it is very strange to think that this time last year it was my last day at working at the LSC before i took time out to get ready for Lesotho - the year has gone so quickly its insane...i cant believe that i have had that africa experience. i was on the bbc website yesterday looking at the famine crisis in africa, and they had a series of photos showing the problems in Lesotho, and i recognised some of the areas which was so bizarre, and when my team mates ring up and we speak out limited sesotho to each other its strange.
anyways, i seem to have developed a small smarties addiction which is not very good. work on participatory ergonomics is as about as thrilling as it sounds. am going to go to campus this arvo, and then will pop into sainsburys on the way home - i really want some grapes but dont have any...but this has been an expensive week as have paid my hall fees, and so dont want to think about the state of my bank account.
finished my peep show dvd last night - i recommend it to everyone - v funny
Thursday, February 02, 2006
what a busy week of lectures, but it has ended now - this week we have started five different modules - thats a lot....and it has been hectic getting all the writing up of my notes, and the reading done, but i have been getting there...
i was supposed to be getting up quite early this morning, but when the news waking me up was saying that it was -2 outside, i thought that it would be safer (for my health), if i stayed in bed for that little bit longer.
am having a huge craving for chocolate and things that are generally really bad for you, which is annoying, but i am wearing a pair of jeans ive not worn for a while as i can fit into them at the mo, and i want to keep it that way.
am determined to finish this bit of work i am on at the moment, so had better get back to it....
and lastly, ausi thato, am soooo sorry that missed your call last night, my phone was on silent, and i had just fallen knackered into bed...but the version of reaohle boha was lovely, kealeboha and i will speak to you soon....you cant escape nthabi that easily!
i was supposed to be getting up quite early this morning, but when the news waking me up was saying that it was -2 outside, i thought that it would be safer (for my health), if i stayed in bed for that little bit longer.
am having a huge craving for chocolate and things that are generally really bad for you, which is annoying, but i am wearing a pair of jeans ive not worn for a while as i can fit into them at the mo, and i want to keep it that way.
am determined to finish this bit of work i am on at the moment, so had better get back to it....
and lastly, ausi thato, am soooo sorry that missed your call last night, my phone was on silent, and i had just fallen knackered into bed...but the version of reaohle boha was lovely, kealeboha and i will speak to you soon....you cant escape nthabi that easily!
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
didnt get as much done as i had wanted to tonight, as always found my mind was being distracted by other things, and my level of concentration was poor - never mind, only one lecture tomorrow - a nine oclock annoyance, but it will get me up and working i suppose.
i hope that i can sleep better tonight - i feell tired enough to...and i feel that my mind has been questionned enough already today.
nighty night, am off to the land of nod
oh - and gareth/andy/jon - whichever one of you has now got my peep show, i would like it back so i can finish watching it!
i hope that i can sleep better tonight - i feell tired enough to...and i feel that my mind has been questionned enough already today.
nighty night, am off to the land of nod
oh - and gareth/andy/jon - whichever one of you has now got my peep show, i would like it back so i can finish watching it!
i have been finding it really hard to get to sleep the last few nights, even though i am tired, i lie in bed, and all of a sudden there are a gush of thoughts that leave me thinking, when i should be sleeping - its very annoying, cos all i want to do is sleep!
lectures have started good and proper now, all but one has been interesting which is good. rhian fainted in our lecture today which was very shocking...luckily she landed in a position that was very close to the recovery position.
not much else is going on at the moment...have a nine o'clock tomorrow, and i am trying to sort out my counselling, cos i can make some mondays and not others in the next four weeks, and after those weeks are done, i can do mondays again - i have been offerred invidual counselling, but i was just beginning to feel comfortable in the group, and so it would be nice to carry on with them...anyways
back to the grindstone
lectures have started good and proper now, all but one has been interesting which is good. rhian fainted in our lecture today which was very shocking...luckily she landed in a position that was very close to the recovery position.
not much else is going on at the moment...have a nine o'clock tomorrow, and i am trying to sort out my counselling, cos i can make some mondays and not others in the next four weeks, and after those weeks are done, i can do mondays again - i have been offerred invidual counselling, but i was just beginning to feel comfortable in the group, and so it would be nice to carry on with them...anyways
back to the grindstone
Monday, January 30, 2006
yesterday evening was a good night - the cloister lot are back on form, with a much deserved quiz victory, and evening winning team name too - the announcer was surprised as he said - you have actually won something without complaining this week - and indeed we did...and we have our seats reserved for next week, a free round which we use and abuse, and got a lot of carling which the lads drank last night, and i have a bottle of wine - twas a good night, and nice to speak to ben and mark after! then we started a looooonnnnnnggggg game of articulate which got very heated!
today i have had six hours of lectures - how wrong is that? and i have had to miss my counselling to which is so annoying, as its my one time i can just go aaaaarrrrggggghhhhhh and the people dont care, and let me just rant.
anyways, thanks to ben for his blog for me today, was lovely my dear, but has given my a huge craving for angel delight cake....mmmmmmmm
anyways, to work i go!
today i have had six hours of lectures - how wrong is that? and i have had to miss my counselling to which is so annoying, as its my one time i can just go aaaaarrrrggggghhhhhh and the people dont care, and let me just rant.
anyways, thanks to ben for his blog for me today, was lovely my dear, but has given my a huge craving for angel delight cake....mmmmmmmm
anyways, to work i go!
Sunday, January 29, 2006
well i have had to speak to ben today, as i was worried about him, after the events of evil people last night, but he made me laugh so much...what with yesterday telling the accounts of a squased custard slice by an old lady in her shop mobility vehicle, and today with his well timed comments during mass, he sure does know how to put a smile on my face which is ace...
anyways, this morning i was feeling very good, and was going to write about the fun i had last night, but instead i had to rant at individuals who have very small brain cells....
but last night was so much fun...us crazy post-grads had an evening of.....board games! it started with a game of aritculate - i was paired with andy who got the animal after my descrpiton of "crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside" (answers in my comment box please), but failed to get the writer of Oliver Twist - i mean....come on andy....i lost my first ever game of articulate - gutted!
but all was turned around when i whopped ass on triominoes provided by enrique! i swear, i had to concentrate so hard, but i did it! and thanks to enrique for the provision of Heroes also - i was having a chocolate craving all day yesterday!
today we had a confirmation at church which was so nice, and we sang some beautiful hymns which was good....i have made some lovely friends at chapel, and the choir na dmusic group are having a meal soon, organised by Katie and Jess (two amazing singers) so that should be fun....
pub quiz at the grove tonight - love the pub so it will be good, and lectures start again tomorrow - mondays i have five and a half hours of lectures - wrong i say - and it also means that i am going to be late for counselling which is tres gay...but hey, thats the crazy bisy life i lead right now.
benjamin - dont drink much more, if i need to have a mans mind to use if i have problems yours wont be very coherent for me will it?????!!!!!
take care all you crazy kids
anyways, this morning i was feeling very good, and was going to write about the fun i had last night, but instead i had to rant at individuals who have very small brain cells....
but last night was so much fun...us crazy post-grads had an evening of.....board games! it started with a game of aritculate - i was paired with andy who got the animal after my descrpiton of "crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside" (answers in my comment box please), but failed to get the writer of Oliver Twist - i mean....come on andy....i lost my first ever game of articulate - gutted!
but all was turned around when i whopped ass on triominoes provided by enrique! i swear, i had to concentrate so hard, but i did it! and thanks to enrique for the provision of Heroes also - i was having a chocolate craving all day yesterday!
today we had a confirmation at church which was so nice, and we sang some beautiful hymns which was good....i have made some lovely friends at chapel, and the choir na dmusic group are having a meal soon, organised by Katie and Jess (two amazing singers) so that should be fun....
pub quiz at the grove tonight - love the pub so it will be good, and lectures start again tomorrow - mondays i have five and a half hours of lectures - wrong i say - and it also means that i am going to be late for counselling which is tres gay...but hey, thats the crazy bisy life i lead right now.
benjamin - dont drink much more, if i need to have a mans mind to use if i have problems yours wont be very coherent for me will it?????!!!!!
take care all you crazy kids
whoever is sick and twisted enough in exeter to say to ben yesterday that from my blog yesterday they inferred that ben means nothing to me, really....they are begging to feel the wrath of zosia, and nobody really wants to feel that....well you dont know what you have actually done do you. if indeed you are really a friend of ben, as you say you are, then you would know that something like that would upset him....and well, if you were trying to turn him against me, then you are going to have to try better than that....i think that it is very clear, seeing as i was talking about dan in that whole paragraph, that when i said to jon, that all day i had been saying - he means nothing to me at all - it was BLATENTLY about dan, especially if you had been reading my blog of the previous days....really its no shit sherlock
if ben meant nothing to me, why do you think that i rang him for advice and to argh to about the whole dan situation - i really do wish that just sometimes people would use the brain cells that God has given them to think things through with, and not to come up with evil plans to be horrible to ben, and maybe try to get them on their side and against mine......? i maybe wrong, but i have the feeling that somebody maybe a bit jealous about the friendship that ben and i have???????
how pathetic can some people be sometimes? and they call themselves ben's friend - yet they seem to be doing him more harm then good? friend - go look the meaning up in the dictionary whoever you are
if ben meant nothing to me, why do you think that i rang him for advice and to argh to about the whole dan situation - i really do wish that just sometimes people would use the brain cells that God has given them to think things through with, and not to come up with evil plans to be horrible to ben, and maybe try to get them on their side and against mine......? i maybe wrong, but i have the feeling that somebody maybe a bit jealous about the friendship that ben and i have???????
how pathetic can some people be sometimes? and they call themselves ben's friend - yet they seem to be doing him more harm then good? friend - go look the meaning up in the dictionary whoever you are
Saturday, January 28, 2006
well last night was bizarre - good but bizarre
Andy's live gig at bar risa was ace (he played the song i requested) and after i headed to the west side bar to meet ellie, polly and fiona, and rachel...but having got my drink, and going to their table, i walked straight into....wait for it,....Dan! slap bam into him, good hand control avoided spilling of said drink...of all the bars in nottigham we go to the same one! anyways, i chatted with the girls, and we then went to the cookie club across the street...and the next thing i knew, dan was stood next to me, and started a conv....and we got in, i had a good boogie!, and then well, you can all probably kindof guessed what happened....and know i am back to step one...dont know where i stand.....and what funnier is that all day i had been going to jon - he means nothing to me, absolutely nothing!
oh dear...anyways, as with what usually happens in the cookie club, you lose everyone...and i did apart from dans neighbour who didnt want me going home alone, so he paid for my cab...more than dan has ever offered!
today, has been chilled, have done some reading for my new lectures this week, ellie is doing the other book, and then we swap notes...that way we get all the reading done, with half the effort - bonus!
Andy's live gig at bar risa was ace (he played the song i requested) and after i headed to the west side bar to meet ellie, polly and fiona, and rachel...but having got my drink, and going to their table, i walked straight into....wait for it,....Dan! slap bam into him, good hand control avoided spilling of said drink...of all the bars in nottigham we go to the same one! anyways, i chatted with the girls, and we then went to the cookie club across the street...and the next thing i knew, dan was stood next to me, and started a conv....and we got in, i had a good boogie!, and then well, you can all probably kindof guessed what happened....and know i am back to step one...dont know where i stand.....and what funnier is that all day i had been going to jon - he means nothing to me, absolutely nothing!
oh dear...anyways, as with what usually happens in the cookie club, you lose everyone...and i did apart from dans neighbour who didnt want me going home alone, so he paid for my cab...more than dan has ever offered!
today, has been chilled, have done some reading for my new lectures this week, ellie is doing the other book, and then we swap notes...that way we get all the reading done, with half the effort - bonus!
Friday, January 27, 2006
well, my three last bad boy essays from last term have been given in, and i alomost broke my back carrying all my shopping back from sainsburys today but i had no fruit, no veg, no breakfast cereal, milk or yoghurts, and cheese so i really had to shop.
yesterday i was having a more relaxed day after i had printed and finished off all my essays, and so i was in jons room and decided that a walk needed. now when i said i was going to nottingham all i heard was crime, rape and guns...nothing about really beautiful parks with a tudor house, and deer - but this is where we walked to yesterday - its Wallaton Park, and it was ace:
These are the deer that we saw - well some of them - i was amazed by their antlers - they were huge! jonathon would not let me get closer to them....that was a shame.
The sun was setting, and I thought that this scene was looking really pretty, and the light on the cloud was just so nice, the photo doesnt do it any justice whatsoever which is a bit disappointing, but you cab kindof see how pretty it was (oh and if you consider my love for sunsets).
anyways, so the walk was just lovely - it was just what i needed, and what i wanted to have, and jonathan and andy provided my with great company, and made me laugh and chuckle a lot, which is another thing that i needed.
oh - and last night was the first time i had to turn off the tumble dryer when somebody had put clothes in it - at 11:10 pm - its not fair, and the sign does say please not after ten - they had it coming!
yesterday i was having a more relaxed day after i had printed and finished off all my essays, and so i was in jons room and decided that a walk needed. now when i said i was going to nottingham all i heard was crime, rape and guns...nothing about really beautiful parks with a tudor house, and deer - but this is where we walked to yesterday - its Wallaton Park, and it was ace:
These are the deer that we saw - well some of them - i was amazed by their antlers - they were huge! jonathon would not let me get closer to them....that was a shame.
The sun was setting, and I thought that this scene was looking really pretty, and the light on the cloud was just so nice, the photo doesnt do it any justice whatsoever which is a bit disappointing, but you cab kindof see how pretty it was (oh and if you consider my love for sunsets).
anyways, so the walk was just lovely - it was just what i needed, and what i wanted to have, and jonathan and andy provided my with great company, and made me laugh and chuckle a lot, which is another thing that i needed.
oh - and last night was the first time i had to turn off the tumble dryer when somebody had put clothes in it - at 11:10 pm - its not fair, and the sign does say please not after ten - they had it coming!
