esprit d'escalier

so long and thanks for all the fish

2006-09-20T12:20:00.000+01:00

well i didn't expect it to be a blog-free summer. i'm still alive, taken to a bit of BEBO... what a crime! as my friend Ray said of listening to football on the radio... "i can literally feel my brain cells depleting...."
i'm going to need all the brain cells i can get...especially since i'm studing Neuroscience for the next two years of my little life. gotta get to grips with all this grey and white matter stuff.
classes start next week with an introductory lecture tomorrow, with refreshments in the anatomy museum.. who wants to drink when you can see pickled ears (and there are far more offensive things than ears in there....*ewwww*)!?!?!
busy this week with CU Freshers Week which is going well, exceedingly well actually!praise God.
so to avoid rambling, i'll give you a small pictoral insight into a few of my fave summer moments!

me at Loch Ba, the day i caught my first fish! beautiful eh?!

fell in love with this 'coupon' this summer - what a belter :-)
(coupon apparently means face in glaswegian...)

and got roped into painting his room, at least it's purple!

we love a bit of the jazz banter, this is at Bar 92 (or some other number) in merchant city during the Glasgow Jazz Festival. great stuff.

he can cook you know! went camping for a few days up in Gairloch.
fry up every morning!

not the one that i caught but still, a cutie!
check out the scrumpy jack on the boat... we are classy!

stephen made me a castle when we were in Ayr. people asked to get their pictures taken in it and everything, it was the star attraction on the beach. (did take quite a few hours to build though!)

and another little day trip across to Arran, the weather being beautiful!

so i hope i haven't gushed toooooo much but it has been a wonderful summer. i hope the new term has lots to 'blog' about! off to do some recording for Pacific... we're doing a Christmas Album! watch this space.

leaving you with an attractive one! take care :)

guilt-free-surfage

2006-05-28T15:54:00.000+01:00

Your Superhero Profile

Your Superhero Name is The Bronze SquirrelYour Superpower is Divine interventionYour Weakness is Vince VaughnYour Weapon is Your Ether ShotgunYour Mode of Transportation is Bullet Train

What's" your Superhero Name?

courtesy of the Scotsman

2006-05-19T14:14:00.000+01:00

Headteacher condemns sick message to al-Qaeda on school roof
DAVID LOVE

A CLEAN-UP is under way after sick graffiti was daubed on a school roof inviting al-Qaeda to attack it.

Janitors at Millburn Academy in Inverness were alerted to the paintwork by a pilot of a private plane who spotted the slogans from the air.

One read: "Al Quaeda [sic] land here" with a big X in white emulsion paint. Another appeared to give the initials of the possible culprit: "SOJ was here".

Now investigations are under way to try to identify the mystery artist. But rector Graham Spence said yesterday: "We had just done a clean-up of white emulsion paint elsewhere in the school.

"But we didn't know about what had been done on the roof and we are grateful that it has been brought to our attention. We take this kind of thing very seriously and we do not find it amusing, especially with all the atrocities that have taken place around the world.

"Our janitors will try to clean it up. But I don't hold out much hope of finding out who did it. The initials 'SOJ' don't mean anything to me. They could be some sort of symbolism and not necessarily refer to whoever did this.

"This is a very sick joke which many will find offensive."

Doug Gordon, who spotted the messages from the air, said: "I wasn't sure at first what I was seeing so I got as close as I could to see what was written.

"I didn't find it very funny and I am sure others will hold the same view."

(biblio/disco)theque

2006-05-17T22:51:00.000+01:00

pro
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chemistry - one down one to go....... no more Lineweaver-Burke plots of Michaelis Menten Equations or Steady State Theory or Temperature Jump diagrams or Friedel-Crafts Acylations.

i hate the library. soooooooooooooooooo much! but it's my only access to bebo......

found an extreme love for:
the kooks - naive
claude debussy - clair de lune
rachmaninov - piano concerto no.2 in C minor (adagio sostenuto)
source feat. candi staton - you got the love

the latter of which contains beeeaaaautiful lyrics!

Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air
I know I can count on you
Sometimes I feel like saying "Lord I just don't care"
But you've got the love I need to see me through

Sometimes it seems that the going is just too rough
And things go wrong no matter what I do
Now and then I feel that life is just too much
But you've got the love I need to see me through

When food is gone, You are my daily meal
When friends are gone I know my saviour's love is real
Your love is real

Every once in a while I say "Lord I can't go on"
Every once in a while I get to feeling blue
Every once in a while it seems like I am all alone
But you got the love I need to see me through

Occasionally my thoughts are brave and friends are few
Occasionally I cry out Lord what must I do
Occasionally I call up Master make me new
You've got the love I need to see me through

Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air
I know I can count on you
Sometimes I feel like saying "Lord I just don't care"
But you've got the love I need to see me through

a little bit of beauty

2006-05-10T20:25:00.000+01:00

connect your headphones
sit back

and

relax.....

(p.s - try paranoid android on the audio page too)

a horrible combination

2006-05-09T20:16:00.000+01:00

exams + bebo

has bebo actually taken over the world!?
in the library now + 4 computers in a row are on it.....

thankful

2006-05-09T10:26:00.000+01:00

Psalm 103
Of David.
1 Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits-
3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,
5 who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel:
8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.
9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever;
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field;
16 the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.
17 But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children-
18 with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.
19 The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.
20 Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.
21 Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will.
22 Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

wonderful

2006-05-03T10:47:00.000+01:00

i love stevie wonder. how awesome are his tunes!?
had a banterous weekend/week, highlights including.....................

watching gu big band @ the QM
being wined+dined at Cafe Andaluz
watching INSIDE MAN @ the ohsocosy Grosvenor Cinema
THUNDERSTORM
sooooo much sun
live jazz @ the beer cafe
having spaghetti+meatballs for the first time in my life
buying my first ever LBD
last ever chemistry lecture
booking flights to Paris

aparently there are Exams looming. my first is on the 15th. any bloggage before the 24th May is blatant procrastination.

all the best to everyone who has exams :-)
(don't stress!)

transform

2006-04-27T16:43:00.000+01:00

'The greatest need you and I have, the greatest need of humanity in general, is renovation of our heart. That spiritual place within us from which outlook, choices and actions come has been formed by a world denying God. It must be transformed. Indeed, the only hope for humanity lies in the fact that, just as our spirit has been formed, so also it can be transformed.' Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart (IVP)

skint...

