"I'm sorry, you're sorry, we're all fucking sorry" (Larry David in 'Curb You Enthusiasm' episode The Special Section)

Just psyching myself up for the first jog since the infamous arm incident. Usually take the route all the way up the Woodstock road to the North, cut back over the railway bridge, down to this quaint little village called Godstow, ( Read more... )

Hello. Excuse my uncharacteristic lapse into geekdom. Indulge me my little smashers, I feel charitable. I here below compile a by no means exhaustive list of some memorable Seinfeld quotes for you reading pleasure. Enjoy!

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"There should be a B.O. squad that patrols the city like a "Smell Gestapo". To sniff 'em out, strip 'em down, and ( Read more... )

“Broken bones fuse together, bruises never last for long” (Fr. Neil Hannon)

Happy New Year everyone in internet land! I hope this New Year finds you all well?

Despite breaking my arm just before Christmas I remain chipper and optimistic about all the many and varied things this fresh new year will bring. I look forward to finishing my exams ( Read more... )

Yay, I'm on my way... (from misery to happiness). Who was that by again? Pretenders or Proclaimers? I always confuse the two. There's a very special place in my heart for Scotch bands.

But Dan, to where are you on your way, I imagine you all typing furiously? Well, York, sillies. To see Tom. Then, I'm gonna take a small trip down the M1 in the ( Read more... )

“A bottle of white?

A bottle of red?

Perhaps a bottle of rosé instead?” (William Joel, pre-21st c.)

Things to report:

Back from a weekend in Nottingham spent with Amy. It’s always feels good to get away from Oxford, if only for a brief time. We did some parasitic Baynamian (or Baynamite?) things like watch Red Dwarf in pyjamas and eat take out ( Read more... )

Someone’s ransacked the library, raped the stack and pillaged all the books I need for my essay. Damn them.

Fireworks tonight in the quad and an opportunity to taste the first of Danny C’s home brew. Can you believe he’s actually brewing beer in his room? There’s almost certainly going to be some anal rule forbidding it, but he seems to have ( Read more... )

Just waiting around for a class and for Tom to finish doing whatever he's got to do with a book on bird song transcription that he needs for his dissertation. He's thumbing through it studiously in a library on the other side of town as we speak. And he's reading the book ( Read more... )

...And I've finished my essay, 'cos rock 'n roll's o.k. (from 'Spanish Dance Troupe')

Yes, I have indeed finished my essay and I'm feeling much the better for it. Just don't talk to me about love potions and divine intervention in medieval romance epic poetry for a while. Also managed to do half a translation to boot, soooo.. bonus.

Just when ( Read more... )

I'm fairly hopeful Vandelay will be back in business soon. I spoke to this guy, Hugh, about the possibilities of playing bass, although he does seem a pretty busy man, what with being a musician of the university, involved with all manner of groups and orchestral ensembles. Along with Steff (who drummed on the two records), I'm thinking we might ( Read more... )

"Only the penitent man will pass" (from 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade')

Been to church, for me sins.

First time to the Chaplaincy this term. It's really weird there 'cos the building's hideous. Worship in a concrete bin is what it is. What's more, there's this excruciatingly tasteless, massive,  fuck-off victorian painting of Jesus showing ( Read more... )