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sebastiennewhy not add my voice to the chorus of oxonian ljers bitching about having to pack their lives up into little boxes? by friday i need to have removed all evidence that i ever existed here. there will be no more pansexual house of love. but it's been good, hasn't it?
i've been without her for a whole year, and i haven't missed her at all, but she'll still be there to greet me when i get home: my london-self. the one who watches television other than downloaded episodes of doctor who. the one who, in fact, watches trashy music videos for songs she can't stand rather than get up off the sofa. the one without initiative, without purpose, without motivation. the fat one, the ugly one, the friendless one. she occupies my body and, in changing its context, changes its adjectives. i swear, every time i go home, that i don't want to see her this time... but i always do.
i will be commuting to oxford, i will be going to edinburgh, i am trying to arrange voluntary work for Stonewall, i will sell my possessions on ebay for money; if i take on any paid work it will only be for urgent necessity and it will only be temping - no more barracudas sucking my soul.
i will write my practical report with my insightful statistical analysis. i will revise language acquisition and ace my collection. i will study knowledge & reality now that i have figured out how philosphy works. i have three months to fill, and so many ideas to fill them with; maybe, this time, she'll stay away?
Have just found out that I'm to be doing a month's voluntary work with the gay rights charity Stonewall, yays!
A month's zone 1-4 travelcard costs £121.40, which is a lot of money on my student budget. An oystercard single between the zones costs £2.50 between 7 and 7: so commuting to work would cost me £5 per day. I would, therefore, have to make 25 return journeys before the travelcard actually saves me money: and working 3-4 weeks I'll only make 15-20 return journeys (£75-£100). And bear in mind that many Friday evenings & Monday mornings I won't be getting on the tube at all, but the Oxford tube, as, yes, Stonewall's offices are in Grovsenor Gardens, right at the end of the Oxford Tube route! Even with the likelihood that I'll spend many evenings visiting friends and the like, it's still cheaper to travel daily than to buy a (supposedly) more economical travelcard. Madness, I tell you!
i've been without her for a whole year, and i haven't missed her at all, but she'll still be there to greet me when i get home: my london-self. the one who watches television other than downloaded episodes of doctor who. the one who, in fact, watches trashy music videos for songs she can't stand rather than get up off the sofa. the one without initiative, without purpose, without motivation. the fat one, the ugly one, the friendless one. she occupies my body and, in changing its context, changes its adjectives. i swear, every time i go home, that i don't want to see her this time... but i always do.
i will be commuting to oxford, i will be going to edinburgh, i am trying to arrange voluntary work for Stonewall, i will sell my possessions on ebay for money; if i take on any paid work it will only be for urgent necessity and it will only be temping - no more barracudas sucking my soul.
i will write my practical report with my insightful statistical analysis. i will revise language acquisition and ace my collection. i will study knowledge & reality now that i have figured out how philosphy works. i have three months to fill, and so many ideas to fill them with; maybe, this time, she'll stay away?
Have just found out that I'm to be doing a month's voluntary work with the gay rights charity Stonewall, yays!
A month's zone 1-4 travelcard costs £121.40, which is a lot of money on my student budget. An oystercard single between the zones costs £2.50 between 7 and 7: so commuting to work would cost me £5 per day. I would, therefore, have to make 25 return journeys before the travelcard actually saves me money: and working 3-4 weeks I'll only make 15-20 return journeys (£75-£100). And bear in mind that many Friday evenings & Monday mornings I won't be getting on the tube at all, but the Oxford tube, as, yes, Stonewall's offices are in Grovsenor Gardens, right at the end of the Oxford Tube route! Even with the likelihood that I'll spend many evenings visiting friends and the like, it's still cheaper to travel daily than to buy a (supposedly) more economical travelcard. Madness, I tell you!
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Date: 2006-06-27 11:11 am (UTC)I personally find it hard to imagine any kind of
I'd really like to see you and your lovely friends again before you/I skip the city/country - I know the packing madness might be taking over, but would you care to meet up for lateish drinks or earlyish coffee any time this week?
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Date: 2006-06-27 11:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-27 07:21 pm (UTC)I've also mentioned this to the
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Date: 2006-06-28 09:33 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-06-27 11:45 am (UTC)I used to feel like that too until I decided to try and remain awake as much as possible and started hanging out with crazy Oxford people as much as possible. But its hard. Especially so when everyone isn't on your doorstep any more and there are no OULES rehearsals and crazy parties every three days to see people and make plans.
Still - craziness instead of laziness is definately the way to go!
Neil.
BTW - if you have broadband at home then Yahoo Music is the way to go for music videos - its like having your own customisable music television channel. You get to rate video and it'll play things based on how much you like them, but more importantly you have the amazing 'NEVER PLAY AGAIN!" option. Hence no R&B! Yay! ;)
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Date: 2006-06-27 12:10 pm (UTC)And any bus journey costs just £1 in the morning, 80p in the afternoon/evening. Hurrah! It gets worse if you have to switch busses, but even so it may be better value.
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Date: 2006-06-27 12:24 pm (UTC)thanks for the advice, though, i'd totally be on a bus if i lived closer to the centre!
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Date: 2006-06-27 12:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-27 12:14 pm (UTC)It's wrong how smug I feel that I don't have to leave until the end of August. I've been here solidly since Christmas, and I don't want to leave ever. But I'm only away for 6 weeks then back :)
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Date: 2006-06-27 08:50 pm (UTC)no subject
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