2006-04-26T10:53:00.000+01:00

...but the proud (joint) owner of this baby

what's the verdict? can one perform 'i will survive'/'tradegy'/'easy' at a wedding!? i'm totally unsure. why are so many classic party songs actually rubbish!?

it's a wonderful wednesday. i have three deadlines in two days, couple of thousand words to write and a steady flow of 'meetings' (invariably involving food/coffee/much banter so i can't complain really!)

big smiles folks :-)

whiskers on kittens

2006-04-21T14:34:00.000+01:00

TODAY...

my favourite food is fresh fruit salad or really really thick soup
my favourite sound is my text message alert (sad i know)
my favourite smell is petrol or wet grass
my favourite song is athlete-tourist
my favourite drink is chocolate milk or really cold proper fruit juice
my favourite word is smooth (cos it has moo in the middle which you have to linger over... and thats just funny!). i also like darling and majestic and ubiquitous.
my favourite verse is Zephaniah 3v17 "The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."

patience

2006-04-16T12:28:00.000+01:00

Romans 12:12
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Proverbs 19:11
A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offence.

1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

Psalm 40:1
I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry.

1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.

Colossians 3:12
Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

we live in a beautiful world

2006-04-11T18:17:00.000+01:00

take a listen. i remember getting Parachutes for chrimbo the year it came out + getting so attatched to it. one of those albums where you know the exact pitch and timing of the first note of the next song.

back to ity of the univers variety. it's all fun and games here. all that not getting essays back craic and sitting in lectures about enols and enolates (at least call it something good so we might actually turn up!!)

if you've done anything here, maybe you'd like to come here, as explained here.
(blogvertising was never my thing :P)

mystery of the invite

2006-04-06T00:12:00.000+01:00

if anyone knows something that i don't......

one of those days..

2006-04-01T14:43:00.000+01:00

..where smiling comes sooo naturally!

this morning, apres hair cut (first in 9 months, i'm a shocker) i stumbled across the debenhams sale in stirling. ended up buying three tops and a skirt, costing me - £21, saving me - £94! haha, i love been cheap! gradually becoming a better shopper - doesn't beat food shopping at all though, i miss tesco a little!

leaving the land of stir tonight, it's been fun chilling with family + just enjoying time of quiet + home comforts, listening to the music of school days + spending hours daydreaming.

so, i've learnt that younger brothers grow up, puppies chew everything, parents will still ask who is texting you and when you'll be home and what you got in your last chemistry test.
i've also learnt that my default setting needs to be challenged more - getting out of that cliched "comfort zone" of laziness + impatience + selfishness. i want to stop settling for mediocrity and start being hungry for what is right. sometimes i look at myself and wonder who i really am trying to please.

And I'll hang on to you
'Cos you're stronger and you keep me from falling
And you brighten the world with your beauty
Keep me closer
I'm calling

Looking out like a little child
Holding tight when it all gets wild

And I'll hang on to you
Nothing in this world will see me through
Only you
And I'll hang on to you
Everyday I live, I give to You

And your love it is true
I feel stronger and I'm happy to know you
'Cos you shine like the sun and you're brighter
Than the darkness that's falling

Nothing in this world could ever take your place
Happiness is found in your holy face
In your warm embrace

dreaming...

2006-03-30T16:09:00.000+01:00

spent today in a bit of a daydream! it's amazing how having nothing* to do makes you feel a bit funny - or perhaps that's overdosing on This Morning.

lost Charlie today when i took him for a walk (more like the other way round!) he is an absolute stunner like! dogs are pretty therapeutic+good for cuddles!

back in stirling enjoying home luxuries (home cooking, sky+, warmth!!)

have been slightly productive, though, check out PHOTIES!!

*nothing I LIKE doing... writing up infection and immunity notes does not count.

scribblez-vous?

2006-03-24T12:22:00.000Z

just back from GUCU Exec Retreat here. what an amazing opportunity to get away from Glasgow, focus on God (so easy to be in love with the Creator when His creation is so beautiful!), pray, discuss, arrange, laugh, brainstorm, collate, reflect, scribble, paddle(not me...), drink tea, eat and sleep (just a little!).

many a blog-worthy event has happened since the last occurance of bloggage. not least of which has been FRIENDS OF PEBANE concert - raising tons of money + giving providing entertainment for the masses of Stirling.
not everything's been rosy but i'm trying not to use this as a vehicle for moaning/venting. all i'll say is this :

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who has promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:23

whether you're styaing in/going out: here's the sonj's friday feel good selection.

queen - don't stop me now
ELO - a fifth of beethoven
the bluebells - young at heart
toploader - dancing in the moonlight
the wannadies - you and me song
a-ha - take on me
wheatus - teenage dirtbag
dandy warhols - bohemian like you
barry white - my first, my last, my everything
boy meets girl - waiting for a star to fall

on precipitation (and lack of general english language skills)

2006-03-14T17:58:00.000Z

when it snows, i miss home.

i miss my brother to have snowball fights with (me the eternal loser), trying to find coal+carrots for a snowman and hence having mum going on about dragging snow 'through the house'. and sledging with the legendary red plastic sledge. and mums soup and hot chocolate...okay so it's really the aga that i miss (not posh). and dads massive balaclava and spade outfit that would scare any small child. it's not the same in glasgow!

today is a good day. i'm learning that i have to say that to myself everyday, otherwise, by default, it will suck. yesterday i had the PENULTIMATE CHEMISTRY LAB EVER!!!! oh it was an exciting time for all, about 20 mins of experiments and 2 hours of standing in queues to get write-ups marked. last one ever 2moro. cue mass hyperactivity from yours truly.

