I just tidied up, shut the computer off, and went and sat down in the living room and said 'arent you watching Jool Holland'.... Mum goes 'On a Monday'..... I tried to argue the case that it was Tuesday... it didnt work though

Nice try Soph!

Well... I had to get my case across
Mum and my sister were having none of it though

Almost two hours ago I told someone I was going to log off to do some practice. So why am I still here??

Well done for your 10,000+ posts, Barry!

I'm only a figment of my imagination...WHAT???????!!!!!!!

Is it wrong of me to be thinking of eating some chocolate cake?

Absolutely not!

NEVER!

Certainly not! I hope it's chocolate cake with sticky stuff through the middle or on the top - that's the best kind!!

It would be even better to actually eat it rather than think about it!

absolutely right Barry... don't think... go for it
and while you are about it send me some please

tea, coffee, hot choc or wine (the sun is over the yard-arm) to go with it?

take that as a 'no' or an 'undecided'
but the coffee is a bit cold now, and the tea a bit stewed....

Where are the 10,002 posts the administrator has allegedly made?

Here

Ah yes Rosemary. I counted them.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 10,002.

How long did that take you, I wonder?

Signor Dante_in_C is relining the garden pond. We thought we'd lost all our fish to a heron earlier in the year.

But...

We have three medium-sized fish, one titchy fish, and two newts.

Sleepy.

Thinking: 4 exams in a week - argh

Will they all be over then, Nicki? You'll feel so much better when you come out the other side! Hang on in there - not long to go.

New symbols keep appearing on my mobile phone. Then a few days later, they disappear again.

Pity there's no post on bank holidays...

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They finish on Friday. Thank goodness.

Every day is the same now. Work, go to bed shattered but can't sleep.

Good luck - I'm sure you'll do well.

I remember exams at Durham! Do the results still get posted on Palace Green??

Yes, good luck Nicki and to everyone else who is sitting exams at the mo.


Don't forget to afterwards!



Ambs
x

awww
just hope it all goes well Nicki.
best wishes for all of them. Speak soon

"beforehand" an interesting word.

Good Luck Nicki

Good luck Nicki!

and everyone else doing exams.

Um, well they definitely get posted online, I don't know whether they go on PG as well (*shudders at the image of her doing badly and everyone knowing*)



Thankies! I will do. I am going home after my last exam and have got some nice things lined up for afterwards.


Thankyou


Thanks Soph, and to you!


Thankyou.

Today's I have done some work for but not as much as I want. But, I think I can do it.

Tomorrow's I just need to do some memorisation, it's only 50% exam (history = 70%) and I have a first in the other half.

Thursday is going to be VERY scary! Lots to revise with no time to revise.

Friday, well I find how it has been taught quite dull, but it'll be my last exam, so whoooooo!

Very well done on getting a first in half your exam! I hope the rest of your results are as good - sure you'll do fine.

Am I right in thinking that the first year results don't count towards your degree, but you need 40% to proceed to second year? (Or is that just the Modern Languages faculty?) If so, try to treat your exams more as mocks - could help you feel less stressed (though I note you are calm this morning).

Very best of luck with your remaining exams.

Well it was for coursework! I don't get the results for the whole module until the middle of June.

Yep, that's right, and yes I only need 40%. BUT - I do need to pass every element, so even though the chance of me failing is quite low, I still needto do ok.

Bit nervous now...but should be more so considering my lack of revision!

Cos my degree was all on the finals (end of third year), I forget that for other people that earlier exams count for something...I'm sure you'll be fine nicki, just relax and enjoy, because there's nothing you can do about it now, so it's not worth worrying about.

****

My random thought of the day: Why are musical instrument cases by default black? Black's the worst colour for absorbing heat, and there aren't many musical instruments that respond favourably to high temperature...

Thoughts:
1) It makes people think. As in, if I had a white instrument case, I might do something daft like leave it in the car on a sunny day, because "it's white so it'll be fine". Being black, I instead think "oooh, no, must take it out of the car or it'll overheat", thus looking after my instruments. Not that I would leave them in the car in any colour case....
2) Plain black plastic is cheaper than any other colour (this is probably the real reason)

Plus, I suppose black won't show marks when bashed about by reckless twelve year olds like some other colours would...

Berkeley music cases come in a range of lovely colours. As well as being some of the best cases you might find. Hiscox are good, but only black I think.
I thought of getting a coloured one for my tenor sax, but don't which colour I like best. I see several different coloured cello cases every week...

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Good luck - I'm sure you'll do well.

I remember exams at Durham! Do the results still get posted on Palace Green??
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Um, well they definitely get posted online, I don't know whether they go on PG as well (*shudders at the image of her doing badly and everyone knowing*)


That's how we got results - they were pinned upon on the Notice boards on palace green for all to see and you had to go and look at them along with everyone else!

You never knew quite when the results would be posted so had to either hang around for ages, or keep popping back every few minutes to see if they were up yet. It was very nerve wracking!

i think i have just exhausted livejournal's word-capacity.

good luck to all those writing exams. try not to let them strangle you.

My choir meeting is cancelled!

oh no!! that's a pity Lucky... oh dear.
Why is that? half term?

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Good luck - I'm sure you'll do well.

I remember exams at Durham! Do the results still get posted on Palace Green??
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Um, well they definitely get posted online, I don't know whether they go on PG as well (*shudders at the image of her doing badly and everyone knowing*)


That's how we got results - they were pinned upon on the Notice boards on palace green for all to see and you had to go and look at them along with everyone else!

You never knew quite when the results would be posted so had to either hang around for ages, or keep popping back every few minutes to see if they were up yet. It was very nerve wracking!
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Trekking down to PG every few minutes would keep me very fit!

Exam today was ok

glad to hear that..

No idea. My mum answered the phone and didn't ask. I can't see why it would be half term, when there're only three who are young enough to go to school to have a half term, and only about two others with children! My singing lesson isn't on this week either, so basically, it's a week full of revision, or panicking about the lack thereof, working on Saturday, babysitting on Thursday and nothing fun in the slightest!

I'll miss seeing people too.

I'm so disappointed.

Been to have my eyes tested today.

Does anyone else worry they'll get the optician's questions wrong?

My only problem is when I see an optician who decides to prescribe according to what he or she thinks appropriate for my age rather than my eyesight. Means I finish up with less than the best vision for the next 12 months at least.

I've got my eye test on Thursday. My hope is that I won't play so many wrong notes if I can see the music properly.

awww poor you.. sorry




precisely so... do you admit you can read the next line down ... or say hmmm not sure...
seems to be quite subjective really