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[kalohalo]

I have been offline for a scarily long time, for no particular reason that I can think of. However, this time has not been passed unconstructively:

~ I have submitted my application to St Catharine's College at Cambridge (only a week after the deadline - go me!) although I have no great hopes for my chances, because a) wow, do they make those forms

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[bobbinsgalore]

Ah, **feels love**.

Job #3? Is this 3 jobs all at the same time? Because, frankly m'dear, that sounds a bit worrisome. **frets**

[kalohalo]

These jobs include: 1) waitressing at the golf club, 2) e-mentoring - but that is only during exam time, and 3) the Christmas job at Boots. Really, not worrisome. E-mentoring is a doddle, I spend most of the time at the golf drinknig tea and reading, and I haven't actually got the other job. Yet.

Just another example of Kate's busy, busy life.

[aimeesworld]

We watched BfC for year 12 English. I hated it by the end, but it raises some interesting points. And I don't understand people's desire for guns. Really, I don't.

Good luck with Universities!

[kalohalo]

Exactly: why do you want a gun unless you want to kill someone? Even if you use the 'it's for protection' line, you still are going to use it to kill someone. Do they not have police in America?

The luck is much appreciated, and, I assure you, will be used a great deal.

[queenofausten]

i don't ever want to own a gun myself, and i think it does become a hazard in the house when you've got children and such that can get to it. but, i can see why people fight for it. i think someone who is qualified to use a gun should have the right to own one. that can create some awful situations if the owner of the gun isn't careful, but i don't think that's horribly different from other things. like, everybody at age 21 is allowed to drink alcohol, buy alcohol, etc. there are the people who drink responsibly, and then there are the people who end up drunk driving and killing someone, or giving alcohol to younger people, or becoming alcoholics. but we don't take away people's right to have alcohol. that's how i see it!

[kalohalo]

I agree with that - no one should deny you the right to own a gun. But guns are legal over here too - people just don't take up the offer. Why is it that in America, so many people want a gun? Is crime really that high? The most common reason I've heard for owning a gun in America is that it's your 'right as an American'. Brits have that right too, but why do Americans feel that they have to use it?

I like your example of alcohol, and I can see what you mean, but in most cases (excepting things like drink-driving) alcohol damages you, as the drinker. And alcohol can be a fun thing. Guns are used against other people to kill and, well... I can't see the fun side to them.

Sorry for this barrage of questions, but you are the nearest American person, and this is one thing that I just don't get. (Along with your wacky non-ideological political party system - how cool is that?)

[queenofausten]

whoo! all those applications. massive pain in the butt. do you have a particular one you really want to get into?

[kalohalo]

I would like to get into Cambridge, but I'm not getting my hopes up - for every one person that gets in, there seems to be trillions of people who don't. But other than that, I wouldn't mind going to any of them. Apart from Southampton. That was only really put on there because I needed to fill up one more box.

[queenofausten]

aww, i bet your writing skills with a really quickly written personal statement still beat my skills, though. you can get in! i don't actually want to go to the hard-to-get-into college that i'm going for. i've heard the atmosphere is really competitive, and i know it'll be hard and.. i don't know if i want to be /challenged/. lol.