I’ve managed to marathon the entire three series of TRICK as well as the first special in just about a week. There is nothing like a good quirky murder mystery series to pass time. The series was odd with a lot of tacky humour and too silly to be real characters but wow, the mysteries were clever and I could never figure them out. It was actually really creepy at times. But who am I kidding- Yamada and Ueda made that series as brilliant and entertaining as it is. Their friendship/perhaps romance was what kept me watching when by the third series I was admittedly growing bored. Also: loose threads. There were far too many loose threads in that show. I have a feeling that certain things will not ever be resolved, even if I now go on to watch the movies and the remaining special. But it was enjoyable nonetheless and I will try out the movies and most likely enjoy them too. I think watching TRICK has ruined Galileo for me though, as I can now see why reviews say that Galileo was a not-as-good ripoff of the franchise. I can see how the series are similar, and how TRICK is better. Galileo is still a pretty good series though (I never found it that amazing anyway tbh, although the movie was kind of awesome)
By now, my excessive laziness and complete boredom should be manifesting into an excess of energy that should make me productive but it has yet to happen. I am currently procrastinating from dealing with my messy and unfortunately growing messier by the day room. I like the idea of giving it a thorough clean and purge before I go away but alas, I lack the will to go through with it. I need to a) find a biscuit recipe I lost amongst the mess, b) sort through my university stuff and organize it so I can reference to it next year and c) stuff ahem neatly pack everything away whilst aiming for a level of cleanliness that will also allow me to roll up my carpets before I go away, as my cat will be alone in the house (as in, I should make sure there is nothing my cat can throw up on and potentially ruin). It’s all a lot like hard work and I don’t even know where to start. I am pretty sure that even if I do get myself to start it I will end up growing bored/fed up halfway through, ending up with an even bigger mess than I started with. (Please tell me that I am not the only one who sets out to clean and ends up making more mess? No?) I do still have about 20 days until the big South African holiday. Which…actually isn’t all that much at all. AHH. Apart from the big clean I still need to go shopping for certain things and I need to do lots of washing and then I need to sort through everything and decide what to pack. I hate packing. It’s like- how am I supposed to know exactly what I need for one month? For example it could be really cold one day but then hot another, I might need formal things or I may not, not to mention all the extras- do I take one book or two, having to remember chargers for electronics etc etc. I am always left feeling like I have forgotten something/left something behind. My main problem is likely that I over think the whole thing. As for the actual holiday I am still waiting to become excited and I am not sure its happening any time soon yet as I’m just too nervous about it all. I’ve not seen my family in so long.
Also making me very nervous right now is the fact that it is nearly June which means technically I should be getting my university results back soon. I am really hoping that I get my results before I go on holiday; it would be cruel to get them afterwards. Then again it would be nice just…not to get them ever?! XD I don’t know how I am going to open that letter…I will probably get my father to open it for me. I hope I have not failed :( I don’t know what I would do if I failed :(
Other than all this I may and probably will be travelling to Berlin with my best friend for a few days in late August/early September before uni starts. Usually when I go on holiday I tend to go long distance- long haul flights back home to Cape Town usually and once to Japan. The only place I have ever been to in main Europe, despite it being so close, is Paris. I am looking forward to seeing another part of Europe. I am quite excited about it really, compared to everything else. I will admit that I partly want to go there because my favourite book is set there which I hope isn’t too wierd. Oh well. It should be lots of fun.