Yeah the skies are really blue
At college today the sounds the winds make against the windows its soooo scary! :eek:
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Yeah the skies are really blue
At college today the sounds the winds make against the windows its soooo scary! :eek:
Congrats on making the 2000th post in this thread Abbie! :clap:
It's very noisy here too. Not particularly nice being on the 5th floor of a building with gales.
It's not that windy here :s. Bit chilly.. but quite a nice day actually :D. *touches wood*
Aww wow thanks, I didnt even notice till you said
I was on the 7th floor in these winds :eek: its horrible
Weather is horrible where I live too, very windy and earlier there was thunder and lightning. Some areas are to have snow in the night and first thing tomorrow :(
OMG, my neighbours double garage is on fire. Was not able to move my car becaus two more fire engines arrived, but I think it is safe anyway. It is my works car anyway, but I need to go on a business trip tomorrow and the car will stink of smoke :( Looks like the fire brigade has got it under contro but it is still smoking thickly.
Oh very dear Perdita :eek: I hope there isn't too much damage to your neighbour's garage and car.
Apparently, the 13-year-old son was playing with fire and hurt himself, slinging whatever he had set fire to into a corner. Did not realise the fire had not gone out and that is how it all started. One cellar room and of course the double garage are totally gutted. The stored wood for the open fire in there too. My car is ok. Luckily, nobody got hurt but I heard that the damage will cost around Euro 150,000 to put right again, but will the insurance pay up?
The insurers may pay up if it were accidental, its difficult to tell
I am in the library, i am in holiday mode and just cant seem to motivate myself to finish my essay. I really dont care about it.
Got to pick my modules as well, really cant decide what to do, I have a load of choices to make and i hate making decisions.
Had my last ever drama performance exam today, unit 5, I think it went really well, cant believe its over really!!!
Happy that its over at last cos one member, well 2 members the director was crap and this other girl wasnt any good too, but im sad that, that was our last one
My friend is home from hospital :D
Glad she is doing better :)
It's her birthday next week. And me and my other mate are organising it... have been for a while... I just hope she's going to be well enough to go out and get wasted :p Thinking we may need to plan a plan B.. of going round hers with lots of dvds and wine :p.
well Im sure she would like either of those :p
What a busy day. Group meeting which was a waste of time. We didn't have all the information to write up so we're meeting again tomorrow.
I've been out campaigning for the union since 3pm, just got in. I'd love to carry on tonight but I have to be up in morning. Been across to Stafford, we've got a lot of support there.
Good end to a bad day. Corruption within the union and the people running the elections, collusion, illegal campaigning, sabotage, the list goes on. It's not just the opposition, some people on our slate have acted unethically (although they'll never admit it).
There's a chance that after all the campaigning the election will be voided on Friday and rerun if things are still unresolved.
Shower then bed :)
I'm having a rubbish time lately. I really just want to leave school and start all over again. Everything I seem to work for just goes down the pan. I can;t get on top of anything and everythings just getting to me now. Uni now seems like a waste of time because over the past few weeks I've had a complete change of career path so I'm all jumbled up on what to even do. Ugh and I have work later which I'm just not in the mood for at all.
Aww, Kirsty, we all feel like this at times, even if this statement is of little comfort for you at the moment. Perhaps you have been working a little too hard just lately and you are over-tired. Are you still doing all the shifts you were a while ago? Is there somebody you can discuss this with? That might be able to clear your mind a bit so you can focus on what you want to do in the future. Don't give up on uni, I am sure that things will sort themselves out for you. xx
Just skip past this post if you don't want to read me moan.
Today has been so up and down. I don't know what to feel at the moment.
We're so close to having the elections pulled. We've put so much energy into this campaign, we can't afford to let this happen. There's a smear campaign against us, saying we're going to ban alcohol, introduce sharia law, racism, islamaphoiba. We're all so fed up about it, these elections shouldn't be about mud slinging. Believe me, the mud is sticking.
I haven't slept for a week. I'm so wired, my head is so full of stuff that I can't sleep. The elections, memories and regrets the elections have brought up. My mum is in hospital too
Today I had a group meeting which ended badly. Five people trying to write a report, everyone wants to write it their way. We couldn't agree on anything so we have to meet again tomorrow to do it.
I feel I've pissed so many people off today. Our president has been really good and asked me if I was ok etc but I still feel bad for the rest of them. Before I left HQ I had a go at Sam in front of everyone.
