( Here, for you curious folks, is a list of books read in 2008, and some comments thereupon. )

Thus.

I am addicted to FailBlog. This is certainly the darkest thing I've seen there in a while, and I'm afraid to say that it made me crease up with laughter:


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Sometimes I really wish that I was in cultural studies rather than mathematics. For example, I would be able to attend this.

Edit 31st: Metal Studies seems to be the easiest discipline in the world in which to use the word "fuck" in the title of a paper. I can't see that happening much in mathematics =o/

I left my coat on a train last night, and it hasn't been handed in. Thinking about it, in ten years of mild absent-mindedness nothing which I have accidentally left on a train has ever been returned. What's wrong with these people? I liked that jacket dammit.

Oh well, at least it wasn't my laptop. It's shopping time as soon as I get paid...

Courtesy of ginasketch:

When you see this, quote Shakespeare in your journal.

You taught me language, and my profit on't is, I know how to curse!
- The Tempest, 1:II.

Sounds like me first thing in the morning.

Our internet connection is mostly broken, and won't be definitely fixed until at least the 24th. We seem to get sporadic access for a few hours a day, which is allowing me to post at the moment; otherwise I'll be posting from work or from my laptop in Wetherspoons. Oh well.

smoke_rising and I went to see Dylan Moran live at the Palace last night. I rarely ( Read more... )

Following astarael_23 and others, I've been vaguely keeping track of my leisure reading this year. I've slowed down a fair bit over the last couple of months; here's everything I've read since the previous list.
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Motivated by the examples of astarael23 and bloodbeauty - who are involved in, or at least interested in, "read X number of books in one year" type challenges - I have this year been pondering the question of how much I read. I've kept a list of everything I've read so far this year, mainly to indulge my curiosity ( Read more... )

Went to see My Bloody Valentine at the Apollo last night with lukecore. Pretty amazing stuff. The setlist was mostly drawn from Loveless, with a few of the non-vocal-led tracks from Isn't Anything. What surprised me, though, was that they managed to fill the Apollo two nights running. I didn't think they were that popular ( Read more... )