I should really be packing.This Academic year is at its end and I'd decided that once the farewell barbeque was out of the way I might as well travel back to my spiritual point of origin. However, since no relative of mine lives in the house I grew up in anymore, I pretty much revolve... Continue Reading →

To paraphrase that old children's song: The sun has got his hat on, hip hip hip hooray, now everyone can start complaining that it's too fucking hot rather than too fucking cold. I've used this time of yellow daylight, as opposed to grey daylight, to wear cooler clothing, stand outdoors and gaze at bees and... Continue Reading →

Now I'm not one to toot my own horn, particularly. On that note, "tooting" one's own horn just doesn't sound right to me. If anything, horns "honk" rather than "toot". To say that horns "toot" is like saying serial killers just like playing "Morgue". Gotten away from myself again. I don't honk very often, but... Continue Reading →

My current sleeping pattern is refusing to subside. Okay, I know, as a student it's perfectly normal for me to stay up late enough that I just about see the sun coming up and wake up late enough to see it disappear. But I'm not normal. Actually, on that note, what is normal? I see... Continue Reading →

Now that this year's University assignments are all completed and the fact that I currently lack a job or other regular engagement means that I've stayed indoors for large portions of the day recently. It's not all bad: I've caught up on a couple of books I've been meaning to read, played videos games I've... Continue Reading →

Every generation has a certain group they're afraid of. As children, we fear authoritative teachers. As elderly folk, we'll be wary of unruly teenage boys in tracksuits, congregating on street corners and getting through countless bottles of White Lightning. As for now though I'm afraid, nay, absolutely terrified of a completely different group of people.... Continue Reading →

I hate getting my hair cut. It means I have to describe to the lady with the sharp implements and the "whaddayouwant?" attitude what I'd like my hair to look like in its prospective shorter state, and I'm terrible with foresight. Many times I've undergone this ritual and come out the other side looking like... Continue Reading →

In the last week alone I've eaten more McDonald's cheeseburgers than I have done over the last decade. Four. I blame influencial students and close proximity to fast food outlets. But enough of that.I was able to go outside yesterday in short sleeves and without the need for some kind of thermal hooded jacket for... Continue Reading →

About a year ago, students at my University complained about how the student support services did too little to support students. This year, I'd say they're doing far too much.It's around this time of year, students who pretend to care about the way things are run in order to gain popularity amongst their fellow kin... Continue Reading →

I've been sat here looking at a blank screen for half an hour now, trying to think of some kind of topic to do moaning about. Well, actually, that's a lie. If truth be told I've ended up writing a sentence, realising it wouldn't go anywhere, erasing it, writing another sentence, realising it wouldn't go... Continue Reading →