I'd say I hope tomorrow will be better but the past week has just been one long blur. I don't even know what day it is, let alone string a sentence together.
I can't even cry. My emotions are shot to bits.
ive had a busy week. last friday i had to see my last show which i have to see for my modules. it was alright actually, quite funny in places, though it was on for ages so dragged a bit in places
saturday i went to see avenue q, it was so funny! i really want a bad ideas bear so i can blame everything i do wrong on it!
sunday my little cousin wanted to enter this talent show singing but she didnt wanna go on stage by herself so me and my sis had to make up a dance and teach her it and we danced at the back
monday came back to uni. at netball we played a shooting game and i won! dunno how, but i managed to get 5 goals in in a row from the edge of the circle
tuesday we had netball team photos. they decided to take them outside this year and it was so cold and took forever. i had an argument with the photographer as i forgot to put my shorts on so couldnt take my joggers off, i dunno what his problem was though cos i was gonna be standing at the back anyway
yesterday had cheerleading photos, my and my housemates were almost late and just as we left the house it started hailstoning really heavily!
today finished my reviews and stuff for my portfolio and handed it in, a day early i was impressed with myself! though my printer decided to play up so it printed in a variety of different colours!
tomorrow ive gotta go to london to look round theatres, really cant be bothered to go
glad your friends ok :) did they find out what was wrong with her?Quote:
Originally Posted by CrazyLea
sorry to hear that, im sure itll get better soon. what have you decided to do now instead? could you go through clearing for it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsty :]
Highly doubt it. I've completely changed from teaching... to therapy, like speech therapy. I don't know how I got there... I just did but my options just don't accomdate for it at all. I'm so messed up. I want to leave school and just start all over again.
I've had a better day than yesterday :)
Didn't have school as my teacher was off so I've just been dancing tongiht and went to a pub quiz afterwards (we lost miserabley, 13/50.. but the questions were silly :(, we didn't come last last though lol)
Ughh I so can't wait for the weekend
Rubbish day today.. well the college bit.. went on a trip... to where I work actaully lmao. But it's a rubbish place.. lol.. and they are rubbish... :p They treated it like a recruitment day lol.. loads of powerpoints and talking really lol.
But then met up with my other girls, from college,, but they never went today.. and went to the beach.. whic was the good bit :D.
My mate who was in hospital... so worried about her stil :( She saying she's still feeling really ill... and I'm on cam with her and she looks awful.. and she was saying the docs stil don't kow what wrong with her.. could still be bleed on brain or meningitis!! Her birthday next week.. and she said she not gona be ok to go out. So I'm gonna see other mates, see if we can't go round heres. She can't even get out of bed, can't move, because of her lumber puncture :( Bless her :(. So upset for her:(
Had a pretty good day today. The election is going to be a landslide, most likely in the opposition's favour :( We need ~ 651 votes to win. It is achievable, we have the whole international block voting for us, but after everything that's gone on this week... I don't think we'll win. Some students are facing disciplinary action and probably expulsion from the university for inciting racial hatred. Our president candidate has even been called a 7/7 bomber and a terrorist because of his religion.
We've sent a letter of complaint and concern to all the major unions, NUS, local, regional, national news, anti-fascist, anti-racist, pro black, Hate Racism groups etc. NUS annual conference next week too so it'll be brought up there as well. If the university won't listen to us then we have no option but to go public.
We've got a few things up our sleeve if things don't go the way we hope tomorrow.
I'm really pleased this is all over. We're all exhausted and fed up of fighting the smear campaign. The elections shouldn't be about spreading malicious rumours that we're going to have Sharia law, the union bars and clubs are going to be closed, racists videos and comments posted on the internet etc.
Had a really nice meal with a few people this evening :) Home next Thursday
Should your mate be out of hospital if she is still so very ill? Surely if the doctors suspect bleeding on the brain or meningitis, she should have stayed in hospital until they are sure about her illness? Hope she is going to be ok soon. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by CrazyLea
Is this kind of thing happening at other unis too? Sounds like you had a real stressful time. Good luck with the election :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Abigail
No, it's not. We've had students from Goldsmiths campaigning with us this week, who are also part of the SWP. They said they have never known so much racism take place and the union not step in.
