If at any point you get sick of me stealing your memes, by the way, do say so. XD

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Yes, yes. I know. A startling title.

But apparently it's true. I just got awarded a £20 academic prize by the RH Classics department for my (to quote Jonathan Powell, head of dept.) "excellent performance". What the hell. But I checked. It definitely says my name and everything ( Read more... )

So, Nadia got her First Year exam results back today. And you may have divined - in your brilliantly clever ways - from the subject of this post that it was quite a triumph ( Read more... )

So, to take a point neaaarly at a time, King Lear at the Globe was awesome. Favourite characters/actors = Edmund, Goneril (sp?) and Lear's Fool - who probably has a name but I do't have a copy of the play on me to check. In terms of mutilation, the eye-ripping-out-scene was fairly gross. Mum and Jay were completely horrified. I couldn't help but ( Read more... )

Haven't posted for two whole days! Oh noes!

Some more Richard Alston quotes to hopefully keep you all giggling through your revision.

In an Archaeology lecture he took us for - Death and Demography

"I've been let out to corrupt you by talking about bodies..."

"No lecturer was complete without a stick because you could point and gesticulate and feel ( Read more... )

Heh. Heh. Heh.

I may already have posted these, I'm not sure. But Roman History needs livening up somehow - and I don't think I've bored/entertained you with these yet. If I have, forgive me.

These are nuggets of wisdom and wonder from my Roman History lecturer, the inimitable Richard Alston. Let's face it - he's almost as awesome as Nick Lowe. I ( Read more... )

The small child screaming somewhere nearby sounds extraordinarily like a seagull. In fact, maybe it is a seagull. That wouldn't be impossible. I watched another eight episodes of Doctor Who yesterday and I think my mind may be going a little odd. But I can't watch too much today, because I quite desperately need to write my entire Roman History ( Read more... )

My music really isn't at all appropriate to my mood... although the song actually sounds really quite hyper.

I shan't be posting all my new icons, but I made a bunch more that you guys can check out at your leisure. I sense that even 35 aren't going to last me for long. I've already got 24.

The delays mentioned in my subject refer to the fact that ( Read more... )

Actually, we're not. I'm afraid that was a terrible lie. Also, I'm not really a collective. I know, I know - how can you believe anything I say anymore?! Well, you'll just have to trust me and see what comes of it, won't you. So, I'm thinking today's going to be a good day. In spite of the fact that I've got about a thousand words (or better yet, ( Read more... )

 "A common unresisted temptation is to let one's girl friend hold the ranging pole" (but no, the innuendo has nothing to do with the point I'm about to make) "but as she is generally somewhat more decorative than the wall or section being photographed, she takes one's eye away from the subject..." pp. 200 Historical Archaeology, I. N. Hume

Wait... ( Read more... )