Back from the dead...

Well, not 'the dead' as such. Just busy nothings.

Right. So. Yes. I'm back. I think. At least I think I am.

I realise that this is my first post in quite while, and it's also the first post outside of the '30 day' thing. I'll be updating this just as infrequently as the last one, so don't hold your breath, people, or you'll die of suffocation.

So, I suppose I'd better fill you in on all the crap I've been doing since I last posted.

Well, I'm all moved back to Twickenham now, living in a house about 25 minutes away from the Uni (I realise that if you have no idea where the Uni is, you'll have no idea how far away my house is, but I thought I'd give you a bit of context anyway) and am living with 3 of my mates, Woosie, Martin and Greg. Legends in their own right. Even if Woosie's room is a complete tip (sorry mate, lol) Loving it, though. It's fantastic. Except for the bit where we have to pay bills or rent. That bit's shit. Cooking for ourselves is great fun, too. I know the typical perception of student cuisine is 'beans on toast' or 'microwave noodles' or the timeless 'takeaway' but so far, we've been pretty darn nifty in the kitchen. Spaghetti bolognese, fish fingers and mash, steak dinners, carbonara or even just a baked potato; I think we've done pretty good. Who needs the ref, eh? ;D

Year 2 Drama is shaping up nicely. Some of the classes have been very physically challenging thus far (I'm looking at you, Paul Woodward) and I'm completely loving it. We've 'performed' the Othello Rap with Patsy, and watched Etré et Avoir in Mark's classes. So far so good. It all looks very daunting from this side of Christmas, but I'm sure it will be a brilliant semester, even if it might be a bit of a slog. But hey, you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs, right?

Reading! So much reading to do! Like, seriously. Mahoosive amounts. Didn't quite manage to read everything off the summer reading list, but I managed to read a few of the main ones off. My bookshelf is very full this year. And they all relate to my course, too. Except the Doctor Who or Jeremy Clarkson ones. They're just to nurture my inner geek :D

I can say enough how brilliant it is to back and busy again. Even if I do miss a 4-month summer, waking up at stupid-o-clock and just chilling back at festivals or down a pub, It's good to have a sense of direction again. Totally didn't have one over the summer. Well, very little of one.

Oh, and I've finally buckled; I got an iPhone 4. Yes, it's hypocritical and it's ironic. I do have my gripe with Apple, and definitely still have it, but, for me the iPhone was the lesser of 3 evils. My decisions was between either an iPhone, a HTC or a Blackberry. Blackberry; too fiddly for my liking. HTC; good, wide support and functionality, but found that unless I fancied paying about £50 pm, I wasn't going to get a properly decent handset and the touchscreen is sometimes sluggish and some were no where near as precise as the iPhone's. iPhone, however, unless jailbroken, is grabbed by the nuts constantly by Apple. Their DRM policies are ridiculous. Ringtones are stupidly difficult to set. iAd is the worst thing to come out of Apple since the Magic Mouse. And there's the supposed aerial trouble: unfortunately, my handset isn't affected by it. Aww shucks, I was looking forward to complaining to Apple about that. Ah well. All in all, these are a few prices to pay for such a functional, solid, high quality device. Even if I have sold out my morals a bit, lol. So there.

So, there you are, people. That's what's been happening in a nutshell. Sorry if you thought it was drab or bored you. If you do, I advise you to kindly fuck off.

Cheers then!

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