2moro night is FRIENDS OF PEBANE concert @ Albert Halls Stirling. pacific are playing. hoping it will be a really enjoyable, RELAXED night for everyone, and that there would be minimal stress on my part (i am my mothers daughter). stirling folks, please come! (e-mail for tickets/details).

had dinner (feast) last night with the Honourary Exec of CU, was pretty jammy. good craic, good scran. pretty awesome to know that people you really respect are praying for you! God is good.

Psalm 25, folks.

genuine inventor...(?)

2006-03-09T16:27:00.000Z

for the love of sigma bonds

2006-03-09T15:45:00.000Z

how do chemistry staff sleep at night?

someone took photos (no, not just one!) of the Boyd Orr today. weird!
not liking the boyd orr too much as i nearly sat on my swirly fun computer chair and practically fell over in a very sonj-like manner. i really don't like areas with high densities of people and no one knows each other or talks. if i fell, i bet no one would even laugh or ask if i was alright, the guy next to me would continue playing his online billiards game and the girl behind me with the straight face will keep writing LOL UR SO FUNNY LMAO ROTFL into her IM box. hmmm.

thankfully i am a somebody.

ponder-age

2006-03-07T09:29:00.000Z

questions that have arisen over the past few days - not mine!!

*is mongolia a real country? if so, are there kangaroos there?
*can you get pregnant from being struck by lightning?
*do you have one kidney and two livers or one liver and two kidneys?

why aren't my lecturers going on strike today? all very well that education is a priority and stuff but EVERYONE ELSE GETS A DAY OFF!!!

practically loving the amazingness of life at the moment. after a hectic weekend with no sleep+lots of (too much?) thinking, realised how important it is to be constantly realigning myself with God+getting perspective through that. funny how God just knows stuff. like everything. suppose it's not really funny. it's amazing.

did anyone watch the fundamentalist thing on Ch4 last night?
persecution, eh?! sorted.

smile, it's thursday!

2006-03-02T12:36:00.000Z

isn't it amazing how the sun can shine so brightly and yet it's still so cold on the ground? i've never understood the weather, the shapes of clouds, the zillion different types of rain. but i love the mystery.

this has been a really busy week so far. including (Dish-style)

transfusion wonderfulness
sarah's birthday ceilidh in the GUU, and the beer bar banter with Peat+Dar(re)n
a FULL day pacific practice (note *new* stuff!)
baking with Farr (mentalist)
getting a 6 hour lab done in 3 hours. and discussing the complexities of the universe avec mes labbies.
PANCAKES courtesy of Kathie+Henry
the wonders of an 8am prayer meeting, and QM fry-up afterwards
ten pin bowling with mikey last night (a first!!). i didn't even make 60....

and things that go along the lines of this...

Romans 15

The Example of Christ

We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me." For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.

Christ the Hope of Jews and Gentiles For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name."

And again it is said, "Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people."

And again, "Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples extol him."

And again Isaiah says, "The root of Jesse will come, even he who arises to rule the Gentiles;in him will the Gentiles hope."

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

oh and happy 21st birthday Eliza :-)

(4 months today xxx)

irreducible complexity

2006-02-23T12:14:00.000Z

something for you to ponder over.

it has been a good week. (is it sad/pathetic that i have to look at my diary to remember what i've done only 6 days ago!?)
on friday i DROVE INTO THE CENTRE OF GLASGOW!! wasn't as scary as i thought but still, not planning on making a habit of it WHEN i pass my test. there was a minor amount of cheese, but more than a little hindered but the massiveness of my glands. apparently this means i'm fighting whatever i've got but doesn't get me any sympathy since i'm not actually suffering. oh well!
another gig on saturday, then church and the obligatory Russells jaunt on sunday. monday was a full on uni day. there was much fun to be had in the form of Curse of the Were Rabbit, courtesy of the QM. the bunnies are the cutest ever. hmm... want some!

tuesday, now tuesdays are usually fairly rubbish due to the presence of a little thing called a chemistry laboratory. however, much enjoyment was had after 'afro dave' (my ex lab partner's new lab partner) discovered that a beautiful sound was produced when air is blown over a test tube (in a similar manner to a pan pipe..). my musical ingenuity took over and a full instrument was quickly assembled in the form of a test tube rack complete with 7 test tubes, with varying volumes of some clear liquid (presumeably water) and voila! we managed happy birthday, doe a deer and mary had a little lamb. i cried with laughter (or the presence of another unknown chemical). point being : chemistry is fun when you're waiting for a reaction to occur.
tuesday night was the CU exec changeover meeting&last night was AGM. lots of madness, banter, GOOD food : but general realisation of a few things.
happy thursday (once again!)

one lump or two

2006-02-16T13:00:00.000Z

the beanscene shouldn't be allowed to sell coffee in buckets. it messes with one's head!

hope everyone is well. i've been semi-busy with uni work (can't really say that i've worked, though) a funky visit to the Science Centre (free - of course) some Pacific jazziness and a little bit of the Mike. hope all the lovvies had a quality tuesday and everyone else sat in and moaned about how pointless and rubbish valentines day is.....

everyone should have a Grasshopper on a tuesday night in Nude. promise you won't regret it!

happy thursday afternoon. the lab awaits!

