Seeing as how I am a total drama queen at times;

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/6146911/UK-has-longest-tax-code-handbook-in-the-world.html

For those of you who ( Read more... )

In the many of the different law subjects I study, we're allowed to take books of statute into the exam. This has its pros and cons- on the one hand it saves you the trouble of memorising a lot of precise detail and section numbers, but on the other hand, the questions themselves tend to be harder and more nit-picky as a result. It's also a pain ( Read more... )

Okay, my 20th was awesome. It lasted for 3 days, more or less. On my actual birthday, I got to have all the birthday squee, as well as the tastiest fajitas ever cooked for me by LoM. Day 2 featured a family dinner and even MORE fajitas (noticing anything about my food tastes?) and CAAAAAAAAAAKE...most of which has been eaten by my brothers. Oh well ( Read more... )

On one hand, I got a B in contract law.
On the other hand I failed family law.
Oops.
In case you're wondering how that happened....
I have no idea.
NONE.
yay for TehBoyfriend, who managed to comfort me during my epic 2 am breakdown over it.

tomorrow, a lot of things will happen.
Advanced Highers will arrive, and inevitably disappoint.
AND
I will go to Paris! hopefully, not in a state of misery cause of results.
In other news, TheBoyfriend is returned, bearing millions of photographs and an uber caché of presents. The day he get back was more or less..COMPLETELY AWESOME. Not been so happy ( Read more... )

grr I didn't get into Cambridge!!! ok, it's not as if i was expecting to but i'm still not all that pleased about it. still, it is a bit of a pain that i went through that whole abominable interview process for absolutely nothing. of course, this does mean that i can accept my unconditional offer from Edinburgh and take the rest of the year easy, ( Read more... )