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Caffeine

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:51:20 GMT

1,400 mg of caffeine in one go is BAD.
Remember to check if the tablets are 4 times as strong as Pro-Plus before you take them...

That is all.

Yes, it's my 21st, but you need to get this...

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 14:21:58 GMT

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3910/

Install this for your Firefox - makes facebook more huggy.
If you haven't got Firefox, get it.
If you're not on facebook, get on it.

Big update soon.

Weeee.

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 20:46:32 GMT

I got my 1st-choice research project option - :D

Recruitment

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:40:52 GMT

Went to an MB/PhD thingie to see if I'd be interested in the stuff that they do - the answer is yes.

EDIT: This means that I will be applying, not just 90% sure that I would be.

Whilst there, one of the students recruited me onto a study and wanted to know the answer to this:
- How much do you think is reasonable to be paid for someone to remove a tiny (a few mm long) of thigh muscle from you, if it was under local anaesthetic and left no scar?
Obviously, it would hurt for a bit...

Update

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:23:43 GMT

The 2nd round of Biochemistry formal dinners occurred. The last one ended with me going to a night-club - eurgh. This time we were all our favourite fruit-fly genes - I was "shaven".

This time it was in Peterhouse (nice, they seem to have wallpaper and candles in their Hall) and the rule was that we should have at least one bottle of wine per person, and that bottle had to stay with them on the table to make sure that they drunk it.
I didn't want to drink and didn't bring a bottle so, naturally, they bought a bottle for me and made me drink more afterward that one had been finished. Oh, and Victoria Hendley threw up into her rhubarb crumble, so we got thrown out of Formal Hall even though she did it quite neatly. Ooops.

Our Peterhouse operative (the one of us who bought the tickets to get into Peterhouse formal) got fined £20 for "antisocial cleaning"; her Senior Tutor called her in and said "I understand that one of your friends last night threw up into her main course..."
- to which she replied, "Oh no, sir, it was into her pudding!"
He then replied in a far-off voice, "Ah, yes, well, it's always good to be accurate in such cases..."
I think I totalled about 20 alcohol units there, and walked the worst-hit people home (i.e. Vicky) whilst they bought kebabs - I think I was the most sober .

No. of times been drunk: 4.
Bless my efficient liver, never had a hangover yet - the others didn't look all so good for the 9am lecture next day though.

Formals 3 and 4 coming up - no.3 will be at Sidney Sussex, no. 4 will be a head-to-head with the pathologists in Fitzwilliam College - they have good puddings there.

== EDITED FOR CLARITY - HOPE THIS MAKES BETTER SENSE ==

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:40:50 GMT

Q: NAME A FRIEND WHOS NAME STARTS WITH A "M".
A: Majeed. None other springs to mind, apart from people with the syllable "emm".

Q: 4TH PERSON ON YOUR MISSED CALLS:
A: James O'Driscoll

Q: DO YOU CHEW ON YOUR STRAWS?
A: What's a straw here? I presume not.

Q: DO YOU HAVE CURLY HAIR?
A: It goes wavy if it's long enough - does that count?

Q: WHAT IS THE NEXT CONCERT YOU'RE GOING TO?
A: Rachmaninov's Vespers in our chapel - but does that count?

Q: WHAT WORD DO YOU SAY A LOT?
A: Bugger.

Q: WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU ATE:
A: Shockingly, it was a Gardie's. Whenever I eat Gardie's, I actually feel significantly fatter in some undefined way, unlike any other food.

Q: WHAT'S THE LAST THING YOU SAID TO SOMEONE & WHO WAS IT?
A: To Richard Wheeler of Fitz, namely "Organise the Fitz formal, you lazy bugger!" But it was friendly. Honest.

Q: DO YOU WATCH TV
A: No - it's amazing how it's not needed. Although Family Guy, American Dad, etc, and DVDs of Pride and Prejudice keep me alive.

Q: HAVE YOU SEEN THE MOVIE DONNIE DARKO?
A: No. I really should do.

Q: DO YOU HAVE WORK TOMORROW?
A: When don't I have work? And badminton, doing some treasuring, writing a presentation, etc.

Q: EVER BEEN HUNTING?
A: Not even man hunting.

Q: IS MARRIAGE IN YOUR FUTURE?
A: One would hope so although expectations are severely limited.

Q: WHAT SHOULD YOU BE DOING RIGHT NOW?:
A: Researching methods of containing 'flu epidemics.

Q: DO YOU HAVE A NICKNAME?
A: Manns, Floofle, Flooflebunny, Richard, Geek.

Q: DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?
A: Rarely. It gets overrepresented in romantic stories, really.

