Until the end of term

Hi everyone (who has been complaining about the onsiderable time since the last update) just a quick note (or it will start out as such) to say I am still here, my computer does work (or at least the cluster does) and I will be home on the 16th. At the moment I am currently midway through writing a big assed essay about whether modern scientists still see the ice ages as caused by orbital variations in the earth's movement. I won't say I'm stressed because I'm not, I'm actually loving it! Its pretty much the first time this year I've really got into my course and has inspired me to do lots of reading and make the most of what time I have left here before Christmas.
So yeah Christmas is almost here (bet you hadn't noticed!). It has really crept up this year, even more so than usual. I haven't bought any pressies. Crap!
I recently joined a 5 a side football team, nothing serious, just a bit of fun with some of my mates from my course. Abdul is the one in charge and it seems he's pretty much the only one remotely match fit. I swim 3 times a week so i thought I was fit but after practices on a Wednesday its clear this is not true. Walking the next day is usually pretty painful.
Had a particularly interesting mind altering experience last Saturday morning. I won't elaborate too much but I've never been as scared in my entire life as I was then. I met my parents in the afternoon, we went shopping, had a curry and saw Borat (brilliant btw), it was nice to meet them and spend time with them but my behaviour can't have gone unnoticed. They must have thought I was having an off day, suppose you could say it was.
Have been sober now for almost a month, haven't gone this long without a drink since about April last year (when I was still at School!). This is really disappointing so tomnight I shall try and make up for lost time in style. Yay.
Ok well this essay won't write itself (sadly) so time for a quick farewell.

Farewell. That was quick. :)

A Rut

Hello people sorry for the lack of an update recently, but really I was enjoying all the comments and stuff. I think 14 is deffo a record. Plus there hasn't been much of interest to say over the last few days and my brain has switched off. Well I say nothing of interest, theres always something interesting happening over here but some of the stuff I don't care to tell anyone about. It belongs in a secret diary, not on the web! Not saying I don't trust you lot, I do but theres some stuff I don't want to say and you probably don't want to read!

Anyhoo...

Song#1- Creedence Clearwater Revival- Bad Moon Rising
Song#2- The Cure- A forest
Song#3- Meatloaf- Bat Out of Hell
Song#4- 10CC- Rubber Bullets
Song#5- Muse- Map of the Problematique

Album- Suede- Greatest Hits

Lyric #1- I love to hear those convicts squeal, Its a shame these slugs ain't real
Lyric #2- People in love get everything wrong

So yeah the last week or so has been spent in a bit of a personal rut. I think my body clock has gone completely haywire of late. I feel completely knackered for most of the day, and then don't perk up until about 6. As a result I can't think properly during work hours. After about 9 or 10 however, I start to feel utterly hyper and can't sleep until about 4am. Not good. Seeing as most days I don't have a reason to get out of bed before Midday, I've wasted a lot of time recently.

Life has been carrying on as normal. Got disgustingly drunk on Saturday at the indie club and made a complete fool of myself. Was nearly started on twice because I went around slagging Man Utd off (grrr!) and Javens kept having to tell me to shut up.

A computer ate my research on soft river management schemes on Monday. I wasn't pleased.

The family have decided they are coming to stay at the beginning of December for the weekend before the 80th birthday of one of my Grandma and Grandad's old friends, 'Auntie' Betty. Should be nice to see her again, she's one of the few people of my Grandparents generation who is still alive. It does mean that house is going to have to be given a cleaning the likes of which it has clearly never seen. If anyone has Kim and Aggies number please pass it on.

Though they will be staying in the Hilton in Manchester, which incidently was only finished this year and is huge! Wanted a pic but blogger is having none of it. >:(

Might be able to nosey into the Coronation street filming from there. :D

Am really excited about tonight because there is going to be an all night rock gig taking place in the old Boddingtons Brewery. The Subways are headlining. Its gonna be a big night.

Speaking of gigs and seeing as how there has been a load of love for the Feeling recently, I am going to get a ticket for their tour in February if they aren't sold out. *fingers crossed*

Was just looking back through my old blog files recently and realised I have been single for almost a year. Not sure how I feel about this, but it certainly interests me, can't believe its been that long. I'm definitely a happier person now than then (despite the whinges).

Think thats it. Yep. Peace. :P

Bored, so...

