The Pope is visiting the UK at the moment, which must be very exciting for the British Catholics.

However, I'm not Catholic or even Christian, I'm an atheist.  I used to be agnostic but the more I think things through the less the idea of an all-powerful creator makes sense to me. And the vision of the deity presented in the Bible makes even less ( Read more... )

Even in the most boring and frustrating of times (say, for example, after graduating and before finding a job/course) there are still the things that make like worth living ( Read more... )

 I haven't written anything fictional for ages (apart from job applications ho ho ho), so I've ended up being a bit scared to write anything that isn't an essay, a facebook post or the occasional drunken email.  To remedy this, I'm going to start doing fic.  Most of my f-list will probably not be as into Sherlock as I am.  So... yeah.  Don't mock ( Read more... )

Ok, I've been naughty and not updated or commented in about a million years again.  As always, during summer hols when not much goes on, I find myself posting lots.  Yet as soon as noteworthy things start happening, I forget LJ exists.  Because I'm an idiot that way ( Read more... )

Both today and yesterday have shared one common feature (well, loads of common features, but let's not count things like 'has a 'y' in it', the sun rose, oxygen was plentiful etc.).  That feature is MERINGUE FAIL ( Read more... )

Hurrah, for I retun from Edinburgh and declare it to be a most beautiful and interesting city.  I stupidly didn't keep a holiday diary, so many fantastic details may be lost in my fuggy memory.  (The fuggyness of my memory has nothing whatsoever to do with whisky ( Read more... )

Ho hum, what has happened since the last time I posted.  Well I did the Pass Plus theory session, which was grossely missnamed. A more accurate name would be the Pass Plus Terror session.  I don't want to go into it because I don't really want to think about it.  I'll just say that there are some things you can't un-see, and I will not be doing the ( Read more... )

Today I have a lovely iced coffee and my results!  Hurrah!  And to add to the hurrahness, I got a 2:1 overall, which is perfectly acceptable.  And I've done better on the whole than I did last semester.  If I can keep up the improvement curve I might be in with a shot of getting a higher 2:1 next year.  I'd like to aim for a first but that's kind ( Read more... )

At Jesi's request, under the cut are photos of me and my shiny new ukulele that I can't play yet.  I've been trying to tune it because it wasn't quite sounding right, but I've definitely made it worse.  Back to the piano in a bit, methinks.

( cut for clashing colours )

Just a quick update: I did indeed get that ukulele.  It's green and I can't play it yet...  I need many, many hours of practice, I think ( Read more... )