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Wednesday, April 30, 2003
Got remarkably little revision done today, went to Stewards meeting, where Gill got us to agree who would go to the AFC comittee meetings this term and to talk about how to be more welcoming and not just hand out leaflets to people, and Lit planning for united worship where the discussion somehow got onto the trinity, and now I can't even remember what exactly we were planning a service about. After that I went to Christian Meditation but unfortunately found it rather difficult because it was not only hot, but the radiator was on in the Catholic flat. I now need to go to Sainsburys, so I can't really get any work done this evening , but nevermind.
Actually, I'm thinking along lines of tomorrow being busy, but it's not because there's no revision lectures tomorrow, so hopefully I'll get some work done then. Tuesday, April 29, 2003
Met with my tutor at noon today, and he told me that I had been doing much better in second term than first, I was getting 60 to 70 percent in coursework instead of 40 to 50 percent. This is good news, and it also gives me some idea which modules I need to revise.
Had a day of half arsed revision and lunch in chaplaincy yesterday, and also went to prayer group for the first time (I had a lab at noon monday for the last two terms). Had a good evening at the Bowerham pub quiz, where once the question along the lines of "what vegetable is pickled to make a Gerkin?", it transpired that Amy Burton believed that raisins grew on trees. Anyway, better go to morning prayer.
Monday, April 28, 2003
I've just joined the Northen leg of Student Cross yahoo email group, having missed the invitation the first time. Apparently there has been a ridiculous number of emails being sent on it, so I wonder what I'm letting myself in for.
Sunday, April 27, 2003
Chaplaincy service was quite good, Kev was talking about Thomas Didymus for most of his sermon, won't go into exactly what he was saying. Don't *really* have money to stay for lunch, so I will have to be a bit anti social and go home for lunch. I'm sure I'll see chaplaincy people during the week. The computers in Faraday A35 have been upgraded to Pentium 4's which is strange because the keyboards are soft and so the complete opposite of the clicky keyboards they had here before. A plus though is that they now have huge monitors.
Bloggers being troublesome and won't come up, so I'm typing this in notepad. (27/4/03, 11am).
The LUSU training thing I had yesterday(I still can't remember what it's actually called) went on from 10am until 6pm officialy, so I was rather surprised when I found that out when I walked in George Fox 1! It wasn't as bad as it might have been because they put societies of similar types together, so as well as Daffy, Abbs was in our group, and we were led by Flora Hoori(JSoc pres. and something important in LUSU I think) who was very enthusiastic. We got told stuff about Duty of Care, what information about the societies finances we needed to give to LUSU and so on. It didn't go on until 6pm, most groups finished about 4:30pm, and we finished about 5pm. Afterwards I went to Sainsburys(again). When I got back I found I was still the only person that had bought any milk in our house so far, so we are still on Sainsburys 'low price' UHT. Saturday, April 26, 2003
I have just discovered to my extreme irritation(to put it mildly) that I have to go back into lectures in week 6. The course is a prerequisite for some of the third year courses, however as I am doing 'mathematics with statistics' it's compulsary.
Well, Ellas blog, James Preeces' drunken theology and the chaplaincy message board kill a whole 10 minutes...
When I went to Sainsburys yesterday to buy mostly ingredients to cook with I spent £20, so my attempt to cook things for myself to save money does not seem particularly effective. However, I find I never really know until I get my bank and credit card statements at the end of the month. Anyway, this morning I was going to go back to get some stuff that I'd forgetten and to get a replacement strap for my watch because it's beginning to split, but when I came onto campus to check my email I found that I'm supposed to be going to George Fox at 10am to go to some LUSU thing with Daffy for Cathsoc, so I've got to work out what to do for the next hour.
Friday, April 25, 2003
Got back to Lancaster OK, lugged my suitcase and backpacks onto the bus and got back to my house. Found there was no milk in the fridge, even though Louise had been back several days. Found I had some 'Sainsburys Low Price' UHT milk. It wasn't as bad as I expected so that meant I could drink some tea and eat some (low price) breakfast cereal. Louise got back. Drank some more tea. Came onto campus to check my email in the library while it is nice and empty. Off to Sainsburys to buy food. Blogged way too efficiently. It's good being back in Lancaster where I have unlimited bus travel with my pass.
My cold is much better this morning, so I'll stop going on about it. Only a couple of hours until I get the train, and Dad has given me money to get food on the journey, which is good. Unfortunately there aren't any changes where I can really get food, so I'll only be able to get what they sell in the buffet car on the train which won't be too wonderful. Iwould say I'd keep it to the other end, but I don't think I can go 5 hours without food or at least a cup of tea.