Thursday, January 26, 2006
well, am off to go and print essays and career development plan so they are ready to give in. have been given lecture outlines for one of next semesters modules - looks quite interesting, might be a real loser and do some of the reading for it before the lectures begin on monday, as i have to keep up with reading this semester as most of the modules are exam based! hurrah!
um - peep show arrived today - yay!
and yesterday i was truly miserable - didnt help the doctor told me that i looked stressed and tired...but now i am moving on...i have come to a decision about some things, and am leaving them behind me now, and after a day of wollowing in self pity yesterday i have come to the conclusion that there are other opportunities for me at the moment, and i have to get my life together and move on
um - peep show arrived today - yay!
and yesterday i was truly miserable - didnt help the doctor told me that i looked stressed and tired...but now i am moving on...i have come to a decision about some things, and am leaving them behind me now, and after a day of wollowing in self pity yesterday i have come to the conclusion that there are other opportunities for me at the moment, and i have to get my life together and move on
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
have just spent two hours writing the biggest pile of crap ever - that being my career development plan, and what my career anchors are and what my myers-briggs personality invemtory tells me what i should do....
i have included two sentences at differing stages of the plan, saying that i want to be a mum so my career will be focussed around this...hahahahaha
right now thats done, i can relax
i have included two sentences at differing stages of the plan, saying that i want to be a mum so my career will be focussed around this...hahahahaha
right now thats done, i can relax
not in a good mood at all today, so not much to blog, apart from going to the doctors, i have just been sitting in my room, occasionally reduced to tears, writinbg my essay and doing my references, and i am now going to do my career development plan.
not really in the mood for talking, am just feeling shitty
not really in the mood for talking, am just feeling shitty
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
ok, am up to 1400, and have gender and culture problems to discuss, and a conclusion, so the 10% extra word count is going to be very handy....have had a big laugh with jon, and made a step towards sorting out my life - Jons goos like that (but annoyingly he has now put on the tumble dryer.....) we shall see if this short step does actually help.
am going to try my hardest to finish essay before cinema, if not, will maybe do it when i get back, or tomorrow morning.
but found my juggling ball - brilliant! i can now practice my three ball juggling again. - hurrah!
am going to try my hardest to finish essay before cinema, if not, will maybe do it when i get back, or tomorrow morning.
but found my juggling ball - brilliant! i can now practice my three ball juggling again. - hurrah!
ok having had an hour out on campus getting a docs tomorrow, buying milk, and getting an independent for 25p, with a free fairtrade chocolate bar, and a box of aqua-drops - bargain, and had some lunch too! but i am now about 900 words in - i feel i may have too many things to say....
we shall see
am seeing memoirs of a geisha tonight!
we shall see
am seeing memoirs of a geisha tonight!
last night was a bit of a random night, with a bit of a pub crawl for jons birthday, ending up in tantra which was expensive but nice....had a very deep chat with Gareth which was interesting but needed, as i have been very angry with him for a bit, but thats all sorted and hugged out. met some Polish goal, and spoke polish which i havnt done properly for a long time. surprisingly i dont feel hungover, and i even got the band to sing happy birthday to Jon, which was cool.
have started the essay, when i get bored i will give you a word count update (its only a 1500 worder), i started at 10:50, its now 11:30, and i am on 200 words. go me.
have started the essay, when i get bored i will give you a word count update (its only a 1500 worder), i started at 10:50, its now 11:30, and i am on 200 words. go me.
Monday, January 23, 2006
three nights of very crap sleep, does not make zosia the best person to be around, and i am still getting through journals for my essay, i aim to have the essay done by wednesday for sure, am going to plan it today, its not hard, just a bit dull.
Just want to say happy birthday to dear Jonathon of cloister house - thank you for your amazing friendship over the last 4 months - the laughs, the tears, the drunkeness, and the many chats and stupid comments that we have had, but tue support has been "rad"! hope that you have a good day, and we can do your birthday justice tonight.
oh and i am praying for people in Exeter today, for Fr Friends funeral. May he be at peace with God, and let God be with you all today, in what is going to be an emotional service for those going today.
Just want to say happy birthday to dear Jonathon of cloister house - thank you for your amazing friendship over the last 4 months - the laughs, the tears, the drunkeness, and the many chats and stupid comments that we have had, but tue support has been "rad"! hope that you have a good day, and we can do your birthday justice tonight.
oh and i am praying for people in Exeter today, for Fr Friends funeral. May he be at peace with God, and let God be with you all today, in what is going to be an emotional service for those going today.
Sunday, January 22, 2006
have just come back from the globe quiz - we didnt win the quiz, but i have still managed to end up with a hawaaiin garland, a southern comfort t-shirt and a disposable camera - i love the globe, its a good pub!
well today i have had some proper hardcore chats with gareth about a few things, trying to sort out my life, but still not getting anywhere,man i cant wait for my counselling tomorrow, its when you miss a week when you realise how good it can actually be. oh man, i hate being in my head, stuck in some nasty vicious cycle that i just cant get out of - its is actually making me ill, and is nasty.
am going to start drafting my essay tomorrow, and may even bash out a few words, you never know.
well today i have had some proper hardcore chats with gareth about a few things, trying to sort out my life, but still not getting anywhere,man i cant wait for my counselling tomorrow, its when you miss a week when you realise how good it can actually be. oh man, i hate being in my head, stuck in some nasty vicious cycle that i just cant get out of - its is actually making me ill, and is nasty.
am going to start drafting my essay tomorrow, and may even bash out a few words, you never know.
zosia has been sufferring from foot in mouth syndrome recently...on meeting jons old uni friend who now studies in nottingham, talk was on about the pgsa socials - i said-they were ok, but a bit hmm, and the london trip was so overpriced its untrue - james then kindly told me that he was the social sec of the society, and had arranged all of them...having quite forcefully and drunkly stated my opinion i could not take it back - never mind. that was friday night - the night that threw me into a whirlwind of confusion, with james - who seriously is male model material kept on throwing undersevered compliments my way....anyways, last night i went to bed at ten but couldnt sleep for ages....i missed out on meeting flat 2's new flatmate - thats exciting you know...ben he is from New Zealand - - yay! he may have a lush accent, as i spend a lot of time in flat 2 i am yet to see, but will probably meet him soon.
made a lush smoothie today-orange, pineapple and kiwi - mmm! its all for my eat healthy stretch i am going on, am so determined to get to my target weight - its going to be hard, but giving up chocolate for ment will help, and i walk loads everyday too....and the fact that i am addicted to ryvita so when i cant be bothered to cook, two of them with marmite, celery and cucumber becomes my tea!
anyways, journal reading has already been four times more productive then yesterday which is a bonus, and there is the quiz tonight!
take care my loves
zosia is determined to sort out things once and for all this week, as she cannot go for much longer with the messed up head that she has at the moment.
made a lush smoothie today-orange, pineapple and kiwi - mmm! its all for my eat healthy stretch i am going on, am so determined to get to my target weight - its going to be hard, but giving up chocolate for ment will help, and i walk loads everyday too....and the fact that i am addicted to ryvita so when i cant be bothered to cook, two of them with marmite, celery and cucumber becomes my tea!
anyways, journal reading has already been four times more productive then yesterday which is a bonus, and there is the quiz tonight!
take care my loves
zosia is determined to sort out things once and for all this week, as she cannot go for much longer with the messed up head that she has at the moment.
Saturday, January 21, 2006
today has really not been a very good day at all. first thing - someone put the tumble-dryer on at 6:30 am - who is up on a saturday and doing their washing at that time - anyway, that was bad as i had only got to bed at three, and it kept me awake for the whole cycle, i then managed to sleep on and off for a few more hours...i have now put a note on the door, saying not to use the machine before 8am, and after 10pm, as it is so loud - if it happens again, i am going to turn off the machine, and waste that evil persons money.
as i have been tired today, i have not really had the ability to concentrate on my work, which is bad as i have an essay due this week.
i have also had many things on my mind, which just dont go away, and that has made work hard as well - so much so that i had to get out of my room i was feeling so claustrophobic...so i went to walk about the campus downs, and to sit on campus and just watch people go by in the fresh air.
i have been trying to find a literary quote that sums up perfectly how i feel, but i havnt. the only thing that comes to mind, is I dreamed a dream from Les Mis - its a beautiful song, it really is, and it just shows how life can be so different from what you dream or hope it could be...this is true for me especially today...
i just want to click my fingers and snap out of it, but i cant...missing counselling cos of my exam didnt help, and what was said to me by someone last night just put me into such a confused spin that i just dont know whether i am coming or going
as i have been tired today, i have not really had the ability to concentrate on my work, which is bad as i have an essay due this week.
i have also had many things on my mind, which just dont go away, and that has made work hard as well - so much so that i had to get out of my room i was feeling so claustrophobic...so i went to walk about the campus downs, and to sit on campus and just watch people go by in the fresh air.
i have been trying to find a literary quote that sums up perfectly how i feel, but i havnt. the only thing that comes to mind, is I dreamed a dream from Les Mis - its a beautiful song, it really is, and it just shows how life can be so different from what you dream or hope it could be...this is true for me especially today...
i just want to click my fingers and snap out of it, but i cant...missing counselling cos of my exam didnt help, and what was said to me by someone last night just put me into such a confused spin that i just dont know whether i am coming or going
its a sad day when you tidy your room, and you find that you have lost one of your juggling balls - which is what i have just done, and so it is a sad day
have read a journal, confused the hell out of me...eek
but last night was a bit interesting, fun but interesting
have come to a few conclusions about some things
we shall see
have read a journal, confused the hell out of me...eek
but last night was a bit interesting, fun but interesting
have come to a few conclusions about some things
we shall see
Friday, January 20, 2006
hello dear blog
well today, i have been reading about Holland, and his model for vocational preference - its dull i tell you, but am getting through the journals. its going to be a bit of a strange weekend. jon has just finished his exams (hurrah), and he has his literally crazy friend coming up - its only going to be a quiet night tonight, but tomorrow we are celebrating dark-haired polly's birthday as it was really in exam time, and then on monday its jons birthday..so its all a bit eek! my poor cash flow...
anyways, back to the reading now...am v confused as to what to do about dan as i am getting mixed answers from people...why are men so hard to read???? and i why do i have to be so stupidly pathetic about things, and just not be too scared to ask him - it sux so much, but i am just petrified as to the response....
anyways, really it is back to the reading now
well today, i have been reading about Holland, and his model for vocational preference - its dull i tell you, but am getting through the journals. its going to be a bit of a strange weekend. jon has just finished his exams (hurrah), and he has his literally crazy friend coming up - its only going to be a quiet night tonight, but tomorrow we are celebrating dark-haired polly's birthday as it was really in exam time, and then on monday its jons birthday..so its all a bit eek! my poor cash flow...
anyways, back to the reading now...am v confused as to what to do about dan as i am getting mixed answers from people...why are men so hard to read???? and i why do i have to be so stupidly pathetic about things, and just not be too scared to ask him - it sux so much, but i am just petrified as to the response....
anyways, really it is back to the reading now
Thursday, January 19, 2006
has anyone else noticed that bloggers gone strange? or is it only on my computer.
anyways, this mornings research has proved more useful then i thought, which is good, so i am going to pop to campus cos i am out of milk, need to get my flatmate a birthday card, and get jon his birthday present...
amazon have realised they messed up my peep show order, so are going to give me a discount for it! yay!
and not only have we two fixed showers now, they have removed the nasty mouldy ceiling, are sanding it all down, and are re-painting it for us so it is going to be nice again, a little complaining and a legal threat always gets some action.
anyways, its gone two, and once the cleaner has gone i am going to have my lunch
anyways, this mornings research has proved more useful then i thought, which is good, so i am going to pop to campus cos i am out of milk, need to get my flatmate a birthday card, and get jon his birthday present...
amazon have realised they messed up my peep show order, so are going to give me a discount for it! yay!
and not only have we two fixed showers now, they have removed the nasty mouldy ceiling, are sanding it all down, and are re-painting it for us so it is going to be nice again, a little complaining and a legal threat always gets some action.
anyways, its gone two, and once the cleaner has gone i am going to have my lunch
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
hurrah - no peep show, but broadgate have finally fixed both of our showers, as flat 5 below us were getting leaks into their flat as our showers would not turn off! two new showers - i can now be very clean
still feeling very sick, will have a good pray later - there must be people who have done less revision then me surely? and this paper should be like past papers?
still feeling very sick, will have a good pray later - there must be people who have done less revision then me surely? and this paper should be like past papers?
still no peep show, have written an email to complain.
feel very sick with nerves for this afternoon - for all the religious who read this blog, can you pray for practical interventions, ansence or ageing to come up - ellie and i are bricking it at this point, and i still have only five hours to go before the exam begins which sux so much
will have to have a big pray again.
oh my word - feel so sick
feel very sick with nerves for this afternoon - for all the religious who read this blog, can you pray for practical interventions, ansence or ageing to come up - ellie and i are bricking it at this point, and i still have only five hours to go before the exam begins which sux so much
will have to have a big pray again.
oh my word - feel so sick
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
oh yeah, another bad thing that has happened - two really - one some stupid horrible nasty nasty people, ripped down the bars on lee's window and stole his lap top yesterday evening when he was cooking his tea - holds his phd work that he has done so far...
....and not so gutting compared to that, but my peep show didnt arrive today - that would have cheered me up no end - i love getting post even if i have paid for it!
