This made me laugh so much:

'Wacky warnings' rewarded in US 

It reminds me of some hammocks that we had when we went camping, that informed us not to set fire to them, not to swing on them, and 'Don't take sweets from strangers'.

And I need the cheering up, because I just got a rejection letter from Cambridge. I am not actually very sore about this (I ( Read more... )

I have been off-line for quite a while, haven't I? This is mostly due to the fact that I have suddenly realised that when one is told to begin one's coursework projects in July, to be handed in at the beginning of December, they do not mean 'do it all at the last minute'. But nobody told me that.

Added to this has been, unfortunately, a rather ( Read more... )

I am back. Admittedly, I have been back for six days, but as I’ve spent most of that madly doing last-minute essays, or giving myself excuses not to, it doesn’t count.
( The Weird and Wonderful Adventures Of... Kate? )

Off to Cambridge to visit my brother. Hopefully, there will be a detour to a music shop, and I shall return with a brand new, super shiny opened-holed flute.

I am ridiculously excited. Only problem being that I have to trade in my old flute, Ralph. (Yes, it has a name. Shut up.) It feels a little like a betrayal. We've done so much together. I'd ( Read more... )