yeahbutnobutyeahbut

2006-02-01T15:38:00.000Z

just finished my science comm data sesh (how much you regular arty folks don't know about science and how it's so exciting we've got to tell you all about it)
some exam results back today (you're all very nosey...)
got an A for human form+function, and C for neuroscience and phys systems.
very chuffed - didn't deserve those marks but Someone has a knows better than me.

gig on sat was an experience (scary 'true' scotsmen were there....)
decided that being a singer is the best as i have no 'gear' to swing around.
plus my dress is incredibly pink and TWELVE POUNDS from tkmaxx. man i love that shop.

tonight is coffee date, CU, unknown event with my SO and continual denial that my labs need written up for tomorrow.

best days of your life, kids :-)

studio recordings online

2006-01-26T17:19:00.000Z

check out the new tunes on our site
first gig on sat night!
(probably a bigger stress - buying a dress tomorrow!......)

solipsism and intersubjectivity

2006-01-24T18:00:00.000Z

i'd leave that book in the library too....

hola chicas and chicos. second day back!

what's gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

getting two for one in the library vending machine (they must've known i needed a Boost)
eating ostrich, kangaroo, springbok, wild boar, venison, zebra and shark at Khublai Khan
distinct lack of 9ams or 5pm's in my shiny new timetable
passing Chem 2X test!!
dinner at home on saturday night, mums special flambeed pork
getting to sing in the piano bar of the Corinthian with Camy
our new puppy, Charlie!
lots of this

what's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad

the return of the chemistry lab
being down a lab partner, come back Alan
failing Chem 2Y test... (chemistry honestly sucks!)
physiological systems exam (the people who set these papers have twisted minds!)
this shocking revelation

remember my lovelies, if at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you....

getting perspective...

2006-01-24T17:19:00.000Z

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

west end girl

2006-01-17T14:10:00.000Z

2 down, 2 to go. this post is entirely mid-exam procrastination.

glasgow's west end. inhabited by students, rich folk and small time celebrities (saw Sandy Nelson this morning). it's quite a joy seing all the trendy west enders getting their groceries from roots+fruits and something a little special from heart buchannan, full time mums rendez-vous-ing in the beanscene, russell's pasta for a pound on a sunday night, it's all happening. possibly one day i'll be able to afford a night out in the ubiquitous chip but i'll just have to dream until then. being a hairymill girl myself, it's always a bit of a wonder to see the transformation occuring during the 20 min walk to uni. i really love the glasgow banter, though, weegies have a tremendous ability to talk about nothing at length. it's fascinating.

there are many well loved west end hangouts. what's yours?

time is on your side

2006-01-04T18:19:00.000Z

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

hope y'all had a top time. today i arrived back from yonder Wirral, home of the one and only Mikey D. i'll spare you the details ;-) but i do have some very good memories...

winning trivial pursuit (a.k.a beating mike at something....)
meeting the Davies clan and sharing Scottishness (haggis + cheeses)
tranmere 3 - 2 rotherham
cosy infront of the fire watching mary poppins
walking at dusk in wellies
harry pothead and his hashpipe of fire
all the scallies
having my train cancelled and ending up with more time to relax - joke's on richard branson

in stirling briefly; glasgow tomorrow. please don't talk about exams.

some light relief:

Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis.

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

Instead of studying for finals, what about just going to the Bahamas and catching some rays? Maybe you'll flunk, but you might have flunked anyway; that's my point.

Marta says the interesting thing about fly-fishing is that it's two lives connected by a thin strand. Come on, Marta. Grow up.

Love can sweep you off your feet and carry you along in a way you've never known before. But the ride always ends, and you end up feeling lonely and bitter. Wait. It's not love I'm describing. I'm thinking of a monorail.

chow peeps x

magic and sparkle (sorry M+S)

2005-12-29T10:18:00.001Z

IT'S SNOWING HERE!!! well it has snowed - and it's totally beautiful. its actually so misty this morning you can't see anything above the trees.... it looks like narnia....

went to see the lion, the witch and the wardrobe last night. (mums birthday present - the boys were dragged away from the merseyside derby, no luck dad)
i thought it was totally amazing, i got in for a child at the cinema. possibly the only advantage of looking about 12 is getting in for a quid cheaper. anyway, the spirit of childhood and imagination and believing the impossible is totally magical. on the other hand, i think mr tumnus is pretty hot...

hmm, now that it's only like 11 days or something til my first exam, i feel like mass procrastination is in order, and some colemanballs for good measure

what you should've listened to this year:
Coldplay - X+Y
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Athlete - Tourist
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Franz Ferdinand - You could have it so much better

heading down to the wirral this evening to see the mike. hopefully i won't get lost - i'll be at 6 different stations on my journey. all part of lifes big adventure i suppose.

hope you all have a quality end of 05, start of 06 - be good and if you can't be good be careful ;-)

cold turkey + too much brandy butter

2005-12-26T17:43:00.000Z

hello all, hope you had a wonderful christmas day and santa was his usual generous self. memorable presents chez nous included doug's dog (Carlo arrives early january, a beautiful cocker spaniel puppy).

i've had lots of fun being back here, went on a totally fantastic walk this morning with ma famille, really beautiful stuff. God's creation is amazing.

as an aside, mum's are class. loving the meals! second day turkey is just sooooo yum.

enjoy decent telly and free food while it lasts....a bientot tout le monde!

tis the season

2005-12-23T18:58:00.000Z

christmas countdown - ONE DAY!!!!!!
present idea numero sept

loving the stirling banter. it's great to be home and catching up with people, old singing buddies, school chums, physics teachers.... reassuringly, nothing has changed in this historic town; with rubbish kareoke and three quid a pint, you're seriously relying on the banter!