....and not so gutting compared to that, but my peep show didnt arrive today - that would have cheered me up no end - i love getting post even if i have paid for it!
good news and bad news.
good news is that i won my poi bid on ebay, so should be getting them soon - they were quite cheap which is good. bad news is i lost the er bid that i had, and so no noah wyle for me - gutted, as i love er and dr carter, and so that was a bit disappointing.
more bad news, is that revision is hard - i am really hedging my bets on ageing or absence coming up, and then applications or interventions coming up - as they are good ones that i like, and they have come up in the last four years and so i am hoping that the paper carries on this year as they have done in the past - it must do surely? so i hope that revision gets better now, so that info can get into my head.
but tomorrow can go drinking after the exam, am much looking forward to that
good news is that i won my poi bid on ebay, so should be getting them soon - they were quite cheap which is good. bad news is i lost the er bid that i had, and so no noah wyle for me - gutted, as i love er and dr carter, and so that was a bit disappointing.
more bad news, is that revision is hard - i am really hedging my bets on ageing or absence coming up, and then applications or interventions coming up - as they are good ones that i like, and they have come up in the last four years and so i am hoping that the paper carries on this year as they have done in the past - it must do surely? so i hope that revision gets better now, so that info can get into my head.
but tomorrow can go drinking after the exam, am much looking forward to that
Monday, January 16, 2006
hello blog
one down one to go. Its so hard to get everything you want to say down in an hour, and i only hope that i have answered the question to a suitbtable level. have been doing essay plans for wednesdays exam this evening, whilst listening to some fabo music. one question i seemed to be going round in cricles with what i was trying to say, so have sent a confused question to my truted ellie to see if she could help me. we were both ok today, social and cultural factors came up for me, and reliabiluty came up for her phew. i had a really good pray with God before my exam today, and it was great, really good time, and i was happy after that.
spent some time in lovely flat two today which was nice, and watched half of the is religion the root of all evil programme - which was utter poo for most of the time. i was so angry with the telly when they said that we do not enjoy this life for fear of what may happen to us in the next life - for me i am enjoying this life doing what i know that God will be pleased with, and living a life that is fulfilled by the fact that I have Gods blessing and love and guidance, and that gives me the extra enjoyment that people without religion cannot experience...
anyways, a few more bits of reading and then bed-time, full day of revision is on the cards tom...
and 4:30 pm exams are stupid times for an exam....not only does it make you get really nervos about the exam all day (you can imagine how bad i was today), but its dark by the time you are sitting the exam, and then your belly begins to rumble! and the one of wednesady finishes at 6:30 - crazy!
must go...hope other peoples exams are going ok, or as well as people hoped
one down one to go. Its so hard to get everything you want to say down in an hour, and i only hope that i have answered the question to a suitbtable level. have been doing essay plans for wednesdays exam this evening, whilst listening to some fabo music. one question i seemed to be going round in cricles with what i was trying to say, so have sent a confused question to my truted ellie to see if she could help me. we were both ok today, social and cultural factors came up for me, and reliabiluty came up for her phew. i had a really good pray with God before my exam today, and it was great, really good time, and i was happy after that.
spent some time in lovely flat two today which was nice, and watched half of the is religion the root of all evil programme - which was utter poo for most of the time. i was so angry with the telly when they said that we do not enjoy this life for fear of what may happen to us in the next life - for me i am enjoying this life doing what i know that God will be pleased with, and living a life that is fulfilled by the fact that I have Gods blessing and love and guidance, and that gives me the extra enjoyment that people without religion cannot experience...
anyways, a few more bits of reading and then bed-time, full day of revision is on the cards tom...
and 4:30 pm exams are stupid times for an exam....not only does it make you get really nervos about the exam all day (you can imagine how bad i was today), but its dark by the time you are sitting the exam, and then your belly begins to rumble! and the one of wednesady finishes at 6:30 - crazy!
must go...hope other peoples exams are going ok, or as well as people hoped
Sunday, January 15, 2006
once again, there has been talk and speculation about ben and i either going out/wanting to go out with each other/has been questioned as to why we are not going out. for reasons that i do not have to justify to anyone, and that ben and i have spoken about, we are not going out with each other, and will not be going out with each other.
here in nottingham, i have had a very uninteresting weekend, taken up with revision for my waa module tomorrow (can we pray the social and cultural problems or validity come up), and for my osh module on wednesday (can we pray the ageing workplace/absenteeism/practical interventions come up). bring on wednesday at 6:30 where i will meet up with the rest of my course in the Ark (student bar)...as i am in a different room from them due to the old panic attacks.
have been having an interesting text messaging weekend with dan - i really dont know what is going on here, but still think it would be great if we could give it all another chance, so can people pray for that too - i dont know, i seemed to just really click with him so much, and we just felt so comfortable with each other it was nice. the strange thing is, i am also kindof liking a lot one of my lads in cloister which makes it all so doubly confusing. he is a great lad, and really caring, and always thought that he was so fit, but i am just in such a confused state i really dont know what to do.
anyways, enough rambling, back to the last bit of revision of the day before bed, and revision tomorrow morning, as my exam isnt until 4:30 - just enough time to get my nice and nervous then.
oh and if you havnt listened to anthony and the johnsons yet - do cos they are ace...and my peep show dvd should come tomorrow - and the text book i ordered ages ago to help me with tomorrows exam - sods bloody law.
and also - exeter chaplaincy i prayed for you all this morning, as i knew it would be quite a hard mass for you all, and i will continue praying for you all. I miss the community so much you would not believe, that place did so much for my faith, and i will be forever thankful for it. i also asked fr chris the chaplian here to keep you all in his prayers.
for all other students who have exams coming up soon - i wish you all the luck in the world, remember sleep well and eat well.
here in nottingham, i have had a very uninteresting weekend, taken up with revision for my waa module tomorrow (can we pray the social and cultural problems or validity come up), and for my osh module on wednesday (can we pray the ageing workplace/absenteeism/practical interventions come up). bring on wednesday at 6:30 where i will meet up with the rest of my course in the Ark (student bar)...as i am in a different room from them due to the old panic attacks.
have been having an interesting text messaging weekend with dan - i really dont know what is going on here, but still think it would be great if we could give it all another chance, so can people pray for that too - i dont know, i seemed to just really click with him so much, and we just felt so comfortable with each other it was nice. the strange thing is, i am also kindof liking a lot one of my lads in cloister which makes it all so doubly confusing. he is a great lad, and really caring, and always thought that he was so fit, but i am just in such a confused state i really dont know what to do.
anyways, enough rambling, back to the last bit of revision of the day before bed, and revision tomorrow morning, as my exam isnt until 4:30 - just enough time to get my nice and nervous then.
oh and if you havnt listened to anthony and the johnsons yet - do cos they are ace...and my peep show dvd should come tomorrow - and the text book i ordered ages ago to help me with tomorrows exam - sods bloody law.
and also - exeter chaplaincy i prayed for you all this morning, as i knew it would be quite a hard mass for you all, and i will continue praying for you all. I miss the community so much you would not believe, that place did so much for my faith, and i will be forever thankful for it. i also asked fr chris the chaplian here to keep you all in his prayers.
for all other students who have exams coming up soon - i wish you all the luck in the world, remember sleep well and eat well.
Saturday, January 14, 2006
It was really sad to get the email from Fr Paul in Exeter today, about Fr Friend. As I said yesterday, he was such a nice man. When i lived in the chaplaincy he would often wonder over and share some pearls of wisdom with me, or when i was going to lectures or my exams, and he was in the garden he would always say something that would make me laugh and smile, and give me a bit of confidence...it is such sad news, and he will be i am sure greatly missed in the Exeter chaplaincy.
I would just like to say, that although I have not been to Exeter chaplaincy for ages, it is still always in my thoughts, and a place where my faith grew so much, and i have a lot to be thankful for there. I will have Paul, Karen, Pat, and everyone who attends the chaplaincy in my prayers.
If I can come done for the funeral, I will try my best too, although I think that it will be unlikely.
At least we can rest assured in the knowledge that Fr Friend is now in peace with God.
I would just like to say, that although I have not been to Exeter chaplaincy for ages, it is still always in my thoughts, and a place where my faith grew so much, and i have a lot to be thankful for there. I will have Paul, Karen, Pat, and everyone who attends the chaplaincy in my prayers.
If I can come done for the funeral, I will try my best too, although I think that it will be unlikely.
At least we can rest assured in the knowledge that Fr Friend is now in peace with God.
Friday, January 13, 2006
Thursday, January 12, 2006
good old jonthan
Never one to pass good service, yesterday when Jonathan was at Sainsburys he was impressed, so much so he filled in a customer satisfaction form - and it reads like this:
The cashier Anne, was brilliant. Very polite, friendly and happy. She seemed to enjoy her job and this made me feel special. Her till technique was also exemplary; never going to fast and maintaining a steady rhythm. Well done Anne.
Now thats praise for you.
I have said this to Ben on many occasions - Jon is like my Ben here - they are so alike in many ways its untrue!
have been feeling a bit down today, have succombed to revising the two modules that i said that i would no way revise, and my head is getting all mixed up about such things, and its getting me down - bloody men - always bloody men, sometimes i do think they can be a fecking waste of time, but that doesnt stop me liking them at all does it?
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Never one to pass good service, yesterday when Jonathan was at Sainsburys he was impressed, so much so he filled in a customer satisfaction form - and it reads like this:
The cashier Anne, was brilliant. Very polite, friendly and happy. She seemed to enjoy her job and this made me feel special. Her till technique was also exemplary; never going to fast and maintaining a steady rhythm. Well done Anne.
Now thats praise for you.
I have said this to Ben on many occasions - Jon is like my Ben here - they are so alike in many ways its untrue!
have been feeling a bit down today, have succombed to revising the two modules that i said that i would no way revise, and my head is getting all mixed up about such things, and its getting me down - bloody men - always bloody men, sometimes i do think they can be a fecking waste of time, but that doesnt stop me liking them at all does it?
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
today, there was no-where to sit in the library - that hardly ever happens - so know it exam week next week...luckily i remembered the code to the i-who common room, and was able to sit in there with nothing and no-one to distract me bar my own thoughts...and there are a few...counselling on monday threw up some mega issues, and i have been panicked into revising another topic that i havnt even looked at and my brain is near saturation level. but had a good old chat with ellie today - it was great and she really calms my nerves...we have a laugh - its naughty but we have a bitch too, and we just generally get on well.
anyways, bed time for the zosh, another day of library fun tomorrow - this time next week ellie and i are planning to be drunk in a gutter somewhere
anyways, bed time for the zosh, another day of library fun tomorrow - this time next week ellie and i are planning to be drunk in a gutter somewhere
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
well, sorry havnt blogged for a while, havnt really done much very interesting!
ummm, good things that have happened recently - have found my watch - that was an amazing minute, ben is back in exeter (can now ring and email him, and if i ever meet the person who calls him nasty things, they will feel the wrath of zosia, and nobody wants that), i have given in an essay and my workbook, i managed to write a practice essay in my allocated hour, we had bloody good hymns at mass on sunday - i felt really close to God, and that made me happy, and chris moyles is back on the radio!
bad things - am still completely confused about many situations at the moment, and have no idea what to do, and this time me usually trust worthy lads are being no help whatsoever, i had a really hard counselling group yesterday, and have exams, and revision is boring!
but hey, revision in jons room is good, we both know we have to work so we dont distract each other.
anyways, take care my dears
ummm, good things that have happened recently - have found my watch - that was an amazing minute, ben is back in exeter (can now ring and email him, and if i ever meet the person who calls him nasty things, they will feel the wrath of zosia, and nobody wants that), i have given in an essay and my workbook, i managed to write a practice essay in my allocated hour, we had bloody good hymns at mass on sunday - i felt really close to God, and that made me happy, and chris moyles is back on the radio!
bad things - am still completely confused about many situations at the moment, and have no idea what to do, and this time me usually trust worthy lads are being no help whatsoever, i had a really hard counselling group yesterday, and have exams, and revision is boring!
but hey, revision in jons room is good, we both know we have to work so we dont distract each other.
anyways, take care my dears
Saturday, January 07, 2006
i was very excited on my walk to sainsburys at the prospect of buying my white chocolate money that i have been eating, only to find that they were no longer there, as they had been replaced by mini eggs - i was outraged. so i thought that i would go and console myself and buy myself a box of chocolates for 30p like Adrian had the other day - but they were not 30p - so i was doubly gutted.
so instead i got grapes, oranges, clementines, carrots and houmous - mmmmm
we have no showers working in our flat at the moment....never mind, flat 7 have a fabo shower i can use instead
take care my readers - i hope you are thrilled with the wonderful life i am living at the moment
so instead i got grapes, oranges, clementines, carrots and houmous - mmmmm
we have no showers working in our flat at the moment....never mind, flat 7 have a fabo shower i can use instead
take care my readers - i hope you are thrilled with the wonderful life i am living at the moment
Friday, January 06, 2006
now i dont usually believe in horoscopes, but today when i saw this on the internet, i just thought - oh my word:
You've been in a mood in which you were no longer attracted to the same people, you were unsure of yourself at work, and even wondered if your own attractiveness had deserted you
how crazy...over the last few days, i have been feeling crazy, and just when i say one thing, something happend which makes me think that maybe something is supposed to be - i mean, its bizarre and all very criptic, but i dont really want to explain things more cos i am not in the mood.
went to mass this morn - chapel dave drove me which was very nice of him, then did a three hour study group which was good, and have been revising validity this afternoon-its all so joyous i tell thee
You've been in a mood in which you were no longer attracted to the same people, you were unsure of yourself at work, and even wondered if your own attractiveness had deserted you
how crazy...over the last few days, i have been feeling crazy, and just when i say one thing, something happend which makes me think that maybe something is supposed to be - i mean, its bizarre and all very criptic, but i dont really want to explain things more cos i am not in the mood.
went to mass this morn - chapel dave drove me which was very nice of him, then did a three hour study group which was good, and have been revising validity this afternoon-its all so joyous i tell thee
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Am back in nottingham now - have been for the last few days..and have been working quite hard - yesterday i had a study group with some of my girls, and we have booked another room to have another one tomorrow which is good. i had to come home earlier today as people in the library didnt batter an eyelid when my phone went off, but they did when my stomach was rubbling, so back home i came...and Gareth had picked up my package for me - my BBC adaptation of P&P came today - anyone who knows me just one tiny bit will know just how happy that made me. has been good seeing the lads again, and we all know that we have to work quite a bit for the next few days, and so are being really good about it.
was very down yesterday as i just could not seem to remember anything, and felt a bit shit for a few reasons, and whatever i did i just couldnt get myself out of the bad down mood i was in, and i did a few silly things, that i dont really want to go into, they were just silly..one person knows, but hey. anyways, that was yesterday, am taking each day as it comes i suppose, thats the best surely.
anyways, back to the old grindstone.
