Seminar boy

You’d think that if you turned up to a seminar having not done the reading, you’d keep quiet and listen, wouldn’t you?
And you’d think that if you turned up the next week to a seminar having done the WRONG reading, you’d keep quiet and try to understand, wouldn’t you?
You WOULDN’T ask inane questions, make bold [...]

I imagine most people are talking about it…

I’m sure you’ve read what I’m posting about already, but still. Just in case.
It’s found here. It’s an article by a woman called Jan Moir, who I have never heard of before but who I now firmly believe should be one of the people at the top of the list when The Revolution comes.
I’m sure [...]

Fresher’s Flu and Twitter

I haven’t been ill for so long, in at least six months, so when Fresher’s Flu attacked me on Monday I was completely unprepared.
God, it was awful. A real “my body is aching, my head hurts, my throat hurts, my ears hurt, I’m so hot, I’m so cold, I’m dizzy, I’m weak” illness. I’m kind [...]

Best intentions

I’m a week into University so far, and have done very little actual work.
I started out with the best of intentions. I was going to come in early every day, do lots of work and reading, then stay late to do work.
I think there are two reasons for this. One, I’m still not really very [...]

On the radio, oh oh, on the radio….

I am listening to a LOT of Radio One recently. It’s roughly a forty minute drive into University, and I have the radio on both ways. Usually it falls on Radio One, because I’m usually in the mood for a good sing song and…well, singing to Classic FM is just too darn difficult.
But it’s more [...]

Ikea

I’ve had a deep and passionate love of Ikea for about a year or so now. I think it was probably the main thing that signified my ascent into adult life – my desire to spend an afternoon wandering round the little rooms, running my hands over the smooth, clean surfaces, feeling a little furniture-broody [...]