I was told yesterday evening by the scary 4th Dan (that's 4 levels above black belt) who even beats up the main guy in charge that he wouldn't want to pick a fight with me, I feel proud ^_^. This may have something to do with the fact I tried to stamp on his head when he grabbed my ankle, or possibly than when my technique was going horribly wrong ( Read more... )

Two interesting events have happened over the last week, firstly I have, similar to theo just bought myself a new toy, although I suspect mine was rather cheaper. I am now the owner of a toshiba NB-100 running Ubuntu-remix. This is a little web-book 8.9in screen that is light enough for me to take places and even fits in my handbag. No CD drive, ( Read more... )

I had a wonderful weekend realising how much I miss Bath at the Sci-fi quiz of DOOM!!! and visiting theodorSo Friday I took most of the day off work and caught the train. All went smoothly and I spent about an hour browsing round the Christmas market and surrounding area, basically tying up my Christmas shopping bar possibly another something for my ( Read more... )

It's weeks like this that make me believe in Karma ( Read more... )

I am only posting today because I want a further excuse not to move ( Read more... )

I've now graduated to being a second year PhD student ( Read more... )

Had a lovely Saturday with Theo and Jon-kun in Birmingham, despite the 3h journey each way. we met up in the chaos that is Birmingham New Street and visited the fish zoo (also known as the national sealife center) which was a bit of a rip-off but good fun to see the Otters and Turtles ^_^. Theo managed to drop his ring somewhere unaccessable so ( Read more... )

I was babysitting again last night, given that I have never done it before last week I think two jobs in as many weeks is impressive. This time it was for some friends in college. Previously they had turned up one afternoon with the eldest wearing a Naruto headband, being the fangirl I am it was easy to identify it so I made a friend instantly. ( Read more... )

I have spent almost the entire weekend either asleep or a zombie, I blame the medics. Firstly coz I've been looking after them all week which was hard work and secondly as I think I've caught something off them. Most of them were pretty good, although didn't think things through, If I have a penny for every time I asked, "Well what do you think it ( Read more... )

I'm spending this week teaching 1st year undergraduates basic practicals. Monday was Cells 1A, for those who understand these things it was DNA quantification by absorbance at 260nm and Bradford method to quantify protein samples- basically use of pipettes and equipment. This didn't stop them from doing many, many daft things, and these are ( Read more... )