all the shopping's done, which is good since i don't plan on leaving the house today. i got the joyous task of doing mums stocking (the only thing DAD's supposed to do). got mum books, although one got lost between the driveway and the porch, found the next morning in a puddle so i wrapped it semi-wet, hope she doesn't mind too much. dad chose the ashes dvd for himsef (he's the least subtle person on the planet) and doug got an office t-shirt. chilled out entertainer that he is....

making more banana bread (it's possible that i'm addicted) and all the various 'bits and pieces' for tomorrows mega lunch - i get to do bread sauce (mum has no faith in my cooking skills) . got our turkey in yesterday. my dad thinks we have a 'good relationship' with the butcher and that he 'won't mind' that he 'forgot his wallet' when he went to pay. mum disagrees. oh the joys.

i can't believe home alone isn't on telly this year. it's bad enough that theres no chance of snow but at least put the ultimate christmas film on. love actually is on though. can't complain with colin firth and hugh grant now. colin firth everytime ;-)

well folks i hope you are having a relaxing christmas eve and a quality day tomorrow - don't forget what it's all about.

merry christmas xxx

children of the 80's

2005-12-21T10:31:00.000Z

hope this brings back fond memories (although i think i'm too young to remember a few of them!)

1.. Um Bongo, Um Bongo, They drink it in the Congo
2.. You played with "My Little Ponies."
3.. Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn't be broken.
4.. You ever read Nancy Drew,
5.. The Hardy Boys, The Babysitters Club, Forever or Sweet Valley High.
6.. You wanted to be on "Jim'll Fix It".
7.. You wore one of those slap-on wristbands at some point...or heaven forbid one of those T-shirts that changed colour with heat (Global Hypercolour).
8.. You were upset when She-ra, Princess of Power and He-Man got cancelled.
9.. You can remember watching Saved by the Bell
10. You could break dance (ok, you wished you could)
11.. You remember when Amiga was a state of the art video game system.
12.. You remember M.C. Hammer.
13.. You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"....
14.. You can remember when it was Jazzy Jeff and The fresh Prince and NOT just plain Will Smith!
15.. You own ANY cassettes.
16.. You have ever pondered on why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
17.. My Little Pony, Gummy Bears and Transformers are familiar to you.
18.. You ever had a Swatch Watch.
19.. You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
20.. With your pink (or blue) portable tape player, you sang to Kylie and Jason!
21.. Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
22.. You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living in space.
23.. You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.
24.. Your arm was full of rubber bracelets.
25.. You wore those wide, colourful shoelaces.
26.. You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank.
27.. You ever did the top toggle of your coat up around your neck without having your arms in the sleeves, and you knew you looked like a superhero.
28.. You remember watching a house inhabited by a jester, a pantomime horse and a woman who sneezed, and thinking that this was perfectly normal.
29.. You've ever had more than 10 sweets in a 10p mix-up.
30.. You could have got away with it if it wasn't for those meddling kids.
31.. You remember Fingermouse and Dangermouse(not forgetting his trusty sidekick Penfold!)
32.. You remembered Monster Munch when they were 10p.
33.. When 'Computer' Tennis, Pac-Man and Donkey-Kong ruled
34.. You remember hearing the tune then running out to buy an ice cream cone on a warm summer night - 99's, screwballs or a cider lolly.
35.. You got up extra early, especially to watch Saturday Morning cartoons
36.. You remember Ant and Dec as PJ and Duncan
37.. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
38.. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
39.. You remember when Snickers were Marathons and Starburst were Opal Fruits.
40.. You remember when 25p was decent pocket money and you'd reach into a muddy gutter for 10p.
41.. Important decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."
42.. Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better and taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin.
43.. You called Going Live on 081 811 8181.
44.. .... And you had your own Gordon the Gopher.

daughter of the rock

2005-12-19T10:31:00.000Z

back in the most lovely stirling. lunch out yesterday at friends from church, a proper million course tons of food lunch. and then stirling baptists carols+lessons service. very very pretty and i'm fully in the swing of christmas.

it really isn't long til the 25th. spent last night putting extra baubles on our christmas tree whist watching snooker. you've gotta love steve davis.

i have been moved out of my lovely pink cosy room into a now 'neutral' bare massive cold room. the brother gets his own way again. sky+ in his room, the computer AND it's not even pink anymore. he could've shown a little consideration!

just had a phone call from the dad who requested a cheese and pickle sandwich in exchange for his taxi services. pretty good deal if you ask me.

off to catch up with a newly engaged friend. cue lots of ooohing and aaahing. later kids.

the eagle has landed

2005-12-15T11:13:00.000Z

christmas countdown - 8 days
present idea #5

i've only got one word for you guys

PHOTOS

festive food....

2005-12-11T15:38:00.000Z

Calories that Don't Count

1. If no one sees you eat it, it has no calories.
2. If you drink a diet soda with candy, they cancel each other out. (excuse the american-ness)
3. When eating with someone else, calories don't count if you both eat the same amount.
4. Foods used for medicinal purposes have no calories. This includes any chocolate used for energy, Sara Lee cheesecake (eaten whole), and Haagen-Dazs ice cream.
5. Movie-related foods are much lower in calories simply because they are a part of the entertainment experience and not part of one's personal fuel. This includes (but is not limited to) popcorn with butter, minstrels (ultimate cinema food) and Gummi Bears.
6. Cookie pieces contain no calories because the process of breakage causes calorie leakage. (true for any broken biscuit)
7. If you eat the food off someone else's plate, it doesn't count. (in the same way - if someone finishes off your food, they get all the calories)
8. If you eat standing up the calories all go to your feet and get walked off.
9. Food eaten at Christmas parties has 0 calories, courtesy of Santa.
10. STRESSED is just DESSERTS spelled backward.

if

2005-12-09T15:06:00.000Z

[IF]

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!