chocolate money is getting me through revision - its so yummy, and 75% off at the supermarket - will be making another trip to get some more i tell you. and if anyone knows where you can get those little glow in the dark sticker stars can you tell me, as my ceiling of my room, is the one space that is not so decorated, and i dont like it! thank you
was very down yesterday as i just could not seem to remember anything, and felt a bit shit for a few reasons, and whatever i did i just couldnt get myself out of the bad down mood i was in, and i did a few silly things, that i dont really want to go into, they were just silly..one person knows, but hey. anyways, that was yesterday, am taking each day as it comes i suppose, thats the best surely.
anyways, back to the old grindstone.
chocolate money is getting me through revision - its so yummy, and 75% off at the supermarket - will be making another trip to get some more i tell you. and if anyone knows where you can get those little glow in the dark sticker stars can you tell me, as my ceiling of my room, is the one space that is not so decorated, and i dont like it! thank you
Monday, January 02, 2006
Happy new year fellow blog readers
i hope that 2006 will be a truly fabo year for you all, and i wish you all the luck, helath and happiness for the next 12 months...
this year i:
hope to get my masters....thats the biggy, and what i am working my socks off towards
hope to improve my confidence, so that i can actually get somewhere in this world and not let all the little things knock me back all the time
reduce my dose of the anti-d's
and follow my heart in various matters...like people keep telling me to but i am too scared to (revert back to resolution 2)
lose a bit more weight (was happy when people noticed the loss from last term)
and be there for people when they need me, and in that way improve friendships with those near and far away
so not a lot then....
back to nottingham tomorrow, been working on my workbook this morning, need to see my girls to go over a few answers that i am unsure about
my Lesotho team rang the other day - its bizarre this time last year i was just getting to know them, but now i have spent an unbelievable four months with them, and each gave me challenges and tested me, but i love them all dearly and the fact that they missed me as i couldnt meet them, made me very teary, but singing and speaking sesotho down the phone was ace....
and well, i just really hope things start looking up for the people i care for and myself
i hope that my gran stays ok, she has been very teary this holiday, especially when wishing me all the luck this year - the amount of faith she has in my ability is scary
i hope that the nottingham lads and girls continue to do well, and have fun and laughs on the way
i hope that ben realises what a fantastic man he is, and what a true friend he has become, and how much i admire him, and his courage
i hope norris understands that we all support and care for him
and that exeter people remember that I think about them greatly, and even though its very hard for me to come and visit its not because i dont want to
and i hope that maybe something can be done in the world, that there can be a glimpse of peace, and greater justice in areas that need it, so little children like baby jozefa can enjoy a good life, and have a little love
i hope that 2006 will be a truly fabo year for you all, and i wish you all the luck, helath and happiness for the next 12 months...
this year i:
hope to get my masters....thats the biggy, and what i am working my socks off towards
hope to improve my confidence, so that i can actually get somewhere in this world and not let all the little things knock me back all the time
reduce my dose of the anti-d's
and follow my heart in various matters...like people keep telling me to but i am too scared to (revert back to resolution 2)
lose a bit more weight (was happy when people noticed the loss from last term)
and be there for people when they need me, and in that way improve friendships with those near and far away
so not a lot then....
back to nottingham tomorrow, been working on my workbook this morning, need to see my girls to go over a few answers that i am unsure about
my Lesotho team rang the other day - its bizarre this time last year i was just getting to know them, but now i have spent an unbelievable four months with them, and each gave me challenges and tested me, but i love them all dearly and the fact that they missed me as i couldnt meet them, made me very teary, but singing and speaking sesotho down the phone was ace....
and well, i just really hope things start looking up for the people i care for and myself
i hope that my gran stays ok, she has been very teary this holiday, especially when wishing me all the luck this year - the amount of faith she has in my ability is scary
i hope that the nottingham lads and girls continue to do well, and have fun and laughs on the way
i hope that ben realises what a fantastic man he is, and what a true friend he has become, and how much i admire him, and his courage
i hope norris understands that we all support and care for him
and that exeter people remember that I think about them greatly, and even though its very hard for me to come and visit its not because i dont want to
and i hope that maybe something can be done in the world, that there can be a glimpse of peace, and greater justice in areas that need it, so little children like baby jozefa can enjoy a good life, and have a little love
Friday, December 30, 2005
my grandad and grandma were married 55 years ago today - thats an amazing amount of time to spend with somebody - i look up to them. my babcia was teary - none of us expected my grandad to still be with us today. i have noticed a huge deterioration from before i went to nottingham - i lie to my nan when she asks me if i have seen a difference - i dont want to upset her even more, i told my mum that i had seen one - she knows anyway, she has got used to it.
today, i also found the cd of photos that James made me when i left exeter, it was a flash-back to real good times that I had in my third year, with people that i really did and still do love. but then i thought, well out of the hard-core four of us that used to be there talking to stupid hours in the night, and having a laugh and great hugs with, i am only still in contact with one of them. not for the want of trying with the other two, but there is only so much you can try, and when you get nothing back, it does get upsetting, and there is only so much upset that you cab go through. i will always be there for these people if they need me, whether they will be there for me is another matter entirely.
have been revising this holiday - can we pray that in WAA - social and cultural factors in testing comes up as that is one lecture that I really understand and was fascinated by - have set up a study group for nest week for this module, as i am not getting many ding moments. also, for OSH can we pray that elderly come up, and any of practical implementations, or absence from work, as they are quite chunky chapters too. revision is dull as you can imagine, but hey, it has to be done, i want to do well. if anyone remmebers my final revision, they will know that i liked the whiteboard in the blue room - well today i got myself a white board to scribble and do spider diagrams on - i know the lads will end up drawing all over it - its so obvious.
and well, there is not much else to report. am looking forward to seeing my lads again, i have really missed them, its strange just how well you get to know people in three months, but when we left for the break, it was really sad to say goodbye, and this was only for what 10 days - am dreading september when we will be going our seperate way - but that is nine months away - will cross that bridge when we get to it.
and have had some long chats with people, and they all keep telling me to follow my heart, and i know that i should, but it might be very painful to do...oh i am so confused, i need a jonathan and gareth chat to kick me into gear.
oh yeah - on boxing day my grandads brother died (the grandad who died a few years ago). my dad heard the news first thing in the morning, it wasnt great, so can we pray for his wife, and the family. and pray for Norris, so that he gets better and pray for Ben who is worrying me amazingly, and i hope that he realises that things are not his fault, and we all love him for the great man that he is.
have a good new years people...i will probably be in bed - the exciting girl that i am...revision is very tiring
today, i also found the cd of photos that James made me when i left exeter, it was a flash-back to real good times that I had in my third year, with people that i really did and still do love. but then i thought, well out of the hard-core four of us that used to be there talking to stupid hours in the night, and having a laugh and great hugs with, i am only still in contact with one of them. not for the want of trying with the other two, but there is only so much you can try, and when you get nothing back, it does get upsetting, and there is only so much upset that you cab go through. i will always be there for these people if they need me, whether they will be there for me is another matter entirely.
have been revising this holiday - can we pray that in WAA - social and cultural factors in testing comes up as that is one lecture that I really understand and was fascinated by - have set up a study group for nest week for this module, as i am not getting many ding moments. also, for OSH can we pray that elderly come up, and any of practical implementations, or absence from work, as they are quite chunky chapters too. revision is dull as you can imagine, but hey, it has to be done, i want to do well. if anyone remmebers my final revision, they will know that i liked the whiteboard in the blue room - well today i got myself a white board to scribble and do spider diagrams on - i know the lads will end up drawing all over it - its so obvious.
and well, there is not much else to report. am looking forward to seeing my lads again, i have really missed them, its strange just how well you get to know people in three months, but when we left for the break, it was really sad to say goodbye, and this was only for what 10 days - am dreading september when we will be going our seperate way - but that is nine months away - will cross that bridge when we get to it.
and have had some long chats with people, and they all keep telling me to follow my heart, and i know that i should, but it might be very painful to do...oh i am so confused, i need a jonathan and gareth chat to kick me into gear.
oh yeah - on boxing day my grandads brother died (the grandad who died a few years ago). my dad heard the news first thing in the morning, it wasnt great, so can we pray for his wife, and the family. and pray for Norris, so that he gets better and pray for Ben who is worrying me amazingly, and i hope that he realises that things are not his fault, and we all love him for the great man that he is.
have a good new years people...i will probably be in bed - the exciting girl that i am...revision is very tiring
Thursday, December 22, 2005
well today is the day that i say goodbye to nottingham who has treated me very well for the past 12 weeks, but it is time to go home for a few weeks, and spend some time in a different environment...and it is about time too if i am beong honest, as i have been getting increasingly sick of my room, and finding revision hard to do here, so hopefully at home it will be better for me.
have to do all of my christmas shopping tomorrow - dont have a clue what i am getting people yet - never mind.
have lots of luggage to take home too - oh my word, getting on the train will be funny (thats after i have used the good old national express)
anyways, home today, but i shall continue blogging at home
but here is the christmas tree at the grove that we were appreciating so much at the weekend:
ok so its not a great tree, but it provided us with a lot of amusement at the weekend, especially the blue flashing lights....
you see the only other christmassy photos that i have were these:
absolutely brilliant - ellie and polly and i were loving the mistletoe!
have to do all of my christmas shopping tomorrow - dont have a clue what i am getting people yet - never mind.
have lots of luggage to take home too - oh my word, getting on the train will be funny (thats after i have used the good old national express)
anyways, home today, but i shall continue blogging at home
but here is the christmas tree at the grove that we were appreciating so much at the weekend:
ok so its not a great tree, but it provided us with a lot of amusement at the weekend, especially the blue flashing lights....
you see the only other christmassy photos that i have were these:
absolutely brilliant - ellie and polly and i were loving the mistletoe!
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
sitting in flat 2 and talking to adrian tonight, not only did i realise that i really dont have a clue as to what i want to do when i have finished the masters, but i also realised that i dont know why i am doing this masters in the first place, and i also realised that i am beginning to think like an older person...all these things scared me. It was a strange but insightful conversation, but luckily adrian realised that this had panicked me somewhat, and so knew to stop and watch the cathy tate show instead - good call.
anyways, today was more revision, and a realisation for next term to do the reading for the module that week, so its not a big rush now (running to the library is not something that i want to do a lot). anyways, i have read extra reading for each of my lectures now (for stress module), and revision notes have been made, key principles are understood for all, its all a matter of name and fact learning, and hopefully fingers crossed that wont take too long - its also a process of realising when lectures may overlap somewhat which they do which is quite exciting..i particularly like the problem of the ageing workforce (there isnt actually a problem as Griffiths-1997, and Warr 1994/1996 point out, its all to do with the changing of the attitudes in the workplace-Hodgeson -1997), and the problem of absenteeism as a practical implication of stress in the workplace, and so I am praying that they come up in the exam - can others pray for that too.
anyways, am very tired - have worked my brain hard today
miss my daily email from ben, will just have to daily text i suppose - its amazing what a great mate he has become, people in exeter are lucky to have him around.
revision tomorrow - home thursday - brilliant
dont feel very christmassy - may have to start singing christmas carols to myself - Polish and English ones!
anyways, today was more revision, and a realisation for next term to do the reading for the module that week, so its not a big rush now (running to the library is not something that i want to do a lot). anyways, i have read extra reading for each of my lectures now (for stress module), and revision notes have been made, key principles are understood for all, its all a matter of name and fact learning, and hopefully fingers crossed that wont take too long - its also a process of realising when lectures may overlap somewhat which they do which is quite exciting..i particularly like the problem of the ageing workforce (there isnt actually a problem as Griffiths-1997, and Warr 1994/1996 point out, its all to do with the changing of the attitudes in the workplace-Hodgeson -1997), and the problem of absenteeism as a practical implication of stress in the workplace, and so I am praying that they come up in the exam - can others pray for that too.
anyways, am very tired - have worked my brain hard today
miss my daily email from ben, will just have to daily text i suppose - its amazing what a great mate he has become, people in exeter are lucky to have him around.
revision tomorrow - home thursday - brilliant
dont feel very christmassy - may have to start singing christmas carols to myself - Polish and English ones!
Monday, December 19, 2005
quick post before bed as i am very tired...
today has been a boring but useful day - i have started my revision notes, and whilst doing this have been reading some of the journlas to take out a few handy names to put into an answer, and its been quite interesting - actually forgot that i had been taught some of this - bodes well
anyways, thats what has been going on. just watched some telly with who remains in the building - well only jon and dave out of the lads have gone home...so watched nottigham win on uni challenge (mini yay!), and then have i got news for you - the intellectuals we are.
tomorrow, more revision notes call me!
never mind, its good really
today has been a boring but useful day - i have started my revision notes, and whilst doing this have been reading some of the journlas to take out a few handy names to put into an answer, and its been quite interesting - actually forgot that i had been taught some of this - bodes well
anyways, thats what has been going on. just watched some telly with who remains in the building - well only jon and dave out of the lads have gone home...so watched nottigham win on uni challenge (mini yay!), and then have i got news for you - the intellectuals we are.
tomorrow, more revision notes call me!
never mind, its good really
Sunday, December 18, 2005
its amazing what not understanding something, sitting in the middle of your floor, brainstorming and scribbling spider diagrams can do - well thats what i did with essay number ive lost count now, and i have 2000 odd words on a page, with a few weeks to change anything i want to.
after that i put all my work into folders, now the reading for three essays was too much for one lever arch file - ridiculous i thought! but all my 6 files i have are full of work, and other folders too! now tomorrow morning, i can just pick up my osh file (organisations, stress and health) and toddle off to the library and start my revision notes - hurrah! it should be ok, as it was an interesting seminar, just badly taught, and a lot of names to remember, but it should be ok - i say that now but....
anyways, my room is now bordering on what can be called tidy, and I found the Camus quote that Jon printed for me ages ago:
"Don't walk behind me: I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me: I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend"
Jons my man for quotes, its quiet here without him...but i am interested in what food (if any) he has left in his cupboard - might go and investigate!
after that i put all my work into folders, now the reading for three essays was too much for one lever arch file - ridiculous i thought! but all my 6 files i have are full of work, and other folders too! now tomorrow morning, i can just pick up my osh file (organisations, stress and health) and toddle off to the library and start my revision notes - hurrah! it should be ok, as it was an interesting seminar, just badly taught, and a lot of names to remember, but it should be ok - i say that now but....
anyways, my room is now bordering on what can be called tidy, and I found the Camus quote that Jon printed for me ages ago:
"Don't walk behind me: I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me: I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend"
Jons my man for quotes, its quiet here without him...but i am interested in what food (if any) he has left in his cupboard - might go and investigate!
