, which I'll get around to eventually, but today I decided I would visit Bay City.  I've been meaning to explore the regions since they opened in May. The sims were built by the Linden Lab Department of Public Works (or 'Moles') and then sold on to SL residents who built within a theme, which appears to be a 1930s/40s

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-76043562845842963242009-09-07T22:39:00.001+01:002009-09-07T22:40:53.457+01:00

Brenda Connolly kindly sent me a t-shirt for following her blog The Accidental Avatar. I took a picture of me in it at the Forum Cartel Hangout in Allana. The hangout is a great place to go if you need advice on anything SL-related, or if you just want to hangout in a friendly environment. The people who frequent the place are a very kind and helpful bunch and though they are ever so slightly

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348367746539193562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074203516000598101.post-23979269511423648172009-09-07T20:44:00.003+01:002009-09-08T12:01:02.390+01:00

Just to start off, I don't really have any plans for this blog, its not going to be a diary, or a soap box for me to complain about everything. I'm just going to post whatever I feel like and see how it evolves over time. Neither am I going to keep it strictly SL or RL related, just a blend of fun and randomness... So, with less than 2 weeks until I move out of home for the first time to go

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