Although I do think Steam is a great idea, the fact that how well it works depends heavily on your internet connection can be quite annoying. Being a citizen of the UK, high-bandwidth internet connections are nowhere near as ubiquituous here as they are in the states. Also, there aren't many ISPs here that offer a decent package with an acceptable ( Read more... )

Lectures this morning were a bore. As per usual, when it comes to stats. I was having trouble staying awake during the 2nd one right before lunch. I actually dozed off for random intervals during that one. Then decided that I may as well at least look like I'm concentrating by flipping open my DS Lite and turning on Advance Wars XD ( Read more... )

Went to Nottingham again today. My sister wanted to go, and I had nothing better to do so I accompanied her. I ended up walking around for a few minutes before getting something to eat at Wetherspoons and then sitting off at Costa, drinking a latte and reading more of The Taking, waiting for Karen to ring me to let me know she's heading back to the ( Read more... )

Went to Nottingham yesterday to do the remainder of Xmas shopping. I drove my sister, and two of her friends there ( Read more... )

I guess updates have slowed down a bit lately. Well, I guess there's really not much going on these days. Not so much a whisper from Key Personnel yet. Wonder if they even remember that I registered, or whether my late passport and 2nd reference even got the the necessary people ( Read more... )

Today's Key Personnel appointment didn't go too badly. They scared me with the words "interview" and "basic skills test" originally though. The "interview" was merely something where they asked me about what dates/times/types of jobs I'd be willing to work and to ask rather brief questions about my work history ( Read more... )

So I've just finished Neverwhere. I actually rather enjoyed it. Though I tend to think my mild words of appreciation are don't actually do the book any justice. My favourite character is definately the Marquis de Carabas. Because I, too, like debts to be in favour XD I also rather liked Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar - an air of sophistication but ( Read more... )

Ever since I've come back from Hong Kong, I've been waking up earlier, and generally seeming to require less sleep than I used to. Last night, I went to bed at about 2am and woke up at about 9am this morning. I looked at the clock and thought to myself "whatthefucknine??" And realised that I was surprisingly awake for 9am. I dunno. Is this healthy ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went and bought *gasp* a book! Like, a book with no pictures in it. Y'know, just words ( Read more... )