Archive of November 2006
Talk
Posted at 2:05 AM
You know that feeling you get when you’ve got loads of problems, issues and thoughts going round your brain, and you talk it all over with someone, and even though they haven’t actually solved your problems or given you any advice you weren’t already taking, you come away from the conversation feeling so much happier about everything?
Yeah, it’s good. Pity it’s two in the morning, I’m unable to appreciate it fully.
Today
Posted at 10:26 PM
- I have been accused of accusing a female friend of collecting pictures of naked “quaffing” monks
- I wrote the first part of a new song
- I got locked out of my room for the first time this year
- I discovered another Christian in the music department
- I discussed sperm donation with a group of girls
- I went to a pub where the cider is so strong, they legally have to serve it in half-pints
It’s almost a tradition now. One of the above isn’t true…
I promise I’ll stop now.
Currently listening to Sara Garrard – Lucy in the Forest
Conflicting desires
Posted at 5:07 PM
It’s raining outside, I’m wet, and my gas fire isn’t working.
I have a strong craving for more chocolate raisins, of which there are some in a shop ten minutes walk away.
CONFLICT.
A test
Posted at 12:24 PM
When I say “Jordan”, do you think of the Middle Eastern country?
When I say “Lord of the Rings”, do you think of the book?
When I say “Jonathan Edwards”, do you think of the eighteenth century theologian and pastor?
When I say “cellar door”, do you think of Donnie Darko?
When I say “MySpace”, do you shudder?
(My answer to all the above is yes. Post your own!)
Kilt etc.
Posted at 10:35 PM
A pity really – I managed to miss the fancy dress music department social due to getting into a conversation with the deputy warden in the senior common room (normally off-limits to mere students). So, no kilt or pink hoodie, then. (The theme was “come as you aren’t”. I’m not Scottish, or indeed a pink-wearing girl, so I had two options.)
As to which of the three is the lie, I can reveal that I have broken into the house and church (the former being my own, the latter due to the best man being late and not unlocking the church for the wedding I was setting up sound equipment for). I’ve also hacked into a library computer (the reason for this one is, er, something I’m less proud of), and I’ve never stolen clothes from Oxfam. However on the CU weekend away, a second year girl was almost certain that I had at some point shoplifted from a charity shop, at which I was horrified. (She was also quite embarrassed when I told her the truth. She can have comfort in one fact – I can’t remember who she was.)
Currently listening to Switchfoot – Living Is Simple
Post-Essay
Posted at 3:42 PM
I feel I should have started reading for my essay weeks ago – it would have been fascinating. Pity I only started yesterday and it was due in today. Lesson learnt*.
The new James Bond was really good, though if I hadn’t been told beforehand it’s supposed to be a “reboot” of the series, like Batman Begins was, I’d have potentially got confused. The film gets a positive vote from me, due to far fewer sex scenes/less graphic sex scenes than normal, plus being vaugely realistic. No super-villians plotting to take over the world with spaceships or lasers – just good old-fashioned middle-men funding terrorism.
Of course, if gritty violence and tense set-pieces aren’t your thing, it’s probably not for you. But then, Bond never would be. I’m coming round to actually like the whole franchise at the moment. I’ve never been such a fan of ridiculous, over-blown plots like the last few. This was more sophisticated. Not my ideal film, but then action never is.
The chocolate raisins were good.
Department social tonight, to which I am potentially wearing a kilt. That, or a pink hoodie. I may explain later, but I’m off to meet my cousins for coffee.
* Yeah, right.
Essay
Posted at 1:50 PM
Music
- Guillaume de Machaut – Messe de Nostra Dame
- Josquin des Prez – Missa Pange Lingua
Art
- Piero della Francesca – The Flagellation
- Giovanni Bellini – The Baptism of Christ
- Cimabue – Madonna Enthroned with the Child, St Francis St. Domenico and two Angels
- Donatello – David
Web pages
Books
- Albert Seay – Music in the Medieval World
- Peter and Linda Murray – The Art of the Renaissance
- Geoffrey Chaucer – The Canterbury Tales
Food and drink
- Coffee, now lukewarm
- Chocolate spread sandwiches
- Apples
Sunshine
- Just come out
- Uplifting
Number of words
Nine hundred and twelve – more than half way there!
Evening activities
- Finding a printer
- Photocopying student card as proof of student status
- Watching Casino Royale
- (Hopefully not) finishing essay
Unfortunate
Posted at 11:07 AM
At the CU houseparty, we did one of those “get to know each other” games where you have to come up with two truths and one lie about yourself, and the other person has to guess the lie. Mine were:
- I’ve hacked into a library computer system with the intent of editing book loans.
- I’ve broken into a residential home and a Church of England property within twenty-four hours of each other.
- I’ve stolen clothes from Oxfam.
The answer to be revealed soon! Which would you go for? (Those with inside knowledge, feel smug and don’t post the answer.)
Accomplishments
Posted at 10:10 AM
Yesterday, I:
- played a Stuart Townend/Keith Getty hymn on a Rhodes electric piano
- had three doughnuts for breakfast through necessity
- composed my first piece of music for harp, mandolin and guitar
- stole all the pint glasses from the bar without the barman noticing1
- poured myself some cider from the wrong side of the bar, again without the barman noticing2
- decided wine can actually be quite nice
- discovered another Mighty Boosh fan, in my block, no less
- got one of the hall CU leaders to suggest to another that we should do an evening of hall CU speed dating
- I would have given them back eventually, but one of the hall tutors found them before the barman noticed. He gave them back, and then it was noticed, as when the barman reached to get a cup he found them stacked a metre high on the bar top.
- I should probably add that the barman is a friend of mine and that he’d asked me earlier to entertain him. I thought I’d oblige. Oh, and I did actually pay for it.
Music
Posted at 2:30 PM
And in other incredibly boring news brought to you by a prevaricating music student, I bring word that Death Cab for Cutie’s song “Title and Registration” has been outplayed! Yes, that’s right; my iTunes library’s “Top 25 most played” playlist can exclusively reveal that its place has been taken by none other than an electronica artist. [Blame Zach Braff](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_State_(soundtrack)).
- Let Go – Frou Frou
- Going To Your Funeral [Part II] – Eels
- Made-Up Love Song #43 – Guillemots
- Starlight – Muse
- Title and Registration – Death Cab for Cutie