February 2012
2 posts
December 2011
6 posts
“Train Driver: “Passengers are reminded to please make sure there is a...”
“I’m currently reading ‘The letters of Henri de...”
Bad Parenting
I’m bad at looking after stuff. Pretty much anything really. I think I’m good at looking after the things I care about but inevitably it will probably end up lost or broken.
This is Roy. I got him for my 21st birthday…which was in July. He’s 6 months old. He’s dead. I’m sorry Roy, but you were very needy. Don’t water him enough? He starts dying. Water...
Christmas Parties
Most people don’t really enjoy their work Christmas parties. Having to sit with a bunch of people you see every day making chit chat and trying not to get too wasted and make a fool of yourself, which inevitably you will because how else are you going to get through dinner with these idiots and a boss like David Brent without a little help from your old friend Jack Daniels? Personally I have...
A Life of Fines
As with most libraries, my university library charges you for returning books late. A standard book costs 80p a day if you don’t get it back on time. Course Collection is where they keep the ultimate books that everyone wants. These books cost 80p per HOUR that they’re late! They’re kept in their own little room with their own security sensors. To be honest, I’m surprised...
November 2011
10 posts
“In his 5th book on architecture, Sebastiano Serlio writes a sentence in which he...”
“This evening I yawned so much I made myself feel sick. Too much library time for...”
“‘Insufficient bandwidth to stream this programme’. Sort it out...”
Week 7
Week 7 freaks me out. Every term, every year, it’s the same story…the dreaded week 7 of university. Here are some reasons why week 7 is the worst week of uni…. You lay awake worrying about how close the number 7 is to the number 10 and therefore how close your final deadlines are. All the books have been taken out of the library and there are at least 3 holds on each one. You...
“Today my lecturer revealed she had uncovered secrets of the Jack the Ripper...”
The Piercing Problem
So here’s the problem with piercings. I like piercings, I have two on my left ear: the tragus, and the anti-tragus (sort of). I got my tragus done on a whim whilst travelling because I was hung over and felt like it. It didn’t hurt and only bothered me for about a week. This summer I got my anti-tragus done. This had been planned for months before I finally got round to doing it. The...
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The Boys in Blue
Recently when I’ve been bored or procrastinating I’ve been rekindling my love for Bondi Rescue. To be fair, this has got a little out of hand. Today I watched about 6 episodes. When I was in Australia Tuesday nights used to be dominated by all new Bondi on channel 10; and man they were good nights. It’s basically a reality TV programme about the day-to-day life of the lifeguards on Bondi Beach...
Why do girls fall down?
This question has been bugging me for a while now as I’ve realised that over the past 4 years my general ability to stay standing up on a night out has dramatically declined. I write this post whilst still in pain from my blue left foot which was so brutally stood on as a girl slipped and tumbled to the ground just over a week ago now.
When I first embarked on my social career of drinking...