I'm here because I have nothing else to do. I don't particularly mind whether I'm messaged ("Message"? Since when did "message" become a verb? "To message"...what the fuck?) or not but you can if you want. I'll possibly reply, because I have nothing else to do. I'm just filling out quizzes to pass my time.

I am emotional, quiet, and silly

Officially: I am studying for a psychology degree (first year) and have discovered that you shouldn't do a psychology degree unless you absolutely adore psychology, are enthralled by incredibly boring scientific reports, and want to have Jung's babies. I've made it through the first year, though, so I expect I can make it through the three. I have a diary; I cross through the days.<P>Unofficially: wasting it (and surprisingly unbothered about that); being emotionally irredeemably stuck

Making myself feel rubbish. It's a valuable skill.

*shrug* You should probably ask "people". I would imagine that strangers notice the fact that I want them to go away.

a) Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides; The Oddysey (though The Iliad is less impressive); The Hours - Michael Cunningham; Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood; The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood; The Secret History - Donna Tartt; anything by Terry Pratchett; anything by Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine; The Cement Garden - Ian McEwan; The Athenian Murders - Jose Carlos Somoza; The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon; His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman; The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides; Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood; Crime and Punishment; Bag of Bones - Stephen King; The Lake of Dead Languages - Carol Goodman; Hannibal - Thomas Harris; The Return of the Dancing Master - Henning Mankell (go Swedish writers!); The Blind Man of Seville - Robert Wilson; Atonement - Ian McEwan; The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco; The Dumas Club - Arturo Perez-Reverte (I'll stop now.)

b) The Hours, Moulin Rouge, Donnie Darko, The Lord of the Rings (or just the third bit), The Silence of the Lambs, Se7en, The Ninth Gate, Garden State, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Amelie! I can't remember others, but there are plenty more. Oh, Napoleon Dynamite! That was damn funny.

c) The Cure, The Smiths, Morrissey, Morcheeba, Johnny Cash, 3 Doors Down, Placebo, REM (REM!), Snow Patrol, Tracy Chapman, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Gypsy Kings, Green Day (occasionally), Fugazi, Kaiser Chief, The Postal Service, Kate Bush, Kings of Leon, Aqualung, Garbage, Garmarna, The Shins, The Bravery, Tom Vek, Eels, Six Nation State, The Futureheads, Art Brut, The Decemberists, The Dresden Dolls, Bloc Party, David Gray, Nirvana, Gregorian Sense, Goldfrapp, British Sea Power, Bright Eyes, The Ordinary Boys, Shout Out Louds, Bill Withers, Bjork, Joanna Newsom, Neil Young, t.A.t.U (oi! don't laugh), the Moulin Rouge sountrack, Tori Amos, other things.

d) As long as it isn't a vegetable, I'll consider it. Or a squid - never again. If I had to pick one foodstuff to live on, it would be fruit.

I do without most things. Without books, I would have to ackowledge this, so: books. Without them, I'd fall apart. (Six things? Music...though obviously I technically could do without it...my mind...H...friends...writing)

Bah. Inconsequential things; words; other people; music; books; me; short and long-term futures; Heather (still??); things I have to do; things I can postpone; things I should sort out; things I should sort out but never do; things I should just cope with; things; this fucking degree; going home.

Probably dissatisfied with where I am, and wishing I was somewhere else. Not because I actually would enjoy the other place/thing/person more, but just because I exist in a permanent state of disappointment.

If I'm emotionally deformed, it's my own fault. I've brought it about myself. Oh, and I'm secretly in love with my friend.

You don't care about not being "messaged" back.