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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.