Science Sung

http://www.science-groove.org/Now/Most impressive must be a very entertaining lecturer.

Seem to be surviv...

Seem to be surviving the damn cold that won't leave. Have actually been busy this month between lots of people viva-ing and visiting amadou_a's housewarming party. Mostly various viva's have gone well but one of my friends failed (not out right but effectively), she's fighting tooth nad nail to appeal the desion last I heard. Have established that crafts are the new rock and roll after a discussion with ghostpaw and luckyka at the aformentioned housewarming, I've been trying to think of crafty type things I might try that don't involve workshops, lots of tools and much concentration - can't see me knitting I'm afraid either before anyone suggests it.Have also begun thinking about my january social events new year and birthday, I suspect new year will be dull as per usual but can't deside weither to come back to guildford for it or not. Was most impressed with the various banquete posts, would love to do something like that myself at some stage. It's a pitty there are no meadaries (cornish medievil style restaurants - eat with your fingers drink mead etc) in guildford as this would be fun to get people along to for my birthday, found a few medievil banquete things done by castles and the like but there websites only give xmas/new year info (bloody expensive too).

Ah Maths standards are slipping!

Just did the bbc's math quizhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4263590.stmI am somewhat dismayed to discover 2 of the 20 questions where incorrect, the square of a negitive number is the same as the square of the positive number a basic fact anyone should know - giving one question two correct answers. And as a physist the idea that if you roll a ball with twice the force you will have twice the velocity over a greater distance worrie me a little might be true (I can't be bothered thinking about it too deeply, need to assume a constant deceleration due to friction I guess - not really a math quaestion in anycase).I am really looking forward to my up coming escape to cornwall, holiday yay. there are lots of touristy type things I'd quite like to do but a large part of my knows I am never going to get round to them will just slob out at my parents and do a few coastal walks.On the yay front have managed to get tickets for a bath-gloster rugby match so have a day trip to bath coming up, hopefully see a few of my uni compatriots.My coding is finally going quite well (I am just trying to restrain myself from a rewrite to use some nice new techniques I've found), may even get something publishable soon (which would be long over due and fabulous). So back to it.

taste of paint

They're redecorating our section of the building, arround us while we're working - naturally. And I can't get the taste of paint out of my mouth (and no I havn't been licking the walls), must find something to neutralise smell or else throw up over all their hard work in protest.

random giddering about recent activities

Well thought it was hi time I posted something again. My war with the ants continues apace, the major problem is they don't apear bright enough to spot something that'll kill them. I often have a glass of water by the bed at night, woke up the other morning to find 50-100 ants had climbed into said glass and drowned - SO glad I didn't reach for a drink in the night!!!I have been wilting in the heat as have the office plants I purchaced last week :( I have the reverse of green fingers, plants left in my care die quickly.A week or so ago I went to a conference in holland v.interesting conference but I didn't get a chance to see much of utricht, trying to draw a certain amount of inthusiasm from the conference and work seems to be almost working - fingers crossed simulation results bear some passing resemblance with real life.Everyone I know is moving house at the mo so next weekend I am helping move a friend to guildford, being careful not to stuff up back. Should be good, may mean there are more people arround to socialise with/ have the odd pint with.Spent saturday under a tree reading harry potter and sunday walked out to a nice pub in shalford called the seahorse, had a pork pie ploughmans and walked home, not the most eventful way to spend a weekend but pleasent.

Invaded

Got home last night to find my bedroom invaded by ants hundreds of the little beggars, squashed lots insecticided the logical entry point and washed the floors. Just praying they get the mesage and stay out.

Building Site

They're currently refurbishing the building in which I work, In a wonderful work round it type way. Its really starting to get on my nerves, on monday they closed off the main entrance to my section of the building after i had gone in for the day, with out mentioning that they were going to, leaving the only access to my coridor through labs, which technically I shouldn't be wondering through since I have no safety gear (and haven't been in a lab for five years). Eventually they opened a new section of coridor so I can wander through a building site instead (while there is building work going on). To add insult to injury though the entrance they closed includes all the toilets for the building - what fun.I am going to need a serious drink soon!