Q: WHO'S THE YOUNGEST ONE IN THE FAMILY?
A: Nearby, it's my "fit" brother, otherwise it's one of my cousins, Keri.

Q: ARE YOU A HEAVY SLEEPER?
A: Apparently - and if in an weird position I snore. Oh dear.

Q: LAST TIME YOU USED A SKATEBOARD?
A: Years ago. Didn't like it.

Q: WHERE WAS THE LAST PLACE YOU SLEPT BESIDES YOUR HOUSE?
A: My room, here, otherwise when we went to Ireland, the floor of my friend's brother's room.

Q: EVER RUN OUT OF GAS ON THE ROAD?
A: I'm not that unorganised.

Q: BEST MOVIE YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS?
A: Ummm, the only one was LA Confidential - quite good. But I will be seeing, Prestige, Borat and James Bond soon.

Q: DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WHO COME UP WITH BRAIN-DEAD QUIZZES ARE CRYING FOR HELP IN SOME TWISTED WAY?
A: I've never experienced this.

Best

1. Girl who's a Friend: There are several.

2. Colour: Blue.

3. Vacation: No idea.

4. Day of the week: Friday

What happened to 5?

6. Memory: A little personal, and now it's tinged with regret.

Last

1. Person you saw: Richard Wheeler (Part II Biochemist like me)
2. Talked to on the phone: Sarah Donnelly - I left my chocolate and chocolate fudge in her room.
3. Good hug: Victoria Hendley, because I got her back to her room when she was extremely drunk.
4. Text: James O'Driscoll, he wanted me to play poker.
5. Messaged over Myspace: Victoria Hendley - explaining why she had a kebab in her room the morning after Peterhouse Formal - because she bought one because she was hungry.

Today

1. Is: Tuesday
2. Any plans: 'Flu presentation.

3. Goal: Finish it mostly
4. Dislikes about tomorrow: Business.

Favourite:

1. Number: 2

2. Song: Not sure.
3. Book: Night Watch, by Terry Pratchett, atm.

4. Season: The one coming up - still a distance to exams, quite a few parties.

True or False:

1. I am a morning person: False
2. I am a perfectionist: True

3. I am an only child: False, one twin sister, one younger brother.
4. I am currently in my pyjamas: False.
5. I am very shy around the opposite sex: False, except one.

6. I can be paranoid at times: True
7. When I get mad I curse frequently: True

8. I have a lot to learn about life: False, I am cynical, but perhaps too honest and forthright too.

They didn't do this in MY Matric Dinner...

Sat, 21 Oct 2006 23:35:05 GMT

The DoS for Mechanical Engineering almost had a fight with a fresher.

The DoS is called Hugh Hunt, he's in his mid-40s, and he has the best post-Matric party every year in his room (B2 Great Court) where he sings, gives out wine, throws boomerangs and dresses in drag. But this year, he walked into the room and made some flippant remark about "Who let all this riff-raff in here?" in a jovial tone.

A big, drunken fresher took exception to this and called him, "You fucking bastard."
Dr. Hunt, who was also a wee bit schwallied, chucked him out.
By the time they were outside (about 5 metres), Dr. Hunt was pissed off enough to throw a class of red wine at the fresher's dress shirt.
The fresher then responded by pushing him into the bushes, and they then squared up to each other before some freshers dragged the big fresher away.
Dr. Hunt, however, starts marching forward (splashing me with his bottle of wine, aargh, drunken idiot) until the porters get involved and the party ends rather abruptly.

That's the story - fairly irrelevant to people who aren't in Trinity, sorry about that, but rather weird if you know Dr. Hunt when he's sober.

I'm going to suffer...

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:22:05 GMT

Read the title of this event...
http://cambridge.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2214056505&ref=mf

My State Pension

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:48:31 GMT

Just got a letter from the Pensions department telling me that I should save more for my retirement.
How useful.
Happily, I have found the shower in staircase Q, which means that it's a 5-metre trip outside, not a 75-metre trip.
Unhappily, I have been infected with freshers' cough and feeling-slightly-sick. I think Ems unwittingly passed it to me, evil infection vector that she is.

*cough*
*goes to buy more orange and banana juice*

Oh bugger

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:21:08 GMT

Happy things: I now play badminton regularly, and I'm passable at it.
Unhappy things: All the Part II (i.e. 3rd year, i.e. me) Biochemists are going to be roped into performing in a pantomime. If I am indeed in it, I'll tell you so you can point and laugh.
My bedder said, "You seem to be a very neat and tidy person..." - apparently, this means "Are you gay?" according to reliable sources. Ooops.