Sunday, 2 December 2007
generation slack
ok i have been doing plenty for the last month and a bit but just didn't write a damn thing. Will post a big update after my exam this Tuesday...
Monday, 22 October 2007
ben nevis
Full photo set here
PS What's a Munro you ask? Good question. Some guy arbitrarily decided to name everything over 3000ft after himself and now it is a big deal to go and tick off munros as you walk them. Four down, 280 to go....
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
Saturday, 13 October 2007
ringlight
Last night had a bit of a tinker with a Ringlight you make on your laptop screen. A cake cooler sits my camera in the middle of the circle and you can take these great photos with little halos in the subject's eyes, easier to see in the bigger versions if you click below. I'll take some more and lose the white floral shirt ;)







you know this boogie is for real

This morning something more manly with a 2-1 win in the soccer. These guys had proper matching kit and all so we must be good. Plus a chance to practice my scottish. The ump asked me, "Can yeh geh n teel Chris Thomas, yeh ken Chris Thomas? so geh n teel Chris tha Tommy hanna turnd [insert lots of scottish]... Arthur's feet" This i dutifully relayed, "the ump says something about arthur's feet??". This was sufficient for Chris and everything was fine, but it made me realise i need to spend more time in suburban pubs at the bottom of a pint glass, listening to locals and refining my accent.
Sunday, 7 October 2007
procrastination
Working backwards, yesterday was the first interfaculty football/soccer match which was played with a particularly fine hangover. The other team arrived only 2min before kickoff with no subs, so they were going to either be casually brilliant or simply casual. Turns out the latter and we whupped them 8-1, those mugs. Last night a brief (and never to be repeated) glance into the themed Frankensteins pub in the city. A whole 3 floors senselessly devoted to Mary Shelley's monster with a climax at midnight where an animatronic frankenstein in a coffin is suspended near the ceiling and he sits up and says something spooky, or maybe tells you all to buy more drinks. I'm not sure cause we didn't last that long, but the subsequent house party we semi-crashed was much better.
Friday night was a french feast for a group of us, cooked at my place by a mate. Lots of dub, lots of tasty food, lots of wine and one goodbye for a friend who's heading overseas for 3 months, wish you well Nell!
Now a dreary 3 days of assignments as the magic elves must have missed my place over the weekend and they're still undone... those little bastards...
PS pic is me on arthur's seat on my birthday last tues
Tuesday, 2 October 2007
Go Lockie it's your birthday, gonna party like it's your birthday...
Yesterday Bill turned up via Iceland which sounds like a really fun place if a little pricey. It is definately an option if I tick of all the other countries in the next 12 months? So today we could cruise around on my birthday in the incredible sunshine. Easily the warmest and sunniest day since I arrived and I take back all my chat about cold Edinburgh weather (until the next batch). Up Arthur's Seat in the morning, then convinced Bill he needed to eat haggis (sucker) while we sat in the sun and drank whisky. More sun in the park (me, obsessed? no!), dinner and far too much spanish wine at a tapas restaurant, then a surprise birthday cake and bottle of whisky followed by a few quiet ones at a local as I try and shake a cold I must have picked up from the unwashed masses. I am genuinely spoilt to have such a fine day.
PS: thanks to all for the birthday sms and wall posts and emails!
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