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( I've not had a good rant for ages )

and my mother, bless her nagging soul, will want to know in all earnestess why I couldn't get a First? Robin did, surely I'm clever enough, can she help me find strategies, surely it's just a matter of application, learn from your father he was a great student oh fuck off he didn't get a First either.

Well, for one thing, I'm back at my parents' house in the country and looking for a summer job. Next year, to be living with Owain, Ernst & Robin in what by volume will be the House of Grosskopfs and by mass, the House of Goths.

( I have a really awesome book. )

Last exam is in a little under three hours. Come to the pub this afternoon.

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Take that, Colony Collapse Disorder! Free bees FTW.

A swarm has moved in to the empty hive my mum had by the back door. This is where the catflap is. Displeased cat is displeased. So this weekend I am going home to assist in moving the little dears to a more convenient location.

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I am glad that those who adapted Tolkien for the LoTR musical decided not to use the songs from the book. Actually it is not a bad adaptation. Gollum, for example, is really well done and the Balrog is the greatest thing since even unsliced bread ( Read more... )

So, Whitby Goth Weekend. Well, for a start, the countryside is marvellous - there's nothing quite like a silent taxi-ride across fog-shrouded moors to instill a suitable sense of melodrama - and quite frankly after a peaceful little fishing village, King's Cross seemed like a huge mistake. The costumes, too, are worthy of much note, although ( Read more... )

My intensely shiny new phone can take decent photos. It can play music, as well.

This leaves camera and mp3 player looking somewhat forlorn.

Technology is awesome and all, but there's too much of a good thing sometimes. Frankly, the point where you can use a mobile phone's Internet access to access Skype is for me the Too Much Tech! line. Using a ( Read more... )