÷ب شىغخىث ؤشى فاهىن خب سخةثفاهىل ةخقث حقخيعؤفهرث فاشى صقهفهىل حخهىفمثسس ساهف هى شقشلاهؤ خب شىغ خب مشىىلعشلث سخ فخ سشغو حمثشسث ؤخةث بخقصشقي شىي فثمم ةث لاثؤشعسث فاهس هس ش سثقهخعس صشسفث خب فهةثو لاعف حقثففغ بعىىغ ىخىثفاثمثسسز

Ше ыууьы ерфе ТГАС шыф фт гееук ырше ышву фтв цу сщгдвтэе рше ф ифкт вщк цшер ф зшесращклюю Еруыу дфтпгфпуы фку кферук штеукуыештпб ащк учфьзду еру вшааукуте ензуы ща згтсегфегщшт фтв еру афсе ерфе фкфишс пщуы ифслцфквыю Шь тще ыгку ша ершы цшдд ьфлу фтн ыутыу акщь екфтыдфещы иге нщг сфт екню

Gםג םמךט למם'ד 'ישא איקדק גןככקרקמא אטפקד םכ כםמא צודא נק ךןלקץ Mשדאקרןמע ןא ןד ישרג כםר םאיקרד I,ג שדדוצקץ

Ok I think I've amused myself quite enough. I bet those characters don't show up on other computers anyways but hey I can read them. Arabic, Russian and Hebrew incedently.

Heres one for you: found out a fantastic place to hear some old tunes that you don't normally hear. Its called McDonalds. During the course of a BigMac, they played Manic- If you tolerate this, Space- Female of the Species and Divine Comedy- Something for the Weekend. I kid you not.

Reading week passed by without much reading, although the assignments took up some time. It was great to be back for a few days as always.

Another abject display from NUFC yesterday, I was so angry after that I stormed off for a walk down Wilmslow Road and ended up in Didsbury! I just can't understand how we can do so well midweek and beat Palermo (top of the Italian league) and then do so badly against Sheffield Utd who are bottom of the league.

University have charged me twice for tuition fees i just found out. Well its my fault really because I regestered financially with them and also applied for the direct grant from the council to the Uni. Basically I'm 400 quid down, so that'll have to be sorted. I hate dealing with finances, it gets hard to keep track of everything sometimes.

Need to ring Mum soon and find out how to cook courgette bake. The parents sent me home with some gammon on Wednesday (woohoo!) but gammon just ain't the same without the courgettes. And an egg. mmmmm. I should really get a recipie book together. It sure beats beans on toast.

All thats all from me. उदद्वबा सब तदनाऍ

Why does it always rain on me?

Is it because I lied when I was 17? Or because I live in Manchester? Whatever the reason, I'm soaking wet as usual, which is not great when I have a 3(ish) mile walk home. Anyways enough of this rubbish, lets make some hay!

Song#1- Bee Gees- You Win Again
Song#2- The Cure- Close To Me
Song#3- Fleetwood Mac- Landslide
Song#4- Scissor Sisters- I Don't Feel Like Dancing
Song#5- My Chemical Romance- Black Parade

Album#1- The Cure- Greatest Hits
Album#2- The Doves- The Last Broadcast

(I realised that resistance is futile, if you can't beat 'em etc etc. Plus it beefs up this update considerably hahaha!)

Ok well I'm meant to be putting the finishing touches to my rough draft of a report thats been hanging over my head for about 3 weeks, the hand in time is oooo, 70 mins. :O But the thing is nearly finished so I think I'll take a break.

This week has been a funny one. Monday was hectic. Had a double lecture with this guy:



The one and only Giles Droop, his relentless mumbling about the Archean Age (actually a fascinating topic) made my ears want to implode. And then I was running around like a headless chicken trying to get the report finished for Monday's tutorial, only to find out it didn't need to be handed in til today. Ugh.

And I'm particularly fed up with the railways in general. The buggers won't let me book my ticket online because my card is an electron (and they don't do electron- wankers) so to book a ticket I have to walk (or bus it, but I hate Manc buses, they smell and are soooo slow) about 3 miles. So I did this on Monday evening after i had finished all my work (about 7) and arrived at 8, only to have someone block me from entering because they were just closing. Fair play, they shut at 8, can I come back tomorrow? "yes sure" they said. Turned up yesterday at about 5, and queued at the office. Took about 20 mins to queue. Reached the office, asked to book for Saturday. They said, sorry we are understaffed we can't serve you. Agggh. Didn't say that out loud of course, but I felt like punching someone. So I'm off again soonish after I've handed in my essay and it stops raining. Third time lucky right?

Walking home last night through Rusholme at about Midnight, I was a witness to some of the Eid celebrations. The roads were completely blocked with people hanging out of seriously pimped-up cars with speakers blaring. I saw at least 6 limos last night, including a couple of stretch 4x4s. And a couple of Ferraris. It was most weird. The gridlock stretched right back to where I live, about a mile away, people hooting horns, playing music and hanging out of windows.

Had some good nights out recently. Here's one from the Geog Geol night out where the lunatics took over the asylum:

(ugh will this upload???)

Pretty mad.

Right well thats enough. I need to do some work.

What a farce!

Just wanted to say something. Why the fuck are Newcastle United so shit?

There I said it. Now I'm off to smash something.

Smokin'!

