Comments on the candidates for president from people visiting the different worldwide BBC websites...In other news, my students were all a bit rubbish on Tuesday so I'm thoroughly annoyed about that and wondering whether there's anything I can actually do about it (answer: probably not a lot, although I might make outrageous suggestions like some ( Read more... )

Hurrah, for this morning we had quite a good outing in the boat :-D And I don't particularly hurt from circuits last night. And next week we have the Queens' Ergs competition which should be somewhat entertaining. Of course, we also have training for that this evening, so I'm yet again going to fail to get to Aikido near Cambridge :-/ Oops ( Read more... )

Glenton, my fellow PhD student who's just started at the IRC with me, has just commented that I'm already neurotic and jumpy enough without caffiene. Oh well, he's got me sussed then ( Read more... )

AAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ( Read more... )

Feel like I should probably update, given that I should be going to bed...

Comments, observations and events in no particular order:

1. I might be doing some proper work tomorrow! It's going to be an utter disaster given that it involves trying to paint silver onto tiny crystals which will threaten to break the whole time. But it's *stuff* at least!
   
2. ( Read more... )

I have made it to Cambridge! My room is *enormous*, which I am seriously loving. I don't yet have net access in my room though. Hopefully I will soon, anyway. Then I will actually update properly, as my eyes are threatening to fall out of my sockets because I don't have my glasses on and I've been on this computer for about an hour. Ouch ( Read more... )

I'm a black belt! :-D

(I'm also back in Oxford pre going to Cambridge, so should hopefully have some semblance of continuous net access now... Also, my Aikido icon is all appropriate now and everything. Susanne has even said she'll get me a hakama and send it to me!)

I have returned from Spain. Salamanca is gorgeous but has rather insane nightlife. I am sleep deprived and have a cold which Shane brought with him and has now sent back all over the world (although mostly all over Europe ( Read more... )

OK, OK. So I haven't updated for about six hundred years. (Actually, I think if you replace "hundred years" with weeks there, it's about right...)

So, what I have been up to? Went to Paris en famille and then my cousin's wedding later in the week. Photos to follow. Probably. If I'm organised enough. Also went on a Wycliffe course, which I really ( Read more... )

I feel that I should probably update.

The weekend consisted of trundling down to Oxford and having my birthday on Friday (thank you to everyone who sent me birthday greetings :-) ) which dooferlad took the day off for, which was awfully nice of him. I got some spangly pressies, including Miyazaki DVDs and a vaguely language geeking related book, which I'm ( Read more... )