h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

You've got some? Good. Now...see that table over there, I'd like you to cuff me to it. Maybe add some chains. Anything to make sure I don't leave again!

Pearl is back and this time i am staying, promise double promise.

I've been here for about an hour and already I've discovered that people who I thought had left are still here, laughed at lots of jokes, sensed that the community and friendships on here are as vibrant and welcoming as ever and had a little cry.

You see, uni has been tough.The first year was mainly great. The second year started well, new boyfriend, lots of friends, interesting course. It ended with no boyfriend (my choice, that's not really a problem) still lots of friends but an almost total lack of faith in some of the people on my course. I'm ashamed to say i nearly quit over the lack of understanding over the limitations of my illness.

So, I sat down over the Christmas holidays and i thought, what would make me happy? More time to knit, to write again, things that i choose, not nonsensical essays. And where can i get that, where can I write and get the opinion of people who matter to me? Right here.

Lots of love, Pearl x

Pinwheel Pearl Power!

glad you are back!

(Rushes in with )

Welcome back, Pearl! This has been a great day on planet hootoo. First Amy The Ant returned after a long absence, and now you too! Fantastic!

Purple handcuffs! Wow, you lot must have known I was coming!!

*waves* I hope you won't be too offended at me /not/ chaining you down, but I /am/ supposed to be writing an essay

How goes it Pinny? Long time no see

Writing an essay! What sort of a student are you?

Just kidding, I'm doing lots of preparatory reading for the second semester at the mo'.

Shhh, don't talk about the second semester. It might not happen.

It's happening Monday! The prep works quite fun actually, lots of stuff to do with stories.

Take it uni's going well for you then?

Similar to you, great first year, this year a little lacklustre. Still no romantic interest anywhere on the horizon at all also my friends seem to have become even more immersed in the "drink ourselves till we forget everything" even more this year, 4 or 5 times a week, sometimes 6. No room for theatre, cinema, comedy clubs, gigs or anything so basically I need new friends.

Also starting to wonder if there is any point in life, it is currently very vacuous, I go to bed regularly at 5am, wake up at 2 or 3pm and just read books and comics - seeing as I can't bring myself to lower myself to drinking all the time I don't see many peeps outside of my flat.

So no, not very well at all really. Still, am feeling much better now than I was last month so who knows. Things can only get better someone once said in a song. And if it rhymes, it must be true.

Not doing too badly on the romance front, seem to have had a spate of people being interested. About blinkin time!

First day back today, went really well. Must be optimistic and care free at all times.

What an optemism Nazi! [You MUST be carefree ]

Comedy Clubs are possibly the best thing about student life

*goes back to not doing an essay. Damn thing*

Woot, finished exams :D now I have a break until lectures...on Monday

Yeah you always know you'll get picked on if you go to a comedy club and you're a student

Finished my first week back, utterly knackered.

It's my birthday Sunday! 20 years old, little bit scared when you think i came to hootoo at 15. Roughly 4 and a half years on here then!

Wow, in a weird way, Pinny, we virtually grew up on hootoo together *was 19 just a few months ago, has also been on hootoo just over 4 and a half years*

first weeks are generally the most tiring, if only for admin reasons

hands the ladies a chair...

I was just thinking a lot of us (people)
must have joined at around the same time...

*now 20 has been here for four years and a bit*

Happy Birthday miss Pearl

Thankyou dearies!

Must have been a golden age for hootoo, all us lovelies joining

A truely magnificent era, of which we shall never see the like of again... Must admit, hasn't really been the same since then. A lot of the people I spoke to regularly left, disappeared, or - in one extreme case - died. And slowly you find that your usual hangouts are becoming more sparsely populated, and then you find that the amount of work you need to do in RL is increasing, and well.. Damn demi-adulthood. Interfering with my net-life. ~sigh~

RL is pretty evil. But I returned in the end and will hang here for a while yet.

hi hun glad to see you back