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I'm reading The Second Sex, by Simone de Beauvoir. It's definitely not a breeze, but I'm certainly enjoying the introduction very much! Wanted to quote from it somewhat for you all, but the bit I want is fairly long, so...

( What is a woman? )

Mmm, yes. And also, I was reading poetry yesterday; were Ogden Nash still alive today, he might be the funniest poet alive. Since he died in '71, I will merely say that he was extremely funny, and particularly in this poem. Read it aloud if you can.

( Very Like a Whale )

Also, mock exams.. got most of my results back today. English first, an Excellence, two Meritss and an Achieved- I'm pleased with those abstractly, because those are what I deserved, except for the Achieved, which I totally deserved to fail. So thaqt's good. Mg beat me by one Excellence, but I think she was the only one (except I don't know about Jordan... :-/ wildcard fallow. :p) Then French, two Es and an M and I lifted my 3.6 which is great. the M was in reading, which I'm fairly gutted by but hey. Francesca beat me. Don't think anyone else did, but who knows. History, an E and two As, both As for the essays and the E for the resources. I'm pretty stoked with that. and that was, I think, best class marks, and I got E for my internal. (I'm terrible like this, I rank myself class-wise trying to guess which prizes I'm getting... I'm thinking only History this year. And maybe the Bickleen Fong cup for Appreciation of English Literature... :p ) An Physics we only got Mechanics. Eyeroll. Failed that, surprise surprise... I'll get it at the end of the year though.

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AND, I just got my e-mail from Canterbury telling me this:

"Dear Tui Rachel (other midde name and last name, nyah)

Your application form for a place in a Hall of Residence at the University of Canterbury has been entered into the Accommodation database.

Your application number is: 3139

You will receive another email when your Common Confidential Form arrives .

Once we have both forms, your application will be sent across to your first choice Hall for consideration."

*does a little dance* haha, it wasn't too late after all, whee! Still might not get in, though, I suppose...

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And, hepburn66! Jenni. :) Go say hi and friend her, 'cause she's lonely over there...

ETA: So MSN so isn't working for me. :o Sorry, Jenni, I didn't mean to randomly stop talking like that...