The university have stopped the count this morning pending an investigation. I just hope they don't pull the elections because it's over for us. Our president candidate won't stand again at this university.
Amazing what public pressure from trade unions can do :rolleyes:
The university are refusing to count the vote until the investigation has been concluded, which could take weeks. As it's the weekend and NUS conference next week we won't know the results for at least 10 days.
We considered occupying the union to force them to count but as it's the weekend, it would have little effect on them. It's all set up to go though, toilets, showers, kitchen, sofas, tv, internet. Couldn't find a better place to occupy :D
This week has been such a blur, I feel rather lonely sat in my room alone. I've been around so many people in the campaign house until the early hours every day doing things and now I don't know what to do with myself.
today was pretty boring. had to be up early to go to london to visit some theatres. my lecturer told us to buy travelcards cos we would be going on the tube then he made us walk to all of them so i wasted £6! :angry: then had cheerleading which was stressful cos this girl has decided to quit uni so we had to redo the whole routine and our competitions in 2 weeks!
speech therapy sounds interesting. what subjects do you need then to do it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsty :]
its good to come last though cos then you get the losers prize!Quote:
(we lost miserabley, 13/50.. but the questions were silly :(, we didn't come last last though lol)
hope they find out whats wrong with her soon and that she gets better :) i hope it doesnt turn out like it did with my sis friend. the hospital need to make sure they test everything to find out what is wrongQuote:
Originally Posted by CrazyLea
Most of the courses for speech and language therapy I've come across are mainly 5 GCSE's grade C or above... 2 of which must be maths and english language.
Aswell as 3 A2 levels, typical offer is 260 points... one of the subjects has to be a science like Biology or psycholgy.
UWIC ask for an additional language other than english too.
Aww haha they didn't even give out losers prize :(
Tonight was fun :) my friends parents ahve gone away for the weekend so me and 2 of the girls went to hers and we went to Asda and bougth the meal for 1 on Indian/Chinese each for £3.50... bargain! I was stuffed!
We bought sweets and cherry brandy and lemonade and then they made me watch HSM 3 :(... but it was fun :)
My dad rescued a lamb yesterday lmao!
Apparantly - they went to Aberwystwyth for a drive.. and there was a lamb out on the road trying to get back in a field... trying to run into the field kept bumping his head... so my dad stopped the car.. and put it back in the field lmao! Awwww sounded well cute :p. I wasn't there, but I heard the story.
Aww, well done to your Dad :clap: The little lamb could have got run over, so glad it got back to it's field. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by CrazyLea
oh right. maybe you could go to college next year and do one of those science alevels in a year and apply to do it next year instead?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsty :]
ive gotta go stunt training today, im not used to having to be out of the house saturday morning anymore! hopefully my flyer will learn how to do her twist cradle today cos then i wont be as stressed as i am at the moment! weve got the coach all to ourselves for 1hr so we should get a lot done, which i know she can do when she concentrates on it but most of the time she doesnt bother which is really annoying for the rest of us
That's what I've been thinking of doing. Arghh so messed up :wall: I don't feel ready for University either, and I feel liek I've pushed myself to go because all my friends are... when I'm quite happy to take it at my own pace and not rush everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by di marcooh right. maybe you could go to college next year and do one of those science alevels in a year and apply to do it next year instead?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsty :]
I have work today 2-9... which I don't mind, I have a dancing exam tomorrow... which I do mind lol
yeh youll enjoy it a lot more if you go when you feel ready. good luck with the dancing exam :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsty :]That's what I've been thinking of doing. Arghh so messed up :wall: I don't feel ready for University either, and I feel liek I've pushed myself to go because all my friends are... when I'm quite happy to take it at my own pace and not rush everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by di marcooh right. maybe you could go to college next year and do one of those science alevels in a year and apply to do it next year instead?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsty :]
I have work today 2-9... which I don't mind, I have a dancing exam tomorrow... which I do mind lol
training was actually really good. we got the twist cradles on the first try so we were really pleased! :) and the whole stunt is so much better now. i feel a lot less stressed about it so thats good
I am so tired! i have been in uni since 8 AM this morning helping out at this mock trials they are holding, its very formal ben there for the last two days finally finished now we have a free dinner later that we are invited to to say goodbye to the participnats who are from all over europe. ITs been very exciting.
I bought an ipod touch today as well, which i am having a play with now, just got to figure out how to work it.