Where they burn books they will ultimately be burning people - Heinrich "the shizzle" Heine
Woots.
Hokay, woots is a bad description because it is currently raining in London and I have to walk to school in approximately 15 minutes time. But yeah, London, woots.
I met my dissertation tutor this morning and he is so super duper smart a genius to rule all geniuses. Srsly. I swear, at some point during our discussion, I saw some neurones bouncing on his skull and then back into his brain. COS HE HAS THAT MANY. Anyhoo, I think his poor brain was too taxed at having to come down to my level, when I was laboriously trying to explain wth my stupid dissertation was about. Yes, that very same one I was bitching about all summer. Anyway so he asked me what my main focus of my dissertation was, and I decided to go beyond that usual 'Representations of Chinatown' crap I always answer; so I went "erm.. that..it's about linking urban planning processes with Henri Lefebvre's theory about the production of space."
[Awkard Silence]
Geniusy tutor guy: "That's..that's good."
[Silence]
Me (trying to break the silence): "And er... my conclusions involve incorporating ideas of Baudrillard's simulacra..to bring out the point of the commodified landscape that has no meaning beyond itself..in a sense."
LIKE, WTH was that?! ARGH ARGH ARGH. How I hate my dissertation. HATE HATE HATE IT. WITH A PASSION. And Geniusy tutor guy was actually amazing at the amount of work I did. I was like, zomg really. ZOMG. If someone reading this knows what my dissertation is about, please inform me asap. REWARDS WILL ENSUE.
BTW. The Light in the Piazza cd I purchased a week ago HAS NOT arrived. Am currently distraught with grief.
Speaking of delays and grief, I cancelled tried to cancel my 02 line today cos my contract ended and I realised I don't actually use that much minutes. The customer service operator seriously has a fload of zeal. She kept pushing me lower and lower tariff plans and I kept on saying "yeah that's great, hons, but CAN I JUST CANCEL MY LINE?" And she was like "But why?". And I lied "Cos I'm leaving UK" "When?" "Next month" "Oh we have a monthly service you can use that gives u the same text msgs and minutes FOR CHEAPER." "Lovely, can i just cancel my line" "But it's CHEAPER." "Yes, but I can forsee the hassle of cancelling next month and I dont want the burden" "Oh there's no hassle our plan's called Simplicity" "Excellent, but can I just cancel my line?!" Like, chillax woman. And to bitch more on C.arphone, what is the deal with their customer service working environment? I CANNOT, for most part, HEAR wth they are saying. And they are just constantly screaming into the phone cos they can't hear me either, because the din in the background is just, IDK, like a construction site. What are they using as a office, a fish market? JC. And Imagine trying to take down an address and all sorts of pin numbers over such a din. Which also brings me on to my next irritation- the hassle of cancellation. As if the two hour setting up procedure wasn't enough. To cancel, one had to WRITE in to some obscure address in Southampton, with a letter with your name, address blah blah. I'm like, what is doing it over a phone so cost ineffective that posting it to an address and then waiting for a confirmation letter is SO MUCH BETTER? I extremely dislike when they purposely make it hard for people to cancel their lines. VERY VERY BAD. BAD ETHIC. And don't get me started on cashbacks. Just give a cheaper tariff- don't charge a higher plan and make ppl send in their bills in order to get a cashback. WASTE TIME WASTE EFFORT and it is so bloody obvious that you want people to forget to do it so you earn from that higher cash plan. BAD ETHIC.
Hokay enough bitching. Abu Dhab photos later. now off to school.
Ps: Have you ever had the feeling when your ipod's plugged in and you're walking down the street yeah - and the music you're hearing fits totally with the surroundings. Had such a feeling today with streets of London and Once upon a December.