--Rudyard Kipling

never had a roasted chestnut...

2005-12-09T10:29:00.000Z

christmas countdown - 16 days
present idea #quattro (but stumbled upon this....)

there has been a lot going on recently, the festivities are well underway with christmas dinner, panto and carol concerts scheduled for next week. walked past a couple who were 'discussing' the order of events in the 12 days of christmas. everyone knows it's nine ladies dancing and ten lords a-leaping. have they never seen Psalty's Singing Songbook.

feels like i've literally not stopped. the week didn't get off to the best of starts when my driving instructor said he was 'disappointed' with my mirrors. disappointed!? that's the worst emotion for a driving instructor to convey to his well-meaning pupil. it's a shame i'm still rubbish after all this time.

there was a rebellious washing of murano st dishes on wednesday night. did it for all the right reasons tho. hmm. why do we go straight ahead into countries where christians are persecuted and sneak the bible in, encourage underground churches etc, yet give in when a hall of residence doesn't want us to wash their dishes? i do know it's not that simple, but it's interesting.

last night in the pool hall i heard lots of mentions of being ''dished'', ''grannied'' and "china'd". and why do they say shot when its a GOOD shot? are they just being lazy? i fear i will never fully understand the world of the cue game.

our ice cream man was found lying on the floor of his van covered with hundreds and thousands. police say that he topped himself.

Okay that was the last one. Couldn't resist..... ;-)

wave-particle duality

2005-12-05T12:08:00.000Z

CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN - 20 Days
present idea numero 3

am i the only person that things there is a parallel between Matt Redman's "Facedown" and Take That's "Babe"?.....

this weekend i realised that it's perfectly acceptable for a 26 year old guy to have barbie party bags and play pass the parcel at his birthday. and that grown men can dance. on dance machines. eye-opening.

things that make me smile like this
- this big guy
- mr davies
- singing o holy night a capella for the QM carol concert
- cups of tea with lots of bag
- in case i hadn't said it enough - NO MORE LABS
- listing in the style of dish

my friend drowned in a bowl of muesli - a strong currant pulled him in.

the magic of sleep

2005-12-02T12:11:00.000Z

8 and a half hours last night!!! get in!!! and it was at normal times. loving the lack of worry and the knowledge of truth.

i really need to work on my time management - spent 20 mins this morning drying a pair of jeans with a hairdrier... when was that ever going to work!?

alas - the labs d'chemistry have ended. no more spilling iodine down my lab coat, breaking pipettes and having to flirt with demonstraters to get marks, i mean, having to work REALLLLLLLY hard........

you may think i am generally a rubbish person because i haven't posted my pics from Milan yet. you would be right - my priority is unpacking tho, suitcase still full of crap in my room and i seem to have lost a lot of my stuff in the last few weeks (trainers, lab books, mind...). may need to tidy my room :-(

the weather is rank today - but loooooooads of other stuff is top notch. i have defo got that friday feeling!

breathe in, breathe out

2005-12-01T10:08:00.000Z

recovery - from st andrews madness last night (many thanks 2 laws+the crew who did the food last night too. soooo needed that haggis!) was all good though. got a full day of lectures to look forward to but LAST CHEMISTRY LAB TODAY! hallelujah indeed.

Ay found a sea-pie translati ed de intinet. ay feel it may come in 'andy whun Am down thuz ron this munth. ferry across de mersy is potentially de most excit'n prospect in me loife at de moment. bowl and whoohoo firkin. ay especially love de ali g one.

today is the first of December so i can officially, publically and unashamedly LOVE CHRISTMAS. things to do before i leave glasgow this term

have toffee nut lattes til i explode
go ice skating in george square
watch the sun come up
not cry while christmas shopping
learn to love mince pies :P

in other news:

new space discoveries

cutting edge hygiene

life and other stuff

2005-11-28T18:07:00.000Z

Christmas Countdown - 27 DAYS
present idea #2

i can assure you this weekend has been fairly RANDOM (dish, i'll assure you that randomness is very technically wonderful). christmas shopping on saturday. buchanan street is possibly the last place anyone could want to be but EVERYONE IS!! then home for the birthday of the bro, lots of yummy food prepared for by my amazing mummy. and no sleep. none. ahhhhhhhhhhh.

GOOD STUFF - Chloe Natasha was born on Thursday morning to Polly and Donald - cue major broodiness and oohing/aahing. she is tiny and beautiful. massive set of lungs though. that can wait!

there is negative time to do the billions of things that are necessary to complete before the day is up so i'll quit before i start rambling. peace and love. and chocolate chip cookies. don't forget about them. ever.

another rainforest bites the dust

2005-11-23T16:58:00.000Z

this wednesday has been far from idle.

managed to offload millions of these babies onto hungry students this avo. also got the best responses to 'what would you ask Jesus'. i frequently wonder whether there are subways in heaven and if God has facial hair.

enough procrastination in thon Library now.

but, i did go to a seafood disco last week... pulled a mussel.

dilemma -can i still love the coca cola advert if i hate coca cola?!