Saturday, December 17, 2005
well, yesterday, it was the last day of term, and i had just given in many essays, and after reading journals and napping in the afternoon, and cooking a meal for jon and andy in the evening, and watching the last in the series of the excellent peep show, we decided that it was time to go out, and so go otu we did. we went to a place we had never been to before, but it was too busy, and so instead we went to The Grove - one of our favourite pubs.
(Me Kev and bar staff behind
bar)
Now a few weeks ago at the quiz, i managed to blag two bottles of wine free! yesterday i attempted to see if the magic could work again! we got there, and got in a round of drinks, and when i saw our Kev, i went for a chat, and the blagging began (as I still have not received my cuddly toy that i won in the quiz aaaagggeeesss ago), i even got to stand behind the bar. Anyway, to cut a long story short, after chatting to Kev, all the staff and the landlord, they gave me a present from the christmas box - this provided us with a lot of joy - it was an inflatable traffic cone! when two o'clock came, it was time to depart, and on the way out, i was given a bottle of red wine! now that is what i call a good night! thanks Kev - you are indeed a great manager, and the Grove is a great pub - recommend it to anyone who goes to Nottingham! so that was my night
Oh will you look how happy i am! Persistance pays off! So does wearing a pretty skirt, kitten heals, and a pretty black top!
Well, today, i have been doing another essay. I had gotton myself a bit confused in what i was trying to say however, so after siitng down and re-reading plenty of journals - i am there. Apparenlty socially desirable responding does not effect criterion validity (in that it doesnt effect how the measure of personality is made), but it does have an affect on construct and predictive validity (in how decisions are made, and how well and individual will perform at the job). and thanks to the boys, I have new music on my computer, from really cool people that is stuff that i like.
anyways, after my essay breakthrough i am quite tired, but the ability to scribble and spider diagram is amazing, and i now have all the ideas to write, and only 1000 words to write them in! (as i have done 1000 words already) - that will be sunday then, and monday tuesday, wednesday - revision! wohoo!
Friday, December 16, 2005
mmm...left over christmas dinner is sooooo good. just had some roast potatoes, sausages and stuffing and it was lush....and this was because last night we had our flat christmas dinner, and it made me realise just how much i love my flatmates - seriously we had such a good time, and it was sad when we all went to bed at the end of the night
the food - which i really have to thank Cathy for was absolutely gorgeous - i mean top quality, and the mulled wine - fabulous too. I dont think i have told you about my flat mates so here we go - Cathy and I are the two English girls, Tracy is Chinese, Agatha and Garima are from India, Ritah is from Ghana, and Beebee is from Uganda. we had a really fun time, dancing, singing, hugging, playing stupid games and taking lots of photos that i will now display:
Isnt this cool! its like 7 heads looking down at you - well it is 7 heads looking down at you, but i think that this is such a clever idea!
The seven of us in our lovely kitchen - ok
back row: Me, Ritah, Garima (left to right)
Front row: Cathy, Tracey, Beebee, Agetha (left to rigt)
and these are my girlies who put up with me day in day out - and i love them
just given in fifteen credits of work, its the last day of term, and i am going to finish reading the journals for my essay i am starting tomorrow!
Thursday, December 15, 2005
hello dear blog and blog readers...
i would like you to think back to last month, when I was sitting at this desk going - what the hell was the positivist contribution to psychology, and that it was driving me mad...(if you cant remember look on my backdate post thing)
well today, i got the essay mark back. now, i really didnt think that this essay was good, i would have been happy with a 60/62 something like that, at masters level, i wouldnt sniff at that...but to get 78% was just ridiculous - i mean crazy - just insane! i nearly cried, i still cant believe it. Now i was told the department now has high expectations of me - i told them not to...! i have never, and probably will never get anything like that again!
so that put me in a good, if not somewhat perplexed mood
i would like you to think back to last month, when I was sitting at this desk going - what the hell was the positivist contribution to psychology, and that it was driving me mad...(if you cant remember look on my backdate post thing)
well today, i got the essay mark back. now, i really didnt think that this essay was good, i would have been happy with a 60/62 something like that, at masters level, i wouldnt sniff at that...but to get 78% was just ridiculous - i mean crazy - just insane! i nearly cried, i still cant believe it. Now i was told the department now has high expectations of me - i told them not to...! i have never, and probably will never get anything like that again!
so that put me in a good, if not somewhat perplexed mood
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
BEWARE.....BAD BAD BAD MOOD RANT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN....IF YOU DONT WANT TO READ THEN CHANGE THE PAGE NOW.....
right, now there are some things that are fair in the world, like when you pay for sic packets of crisps you do actually get 6 packets, and when you buy a chocolate bar, you get a chocolate bar....
so why is it then when you pay an extortinate amount of money for a one year course from a university that has supposedly got an amazing reputation for teaching standards - you do not get what you paid for????? i mean this is crazy, and i am so angry it is untrue. we gave in an essay - 18th novemnber - feedback and result meant to be last week - we didnt get them - reason being "we havnt marked them"...now if students say we havnt done them, immediate penalty for us...so why dont the tutors get a penalty for doing the same to us - why cant we get some of our money back? now whilst the rest of the occ psych people get there results and feedback today - i dont get mine till tomorrow - giving me under 24 hours to chnage 3 essays if i have to - dependent on the feedback i get...i mean, that is totally crazy
i am so pissed off with this its untrue. i have sent stinking emails to the student reps and to student support, but nothing is changing.
seriously, i am in such a bad mood. the anger is creating steam coming out of my ears....and i hate getting like this, but the amount that i am paying for this years education, and this stupid amount of work that I am doing, it would be good if the uni stuck to their side of the agreement and gave us the support that we were promised.
i am just ****ed of, and its really getting to me...the person who i do go for feedback with tomorrow is really going to get an earful i swear...and my poor computer has heard such foul language today, that if it was a human, i would have received several slaps in the face
i have warned people around me of my bad mood...am going to work till its out of my system.
right, now there are some things that are fair in the world, like when you pay for sic packets of crisps you do actually get 6 packets, and when you buy a chocolate bar, you get a chocolate bar....
so why is it then when you pay an extortinate amount of money for a one year course from a university that has supposedly got an amazing reputation for teaching standards - you do not get what you paid for????? i mean this is crazy, and i am so angry it is untrue. we gave in an essay - 18th novemnber - feedback and result meant to be last week - we didnt get them - reason being "we havnt marked them"...now if students say we havnt done them, immediate penalty for us...so why dont the tutors get a penalty for doing the same to us - why cant we get some of our money back? now whilst the rest of the occ psych people get there results and feedback today - i dont get mine till tomorrow - giving me under 24 hours to chnage 3 essays if i have to - dependent on the feedback i get...i mean, that is totally crazy
i am so pissed off with this its untrue. i have sent stinking emails to the student reps and to student support, but nothing is changing.
seriously, i am in such a bad mood. the anger is creating steam coming out of my ears....and i hate getting like this, but the amount that i am paying for this years education, and this stupid amount of work that I am doing, it would be good if the uni stuck to their side of the agreement and gave us the support that we were promised.
i am just ****ed of, and its really getting to me...the person who i do go for feedback with tomorrow is really going to get an earful i swear...and my poor computer has heard such foul language today, that if it was a human, i would have received several slaps in the face
i have warned people around me of my bad mood...am going to work till its out of my system.
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
have been very disappointed with my lack of work today...i found some journals in the morning, then went to a revision lecture...after that i came back home, and did some more journal searching,. and then read 8 journals about social desirability, and have finally got a bit fo a feel as to what this essay may be about - hurrah! i then went to the Festival of Lessons and Carols at a church in town - it was run by the uni chaplains, and it was great...if i didnt have a stinking cold, and hadnt had a nose-bleed during the service, i would have gone for a drink somewhere in the lace market , oh and the fact that i hadnt been so teary during the service too - there is something very moving about christmas carols
but i do have a sticking cold - the dizziness has gone, and so has the blocked ears, but i cant really breathe and my throat is soooo sore....stocked up on boots imitation lemsip (for me and ellie who is also poorly), and lockets etc, to get me through this last week of term
rang my mum up for her birthday - my bro and his wife did her a birthday meal, and my other bro (whos birthday it is next week) was also there - she happily told me that she was so happy she had all her children around her....i then pointed out that i wasnt there hence the phone conversation - boy at that moment - i felt so loved.
anyways, am just finishing my lemsip to make me cosy for bed, have a 9 o'clock tom (revision lecture) and then more journal reading - and hopefully less lempsip consumption will be needed.
and just a photo to make my blog entry pretty:
ah the grove pub after a quiz, the night i flirted two bottles of free wine...and a lot of christmas tree appreciation was going on....tis a good pub.
but i do have a sticking cold - the dizziness has gone, and so has the blocked ears, but i cant really breathe and my throat is soooo sore....stocked up on boots imitation lemsip (for me and ellie who is also poorly), and lockets etc, to get me through this last week of term
rang my mum up for her birthday - my bro and his wife did her a birthday meal, and my other bro (whos birthday it is next week) was also there - she happily told me that she was so happy she had all her children around her....i then pointed out that i wasnt there hence the phone conversation - boy at that moment - i felt so loved.
anyways, am just finishing my lemsip to make me cosy for bed, have a 9 o'clock tom (revision lecture) and then more journal reading - and hopefully less lempsip consumption will be needed.
and just a photo to make my blog entry pretty:
ah the grove pub after a quiz, the night i flirted two bottles of free wine...and a lot of christmas tree appreciation was going on....tis a good pub.
Monday, December 12, 2005
why isnt lemsip working? i am feeling so miserably ill, and the research for my essay is hard...am feeling pooey...but our flat is doing a christmas dinner on thursday which is mega exciting, and so that will be nice!
was sent some photos of thursday today, and this was a nice one that made me smile...so here it is...one of the girls
why was i smiling so much all that night - thats a size 8 dress i am wearing! no way am i an eight, but a well placed shawl hid a mulititude of sins!
a little more research and then bed for me i think!
was sent some photos of thursday today, and this was a nice one that made me smile...so here it is...one of the girls
why was i smiling so much all that night - thats a size 8 dress i am wearing! no way am i an eight, but a well placed shawl hid a mulititude of sins!
a little more research and then bed for me i think!
i hate being poorly...but i well and truly have a cold. and i have been lemsipped up for the last few days. today my ears feel all blocked. yesterday i was very husky voiced, but as only two of us knew the magnificat (all you exeter guys will know it), i had to duet it - brilliant...that was the end of my voice yesterday. but work continues. have just done the abstracts and key words for the essays i am to give in this week, and formatted them in the way that the uni wants, and now i am back on the essay journal hunt for the role of social desirability in personality assessment - its a joy i tell you.
anyways, have to buy more cold and flu relief, i had the last sachet this morning, and i am almost out of kiwi fruits too - the world is a vitamin c reduced place at the moment
anyways, have to buy more cold and flu relief, i had the last sachet this morning, and i am almost out of kiwi fruits too - the world is a vitamin c reduced place at the moment
Saturday, December 10, 2005
i love it when a plan goes right.
today i was to get up early, go to the library and write my essay...and that is what has happened, and i am happy, cos thats another one done! i was also surprised when in the afternoon dan came into the library, the only available computer (i kid you not) was the one opposite me, and so he sat there. Now at that time, i was doing a mini-dance to the song on my mini-disc to make polly sat next to me laugh! but after he came over and chatted to me which was nice...
anyways, as promised some pictures of thursday to prove that i do have female friends here at nottingham, and that i have not turned into a ladette completely
This is Vicky, Rachel and Me! Vicky does occupational health psychology and first spoke to me because she liked my scarf! Rachel is the girl who has gotton engaged and who's wedding we will be attending next August.
This is me Rhian and Blonde Polly. They both do occupational psychology with me. They are both lovely girls.
This is dark haired Polly (yep there's two Pollys), Emily and me. Polly does research methods and so we dont have many lectures, but she shares my love for Narnia, and has me in stitches (and ate a whole pot of Nutella on thursday afternoon). Emily does Occ Psych like me and is lovely, and we always do the same essays, and love planning them.
This is Ellie and I under misletoe obviously. Ellie is the first english person i spoke to in Nottigham, and is in my tutor group and the best person to moan to over a bar of chocolate...she is also the girl i set up with Jon, and doesnt care that Jon and I spend all our time together, and is just lovely, and best of all always up for sitting in on friday night drinking wine, watching ace friday night telly!
there are more, but not that i could photo, as by then we were all a wee bit merry and things were getting silly, oh if only you could see all of my photos....
anyway i am going to find people, and be happy that i am another essay down
today i was to get up early, go to the library and write my essay...and that is what has happened, and i am happy, cos thats another one done! i was also surprised when in the afternoon dan came into the library, the only available computer (i kid you not) was the one opposite me, and so he sat there. Now at that time, i was doing a mini-dance to the song on my mini-disc to make polly sat next to me laugh! but after he came over and chatted to me which was nice...
anyways, as promised some pictures of thursday to prove that i do have female friends here at nottingham, and that i have not turned into a ladette completely
This is Vicky, Rachel and Me! Vicky does occupational health psychology and first spoke to me because she liked my scarf! Rachel is the girl who has gotton engaged and who's wedding we will be attending next August.
This is me Rhian and Blonde Polly. They both do occupational psychology with me. They are both lovely girls.
This is dark haired Polly (yep there's two Pollys), Emily and me. Polly does research methods and so we dont have many lectures, but she shares my love for Narnia, and has me in stitches (and ate a whole pot of Nutella on thursday afternoon). Emily does Occ Psych like me and is lovely, and we always do the same essays, and love planning them.
