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[Nov. 8th, 2009|07:40 am] |
Debates like this are simultaneously infuriating and exhilarating.
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| I HAVE SEEN OPERA |
[Aug. 26th, 2009|10:35 pm] |
...and it is crack. Seriously. As a general rule, the amount of time sent singing about something is inversely proportional to its relevance to the plot.
I'm basing this purely on a production of 'The Magic Flute' performed by the Cambridge Shadwell Opera. The basic plot synopsis is:
Singing
Whores
More singing
Freak covered in feathers
Singing
Evil rapey demon- one of the more interesting characters
Page boys
Singing
Half naked young men painted blue with lipstick and CDs on strings round their necks.
Intermission.
See prev.
There is a plot, but it's unecessarily convuluted and in any case is completely unintelligible unless you have a little booklet telling you what they're actually singing about. The house lights will of course be down, so you need to memorise this before the show begins.
Anyway, I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone in Edinburgh this week, particularly any rocky horror fans as the costumes seem to be pretty similar. |
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| Accomodation |
[Apr. 6th, 2009|10:33 pm] |
I've decided that I want to buy a houseboat.
I admit that it's a slightly unusual decision for a student to make, but under the circumstances I think it's a fairly decent solution to a number of problems; namely the shitty quality of college accommodation, the difficulty/impossibility of obtaining property without a mortgage and my dearth of patience for communal lodgings. The student rate for mooring is under £500 a year. Houseboats themselves may be bought for as low as £10,000 though reasonably decent ones are more in the £20k - £40k range. I'm sure there are noise problems- college VIIIs during early morning outings etc. but I'm also pretty certain that it can't be worse than my current domicile which overlooks one of the biggest nightclubs in town. I'm not sure of the details surrounding fresh water, sewage treatment and fuel but given the preponderance of narrowboats I assume that there are satisfactory solutions to all these problems.
I honestly can't see any major downsides, which worries me slightly. Any thoughts? |
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| 13 days... |
[Mar. 10th, 2009|12:16 am] |
...to the boat race. It's incredible how much this one event, barely 7 minutes, affects your life. 12 training sessions a week since september and months of less well regulated sessions before that. Hopefully it'll be worth it- after this is over I'm never eating sugar free jelly, rice cakes or celery again.
Anyway, to the brits: let me know how you're doing and when (after March 22nd) you can go out for food, we need to catch up.
to the yanks: let me know how you're doing and when (after March 22nd) you're going to be online; I need to catch up on all the fics you have undoubtedly been so dilligently writing. :P (this applies to you too Fern) |
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| The perils of being a lightweight |
[Feb. 22nd, 2009|02:22 pm] |
Saw stomach in mirror today.
Am one set of chin-muff away from being king leonidas.
SPAAAAAAARRRRTTTTAAAAAAAAAAANNNNS! AROO! AROO! AROO! |
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| Summer fun |
[Jan. 12th, 2009|04:56 pm] |
Signing up for this as part of the Cambridge Uni rowers team. We aim to win the bastard. |
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| Reading list |
[Dec. 25th, 2008|04:23 pm] |
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"The last amateurs" is a truly awful book. |
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[Nov. 12th, 2008|07:36 pm] |
Caught something nasty from the Thames. Now on a forced leave of absence from the lightweight squad to get better + prevent me from infecting anyone else.
So.... now that I have several spare hours, any new internet memes I should be aware of to distract me from the endless drinking of lucozade? |
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| Coffee |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|01:24 am] |
I am never allowed coffee after 7pm again. |
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| Blue & Green |
[May. 1st, 2008|10:13 am] |
Our entire boat have been told we should trial, or at least do blues training camp. Unfortunately, one of us has to go back to swedon to do their reasearch project over the summer, but with luck we could get a mostly christ's college boat in the light blues....
Other news: I'm now allowed to go out on first aid duty. Covered 'Natural Born Raver' and the LGBT nights at cambridge's single moderately hardcore nightclub these past two weekends. 6 ft 6 trannies are v. banter and a LOT easier to deal with than tripped out townies. I probably won't cover any more duties until after exams finish, then it's yay for Strawberry Fair. *shudder* At least I'm on runner duty, so the chances of being vomited on are significantly decreased... |
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| Snow! ...and snufkin. |
[Mar. 23rd, 2008|09:52 am] |
Picture from my window. :)
In other news- Charlie's managed to unleash a new obsession in the form of the Moomins. Their intro music is so terribly addictive... |
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[Feb. 27th, 2008|08:27 am] |
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GAH! Why must bumps start today? It means I go to bed early the night before and miss arguably the coolest event in Britain this year. |
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| Cartooning |
[Feb. 3rd, 2008|06:51 pm] |
Got fired from TCS for being too off topic in my cartoons, their exact words were "The most on topic cartoon was the one where we didn't actually show you the article". XD
Ah well, more time for first aid and sculling. |
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| More Boatie Chat |
[Nov. 30th, 2007|07:44 pm] |
We appear to have won fairburns....
... and all of our other races this term.
How novel.
In other news, I've been inducted into the hippolytans, the college's 'premiere female sporting society'. Not entirely sure if this was a good idea. I have no desire to get utterly sloshed at least once a week and they have no desire to discuss the finer points of solo-ing FF1. I get the feeling we may not mesh too well. |
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| Daily Haiku |
[Nov. 24th, 2007|02:37 pm] |
Bicycle stolen.
Lock broken, left on pavement.
Why? Bike utter crap. |
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| Boatie Chat |
[Nov. 3rd, 2007|08:12 am] |
A couple of weeks ago, our W1 VIII was fortunate enough to win the Autumn head race (for those not obsessed, it's a 2.8ish km timed race). There weren't many other crews entered because it was so early in the term, but it was a good, solid row with nice technique and we felt rather good about it.
Yesterday, we won Uni IVs, a side by side sprint of 1.2km. Admittedly, quite a few boats scratched, but not any of the "Big Three"- First and Third Trinity, Lady Margaret Boat Club and Caius. I may be labouring the point, but being the fastest boat on the river in *any* competition is quite a novelty for Christ's.
Anyway, I now have a shiny tankard, a medal and the promise of a university blade. :) |
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