2005-11-18T09:26:00.000Z

christmas countdown - 37 DAYS
present idea #1

a wonderful bright and sunny friday morning to you all! i know it's cold but this sun is class - much better than rubbishy autumn rainy rubbish. this morning everything was all frosted up and looking all wintery and yay! plus it's due to get a little bit warmer so less chance of freezing to death. that's always a bonus.

passed my driving theory this morning :-) HAPPY DAYS
most of my thanks go to flatmate Georgia who spent last night shouting 'grass' 'tree' 'road' 'sky' when i was practicing hazard perception. not realllly sure if she gets the jist of it. i clicked for a leaf in my test today. A LEAF!!! but hey - i didn't have an inappropriate clickage warning so all is well.

i have a week more of labs that i thought i did so i've got 12 lab hours to do 6 hours of experiments. get in. skivage rules! got a manky anatomy test next week but fairly easy going aside from that. the madness is dying down slowly , very deceptively tho as "the E words" are in 6 weeks....

this weekend i will mostly be doing this . obviously between spurts of eating (bacon sannies anyone!?) and the occassional look at lecture notes.

whatever you're going thru, it could ALWAYS be worse....

existing

2005-11-15T10:03:00.000Z

yooooooooo
the quickest one ever so that you know i'm still alive. there are no real excuses for lack of blogging - last night i procrastinated via the medium of disney princess singalong album, its not that i dont have the time..... so much has happened. recording studios, luv esther, coal fires, crappy labs...... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh the madness of life

keep it real (as opposed to keep it fake...?)

such a blether! (this is what averaging 5 hrs of sleep does to you!)

il mio aura è rosa-chiaro e sono destinato alla California

2005-11-08T10:22:00.000Z

there are so many stories to tell. pics will follow when i can work out how you do it....

highlights - standing on top of the duomo and seeing all of milan through the spires, meeting random Italiano Typicos, girlie chats, taking the plastic umbrella bags from the designers stores in the golden quad, seeing the alps from the air, and of course, the FOOD!

back in Glasgow things are more or less... well the same really... except its a little closer to Christmas(hope everyone knows that christmas officially starts next week though)! i'm beginning to realise i can't pass second year doing no work . . . majorly sucky. had a lovely night last night, meal at whistlers mother and a bev in the comfy confines of curlers (well, its the closest thing to the QM!)

hope your all having fun this tuesday, not procrastinating too much. make someone smile today. even if it means you have to walk into a lampost while texting and then apologising to it.

enjoy the power and beauty of your youth....

the best things in life are free

2005-11-04T18:42:00.000Z

ever have one of those days where you type loads and then decide it's a pile of rubbish? (sonja - all your posts are rubbish - shhhhhhh) so gonna just steal other peoples words....

"You broke the bonds and you

Loosed the chains

Carried the cross

And all my shame"

this is my week

take care, see ya on the flipside.... :-)

so much left to say

2005-10-31T17:46:00.000Z

just a quickie (the life of an ibls student, eh!)

took doug(wonderful ickle bro) to see Athlete on saturday at the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh. they were sooooooooooo good!!! their music is so beautiful - haven't been to a gig in ages so it was class to be back amongst the sweat and beer.

this week i have mostly been - saying 'sandpaper' with a scouse accent, eating kiwi fruit, freaking out in chemistry labs (i've done my research and there actually is NO point in it....), and sneakily watching Jeremy Kyle.

typage is good self expression at the moment since i currently have very small use of my vocal chords! not liking the volume of tests that have suddenly been sprung upon me.... roll on the crimbo holidays! it sucks that the days are getting shorter (do they even still exist!?) cos it just makes me want CHRISTMAS!!!! (not even flipping november!)

only five days til Milano baby! :-)

the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train

2005-10-22T16:21:00.000+01:00

hola chicos and chicas - hope you are all enjoying your weekends! has been over a week now (letting down the bloggers i know!)

first things first (that's a belter... let's have first things THIRD) there has been a much needed resurgence of 'office'-ness in my life... go on,

you’re havin a laugh sayin that!!

have had such an amazing week. hectic etc but still good! getting over my general hatred of all things chemistry - mostly because i've realised you CAN blag your way through. especially the labs - running up and down the Boyd Orr with lab coats and a pressure meter playing name that tune. and getting a mark more than the guy who "helped" you.

one's brain cannot understand itself. convenient, that. however, it does say a lot about oneself - the following items have been found in mine in the past 7.3 days:
the bass line from 'The Strokes - Take It Or Leave It',
wonder and awe in the direction of anyone who can go around in mini skirts and not feel the cold.... ITS NEARLY NOVEMBER!!!!
how much comfier the mod lang LT is than Boyd Orr 1,
the entire Lion King soundtrack + Joseph ATATD (as per Dish, Michelle and Beth's flat, tuesday night... gotta love the sing-a-longs),
various thoughts relating to the order you do things in the shower,
Romans 14 (The Weak and the Strong),
16x16 Sudokus.

why is it that some people, no matter where they are, refuse to be quiet in front of a computer screen? my location: level 3, next to 'hispanic america periodicals' (i wonder how many books in here have never been read!) and person next to me has not stopped swearing at the screen/ laughing/ taking various items of clothing off and moving computers. no need for that behaviour. rant over.

bear with me if my links don't work, am experimenting since i don't actually have a clue about anything technical.

i miss north third!! will see the hills and forrests very soon though. back to tolly land!

vodka martini, shaken, not stirred

2005-10-14T12:24:00.000+01:00

he's a poor man's brosnan but at least they decided eventually!

it has actually been the busiest week of my life, but full of food and lots of classic weegie banter. in the stylee of jo whiley, what ROCKED was - napoleon dynamite, vegetable pie at the QM, cookies outside the library, free stuff when buying the paper and the rays of sunshine (due to continue for another 4 days!! get in.) what SUCKED was - losing at pool, the beginning of chemistry labs, the chemistry library, the chemistry librarian.... chemistry, three days of continual rain and the rents+bro still being in France.

uni is actually impossible, done more SuDoku and hangman this week than any other. i did manage to blag my way throught the boltzman lab, so glad this is my last year of chemistry. will not miss hearing about spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance..... i think i might actually have to study this weekend. noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

why is it that triangular sandwiches taste better than square ones?!