Thursday, April 24, 2003
I later remembered that I have a suitcase with me. This makes carrying my stuff more practical. I'm still not sure I'm going to manage to change trains in 5 minutes tomorrow though.It would be good if I had something to do until tomorrow morning except sniffing and sneezing, but of course I've packed all my stuff(books etc.) away to take back so all I can do is surf the web.
I just had a go at packing my stuff. My textbooks and notes fill one large camping rucksack and my clothes another. This is going to be fun to change trains with.
Feel slightly minging again this morning. I've foolishly booked my ticket back to Lancaster to leave Haywards Heath at 1015, so I have to do all my packing today and get up at a sensible time tomorrow. I also volunteered to go to some kind of LUSU meeting/thing with David Lees for Cathsoc, so I'll have to find out when and where that is.
Wednesday, April 23, 2003
Got a rather bad cold today. Had a bath a lemsip and slept for three hours, and still feel a little grim. I just hope it's gone away by the time I go back to Lancaster, because I really don't want to pass it on. I would probably have minded less if it had been when I was working, because it wouldn't have distracted me that much, but I'm supposed to be relaxing. This is annoying.
Apparently according to Mum, Lancaster has been on the radio news because people are worried about sars being present when people go back to uni, because there are a lot of Asian people at Lancaster. Can't say I'd noticed there being unusually many Asian people at Lancaster Uni.
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Just had dinner in the the Chinese restaurant I mentioned on April 07, I can't remember the name. My Brother goes back to Oxford now, I think that's why we went, but I'm not actually really sure if there was a reason.The lemon chicken is still good, and I think I ate more food in total than last time.
"Here's one two three jolly lads all in one mind
We have come a pace egging and we hope you'll prove kind We hope you'll prove kind with your eggs and strong beer for we'll come no more nigh you until the next year" One day I'll get the songs from student cross out of my head.
Now their talking about immigration into American and wether they should let more unskilled people in. I wonder what the bits of rubber in the bottom of this laptop monitor are for?
They're now talking about the lack of American tourists in Oxford recently, trying to work out why. Is it down to the amount of things there are to see inside the USA? They're now talking about the urban planning in LA, and various problems there.
Finished doing all the revision I intended to do during the holidays! Not necessarily sure if it's enough, but what the hey. I'm going to take it easy for the last few days of the holiday. I think. Hopefully. I go back to Lancaster on Friday on the train, and I have the joy of changing within five minutes at Watford Junction(if I remember correctly) carrying all my baggage which will include all my clothes that I've brought down, and nearly all my lecture notes for the last two terms to which I have added while revising over the holidays. That should be fun. I seem to remember there is a fairly large staircase to get between the platforms at Watford. I seriously hope they have a lift. My parents and my Brother who has come over to visit from Oxford are having a conversation about contracts, and employment law and other things I should probably be listening. I got my Easter eggs on Sunday evening, and I'm so far doing a reasonably good job of making them last. Can't make them last too long, because I don't want to be carrying any extra stuff back to Lancaster. My families conversation has moved onto the American class system, and to what extent it exists.
Grrr... Blogger won't publish! Okay, if you're reading this then I've fixed my template. This is the trouble I bring upon myself messing around with html when I've never used it before. Hopefully I will put some more about Student Cross up here at some point. I fear my blog may be a bit lame until I get into it again.
I just did a personality test here. Apparently I have personality type INFJ which I share with Mother Teresa, Mohondas Ghandi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Oprah Winfrey. They give descriptions of my personality type here and here.
Monday, April 21, 2003
Now, if I had any sense I would have kept a normal log of Student Cross with pen and paper and then typed it up when I got back. However I didn't. Anyway, I have variou bits of music and songs that were played and sung in the evening going through my head still, especially Karma Chaemeleon and a childrens song about five purple elephants. Some people took digital cameras and the leader , Peter said that they would be able to send their photos to be put on the Student Cross website, however I don't know when that's going to happen. I'll scan mine in and send them by email when I get them back, and leave a link here to wherever they are on the web.
Friday, April 11, 2003
I'm leaving to go on Student Cross in a couple of hours, so my blog will probably be dead for the next week.
Thursday, April 10, 2003
Lord of the Peeps is back! This is good. I tend to get annoyed when things disappear that I expect to be there.
I'm sure I feel worse after doing the same amount of exercise on a treadmill than if I actually walked somewhere. I'm starting to go off the idea of the gym. Just as well I'm going to be walking outside in only a couple of days when I go on student cross.
My mum made me tea this morning which was nice of her. Unfortunately I fell asleep and the tea went cold. Not the best start to the day.
