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Year 2 Theory Options

The allocations have been released for theory options next year. I think I go all my first choices. I can't be too sure, they all looked very tempting so I tried to make the best decision and didn't get too attached to anything. There are three subject areas and you sit one topic in each area. I've been given:

Non-Linear Narratives in Audiences
Authorship & Commodity in Issues
Censorship and Resistance in Texts

The complete set looks like this: -

Tintagel and HD Loss

Back from I my break in Tintagel I decided to see if I could tune up my machine a little bit, I'm now saddened by the gap on my desktop where there used to be two hard drive icons. I'm down two hard drives. I have one remaining! On the bright side I got an email from Lisa with some nice pictures from the trip. One of witch formed the base for my new poncey prick MSN icon.

Have a look on my Flickr for the camping trip photos, also Flickr have now kindly allowed my to have a sensible URL to point people to. I think the old one with the attributed set of characters and numbers still works but http://www.flickr.com/photos/privatenobby/ I can remember off by heart.
There should also be a load of photos from the camping trip on my mum's lomohome as soon as she gets the films developed. But go look at it anyway because the picture there are always pleasurable.

Tintagel Camp #4

We went to the beach, it was quite cold in the sea. It was Grace's first time in the sea.

After coming back from the sea we got food from the chippy, there were lots of crows or rooks or whatever up on the buildings by the chippy.

The evening we spent sitting around the barbecue drinking again.
I'm writing this in the car on the way back now. Just after stopping at an inn somewhere for a bit of a rest where I had a cream tea and mum took some pictures of ducks.


So summarising things, it has been another happy fun camping trip as camping trips with the family folk are. I got to know Chris a bit more which was good because on previous occasions of meeting him he always seemed to be 'a bit out of it' and very quiet.
He is a media convention defying man in that he is very intelligent and quick of wit and at the same time enough over six foot tank of a man.
And little baby Grace is incredibly cute. I don't say that because I'm a biased ladyboy either. Usually babies are just babies, but Grace is fantastic in how much she doesn't cry and whinge and stuff. The whole camping trip I never saw her miserable. It's brilliant also how, with this child, if she starts to get unhappy you can distract her from her sadness simply by clapping, she will immediately forget everything and joyfully respond by clapping back.

Tintagel Camp #3

The day has been good so far. Since writing today's earlier post we have been into Tintagel. We had a good look around the shops (a few people bought a few things). We had a nice pub lunch.

In the pub toilets Peter found something 'exciting' that he had to bring to show us all.

Chris and I took the walk up to the castle, Chris was not impressed with the castle that he got for his £3.90 as it was just some stones on the clifftops.

We are now about to go to a beach for a swim, but I think Mum & Pete are going to stay here.

Tintagel Camp #2

It's now our second day in Tintagel. After arriving at about three/fourish yesterday we did not much but eat and drink.
'We' in this situation is: myself, mother, Peter, Lisa, Chris and their baby Grace.
The enlightening snippet from last night was a product of the atmosphere that was aided in it's creation by much alcohol.
We had our nice new £15 barbecue from Halfords on the go last night.

After cooking, it served well as a camping safe source of heat.

What Life Is Really All About

MR PETE: Don't worry about chicks and dicks, life isn't all about that.

ME: What is life all about Mr Pete?

MR PETE: Computers of course!

ME: Oh yeah, silly me.

Stupid Celfest

Stupid, Stupid, Stupid.

I uploaded the Celfest Trailer but I can't view it because it forces the use of Windows Media Player for some reason. And WMP on the Mac is weak and pathetic.
So you can probably watch it, and I can't.

Celfest Trailer >>> Watch it!

Untouchable Speed

Raw Data:

If you're just dying to see the raw data used to calculate your download speed, here it is:

* download start time: 1120784065537
* download end time: 1120784067272
* download time: 1.735
* download size in thousands of bytes: 500
* estimated line speed (K bits per second): 2351.6
* estimated line speed (K bytes per second): 288.2



Now if only it didn't dissapear everytime I tried to download something. It would also be helpful if my computer didn't freeze all the time too.

Uni YR1 Completed with ERRORS: See Essays

This is probably going to be a long post, so I ask you now to forgive me for any repetitive strain injury you may incur from scrolling, that is if you even bother to read it all.
The massive lack of recent posts I'm blaming on the messy move from my Uni accommodation in The Student Village. Pete's car broke down and ended up needed to be repaired in the south of England (I'm typing now from my bedroom in Barry, Wales). This was back on the 24th June. That day I came home anyway, we all travelled by train leaving the car and all my stuff in England. It wasn't then until 1st July that we went down with a hired van to pick up my things (including computer). We still do not have a car here. It was only this morning that I was woken by a phone call telling me (dazed and confused as Mr. Oddy) what they needed to do to fix the car.
Then there are problems with the internet now. I believe that the wireless adaptor I'm using is somehow corrupting my machine, there has been too many problems with my machine since getting it home and it must have something to do with this silly internet business, absolutely nothing to do with the mess I keep my machine in.
Anyway, that block of text is so large I feel a picture is needed about here.

That's another thing that I found when sorting out my room to leave. It's something done by Sarah that I intended to scan before I went to uni, but have only got around to it today.
Other things that I wanted to put up here include a link to some music I came across and really liked. Here it is. It was the best that came up from that site when I did a search for "funk metal".
Another thing is some flash files that aren't particularly entertaining and you've probably seen them before but they're of some interest. There's the 9/11 pentagon thing and another more arty piece that I quite enjoyed.
There was also the Dance Dance Revolution videos, especially this one (SportsWorld DDR Tech and Freestyle Tournament 2nd Place).
That's about all I can remember for now. There was also some writing I found trying to tidy my bedroom in Barry that I wrote while drunk on a train journey that I want to type up and post here. But that'll have to come later.