porage vs porridge

2005-10-10T11:50:00.000+01:00

i know i always talk about the weather, but it is a fairly big thing when you live in Glasgow. i've stopped looking out of my window into the mankiness of it all. also stopped looking out of my window because i realise that people can see me. not cool. what can i say - im a country girl, didn't know any curtain etiquette til murano street. so yeah, its a massive expanse of grey up in the old sky, but every cloud has a silver lining. like mondays consisting of just one lecture AND it finishing early. get in.

these days i am having porridge/porage/whatever (there are web debates on this!...) for breakfast, with milk or maple syrup or cream or brown sugar..... its the most wonderful thing honestly. there are so many good cereals to choose from though, usually i like Coco Pops, but they are flippin expensive, as are proper kellogs crunchy nut cornflakes. don't even get me started on ready brek either. when i was little i used to have fat rolls, like i'd get a roll and soak it in all the fat from the bacon and eggs and sausages and black pudding and mushrooms and tomatoes and whatever else was being fried/grilled up. please don't knock it til you've tried it. that and deep fried mars bar suppers. i think im due a myocardial infarction or whatever all y'all medics call them.

tasks for today include a 'treasure hunt' round the anatomy museum - about as enthralling as it
sounds. plus everything in that place makes you wanna hurl so it's probably best i do it now before lunch.

my family has left me and gone to France for the week on their annual booze cruise, it's really not fair, but they are bringing back Poms, Carambars (fruit and caramel), Compote de Pommes (babyfood....) and maybe even some Grande Arome hot chocolate. i miss france!

i managed to get rid of most of my food by offloading it onto Struan for his flat/birthday party. so you can go demand some cheap wine and cocktail sausages from him. i really feel like i've spoken WAY to much about food on this post. spoken way to much generally actually. ach well, hope you all warm yourselves up on this manky little day with some good ol wholesome grub. i can recommend everything at naked soup. yum!

Dove ti piacerebbe andare?

2005-10-06T14:24:00.000+01:00

sometimes, life is predictable, monotonous, bland, boring... (you have a life, you know what it's like....). there are other times, however, where you spontaneously decide to go to Milan. yesterday was one such day.

that's where i'll be a month today. loving the randomness of life!

i'm not sure the following italian phrases will come in handy...
Can I borrow an iron? Posso avere un ferro da stiro?
Do you have a map of the ski-runs? Avete una piantina delle piste?
Can you repair my dentures? Può riparare la mia dentiera?
but this one is a dead cert...
What is the speciality of the house? Qual è la specialità della casa?
dish and i think we can get by on speaking french with italian accents. we'll let you know!

alas, i am here in this fine city to STUDY. not much interesting to be said on that front except from i was one of the naughty ones who attended 12pm neuroscience instead of 5pm. oh the horror of it all. found out that mathematical thermodynamics is easier than statistical thermodynamics - and guess which one i'm learning....

mike kindly informed me yesterday that my name is 'sonic' on predictive text, very cool i thought, until he said, 'like the squirrel'.

maybe not.

also realised yesterday that no matter how hungry you are, or how hungry you THINK you are, you will never be able to eat as much chocolate cake as you want to. i also may never be able to consume all of the food that is in my cupboard, especially as dylan and micheal gave me 'veda'(sp.?) bread, oregano and a king size pot noodle for my birthday. please feel free to drop by and aid me in my efforts, i.e. scrounge, any time. struan does!

my final afterthought is this,
Do people in Australia call the rest of the world "up over"?

have a good one :-)

entering the last teenage year...

2005-10-03T12:17:00.000+01:00

today is my birthday! woohoo! and contrary to popular belief - i am NOT twenty, still got the 'being a teenager' excuse for another year yet! this weekend has been full of birthday madness, out for steak on friday night, lunch at frankensteins on saturday (i had a chicken burrito) and DiMaggios at night (swordfish!). okay so it's all food but it's allowed on your birthday. not to mention the trip to costco where i bought the biggest pack of les cadbury's fingres in the world EVER - you'll have to come to my lil par-tay tonight to see it!

the 'rents gave me a funky camera, so hopefully i'll work out how to put proper pics on this thing.

found a new love - Amaretto Sour cocktail - tis very very yummy, as Paula and I found out last night.

well i suppose it's really a sad state of affairs to be in a computer lab on your birthday, but since the weather outside is a big fat then i think i may just find some other cosy, slightly more upmarket hangout to idly waste away a few hours before heading back to the flat. there is hoovering to be done.

you've got nothing better to do, you should buy/steal/borrow/illegally download lauryn hill's unplugged album. or just read the lyrics. either way. do it.

happy 3rd of october - clearly the best day of the year ;-)

the clock on level 9 runs four minutes slow...

2005-09-28T10:41:00.000+01:00

well, my spirits were surely lifted yesterday after being asked out by the Big Issue man outside Somerfield - yes i KNOW he asks everyone out but still, it's the little things in life. discovered that dark chocolate, salad and french macaroni does not consitute a balanced diet. hence muesli this morning - yuk!

you can see a lot from the computer lab in the boyd orr you know, its not the most attractive from the outside (hideous actually...) but you can see the hills, and no view in Scotland is complete without the hills. there is also a mother of a crane doing something but it's only a temporary eyesore - i'll let it slip.

good things about today is that i have grocery shopping to do, gotta love the essential spending in live. also, one lecture, wednesdays are pretty beautiful.

rubbish things are that i spent an absurd amount of money on books, but they haven't escaped from their saco plasticos yet.

joining the pack

2005-09-27T15:40:00.000+01:00

I feel like a new person. Bloggage has been created out of pure procrastination, one because it's raining and today is not a good day for rain and two because out of personal stupidity i decided to buy 3 textbooks today and in disgust they decided to rip free from the constraints of the cheap plastic bag they were in. Wonderful. I'm late for Chemistry registration, and low on sugar/caffine/willpower.....

Student life was so much more enjoyable before term actually started.