We had scads of problems with BT last year, and we've been waiting for internet at our student house for about two weeks and they still haven't finished larking about and so it still isn't set up. It's supposed to be done before Friday, but it would have been really nice if it had been done before I got there tomorrow! BT, you are rubbish. You were ( Read more... )

While I am busily contemplating my future, I thought I would ask if anyone knows anyone at the University of Hertfordshire, lives nearby, or has heard anything about it's reputation, especially when it comes to Media degress. I have read the prospectus and been on the website and I intend to go visit sometime this year before I apply/accept an ( Read more... )

London was stormed this morning by three men in a tank. Chaos ensued, Tower Bridge was shut down, and tons of people gathered to watch. While it might be expected that this was an act of terrorism or an attempt to overthrow the British government, it was actually just...

( Three pillocks in a tank flanked by supercars. )

I was working alone at the store today. A woman was buying some stuff, and as I rang her up on the till, she asked me if I was heading back to school, etc, etc. This is a pretty common conversation with customers as I suppose I must look like a student? Anyway, she asked me where I was studying and I told her that I was going to university in ( Read more... )

I've been saying this summer that I miss England a lot more than I did last year. It's absolutely 100% true, and I realize it more and more every day. My mom's biggest fear when I said I was heading abroad for school was that I would stay. As much as I hate being treated like a tourist (I go into any store and people ask me if I'm just visiting - ( Read more... )