Essays. This is why I dislike academic pursuits. I spent £73.97 on 3 books the other day, good all rounders mind you but still that stung the pockets a wee bit. Add to that the 10 books I got from the library, the 3 other course books I have here, plus the printouts, journals, and drafts of essays and you will realise that my Living room resembles Paper Mountain. Think Brokeback Mountain, its a lonley far away place where you are abandoned for much time with one significant other but much less sexin' than was in the film.
1.5 essays down, 2.5 to go. I have nubs for fingers. Had meeting with tutor to look over what I've done so far, she say they is good. Wee bit of tinkering on one, but nothing major and the other two should be fairly straightforward.
Next week is the feeding each other class. Oh. Oh dear.
Money: I hate money. Thats a lie, I love money its bills I don't like. Pauls on his final warning re electricity, as the leccy bill came in this morning and a quarter has just stung us for £232 shitty pence. Thats a grand a year in leccy if he doesn't reign in the 6 PC's he seems to need constantly running.
I know that I have inherited my mothers frugal gene, whilst he has inherited the live for today gene. Likewise I know that I'm frugal to the point of absurdity just now. Dinner for two nights running has been fried tinned potatoes, sausage and beans. Think poor hot pot, but the stuff needed used and I am NOT phoning for takeaways.
And then I find out that he's bought me a notebook for uni. I think notebook? But I have a notebook. Okay I'm nearly finished it, but I bought smart price pads at Asda last week for such an occasion, but its nice he thinks of me. Maybe its a "dear" £3 number from WH Smith (seriously folks my exitement bar is set low these days). Then he explains that no, its an electronic notebook like a laptop. Its dead good and only costs what I paid in electricity.
Oh fucksticks Paul, when will you learn?
Friday, 28 March 2008
Sunday, 23 March 2008
For those of you who are interested
Monday, 17 March 2008
Your money or your life. . .
so hatchet faced pirate Heather Mills got £24.3 Million (I called her a pirate cause she robs but not because she has a peg leg and am insulted you even inferred that).
All I can say is she must have been a pure ride because that's surely the most expensive shag Paul McCartney's ever had.
In other news, you never call, you never write, you never comment. I am officially in the huff.
All I can say is she must have been a pure ride because that's surely the most expensive shag Paul McCartney's ever had.
In other news, you never call, you never write, you never comment. I am officially in the huff.
Thursday, 6 March 2008
Extra! Extra! read all about it.
This is going to be a long one so I have numbered it in sections.
1. Jake, the pigeon, has flown away. His tail grew in again, and he was released into the wilds of Govan. Jake (or as he became known in later days "That shitey arsed rat bastard") flew away at the weekend. Good job.
2. I got told to shut up in class because I said that a 40% grading to pass the degree was not only devaluing the degree itself, but introducing an attitude of acheiving the bare minimum to scrape by. So someone shouted shut up at the back of my head. I resisted the temptation to shout back "Naw! You shut it!" and instead said that it was disappointing that the person didn't feel the could articulate in sentences what they felt was wrong with my viewpoint. Lecturer asked said person to stay behind. I then got an apology after class saying it wasn't me they were shouting at they were asking the back to be quiet. I said, "I'm not meaning to sound dismissive, and I apologise if I do, but I really dont care. I'm not here to make friends, and if you were shouting at me, which I appreciate you say you weren't, then fine, fair enough, but some constructive argument would have been appreciated more,anyway funnily enough I couldn't hear a peep from the back of the class which was the only reason I heard you quite so clearly"
3. We have decided NOT to move house at the moment. Waiting til I qualify.
4. I have a mass of essays (4) to complete by May. Trying to get started on them now.
5. Learned about care of the Alzheimers patient today. Horrible progressive illness that it is.
And thats it. I'm sure that there was more but I've forgotten. I'll try and remember and update asap.
1. Jake, the pigeon, has flown away. His tail grew in again, and he was released into the wilds of Govan. Jake (or as he became known in later days "That shitey arsed rat bastard") flew away at the weekend. Good job.
2. I got told to shut up in class because I said that a 40% grading to pass the degree was not only devaluing the degree itself, but introducing an attitude of acheiving the bare minimum to scrape by. So someone shouted shut up at the back of my head. I resisted the temptation to shout back "Naw! You shut it!" and instead said that it was disappointing that the person didn't feel the could articulate in sentences what they felt was wrong with my viewpoint. Lecturer asked said person to stay behind. I then got an apology after class saying it wasn't me they were shouting at they were asking the back to be quiet. I said, "I'm not meaning to sound dismissive, and I apologise if I do, but I really dont care. I'm not here to make friends, and if you were shouting at me, which I appreciate you say you weren't, then fine, fair enough, but some constructive argument would have been appreciated more,anyway funnily enough I couldn't hear a peep from the back of the class which was the only reason I heard you quite so clearly"
3. We have decided NOT to move house at the moment. Waiting til I qualify.
4. I have a mass of essays (4) to complete by May. Trying to get started on them now.
5. Learned about care of the Alzheimers patient today. Horrible progressive illness that it is.
And thats it. I'm sure that there was more but I've forgotten. I'll try and remember and update asap.
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