If procrastination by AMs is permissable, then it's fine for a PhD student to procrastinate too, right? Still, i don't quite aim to procrastinate for over 2 months, like the (newly-ish) elected AMs of Wales have. 2 weeks is okay though - isn't it?

So, Wales FINALLY has a new cabinet - a coalition cabinet at that. What's most amusing is the fact that ( Read more... )

Why is everything suddenly up in the air at the minute?

The shite May weather - has literally blown away or rained on everyone's optimism or pland - or both.

I've managed to get 11,510 words written for submission on Thursday (i started in April) and a 1,000 word bibliography of most of my research since October finished... word count of 'geology of ( Read more... )

So the Welsh Assemby rainbow coalition is dead - thanks Lib Dems.

The proposed coalition document  had even been agreed by Westminster civil servants, but the Lib Dem national executive voted against it. There was a real hope of a truly devolved government in Wales, but now it looks likely that the Labour deadwood will be back in (minority) ( Read more... )

1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie.



Opening Credits:
Anybody Wanna Take Me Home - Ryan Adams

Birth:
Gotta Get Myself Into It - The Rapture

First day at school:
Skylon! - Gruff ( Read more... )

Royal Mail 'Nationalist' cock up

How exactly can a state (sort ot) institution make such a monumental error?

Alphabet Songs Meme.
Comment to be given a letter - you then have to list (and if you like, provide links to as I have) ten good songs beginning with that letter.

No Mp3's sorry , i'm not *that* technical (yet), so have links to their websites/myspaces instead. I can timetable like a demon though (12 degree pathways for 3 years of students - the joy ( Read more... )

WOOHOO!

I am the proud owner (almost) of 3 tickets (at the reduced SA postcode price of a mere £80) tickets to Swansea's Fflam festival.

Manics play the friday (though aren't headlining, are second to bloody Keane!) Placebo headling the Saturday - (Feeder also playing)  with an as yet un-named band playing on the sunday... only because of my friend' ( Read more... )

 *As said by Gareth Jenkins on S4/C (note the rebrand of S4C there people - and no, i don't understand it's significance either).

Can't believe this afternoon's match.

The match officials were utterly shocking - and i thought it was the Celtic League officials who were sponsored by Specsavers (no really, they are). To miss the Welsh captain being ( Read more... )

Just had my first paper accepted for a conference ( Read more... )

The first five people to respond to this post will get some form of wearable art/art/food, made by me, about them. I make no guarantees about quality or type, but I promise that I will put considerable effort in and that the wearable art/art/food will be individual to you. So if you get a mixed CD or some sort of painting, doodle, badges, recipe  ( Read more... )