This is Ellie and I under misletoe obviously. Ellie is the first english person i spoke to in Nottigham, and is in my tutor group and the best person to moan to over a bar of chocolate...she is also the girl i set up with Jon, and doesnt care that Jon and I spend all our time together, and is just lovely, and best of all always up for sitting in on friday night drinking wine, watching ace friday night telly!
there are more, but not that i could photo, as by then we were all a wee bit merry and things were getting silly, oh if only you could see all of my photos....
anyway i am going to find people, and be happy that i am another essay down
Friday, December 09, 2005
my homeowrk this week is a nightmare - just tried to do it, but failed...
found some good articles for my essay i am writing tomorrow, am now going to go home to plan it
am coming down with a cold...my throst feels like someone has walked up and down it with spiked shoes on
last nights do was good - will put photos on soon, to prove that i do have female friends too - although got quite emotional about lots of things, but especially when people kept sayin "if only dan saw you now, then he will see what he left behind" - gutted, i am truly gutted, but life goes on.
chatted to gareth this morning, it was great and he gave me a huge hug as ever - the ever reliable hugger he is
hometime!
zosh
found some good articles for my essay i am writing tomorrow, am now going to go home to plan it
am coming down with a cold...my throst feels like someone has walked up and down it with spiked shoes on
last nights do was good - will put photos on soon, to prove that i do have female friends too - although got quite emotional about lots of things, but especially when people kept sayin "if only dan saw you now, then he will see what he left behind" - gutted, i am truly gutted, but life goes on.
chatted to gareth this morning, it was great and he gave me a huge hug as ever - the ever reliable hugger he is
hometime!
zosh
Thursday, December 08, 2005
spend all your time waiting, for that second chance, for the break that will make it ok. there's alwyas some reason to feel not good enough, when its hard at the end of the day.
some beautiful words, from a beautiful song
i am worried about a few people at the moment - obviously Norris, I pray that he hangs on in there through this especially tough time for him at the moment. I pray for Ben too. Now Ben and I are very good friends, but he needs all those around him to really support him right now. There is only so much i can do over the phone. Now, i have tried to contact a few people in Exeter who i thought would help him, but some people havnt responded to me which is sad - not just about this but about many things, and i dont know what i have done to upset them so that they dont respond. i hope that these two people are supported in exeter
people keep on asking me what i want for Christmas, i want my friends to be happy, and have the support that they need for this.
have a ball tonight which should be fun - ben, i was half asleep when i spoke to you last night, and so i may not be able to phone you tonight my love as i will be out - am so sorry to let you down. but i am looking forward to the ball, it should be a good night. havnt quite decided what i am wearing yet, but i hope that it will be nice whatever it is. ellie and polly have said that stupid dancing will occur - ace i am queen at stupid dancing! and i sent an essay plan to a lecturer this morning, she said that it looked ok which is pretty cool! i like that!
anyways, better get back to the reading
look after yourselves, but most importantly also each other
some beautiful words, from a beautiful song
i am worried about a few people at the moment - obviously Norris, I pray that he hangs on in there through this especially tough time for him at the moment. I pray for Ben too. Now Ben and I are very good friends, but he needs all those around him to really support him right now. There is only so much i can do over the phone. Now, i have tried to contact a few people in Exeter who i thought would help him, but some people havnt responded to me which is sad - not just about this but about many things, and i dont know what i have done to upset them so that they dont respond. i hope that these two people are supported in exeter
people keep on asking me what i want for Christmas, i want my friends to be happy, and have the support that they need for this.
have a ball tonight which should be fun - ben, i was half asleep when i spoke to you last night, and so i may not be able to phone you tonight my love as i will be out - am so sorry to let you down. but i am looking forward to the ball, it should be a good night. havnt quite decided what i am wearing yet, but i hope that it will be nice whatever it is. ellie and polly have said that stupid dancing will occur - ace i am queen at stupid dancing! and i sent an essay plan to a lecturer this morning, she said that it looked ok which is pretty cool! i like that!
anyways, better get back to the reading
look after yourselves, but most importantly also each other
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
well, i was going to say how my mood has been quite good over the past few days, and that i had been feeling a lot more posotive about things, and on sunday i was scarily happy, that the lads were wondering what was wrong (i even managed to flirt two free bottls of wine from kev), and on monday my researcyh about violence in the work place was quite successful so this cheered me...
but i knew it wouldnt last long, yesterday i heard some news that shocked and upset me, and i found it very hard to sleep last night, and i am knackered today - am going to go home and nap. got a formal tomorrow, i hope that i get in the mood for it.
anyways, better go
but i knew it wouldnt last long, yesterday i heard some news that shocked and upset me, and i found it very hard to sleep last night, and i am knackered today - am going to go home and nap. got a formal tomorrow, i hope that i get in the mood for it.
anyways, better go
Sunday, December 04, 2005
i dotn know why, but over the last few weeks i always seem to be a little emotional at mass, i alsways feel like i am going to cry, i dunno, maybe cos its like i am much closer to God then...its kindof like a nice safe emotional place to be in though which i think can only be good
have been going over lecture notes...and saying to people its not revision just a memory guider! i feel a bit essayed otu at the mo, so have done some research, but hardcore research will start again tomorrow
am workin jons room - he is the biggest procrastinater ever - so i am making him work - we if he doesnt finish the essay, he is not doing the quiz - both way we lose!
tara my crazy kids
have been going over lecture notes...and saying to people its not revision just a memory guider! i feel a bit essayed otu at the mo, so have done some research, but hardcore research will start again tomorrow
am workin jons room - he is the biggest procrastinater ever - so i am making him work - we if he doesnt finish the essay, he is not doing the quiz - both way we lose!
tara my crazy kids
Saturday, December 03, 2005
CLOISTER HOUSE PANDEMONIUM RULES AS EVER
Well last night, as i had told a few people, as all my assessed essays for the end of term have been written, was a time for drinking...and as usual it was in flat two, as friday night telly is a must to watch, what with Have I got News for You, the Peep show, and Johnathon Ross and Jules Holland...its great. Ellie came round, a trip to the Spar was had....and then havoc wreaked as always with the crazy cloister house brigade.....
Now a month or so ago, i was challenged by Dave to the Pringle challenge - his friends did 17 - i mathched them...but this picture shows just how much pain managing 18 pringles at one time can be! I nearly choked, Dr Dave was getting ready to Heimlick manouver me, but i did the girls proud and perservered and beat Daves mate! oh i was proud - i was nearly crying i was laughing so much, and with a mouth full of pringle you can see why i nearly choked!
The reason (and some not shows) as to why pandemonium occurred yesterday night! and why i may have accepted the pringle challenge - but the spar did us proud!
Nearing the end of the night - Dave was showing us the he belived that he had flying skills, Gareths hair looks like he has been electrocuted(but that is what it always looks like), Jon was trying to convice us that he was Chris Martin (all in his head), Ellie was telling us about her par-vegetarianism (damn those sausages), Laura was letting us play with her amazingly long hair, and I - well i was still recovering from pringle stuffing. Adrian was the only one i trusted with the camera!
And that was my friday night! a good night had by all...and my body still woke me up at 7:30 - damn it...but i have found some good articles about workplace violence (my next essay), and now i am doing some revision notes, for stress! brilliant!
take care my loves
remember - drinking this amount of alcohol is not recommended and i do not support such behaviour...i recommend staying in the government recommended weekly intake (spreading it across the week obviously), and detest the binge-drinking culture that students are asssociated with...but as is our line "We are not students.....we are post-grads" - oh yes - there is a difference!
Well last night, as i had told a few people, as all my assessed essays for the end of term have been written, was a time for drinking...and as usual it was in flat two, as friday night telly is a must to watch, what with Have I got News for You, the Peep show, and Johnathon Ross and Jules Holland...its great. Ellie came round, a trip to the Spar was had....and then havoc wreaked as always with the crazy cloister house brigade.....
Now a month or so ago, i was challenged by Dave to the Pringle challenge - his friends did 17 - i mathched them...but this picture shows just how much pain managing 18 pringles at one time can be! I nearly choked, Dr Dave was getting ready to Heimlick manouver me, but i did the girls proud and perservered and beat Daves mate! oh i was proud - i was nearly crying i was laughing so much, and with a mouth full of pringle you can see why i nearly choked!
The reason (and some not shows) as to why pandemonium occurred yesterday night! and why i may have accepted the pringle challenge - but the spar did us proud!
Nearing the end of the night - Dave was showing us the he belived that he had flying skills, Gareths hair looks like he has been electrocuted(but that is what it always looks like), Jon was trying to convice us that he was Chris Martin (all in his head), Ellie was telling us about her par-vegetarianism (damn those sausages), Laura was letting us play with her amazingly long hair, and I - well i was still recovering from pringle stuffing. Adrian was the only one i trusted with the camera!
And that was my friday night! a good night had by all...and my body still woke me up at 7:30 - damn it...but i have found some good articles about workplace violence (my next essay), and now i am doing some revision notes, for stress! brilliant!
take care my loves
remember - drinking this amount of alcohol is not recommended and i do not support such behaviour...i recommend staying in the government recommended weekly intake (spreading it across the week obviously), and detest the binge-drinking culture that students are asssociated with...but as is our line "We are not students.....we are post-grads" - oh yes - there is a difference!
Friday, December 02, 2005
hurrah!
i finished the essay this morning! well i can tweak it next week, but 2000 odd words are on a page! well done me!
have just gone to a cv workshop which was very helpful indeed, as my cv was crap, and i am now going to do my home work for my work book, which seems full of calculations - luckily i have found my calculator and no longer have to use my phone - which was poo cos it doesnt have a square route!
anyways, i think there might be some drinking tonight, but not in the same measures as our benjamin - provided me with plenty of laughs!
i finished the essay this morning! well i can tweak it next week, but 2000 odd words are on a page! well done me!
have just gone to a cv workshop which was very helpful indeed, as my cv was crap, and i am now going to do my home work for my work book, which seems full of calculations - luckily i have found my calculator and no longer have to use my phone - which was poo cos it doesnt have a square route!
anyways, i think there might be some drinking tonight, but not in the same measures as our benjamin - provided me with plenty of laughs!
Thursday, December 01, 2005
well i left the library at 8:40 this evening...i was so determined to get the essay finished, but i didnt, as my stomach was rumbling so audibly people were turning to look and see where it was coming from...so i made my way home and got soaked, and kind jon let me use his toastie machine as i couldnt be bothered to cook anything proper...i have just opened my chocolate advent calendar and i get a crunchie celebration each day - yum!
so will definately finish essay tomorrow, have got to finish explaining grounded theory as an alternative to the quantitative experimental method, and conclude saying that researchers are always going to be influenced by the paradigm that they are working in...!brilliant! am also getting my cv checked tomorrow, and doing my homework! the life of a masters student is fun indeed!
so will definately finish essay tomorrow, have got to finish explaining grounded theory as an alternative to the quantitative experimental method, and conclude saying that researchers are always going to be influenced by the paradigm that they are working in...!brilliant! am also getting my cv checked tomorrow, and doing my homework! the life of a masters student is fun indeed!
got up early this morning so that i could get a good chunk of essay done before camous today, but this had failed..am just having writers block, and its really infuriating...having said that, i have now reached the half way 1000 words which is nice, and i do kind of know what i am cncluding now, its just all that stuff in the middle that I have to get in. having described causality and the experimental method, i have now said that forms of selection bias can occur, meaning that the researcher can bias the causal relationship in relation to the direction they want the results to occur....and now i should be talking about the interpretation of results...i can see that this is really thrilling to the rest of you!
and my head ache has gone which is good, and my neck isnt hurting that much today either - result.
anyways, am going to see if i can bash out a few more words now
and my head ache has gone which is good, and my neck isnt hurting that much today either - result.
anyways, am going to see if i can bash out a few more words now
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
having a headache for nearly four days is not really a good sign is it? and this morning when i got up i had no balance, and nearly fell over in the shower three times....oh its not good...granted this morning it was seven when i got up, and that is never good, but the workshop that i went to was very good, and i did enjoy it.
at the moment i am nearly 300 words into my killer essay that is going to be the most shocking essay ever written - but hey. i just dont really know where i am taking it. at the moment i ahve done an intro saying that if we understand the nature of causality then we will be able to have the ability to predict and control behaviour, and the best way to study casaul relations is through the experimental approach...but then there are some buts that i am going to get onto...but now i am defining cauality, with a bit of philosophy, and then i will be describing the afore mentioned experimental method...and then on who knows! as you can probably tell, as i started it at 5:30pm, i am not going attempt to do this one in one long stint...will sleep on it, and hopefully have it done by friday...then on to the next
but its not a good thing to try and do when you have had a long throbbing headache. but it has to be done sometime. i thought that it could be done to de-hydration but having drunk at least 6 pints of water today, it really cant be...maybe i will just take a stronger pain killer. am having my cv checked on friday, maybe that will help me get a career sorted...and we are all stressing as our exams are in the first three days of exam fortnight, minimising our revision time....looks like i wont be having much of a christmas break this year, as a lot of the time will be spent essay writing/workbook doing/revising! let the fun begin!
take care my loves, missing you all, and i hope that you are enjoying life, or enjoying it as much as you can
xxx
at the moment i am nearly 300 words into my killer essay that is going to be the most shocking essay ever written - but hey. i just dont really know where i am taking it. at the moment i ahve done an intro saying that if we understand the nature of causality then we will be able to have the ability to predict and control behaviour, and the best way to study casaul relations is through the experimental approach...but then there are some buts that i am going to get onto...but now i am defining cauality, with a bit of philosophy, and then i will be describing the afore mentioned experimental method...and then on who knows! as you can probably tell, as i started it at 5:30pm, i am not going attempt to do this one in one long stint...will sleep on it, and hopefully have it done by friday...then on to the next
but its not a good thing to try and do when you have had a long throbbing headache. but it has to be done sometime. i thought that it could be done to de-hydration but having drunk at least 6 pints of water today, it really cant be...maybe i will just take a stronger pain killer. am having my cv checked on friday, maybe that will help me get a career sorted...and we are all stressing as our exams are in the first three days of exam fortnight, minimising our revision time....looks like i wont be having much of a christmas break this year, as a lot of the time will be spent essay writing/workbook doing/revising! let the fun begin!
