From this weeks New Scientist: "Name this song: it's in A major with a fast, driving beat. The singing and lyrics give it an anxious edge and acoustic guitar makes the whole thing 'folky'. Got it yet? It's by the Beatles. Still no luck ( Read more... )

Great news! After 5 weeks I got my phone back from repair at the carphone warehouse, and handed in the standby phone and got back my £50 deposit.
Bad news. My phone still doesn't work. You would think their repair people would have the sense to check that it works before giving it back, wouldn't you?

I believe in two things... discipline and the Bible. Here you'll receive both. Put your trust in the Lord; your ass belongs to me. Welcome to Shawshank.

Another cool picture, courtesy of Wikipedia:


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I've just come back from a visit to the University of East Anglia. It was awsome. There was pool and table football and 90's cheesey music (shudder) and alcohol and nudity. Oh, not forgetting the CCTV, which didn't mix well with the last item. I've had no sleep for ages, and I've been drinking at a leisurely pace for 24 hours, with the exception of ( Read more... )

My phone is currently mucho kaput (I'm multilingual), so I don't really know what I'm gonna do. MSNify or email me if you need to contact me.

If you see this before midnight, Kathryn, go to the Wikipedia home page. This Charming Man is today's featured article, which is pretty cool.

I haven't done a proper update in ages. I haven't written anything about the trip to Oxford with the girls stealing mouldy jam, or the party where I wore a black sparkly dress and make-up, or my trip to t'Leadmill which involved copious fun. But anyway ( Read more... )

Maybe it's just because of my engineering type mind, but I think this is really interesting.


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I just got back from seeing Belle and Sebastian. It was sold out ages ago, and I didn't have a ticket, and I just decided today that I wanted to go. So I went. I got to the Octagon forty minutes before doors, and, purely out of curiosity, asked a scalper how much he was selling them for. Forty quid! Forty flipping quid! Face value is £18.50. Then ( Read more... )

I know from past experience that I'm a size 12, but I'd look great in a 10.