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On solo GMing (OxCon)
A group of us in Oxford got together and ran a stay-at-home roleplaying con. We invited some out-of-towners and others who live nearby, solicited and wrote roleplaying games, and planned board games and social events ( Read more... ) -
I went swimming in a pool! With lanes, and chlorine!
Apart from small private pools in rented holiday homes, I haven't swum in a pool for years. I know the last time, although I can't date it more precisely than 'when kauket still lived in Oxford' (five years ago? Maybe longer; not sure). We went to aquarobics, with bluedevi. It was fun, and we agreed to go again, and then failed to do so ( Read more... ) -
Of magazines and scifi and swimming
I've been in London for the last few days, treating kauket and zenithed like a hotel while going to Colindale to read magazines ( Read more... ) -
GIP, etc
I've just noticed that the icon I use to actually represent me (as opposed to representing the subject I'm writing about) was wildly out of date. So because obviously there's nothing more important I should be doing, here is the new short-haired, colour-wearing, silver-coloured-laptop-using me ( Read more... ) -
Because I don't have enough degrees yet...
This evening, I've been to the first event of my life as a doctoral student: the school of Arts and Humanities' first session of "research training". It was kind of strange and unstructured, consisting mostly of the professor who was leading it giving us random pieces of advice as they struck her. There was wine, and nibbles, but no chance to ( Read more... ) -
Things I have learnt today
- Taking lecture notes on my eeeeee is better than taking pen-and-paper notes because:
- My hand doesn't hurt afterwards
- I take more notes
- The notes I take are better
- I'm more inclined to go through them and clean them up afterwards, because:
- It is possible to clean them up without having to completely rewrite them
- Cleaning them up means I reread them
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- Taking lecture notes on my eeeeee is better than taking pen-and-paper notes because:
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A good weekend is...
...One which ends with a load of new handspun yarn, a swimsuit and a towel, all hanging on a clothes airer to dry :-)
In between the spinning and the swimming, I went to a mini-festival at the allotments round the corner, where I bought vegetables and books, and saw birds of prey; did a load of sock- and jumper-knitting; ate sweet and sour prawns ( Read more... ) -
Waterfowl and swimming and best. things. evar.
This weekend's contenders for best. thing. evar. are as follows:
- swimming in the river under a clear starry sky, with occasional meteors
- making Eton mess in a billy can
- the ice cream boat!
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Joy and irritation
Joy: I swam in the river twice this weekend. This is a consolation for the fact that the weather is really too hot for me. (Note to universe: no hotter please!) (Note to self: arranging picnics is a good way to con friends into being bankside emergency crew.)
Irritation: Toilet-flush buttons that are recessed flat with the wall are really hard to ( Read more... )