take care my loves, missing you all, and i hope that you are enjoying life, or enjoying it as much as you can
xxx
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
i hate just how long writing the references at the end of an essay takes...it has just taken me an hour and a half - well i did use 20 references...but still that was ridiculous.
my week of not spending any money has started appaulingly. well i had to buy a drink, newspaper, and milk on campus...but the wine gums were not necessary, and nor were the 3 posters for five pounds (although i have been wanting If for ages, and there was a gorgeous sunset poster, and i love sun-rises and sun-sets they are beautiful). and today before my careers interview there was a jewellery sale (everything £1), and i have lost a few ear-rings recently, and so i brought three pairs...so basically have spent a tenner, and its only half way through tuesday...oh zosia.
have had a headache for three days now, that cant be a good sign, and my neck hurts, i reckon the two are connected somehow.
my research for the essay is going a bit better now which is good, i have a few ideas that i can get down on a page, but whether its 2000 words is a different matter - but having said that i will probably end up over the word-limit.
have i got news for you was very funny last night, i only got two questions on uni challenge (9 is my highest), and i had a lovely chat with our benjamin who always makes me laugh no matter how crap i am feeling.
on with the work now i am afraid
but i have an advent calendar (well two, a religious one and a chocolate one - and i know a little taste a life time on the waist - jonathan reminds me enough).
my week of not spending any money has started appaulingly. well i had to buy a drink, newspaper, and milk on campus...but the wine gums were not necessary, and nor were the 3 posters for five pounds (although i have been wanting If for ages, and there was a gorgeous sunset poster, and i love sun-rises and sun-sets they are beautiful). and today before my careers interview there was a jewellery sale (everything £1), and i have lost a few ear-rings recently, and so i brought three pairs...so basically have spent a tenner, and its only half way through tuesday...oh zosia.
have had a headache for three days now, that cant be a good sign, and my neck hurts, i reckon the two are connected somehow.
my research for the essay is going a bit better now which is good, i have a few ideas that i can get down on a page, but whether its 2000 words is a different matter - but having said that i will probably end up over the word-limit.
have i got news for you was very funny last night, i only got two questions on uni challenge (9 is my highest), and i had a lovely chat with our benjamin who always makes me laugh no matter how crap i am feeling.
on with the work now i am afraid
but i have an advent calendar (well two, a religious one and a chocolate one - and i know a little taste a life time on the waist - jonathan reminds me enough).
Monday, November 28, 2005
now as i alluded to yesterday, in the evening we walked into town to watch the live battle of the bands final, as Andy and Emily had come through the heats to make the final...and i had a really good time! andy and emily were amazing....they had to do one of their own songs, and a cover of something - they did Semisonic - Secret Smile (good song, infact brilliant song, and amazing cover by them), and their own song was called "wont go away", and they sang it better than on their cd recording of it that i have on my computer. They were brilliant...Unfortunately they didnt make the top three even though they should have....although the winners were absolutely amazing. but they have managed to pick up a few gigs from people who were there which is always good news, and the winners actually asked them to do a gig with them which is fab!
have read a few good articles this morning, but i now have a lecture that is going to happen, and i want to get a paper too.
so long - will put a photo of the performers on later, as i am on campus at the mo
have read a few good articles this morning, but i now have a lecture that is going to happen, and i want to get a paper too.
so long - will put a photo of the performers on later, as i am on campus at the mo
Sunday, November 27, 2005
after a hefty day of reading, and popping to the supermarket to avaoid cabin fever, an evening at the local was thought to be a good idea, and this also gave us a chance to meet Gareths girlfriend Laura, and get to know her a bit...as always, i took the camera as these type of trips inevitably lead to some craziness from the cloister lot to occur...and last night it was beer mat flipping, with both Jon and Andy beating the previous record of 17, and managing to flip and catch 20! amazing! now that means, that the pringle in your mouth in one go record also has to be broken again!
anyways, we got a group photo (minus Lee, as we hardly ever see Lee at the moment), and well, the other girl in the photo is the afore mentioned Laura....
So from Right to Left we have:
Dave, Adrian, Me, Jonathan, Andy, Laura and Gareth....and we are the crazy gang, at our lovely local the Johnson Arms!
Have been to church this morning, and i have been reading some more journals today which has been ok. Andy is in the final of battle of the bands tonight, so the quiz is not happening as we are giving him our support instead - thats the nice bunch of people we are.
better get back to reading about the experimental method
take care you crazy kids you
anyways, we got a group photo (minus Lee, as we hardly ever see Lee at the moment), and well, the other girl in the photo is the afore mentioned Laura....
So from Right to Left we have:
Dave, Adrian, Me, Jonathan, Andy, Laura and Gareth....and we are the crazy gang, at our lovely local the Johnson Arms!
Have been to church this morning, and i have been reading some more journals today which has been ok. Andy is in the final of battle of the bands tonight, so the quiz is not happening as we are giving him our support instead - thats the nice bunch of people we are.
better get back to reading about the experimental method
take care you crazy kids you
after a hefty day of reading, and popping to the supermarket to avaoid cabin fever, an evening at the local was thought to be a good idea, and this also gave us a chance to meet Gareths girlfriend Laura, and get to know her a bit...as always, i took the camera as these type of trips inevitably lead to some craziness from the cloister lot to occur...and last night it was beer mat flipping, with both Jon and Andy beating the previous record of 17, and managing to flip and catch 20! amazing! now that means, that the pringle in your mouth in one go record also has to be broken again!
anyways, we got a group photo (minus Lee, as we hardly ever see Lee at the moment), and well, the other girl in the photo is the afore mentioned Laura....
So from Right to Left we have:
Dave, Adrian, Me, Jonathan, Andy, Laura and Gareth....and we are the crazy gang, at our lovely local the Johnson Arms!
Have been to church this morning, and i have been reading some more journals today which has been ok. Andy is in the final of battle of the bands tonight, so the quiz is not happening as we are giving him our support instead - thats the nice bunch of people we are.
better get back to reading about the experimental method
take care you crazy kids you
anyways, we got a group photo (minus Lee, as we hardly ever see Lee at the moment), and well, the other girl in the photo is the afore mentioned Laura....
So from Right to Left we have:
Dave, Adrian, Me, Jonathan, Andy, Laura and Gareth....and we are the crazy gang, at our lovely local the Johnson Arms!
Have been to church this morning, and i have been reading some more journals today which has been ok. Andy is in the final of battle of the bands tonight, so the quiz is not happening as we are giving him our support instead - thats the nice bunch of people we are.
better get back to reading about the experimental method
take care you crazy kids you
Saturday, November 26, 2005
ahhh mini break through
with the help of Mr Hume and Mr Kant, have had a bit of a break thorugh with my essay, throw in a bit of Grounded theory, observation bias, and quasi-experimental method, and the jobs a good'un! well not really, but it might be....thats what i have been doing today anyways, and some of it seems like it may be related to the question, and i interupted jon from his Mr Gramsci essay to see if it made sense to him..it did!
ahh saturday mini-breakthrough day!
might pop round to the johnsons later...see if its got extended hours! but got to be up early for choir tomorrow morning!
have a good saturday eve to you all!
no snow here...and its north of a lot of you...
and i just had to climb out of jon's window as he and andy would not let me out...i had no shoes or socks on, its cold outside!
with the help of Mr Hume and Mr Kant, have had a bit of a break thorugh with my essay, throw in a bit of Grounded theory, observation bias, and quasi-experimental method, and the jobs a good'un! well not really, but it might be....thats what i have been doing today anyways, and some of it seems like it may be related to the question, and i interupted jon from his Mr Gramsci essay to see if it made sense to him..it did!
ahh saturday mini-breakthrough day!
might pop round to the johnsons later...see if its got extended hours! but got to be up early for choir tomorrow morning!
have a good saturday eve to you all!
no snow here...and its north of a lot of you...
and i just had to climb out of jon's window as he and andy would not let me out...i had no shoes or socks on, its cold outside!
Friday, November 25, 2005
Hurrah!
“underlying causal mechanisms
hold the key to our understanding of the world”
there we go - the essence of my essay....now i just have to relate this in relation to experimental method in psychology....and this quote - "what counts for causality depends on the context and the interests of the investigator" - but at least i have got why causality is important - yes?
well i said i would block when i had a mini break-through
no proper smile yet...but thats because this is day three, and this is all I have!
“underlying causal mechanisms
hold the key to our understanding of the world”
there we go - the essence of my essay....now i just have to relate this in relation to experimental method in psychology....and this quote - "what counts for causality depends on the context and the interests of the investigator" - but at least i have got why causality is important - yes?
well i said i would block when i had a mini break-through
no proper smile yet...but thats because this is day three, and this is all I have!
ok, so i lied on my blog yesterday....
i went home feeling very sorry for myself at 12:45...it was just so deflating not finding anything. i was mega fed up. so i tried all afternoon, and still didnt find anything either - i just hate this..and it looks like the same is going to happen today, and i just dont know if i can face it today if you know what i mean....
in the evening, i was sat a bit tearful in my bedroom, and so gareth msnd me down and we had a laugh in his bedroom putting up some posters - he couldnt put them up straight, and then we talked about a lot of crap...gareth has the ability to make me laugh so much by winding me up...i dont know how he does it...well i do...he says stuff that he knows is going to wind me up, but yesterday i was saying stuff that wound him up, and i just know to say "Gareth i am not answering any of your silly questions"...
well better continue with my fruitless research...if i find anything i will be sure to blog about it..it will be a break through i assure you...i may even crack a smile you never know
i went home feeling very sorry for myself at 12:45...it was just so deflating not finding anything. i was mega fed up. so i tried all afternoon, and still didnt find anything either - i just hate this..and it looks like the same is going to happen today, and i just dont know if i can face it today if you know what i mean....
in the evening, i was sat a bit tearful in my bedroom, and so gareth msnd me down and we had a laugh in his bedroom putting up some posters - he couldnt put them up straight, and then we talked about a lot of crap...gareth has the ability to make me laugh so much by winding me up...i dont know how he does it...well i do...he says stuff that he knows is going to wind me up, but yesterday i was saying stuff that wound him up, and i just know to say "Gareth i am not answering any of your silly questions"...
well better continue with my fruitless research...if i find anything i will be sure to blog about it..it will be a break through i assure you...i may even crack a smile you never know
Thursday, November 24, 2005
you would not believe how unbelievably deflating it is, to have been researching an essay for over 10 hours (yesterday and today), and to still have found nothing of any relevance. i am trying to do my second philosophy essay, and its a nightmare - it really is. tuesday i did an essay in a day again (still needs tweaking but 2000 words are on a page).
saturday, i did see dan when on the night out, but it wasnt as bad as i thought. i found out the reason he dumped me which is not what i thought it was, which was kindof relieving, but at the same time still gutting. but ellie and i did relationship mathematics and i won! but we chatted for ages, and after he let me rant at him for a bit, we had a laugh and a giggle, and a huge hug which was nice.
anyways, better get back to the research...i have told jon that i am not going home until i have found something, and at this rate i may be here all night!
saturday, i did see dan when on the night out, but it wasnt as bad as i thought. i found out the reason he dumped me which is not what i thought it was, which was kindof relieving, but at the same time still gutting. but ellie and i did relationship mathematics and i won! but we chatted for ages, and after he let me rant at him for a bit, we had a laugh and a giggle, and a huge hug which was nice.
anyways, better get back to the research...i have told jon that i am not going home until i have found something, and at this rate i may be here all night!
Saturday, November 19, 2005
my evening of just me was much shorter then i thought it would be, as the lads and there mates didnt go out until after 11, and they wouldnt let me leave before they did...but i still manged to watch robin hood even though i was knackered and did some of the thinking that i wanted to do. tonight is the big night out as lots of people have mates up, and there is a birthday in the pgce lot as well...i hope that i dont see dan out tonight as i think that might put a wee bit of a dampner on what i am hoping is going to be a good night, after me week of work. its my weekend of work too, but i am going over notes of the module i dont understand, as the lecturer is taking me for coffee to go over the concepts that i am too thick to get.
anyways, back to validity...oh the joy
oh and if anyone texts me at night i wont reply cos i have my phone on silent, and when i am snug in bed i dont really want to invite people into my room for chats....unless i am already a wake, and at four in the morning, i try to be asleep.
anyways, back to validity...oh the joy
oh and if anyone texts me at night i wont reply cos i have my phone on silent, and when i am snug in bed i dont really want to invite people into my room for chats....unless i am already a wake, and at four in the morning, i try to be asleep.
Friday, November 18, 2005
just to say 5/180 credits are now handed in! not much left to go then really is there?
burnt my throat on soup last night - its very horrid for me to swallow, am going to ask the doctor this afternoon what the best thing to do is.
researching for essay as have just spent three hours doing my homework, have a few calculations left to do, and a graph to draw.
me time later, mush needed. one of the lads is away this weekend which is annoying as i chat to him loads, but then the others are here so that will be good.
week of work is nearly done, good cos i am knackered
burnt my throat on soup last night - its very horrid for me to swallow, am going to ask the doctor this afternoon what the best thing to do is.
researching for essay as have just spent three hours doing my homework, have a few calculations left to do, and a graph to draw.
me time later, mush needed. one of the lads is away this weekend which is annoying as i chat to him loads, but then the others are here so that will be good.
week of work is nearly done, good cos i am knackered
Thursday, November 17, 2005
my week of work has been very productive - i have one day left, and i hope it goes as well. today was the latest that i have ever left campus, at just before 7, but i was wanting to make sure that my essay was as good as i could make it before i give it in
Just chatted with Gareth about a number of things that have happened recently, and basically i have been told i am not allowed to sit in my room miserable and alone anymore...i have to go to his. and he has just given me a treat for tomorrow evening - its the ultimate treat - its the Disney version of Robin Hood to watch when i have my me time tomorrow evening - i just cant wait!
essay in tomorrow, and then doctors too, with my day of work inbetween of course!
