And in a strange turn of events...

[secretive_bus]

... I've just come back from a highly enjoyable holiday in Newquay. It was really nice to be around all my mates and living with them for a week, not to mention the enduring fun of caravan v caravan bitchfests (as the group had to be split into two). Much food was consumed and in-jokes created. And once again I was approached for relationship

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[notdan]

Well done, young Bus-me-lad! See, we all told you you could do it! Here's hoping you have a wonderful time in Edinburgh - though not so wonderful that you don't remember to keep us informed about it via LJ occasionally ;)

Now, when do we get to see the photos of t'Bus on t'Nequay beaches, hmm?

[ogarisia]

Any pics of 't'Bus' would be appreciated... and I am so happy for you, Dave, going to Edinburgh, taking that wonderful next step. God, that first time going off to UVM is so far back for me now, 20 years... Everyone knows it's a life changing experience, but no one can tell you exactly how profound the changes will be, and where the biggest changes will take place within you. Just roll with it, enjoy it, make friends who are going through it at the same time and you can help each other. There are some things I would have done differently, but as a whole I wouldn't change it for the world. Take care, Dave, and enjoy it!

[bonniegeorge]

Being somebody who does love Thucydides, I shall have to beat the irony out of yer.

[bonniegeorge]

This is true, I'll allow, and is the reason that I generally disdain modern historical writing, which is usually undertaken with no understanding of how to manage prose with any ability. The great historians all wrote with literary merit; I believe that any man writing on these subjects for the public domain should study the styles of Macaulay, Hallam, and Gibbon.

All the same, yes, you do - this time. I'm too generous, I know.

[bonniegeorge]

On another note, allow me to suggest that you look into the writings of Laurence Sterne, who wrote "The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy" and "A Sentimental Journey". Having just finished the two of them, I have to say that I've derived fewer real pleasures from reading than those which I gleaned from the former. It is, I warn you, perhaps the Oddest Book that you shall ever read, but if you do manage to get through it, you shall find yourself enraptured by the humour of Mr. Sterne, and it shall become for you, as it did for me, a true HOBBY-HORSE.