“What’s the point in being grown-up if you can’t be childish sometimes?”

So said Tom Baker in his debut story as Doctor Who back 30 years ago. Monday was the 18th birthday of Sarah, a fellow blogger and Contagious-goer who writes Tortillas are Yummy, and wishing her “Happy Birthday” set me thinking. I sometime joke about how ridiculous I find the idea that I’m an Adult, and […]

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Well, one essay down, two exams to go

I handed in my English essay on Tess of the D’Urbervilles this morning. I’m quite pleased with it, though there was one paragraph that didn’t really fit in with the flow of my argument. I thought it was a fairly interesting analysis though, so for that reason and so as to up the word count […]

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What do you think of this idea?

I’ll soon be off back to Cardiff. It’s been nice being at home, enjoying the company of my family and having my mum’s home cooking, not having to do all my own chores and so on. It’ll be quite nice to go back, though, and see my friends again. I’m also looking forward to writing […]

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End of term…

Blimey, that’s gone quickly!My last seminar of the term is at 1.10pm, and after that I’ll be both finished and heading straight for the train station. I’m not hanging around, am I? I’m not heading home until Sunday, though, but instead going to visit friends and family elsewhere first.It’s been quite an experience, this first […]

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Busy, busy, busy

Hello everybody!I’m pretty busy at the moment, with various things, such as: Essays – I’ve got one in on Friday for English, and two in for History the following Monday. Eeek! Writing for Gair Rhydd (the student newspaper) – the esteemed editor of this award winning publication commented on the “Menance to Sobriety” article, don’t […]

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Menace to Sobriety

Hello folks! I’ve had a couple of articles published in recent editions of the Cardiff University student newspaper Gair Rhydd. One of them was a pretty big piece, two thirds of the page, 1000 words, for the Opinion section on why I’ve chosen not to drink alcohol (for the time being at least). It was […]

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