I guess I should really mention last night…
Pretty much everyone who took Maths (and some that didn’t) descended upon the alcohol Mecca of Jesmond to partake in some alcohol consumption. Of course the primary objective of the evening was to hug everyone and promise to stay in touch, but drinking was the basis of the evening. It took me a while to get there, meeting at Bar Blanc around 7.45pm (some had hit the bars when the final exam finished at 11am). Rosie, Jayne, Karen, Fred and Phil were there, so I was probably amongst the last to arrive. I also saw Pete, Paul and Alex around – in fact even George. I was tempted to buy him a drink and to bury the hatchet, but he had disappeared before I could try, and I suspect he would have ignored me anyway.
Nonetheless, the night continued. We went into town to The Gate. Drank some more, before going to the Sports Bar and finally to Mood. That is where I had to leave: my last bus was to leave at 11.08pm. It was sad, but I’m glad I went.
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I can’t tell you how good I felt on Friday. It was the first day in a long time where I felt alert and fully awake for my day’s worth of lectures. And I can’t think of any other cause than the excitement of going down to Kent.
In the next month (and a bit) I will have gone to Kent to see Pete and gone to Japan with Weiran. I keep reminding myself of those facts, yet still keeping my mind on my work. This is rather peculiar for me: usually any excuse for my mind to go off-topic it does so and often cannot be retrieved.
However, I made a bit of a mistake on Friday. I asked Rosie and Jayne to go clothes shopping with me. It could be a bit of an error of judgment on my part, not least since they promised to do their very best "Trinny and Susannah". Worse still, they insist that I try everything on, which isn’t something that takes my fancy… in fact it’s a bit of a pet hate.
Furthermore, I feel guilty enough spending money on effectively two holidays and then some clothes, while Mum stays at home or work with no holiday and not much money. I’m not sure what she’d think if I went out and spent a couple-of-hundred on clothes…
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The title comes from Hi de Hi. Don’t know why I used it, just thought it funny at the time. But anyway – what you have all been waiting for: my daily news.
It doesn’t disappoint. I handed in my assignment for Number Theory and Cryptography – uncompleted. Everyone found it difficult, but we shall see how I do. It’s my bad really, I didn’t go to the tutorial. But to be fair, I did study the tutorial questions, and they would not have helped me.
I have also found a band to play my songs! Incredible. It’s my stepbrother’s band (don’t know who they’re called…), but if they like the songs, you never know! I could have a number one! (Yes, ok, I doubt it, but you never know!)I also went out tonight to celebrate Rosie’s 22nd birthday (Happy Birthday Rosie!). It was good! I had two Rosie-vodka-and-cokes (i.e. Rosie’s generous measures) and two JD-and-cokes (i.e. Mood’s measures, which actually seemed rather generous – although I was too busy watching the football to notice how much was actually put in). Anyway, got home safely, called Deano a gnome, so I think I better go to bed!
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I managed to miss the entire European Cup semi-final tonight. Sounds like it was a good thing I did, as by all accounts Arsenal were crap tonight. I was indeed very asleep at the time. I cannot cite a lack of sleep as the reason for my doze, so I assume that it is just the sheer lack of energy. There are reasons for this.
Got in quite early and printed out the Maple part of the homework, and Jayne and Rosie came in. Rosie asked me about my student uni website, which I had recently changed to the hiv:aids theme (edit: now removed). Sometimes it is difficult to explain your desire to spread the word when it comes to something which is still both a taboo and a stigmatised topic. I wish to make a point of saying that this is not a “gay” disease. The fact that I didn’t say this at the time probably raised an eyebrow or two when my page unveiled itself on screen. It needn’t have been, but it felt an awkward moment.
It’s funny. My closest friends think I’m gay, and from the outside it probably does appear so. So when something like that happens, I immediately feel very self-conscious. It feels like I’m hiding a secret. I’m starting to think though that if I wish to remove the stigma attached to the virus and the corresponding disease, then I shouldn’t feel like this. I need some help in developing my site.
I have also got an extremely complicated form to fill in, regarding my choices for the two coming years. The rules are supposed to be simple. Over the last three of the four years, I must take 360 credits, of which 180 must be in statistics. There are some modules I must take, and others I have been highly recommended to take. There is also the specialisation in pure, applied or statistics to take into account. I think I’ve found a way of doing it!
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