Just chatted with Gareth about a number of things that have happened recently, and basically i have been told i am not allowed to sit in my room miserable and alone anymore...i have to go to his. and he has just given me a treat for tomorrow evening - its the ultimate treat - its the Disney version of Robin Hood to watch when i have my me time tomorrow evening - i just cant wait!
essay in tomorrow, and then doctors too, with my day of work inbetween of course!
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
well....
after the events of friday night, i worked hard all saturday, (well i watched the second half of the football, whilst getting wound up by Gareth). Anyways, in the evening, i was just going to go to the cinema with Jon, but gareth and adrian invited us to a critical theory flat party, and to Albion House we went. it was a good evening, i did the required amount of mingling, and both gareth and jon found out that i was ticklish.
The last time Gareth invites me to a Jon and i take tickling very seriously
crtical theory party
now albion house is right next door to sainsburys, and on the way out, jon and gareth found a trolley - and students and trolley - you can guess what happened!
Jon and Gareth and trolley Ok, so i pushed the trolley as well
then they found a huge pile of leaves. Gareth, in touch with his nature decided to dive in them, and then tried to get me to...i said no, but it seemed like i had no choice - i was rugby tackled into them (i put up a good fight first), and then was completely smothered in leaves by jon and gareth.
Even had a slug on the face - Gareth oh dear...leaves everywhere....
moved it for me
gareth and i had a long chat whilst in the leaves, and ended up crying to him about all my problems...he and jon were very sweet, and held my hand and hugged me the rest of the eway home
sunday - worked
monday - lecture and worked, and then uni challenge, where i got a surprising number of questions right
today - worked
oh - this week is my week of work, not going out till saturday!
have fun all of you....i am going to cook tea and try and ring our benjamin
after the events of friday night, i worked hard all saturday, (well i watched the second half of the football, whilst getting wound up by Gareth). Anyways, in the evening, i was just going to go to the cinema with Jon, but gareth and adrian invited us to a critical theory flat party, and to Albion House we went. it was a good evening, i did the required amount of mingling, and both gareth and jon found out that i was ticklish.
The last time Gareth invites me to a Jon and i take tickling very seriously
crtical theory party
now albion house is right next door to sainsburys, and on the way out, jon and gareth found a trolley - and students and trolley - you can guess what happened!
Jon and Gareth and trolley Ok, so i pushed the trolley as well
then they found a huge pile of leaves. Gareth, in touch with his nature decided to dive in them, and then tried to get me to...i said no, but it seemed like i had no choice - i was rugby tackled into them (i put up a good fight first), and then was completely smothered in leaves by jon and gareth.
Even had a slug on the face - Gareth oh dear...leaves everywhere....
moved it for me
gareth and i had a long chat whilst in the leaves, and ended up crying to him about all my problems...he and jon were very sweet, and held my hand and hugged me the rest of the eway home
sunday - worked
monday - lecture and worked, and then uni challenge, where i got a surprising number of questions right
today - worked
oh - this week is my week of work, not going out till saturday!
have fun all of you....i am going to cook tea and try and ring our benjamin
Saturday, November 12, 2005
so the last few days have just flown past.
thursday i did an essay in a day...its for a months time, so i can tweak it - as it does need tweaking, but the basis of an essay is there! I finished it at 9:30 in the evening. also on that day i raided andys cd collection, and found that he had all three matchbox 20 albums which was fab, cos i copied them onto my compueter, and they are just so good to listen to (ben i suggest them for you).
yesterday i had a group meeting about the essay wrote - everyone is on the same lines which is good, and then i started researching for my next essay - the psychological contract, then i had a panic attack so i told my tutor who is lovely, and she is going to talk to my lecturers about things for me. and then i got books out to do my homework (yep we were set homework)
i was doing said homework in the evening, until jon came up at 9:15 - told me to stop - and we went to spar to buy cider, and sat in flat two (neither jon or my flat - its adrians, gareths daves and anmars flat), and watched great friday night telly! then had a deep and meaningful chat about stuff, and then came up with the genius idea of swapping the kitchen around (only with the stuff we knew belonged to dave, gareth and adrian though). so we swapped their food cupboards, we moved the microwave, hid all the cuttlery, turned the table upside down, put the newspapers in the freezer, along with the collander, put the washing powder on the outside window ledge, and put the washing up liquid in the fridge, and turned the posters upside down, and put frying pans and kettles in the washing machine, and mugs in the grill, and oven! bloody brilliant. havnt seen them yet today, am waiting for my partner in crime before i venture to the flat.
have finished my homework this morning, and have read a really good journal about the psychological contract, whilct listening to fab music!
good luck for unite guys, will be thinking of you
x
thursday i did an essay in a day...its for a months time, so i can tweak it - as it does need tweaking, but the basis of an essay is there! I finished it at 9:30 in the evening. also on that day i raided andys cd collection, and found that he had all three matchbox 20 albums which was fab, cos i copied them onto my compueter, and they are just so good to listen to (ben i suggest them for you).
yesterday i had a group meeting about the essay wrote - everyone is on the same lines which is good, and then i started researching for my next essay - the psychological contract, then i had a panic attack so i told my tutor who is lovely, and she is going to talk to my lecturers about things for me. and then i got books out to do my homework (yep we were set homework)
i was doing said homework in the evening, until jon came up at 9:15 - told me to stop - and we went to spar to buy cider, and sat in flat two (neither jon or my flat - its adrians, gareths daves and anmars flat), and watched great friday night telly! then had a deep and meaningful chat about stuff, and then came up with the genius idea of swapping the kitchen around (only with the stuff we knew belonged to dave, gareth and adrian though). so we swapped their food cupboards, we moved the microwave, hid all the cuttlery, turned the table upside down, put the newspapers in the freezer, along with the collander, put the washing powder on the outside window ledge, and put the washing up liquid in the fridge, and turned the posters upside down, and put frying pans and kettles in the washing machine, and mugs in the grill, and oven! bloody brilliant. havnt seen them yet today, am waiting for my partner in crime before i venture to the flat.
have finished my homework this morning, and have read a really good journal about the psychological contract, whilct listening to fab music!
good luck for unite guys, will be thinking of you
x
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
yesterday i worked for seven and a half hours in the library - and on the way home i got really wet...it rained so much....and i did more work when i got in, and in the evening i feel asleep whilst reading, to wake up surrounded by all my journals, and finally i crawled into bed, as i had a nine this morning to get to.
anyways, am gutted as my mini disc doesnt appear to be working this minute - i dont know why, and andy doesnt know why either..hmm its an annoyance cos i have to have music when on campus to keep me occupied whilst working...at the moment i am doing a detailed essay plan so i can get writing on whether goal setting theory is a complete theory of work motivation (it isnt is the simple answer, but why....you really dont want to know). having been given three more essays this week, it brings my total to seven...having already done one that six to go! bring it on, an essay a week it looks like, not even thinking about revision!
anyways, i thought that i would put some photos of the people i keep on talking about so you know who they are for future referenc
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this is me and andy at a quiz we won! andy got me chocolates when i was down, fixes my computer, cooks good stir fry and plays and sings in a band.
This is jon(athan) and i - jon is my style guru and is the quiz genius, and is very good at looking after me! he also is the man to go to when you need an appropriate quote, and makes me laugh, and came to walk me home when i was dumped - could i ask for anything more?
This is me and Adrian at the post-grad party - adrian is a very good cook, and also often goes Hey in a cool jazz club kindof way - love it!
this is me and Gareth, and teeth. gareth is great, he has longish hair, hes a vegan, uses insence, and has the best irish accent ever. i have good long chats with him - he is second in my styling to jon, and gives bloody good hugs when i need them.
This is me and Dave - Dave was a doctor, and so has answered many of my medical queeries. dave also gives me peppermint tea, sometimes drives me to Sainsburys and gives us all a fatherly figure. we love dave.
i do have girlfriends too i have to say, but these are the people in my block i hang with most often. my flat mates are lovely, but i dont have pictures of them, and i do have some course mates but i will put their photos up soon, so i dont overload this post with photos!
so, now you can put faces to names. now i was going to leave my essay to the weekend, but i do think that i am going to start it tomorrow, so i can start researching the next one at the weekend..no rest!
anyways, am gutted as my mini disc doesnt appear to be working this minute - i dont know why, and andy doesnt know why either..hmm its an annoyance cos i have to have music when on campus to keep me occupied whilst working...at the moment i am doing a detailed essay plan so i can get writing on whether goal setting theory is a complete theory of work motivation (it isnt is the simple answer, but why....you really dont want to know). having been given three more essays this week, it brings my total to seven...having already done one that six to go! bring it on, an essay a week it looks like, not even thinking about revision!
anyways, i thought that i would put some photos of the people i keep on talking about so you know who they are for future referenc
e:this is me and andy at a quiz we won! andy got me chocolates when i was down, fixes my computer, cooks good stir fry and plays and sings in a band.
This is jon(athan) and i - jon is my style guru and is the quiz genius, and is very good at looking after me! he also is the man to go to when you need an appropriate quote, and makes me laugh, and came to walk me home when i was dumped - could i ask for anything more?
This is me and Adrian at the post-grad party - adrian is a very good cook, and also often goes Hey in a cool jazz club kindof way - love it!
this is me and Gareth, and teeth. gareth is great, he has longish hair, hes a vegan, uses insence, and has the best irish accent ever. i have good long chats with him - he is second in my styling to jon, and gives bloody good hugs when i need them.
This is me and Dave - Dave was a doctor, and so has answered many of my medical queeries. dave also gives me peppermint tea, sometimes drives me to Sainsburys and gives us all a fatherly figure. we love dave.
i do have girlfriends too i have to say, but these are the people in my block i hang with most often. my flat mates are lovely, but i dont have pictures of them, and i do have some course mates but i will put their photos up soon, so i dont overload this post with photos!
so, now you can put faces to names. now i was going to leave my essay to the weekend, but i do think that i am going to start it tomorrow, so i can start researching the next one at the weekend..no rest!
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
well, i have been reading non-stop recently. friday evening i did some work, before it was time to go for a quick pint in the Johsons our local 30 seconds away. gareth, adrian, andy, jon and dave were on top form with their jokes today, and after i had tea in falt two, and then said goodnight - it was time for sleep.
saturday i read journal articles for a large proportion of the day,a nd did my washing (it was getting bad), and then went into the country for a drive with dave, jon and gareth, and saw Ken Clarke in Sainsburys! got home and did some more work, before watching the firework display from my room. i had a pants tea of a fried egg and a carrot, and the gareth and jon chose my outfit for the night (big girls). andy had mates up so we were having a night in town - at one point it was nine men and me - proportions zosia likes! but then we bumped into the occ psych girls which was good (well they hunted us down).
sunday - i went to mass which was really nice - it was the international mass! i then read journals all afternoon, and it was the pub quiz in the eveningl - we were one point down from the winners this week, and i am afraid that it was my fault - i made a huge mistake that the lads wont let me forget for a long time. had a good chat with gareth on the way home, and he gave me a huge hug before i went to bed
yesterday, i was up for a study group, started a new really interesting module - which i was really into, then worked in the library till 6:40...and so got home late..but even if i leave capmus at 5 now, it will be dark, so i have to walk home in the dark anyways, but nottingham is not as dangerous as people make it out to be
now, essay research...have a self managed learning group about it this week
saturday i read journal articles for a large proportion of the day,a nd did my washing (it was getting bad), and then went into the country for a drive with dave, jon and gareth, and saw Ken Clarke in Sainsburys! got home and did some more work, before watching the firework display from my room. i had a pants tea of a fried egg and a carrot, and the gareth and jon chose my outfit for the night (big girls). andy had mates up so we were having a night in town - at one point it was nine men and me - proportions zosia likes! but then we bumped into the occ psych girls which was good (well they hunted us down).
sunday - i went to mass which was really nice - it was the international mass! i then read journals all afternoon, and it was the pub quiz in the eveningl - we were one point down from the winners this week, and i am afraid that it was my fault - i made a huge mistake that the lads wont let me forget for a long time. had a good chat with gareth on the way home, and he gave me a huge hug before i went to bed
yesterday, i was up for a study group, started a new really interesting module - which i was really into, then worked in the library till 6:40...and so got home late..but even if i leave capmus at 5 now, it will be dark, so i have to walk home in the dark anyways, but nottingham is not as dangerous as people make it out to be
now, essay research...have a self managed learning group about it this week
Friday, November 04, 2005
hello blog
well have been living in the library again this week. either doing extra reading for modules, or essay research - ibut its ok, cos i am enjoying it/ had a meeting with the girls this morn, as three of us are doing the same essay, so we were bouncing ideas off each other and stuff - there is so much info out there, getting it into 2000 words is tricky! but hey, at least i have some interest in this topic, and i can see how it is relevant to organisations.
saw the lecturer about the other one, and went through my main ideas with him, and he said it was one of tehe best plans that he has heard, so i was pleased with that. have been to counselling and student support this week - outcome varried.
am off to have my lunch, have worked for four hours soli, and 1 and a bit hours before i came to campus - my carrot is crying to be eaten.
have a good weekend, and remember that fireworks are dangerous if not lit by a responsible adult...have fun in ottery you crazy kids you!
well have been living in the library again this week. either doing extra reading for modules, or essay research - ibut its ok, cos i am enjoying it/ had a meeting with the girls this morn, as three of us are doing the same essay, so we were bouncing ideas off each other and stuff - there is so much info out there, getting it into 2000 words is tricky! but hey, at least i have some interest in this topic, and i can see how it is relevant to organisations.
saw the lecturer about the other one, and went through my main ideas with him, and he said it was one of tehe best plans that he has heard, so i was pleased with that. have been to counselling and student support this week - outcome varried.
am off to have my lunch, have worked for four hours soli, and 1 and a bit hours before i came to campus - my carrot is crying to be eaten.
have a good weekend, and remember that fireworks are dangerous if not lit by a responsible adult...have fun in ottery you crazy kids you!
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