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Firstly, halls internet = really annoying. It keeps going down, I keep reporting it and maintenance keep not doing anything to fix it.
Secondly, I still have the babysnake. So far she's shed, eaten twice and got quite friendly. She's a bit hissy but she hasn't bitten me once, which I think counts as a victory. Housekeeping haven't discovered her yet. I really want to keep her! I'm going to try taking her home at Christmas and asking my uncle if he minds looking after one more reptile for me. Haven't named her yet because I was sort of terrified that housekeeping would find her and take her away, but as long as my uncle, who is looking after Norbert for me while I'm in halls this year, is agreeable then it looks like she's here for good. Yay :)
Thirdly, anyone who lives in or near London should go to the Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park. One, ice skating is amazingly fun. Two, after dark all the fairy lights are really, really pretty. Three, there is nothing more Christmas-sy than the smell of mulled wine and roasting chestnuts on cold night air. And four, there is a singing moose head. I don't care if it's cheesy and touristy and all the food is ridiculously overpriced, the singing moose head made my day :D (Also, one of my friends from uni got into an argument with the guy selling the 'therapeutic' salt rock lights and tried to design an experiment to prove that his claims that they could help with arthritis and asthma were incorrect. She actually told him to look it up on PubMed. Funniest thing ever xD)
Also, I'm having a very strange day.
I woke up feeling like the living dead, dragged myself out of bed at about 1pm, got dressed and wandered to the shops to get some painkillers and apples (which is the ultimate hangover cure, btw). While stumbling along in a zombie-ish state, I heard cheering coming from near the station. I turned the corner and there were several hundred santas standing around outside the World's End, drinking Carlsberg and shouting 'Merry Christmas' at passers by. A lot of them wanted me to high five them. Most of them were slightly drunk. In the supermarket, there were a load more of them buying alcohol and peanuts.
What. The. Hell?
Secondly, I still have the babysnake. So far she's shed, eaten twice and got quite friendly. She's a bit hissy but she hasn't bitten me once, which I think counts as a victory. Housekeeping haven't discovered her yet. I really want to keep her! I'm going to try taking her home at Christmas and asking my uncle if he minds looking after one more reptile for me. Haven't named her yet because I was sort of terrified that housekeeping would find her and take her away, but as long as my uncle, who is looking after Norbert for me while I'm in halls this year, is agreeable then it looks like she's here for good. Yay :)
Thirdly, anyone who lives in or near London should go to the Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park. One, ice skating is amazingly fun. Two, after dark all the fairy lights are really, really pretty. Three, there is nothing more Christmas-sy than the smell of mulled wine and roasting chestnuts on cold night air. And four, there is a singing moose head. I don't care if it's cheesy and touristy and all the food is ridiculously overpriced, the singing moose head made my day :D (Also, one of my friends from uni got into an argument with the guy selling the 'therapeutic' salt rock lights and tried to design an experiment to prove that his claims that they could help with arthritis and asthma were incorrect. She actually told him to look it up on PubMed. Funniest thing ever xD)
Also, I'm having a very strange day.
I woke up feeling like the living dead, dragged myself out of bed at about 1pm, got dressed and wandered to the shops to get some painkillers and apples (which is the ultimate hangover cure, btw). While stumbling along in a zombie-ish state, I heard cheering coming from near the station. I turned the corner and there were several hundred santas standing around outside the World's End, drinking Carlsberg and shouting 'Merry Christmas' at passers by. A lot of them wanted me to high five them. Most of them were slightly drunk. In the supermarket, there were a load more of them buying alcohol and peanuts.
What. The. Hell?