Recent content by SpiralDots

I'm currently learning Hiragana using a game like space invaders where the invaders are the symbols and you have to type them correctly to destroy them. It's the most effective way I've found of learning them as it's much more fun than just sitting there trying to memorise them...

I think you're a bit mistaken about the idea of rolling green hills. I mean yeah we do have some, but it's mostly mountains that we have. If you want a small town surrounded by mountains, I'd recommend Aviemore - it's a popular destination for tourists and a lot of people that work there are...

I find it incredibly, incredibly useful. The wikipedia articles for my course are always really helpful as not only do the summarise the stories we need to read but they also talk about themes etc. For essays, they're really really good at giving you lots of references. Even my lecturers...

We were nice and decided that if we were going to be horrible to people, we'd be horrible to ourselves. The Highland Clearances were pretty awful.

Hmm, there was the guy playing the violin and at each stop he got off and changed cars. There was also the guy that put up some black material between two poles and proceeded to do a puppet show. Those were the awesome experiences though, there was the time a bunch of really drunk guys...

Most of my friends are guys, although my group of friends from high school is all girls. I just always got on better with them because we shared more geeky interests and I'm not really a girly girl and don't really gossip or anything so it's harder to find girls like me (luckily I do have...

I'm about halfway through reading The Silmarillion, no idea what I'm going to read next as I have a huge, huge pile of books to read. I have one about the Crusades that I might read, or maybe re-read Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy (as I haven't read the "new" one and want to re-read the series...

If you don't have feelings for your current girlfriend, then don't stay with her as it'll only hurt her more. It sounds like she doesn't really have that many for you either and so it's probably best to break it off now. As for the second girl, since you don't want to have sex with her, why...

There really is no difference between a "gamer girl" and a "non gamer girl". Seriously. You want somebody that will understand your love of gaming? You don't need a gamer girl for that, you just need a girl that cares about you as if she loves you then she'll make an effort to understand it. She...

Watch iPlayer on the Wii, stream videos through my laptop to my Xbox to watch them on the tv (and also as a DVD player)

The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome by Robin Lane Fox I'm currently halfway through and it's really, really interesting. It's great for getting a really good overview of pretty much everything about the classical greek and roman world. God's Philosophers: How the...

Just to point out, ringmail and chainmail are two different styles of armour. They are not the same thing. If you didn't enjoy LOTR either then you probably won't like it, but you should at least read a few chapters before deciding. It usually takes a few chapters to get you hooked on the...

I had one and he was called Mr. Chinchi because I'm oh so creative. No idea what I'd name another one though.

I'm the girl. Also be jealous of my awesome pacman necklace =)

London has some awesome museums, most of which are all free. I highly recommend the British Museum and the Science Museum, and the Museum of Natural History is also definitely worth a visit. Being geeky, you'll probably enjoy a visit to the Trocadero centre. If you have money, the London...