another random fact

an MP can vote both for and against a motion (rather then abstaining!)

did you know...

that you are 176 times more likly to be murdered than to win the National Lottery!

you know your board when...

1) you've checked to see if anyone has emailed you for about the 10th time in the last hour
2) the pile of books on the desk begin to look exciting (the titles include: Rich county Intrests and Thrid world development, the history of development, soils and the environment x2, and how to do you dissertation in geography...)
3) your room is tidy and you've done the washing up... again!
4) you start writing your notes in different colours, not to help learning, but to brighten up the page
5) you started writing this post!

the joys of being a second year

i've now been back at uni for about 3 weeks. This week the work has really started! freshers week was good although I managed to miss all the freshers week stuff I was supposed to be helping with by coming home to work. Last week all by one of my lecturers decided to cancel our lectures, so this week has begun by the giving of deadlines, and introduction talks about field trips and dissertation topics.
my first geography related decision was where to go on my field trip, Kenya or Ireland both trips sounded really exciting and interesting, we've been told to go somewhere that will help with our dissertations. Unfortunately I (like many others) don't know what do do for my dissertation!) so the final choice came down to where my friends were going... I'm now going to Ireland to look at rivers, coasts, peat bogs, mountains and glacial deposits, with my friends!!!!
I'm singing in trial by jury in 3 weeks time - as yet I haven't been to a rehearsal! Then next term as well as hopefully singing in the gondoliers, I'm in charge of costumes - so any ideas for Victorian dress based around 1889 the ideas would be welcomed, as would help with making the stuff!!!!!
Lastly today we've had a lecture on practical techniques, which finished up with... you need to start thinking about you dissertation topic. we've even been given the final deadline, some time in Feb 2007!!! we are supposed to have decided by the end of this term, and I have absolutely no ideas!!!! Any one got anything they want researched?