Classes started back up last week, so I'm back to finding a balance between university/readings, work, and leisure. And it is my last semester of university, so I have to find that perfect balance between studying and not going insane. I'm overloading this semester because the one creative writing unit (I think American universities call these courses?) I wanted to take is worth more credits than I need to finish my degree. So that calls for a little more work this semester. Oh, and I'm back to studying postmodernism. Lord help me, one semester of this is bad enough but three years? Oh dear.
I've been slightly more interested in food lately, in cooking rather, and attempting to take food photography (albeit low-level photography). At work I generally just have a sandwich or buy a spinach and ricotta pastry roll for lunch, but last Wednesday I decided to splash out and get sushi for the first time in months. An interesting lunch and a quiet day at work led to my camera being used.
Lunch: Iced coffee and assorted roll sushi.
I fancied Mexican food on Saturday for lunch but I didn't want my usual nachos. For some reason I felt like a tortilla, and cooking one. So I went out and bought polenta and cooked my very first tortillas. They were quite yummy as chicken burritos, if I do say so myself.
It's about 3.15am now and I couldn't sleep (despite having woken up at a normal time - 9am - yesterday) so I decided to get some studying done. I find I work better at the edge of night, between 2am and 5am, which doesn't let me fare well during the day but it does allow me to get work done without any disturbances from everyday life. There's just something peaceful and light about doing anything during this time.
Reading: Dead Air by Iain Banks (almost finished it)
Listening to: 2008 Rent soundtrack (particularly "Goodbye Love"), "The Freshmen" by The Verve Pipe, Jack's Mannequin's "The Resolution"
I've been slightly more interested in food lately, in cooking rather, and attempting to take food photography (albeit low-level photography). At work I generally just have a sandwich or buy a spinach and ricotta pastry roll for lunch, but last Wednesday I decided to splash out and get sushi for the first time in months. An interesting lunch and a quiet day at work led to my camera being used.
Lunch: Iced coffee and assorted roll sushi.
I fancied Mexican food on Saturday for lunch but I didn't want my usual nachos. For some reason I felt like a tortilla, and cooking one. So I went out and bought polenta and cooked my very first tortillas. They were quite yummy as chicken burritos, if I do say so myself.
It's about 3.15am now and I couldn't sleep (despite having woken up at a normal time - 9am - yesterday) so I decided to get some studying done. I find I work better at the edge of night, between 2am and 5am, which doesn't let me fare well during the day but it does allow me to get work done without any disturbances from everyday life. There's just something peaceful and light about doing anything during this time.Reading: Dead Air by Iain Banks (almost finished it)
Listening to: 2008 Rent soundtrack (particularly "Goodbye Love"), "The Freshmen" by The Verve Pipe, Jack's Mannequin's "The Resolution"
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