Wednesday, April 09, 2003
The Lord of the Peeps has gone! It's disappeared! When I searched in google for it all I found was links to it from other peoples blogs. I find this really bizarre because I'd never even heard of a blog until a couple of weeks ago when Phil emailed me the url of his. Where did all these blogs come from? Have they all just appeared in the last few weeks or have they been there for ages and I've just not noticed? What is going on? I am confused.
Tuesday, April 08, 2003
I have now emailed the student registry(after mum pointed out their email address on the website) to ask them to fax proof that I'm a full time undergraduate to the leisure centre in a bid to sort out my membership. I hope they'll have done it by the time I go this afternoon. My Dad wants a word with them now, because he thinks they are being extremely silly and bureaucratic because both my parents are paying members and will vouch for me being a full time student, so he thinks they should take that as enough proof.
Monday, April 07, 2003
My Dad just declared that the earthing on the six way adaptor in the living room is inadequate. Apparently he could feel electricity when he very gently touched the side of his PDA.
Went to the gym again today, and spent at least 35 minutes on the treadmill, which should be good training for Student Cross. However, when my Mum tried to apply for a concession annual membership which costs £10, then £4 to get in, compared to £50, then £6.50 to get in there was a problem. They wouldn't accept my NUS card. Seriously. They argued that too many people had come in with fake NUS cards. So I showed them my library card. That wasn't enough apparently, because it didn't prove I was a full time student. Apparently I have to get a letter from my College tutor, which could prove difficult because I've never met them. I missed the meeting at the beginning of first year, fell out with my corridor, and subsequently didn't bother about meeting my tutor. My dad is quite happy because what he's been doing at work for the past week has been a success, so we went out to a Chinese to celebrate. We went to one that I hadn't been to before, and joy of joys it had an allyou can eat offer on.I am now very full. I think I can just about fit a Coffee in. Their lemon chicken was addictive.
Hurrah! managed to get a comment system onto my blog. Should be able to go to the Gym again today, but I have to wait until two hours after lunch but avoid the sort of 5pm ish rush of people coming after work. This could prove tricky.
Just watched the Blues Brothers. I hadn't seen it before, and I found it pretty funny especially as I've seen no spoilers or clips or anything, so that was good. Quite funny. My parents have got it as part of a 2 disc set with Blues Brothers 2000, and I'm not sure if I want to watch the other one, because I don't expect it to be that good. But then again if it is it'll be a pleasant surprise. Anywaay, I should sleep now...
Sunday, April 06, 2003
Blog first - read emails later. That's something I've got to remember, because by the time I've read my emails and get to blog I've forgotten what was on my mind.
Anyway, I've just spent an hour in the gym in preparation for student cross. It was my first time in a gym, and I actually liked it more than I expected to(which wasn't very much). I'm thinking I might start going in Lancaster, but it does seem a little nonsensicle(?) to buy a bus pass so that I don't walk onto campus and then go to the gym! Yes. Walk onto campus more. Another thing to remember. The treadmill had a chart to tell me what my heart rate should be if I'm exercising properly, and most of the time I was at risk of it being above what it should be.I should probably have gone on for longer, but I was afraid of my legs being stiff tomorrow. I'll have to do some stretching and see if it helps. Afterwards, I went to Sainsburys and bought some economy jam tarts, which I normally ate after cycling hard when I was 11/12ish. Saturday, April 05, 2003
Woah, didn't wake up until after 10:30am this morning, which is a bit late even for a saturday during the holiday. Woke up thinking about people from back at uni. This holidays getting a bit long, I'm glad I'm not stuck here for all of it. Less than a week until student cross!
Friday, April 04, 2003
My mum bought me a sleeping bag and walking trousers for student cross which is good because it means I might have some money left over for beer etc. I was a bit worried about being able to afford it because the ticket to Nottingham cost £30 (compared to £9.90 to get to Lancaster), with £15 coach plus £8 train to get back.
Thursday, April 03, 2003
Wednesday, April 02, 2003
Watched England v Turkey match. Bit fraustrating to watch for the first 70 minutes, but a pretty decent victory in the end.
Dad's computer was being a nightmare because it refused to print in black and white and the colour ink cartridge was running out, which was a bit bad. My Mum's answer to this was to think about buying a new printer, however when I installed the drivers onto her computer, it started working properly. Just windows XP being a bit crap I guess...
Tuesday, April 01, 2003
Watched the film Evolution this evening on video. Very silly, quite funny. Extremely Americanised perspective - when the scientist predicts the aliens will have taken over North America an army general comments 'at which point we become extinct'. I hope you didn't need to think about that one.
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