Had one of those 'It'll never happen to me' type moments whilst watching telly earlier this evening alone in the lounge. Just sat there happily flicking through the music channels, seeing whats on, the rest of the lads all working away. And then the picture on the screen starts to retreat away from the edges, and seemed to crumple. At the same time crackles emanate from the TV. I rush off the sofa and see plumes of smoke rising from the TV. It was rather a shock.
The thing is now in the garage and Jav's TV is now in the lounge (yay!). There are now 2 broken TVs in the garage, the first having conked out back in June. Clearly this house is cursed.
And the place is nearly always a tip. There are bags and bags of rubbish lying in the kitchen, the bathroom is gross and my room is so small it gets grotty in double quick time.
Humph :(
Its rained sooo much over the last few days, even with this being Manchester. Outside the union it washed away some of the tarmac so that the cobbles are showing :) Last Sunday on a hike up Scafel Pike in the Lakes, I got absolutely soaked to the bone and caught a cold as a result :(. Its not been great.
I'm faced with a dilemma. To beard or not to beard. I can't decide!
Had a masquerade party last Friday. Was great, although hardly anyone esle was wearing one, so I looked a bit of a goon. And then at the end of the night, a girl stole my mask (well actually I gave it to her). Wish I hadn't now, I had become quite attatched.
Time for beddies methinks

Freshers... second time around.

Hey everyone, just like the last time I posted a blog entry from uni, I am tired (verry tired) and a bit drunk. This makes me pretty pathetic I guess, but I just can't seem to blog under normal circumstances at these computer clusters. There is something about the atmosphere, the constant humming of pcs, the oh so comfy seats that makes my will to type ebb away. But, I will persevere (I sound like a melodramatic bastard now, and in all fairness I am) and get typing.
Mmmm there is no one here in this room now but me and me box of fried chicken. I love the chicken, I must have had 4 portions of chicken and chips since I got to Uni, which is bad going for my health I guess, but its just so tempting. It beats cooking thus far hands down (no washing up y'see) and ain't too pricey.
Its been one helluvah week for me, one I seem to have enjoyed a lot more than I did first time around, especially when I first arrived on Sunday. Even as I rode in the car on the journey down, I could not understand the melancholy paranoid tone of my last entry. The sun shone in my face, Dad drove peacefully along the road and Bob Dylan played. It was bliss.
And then I arrived in the afternoon. The rest of the guys form my flat didn't make much of an appearance (they were all battered they later told me) and so I met up with a couple of coursemates and went for a quick drink in the squirrel's bar. The place was teeming with first years who didn't really have friends. I'd never felt so smug in my entire life! It was so heartening to see that I had friends and other people didn't. And I admit that does mean I have a mean streak. But a cracking night out as well, where i ended up bumping into all sorts of random folk I knew from last year, almost like having king syndrome, except away from home.
Ugh my head!
As for my housemates, they are really nice chaps and have made a genuine effort to become friends with me, and as a result I feel more confident and secure than I ever have at uni. Had some great nights out with them this week as well, on Monday went to Loaf and downed and ridiculous amount of Vodbull, leading to me staggering home at about 2am and subsequently posting some embarrasing things on the internet. And then there was Tuesday at 5th Avenue, one of my best nights there ever, dancing to some of the finest rock tunes ever, heck my dancing even attracted some attention from others during 'I don't feel like dancing'. And what a tune that is!
Also went to one of their breakbeat club gigs and thursday, but was so knackered by that point I couldn't last the duration. Twas surprisingly dancable though, and a horizon broadening experience.
Hasn't all been good however. My room is tiny, and there is no wardrobe(!) so all my clothes fold under the bed and the house is really grotty (the toilet seat is supposed to be white but is encrusted yellow ffs!). Also this morning was the culmination of several surprises from two of my housemates Javs and Christian (nice guys but...). It seems both are partial to some weed. Fair enough, a lot of students do it. Then I found out the like the odd pill when they go out on big night eg Es. Right, well that was a surprise, but form what I've heard they're pretty harmless and heck I wouldn't really object. But last night took the mick, when they unveiled a certain white powder snorted up the nose. This shocked me a lot, although they say its only cos its freshers week. Only time will tell, but I don't want to see it again! And this morning they both arrived back from a house party at around 5 and woke me up with relentless beats, then I couldn't get back to sleep :( Went for a fantastic bike ride to fill in the time. Won't be standing for any more of that nonsense though, and they did later apologise so I'll let them off
So thats the rankles out of the way, except for the fact that my timetable still comes up blank when I search for it! So I don't know what lectures etc I have tomorrow and where. And I haven't got round to joining the hiking club. And my bum is sore beacause the bike saddle is too firm :( Ouch
Anyways am absolutely fooked now, its been a long day, and indeed a long week, but its been a hell of a good time. Adeiu!