So I was thinking the other day, just how much my life has changed since the last world cup.
I left my ex and moved house during an England match because I knew the roads would be quiet. I was working for Lush and not fully hating it at that point, but knew that wasn't what I wanted to do eventually. Two months after that I moved to London and vowed to only do stuff that I wanted to do instead of shitty retail jobs that made me want to stab customers and dating inappropriate men.

I'm now almost qualified as a nurse, I have a nice flat thanks to the landlord pulling his finger out to attract less scummy people than those who lived here before, great friends online and offline and I'm happy with my love life.

What's changed for you since the last world cup?
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 10:54, 148 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

My socks

(PsychoChomp, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 10:55, Reply)

Noticed you didn't mention your yellowing Y-fronts.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:15, Reply)

He doesn't like to show off

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:27, Reply)

own a house
got engaged
playing in a gigging band

all good.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 10:57, Reply)

a giggling band?
I bet that's annoying.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:00, Reply)

Better than a rubber band
*pointed looks*
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:02, Reply)

hahaha

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:03, Reply)

I was going to make some kind of joke about twanging it
but that would be crass.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:03, Reply)

that would be crass I couldn't think of one because I'm a bit simple
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:09, Reply)

It would
But out of respect for you, I shall stop twanging the rubber band on my desk.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:09, Reply)

I like to twang a ruler on the edge of the desk and as it twangs, pull it across the desk so the pitch goes up
In between working really hard of course.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:19, Reply)

That is a joy, but I don't have a ruler
Instead I drum my feet on the floor. And sometimes headbang, if a good song comes on.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:21, Reply)

you big thread stepper-onner!
I'm upset. This must be how TGB feels every time I do it to her.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 10:59, Reply)

TGB's face is permanently contorted into a scowl

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:03, Reply)

when people talk about TGB it's rarely her face that gets mentioned.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:04, Reply)

she does have a lovely pair of personalities...

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:08, Reply)

One of my favourite expressions.

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:10, Reply)

I read that as every time you do her
I can't help that I was thinking of a fantastic thread as you were typing yours. If I delete it now, people will call me a thread deleter and point and stuff
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:05, Reply)

you're stuck between a rock and a hard place
I shall begrudgingly allow your thread to live.

*puts thumb up*
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:15, Reply)

My thread is kicking your thread's ass.
Bites thumb at Kitty
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:20, Reply)

I was at 6th Form, sitting my A Levels
Now I have a job.

Either way, I don't do much work.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:00, Reply)

New lady
I live by myself in an awesome apartment, and I get paid more.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:00, Reply)

4 years ago
nothing has really changed for the good, except perhaps getting into my university
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:03, Reply)

Oh gawd
I was dating a half-scouse/half italian lad.
He was gorgeous and lovely but a bit full-on. By the time he went off to Italy to watch the final on a big screen I was wondering how to get rid of him and congratulating myself for not doing the sex with him.
I was simply terrified of how much he liked me, and how he was not a slacker bastard. I couldn't handle it.
He returned with a huge bunch of roses and I finished work early to avoid his public gesture. When he delivered them via my landlady that night, along with a text telling me one rose was missing as he'd given it to a beautiful child in the chip-shop) I told him he'd invaded my privacy and that we were too different to go out.
Makes me sound like a bitch but I was suffocatingly terrified and was only putting him out of his misery. I wasn't ready to be treated all nice. I had no idea who I was.

Four years on I have a fucking brilliant boyfriend, who is welcome to buy me presents any time he likes without fear of a dumping and I'm still a lazy bastard in my job. Hurrah!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:07, Reply)

Alright Roota?

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:09, Reply)

Alright Bexleyheath!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:11, Reply)

Oh god don't say that, I've been there. It's fucking horrible :(

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:13, Reply)

I like to lengthen people's names
I meant no disrespeck
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:15, Reply)

Innit

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:20, Reply)

But remember, Becky
I'm watching you.

God I love him. I want him in my freezer.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:21, Reply)

He might fare better in your bed love

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:22, Reply)

for why?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:26, Reply)

I ninja edited because I'm a mongly mong

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:27, Reply)

I don't want him in my bed.
I want him being vigilant and menacing in my freezer.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:29, Reply)

Are we still talking about DTP? I didn't know he did menacing

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:31, Reply)

Haha, nooooo
I'm talking about the menacing vigilant polar bear from those food adverts.

But the artist formerly known as Jesus can indeed be very menacing
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:33, Reply)

How in the blathering fuck was I supposed to know that?
I'd want one only I'd probably punch it for being irritating
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:35, Reply)

Because he says "Remember. I'm watching you."
But honestly you wouldn't punch him. He is scary.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:37, Reply)

he is horrible and scary
dictating food choices and making her feel bad for being a lower-income mother
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:38, Reply)

I respect him
And love him
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:41, Reply)

brainwashing
but then I'm allergic to fish so I'm probably immune to him
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:42, Reply)

I actually have no idea what the fuck you lot are talking about

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:45, Reply)

glad I'm not the only one

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:50, Reply)

explanation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsKWjO213EY&feature=related
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:52, Reply)

no youtube at work unfortunately

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:54, Reply)

Quick explanation then
polar bear in a freezer reprimanding a woman for not buying Birdseye fishfingers because they are best. Then he tells her in a creepy voice that he'll be watching her
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:57, Reply)

that sounds creepy and disturbing
he makes a good point though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:59, Reply)

I don't like the food he's promoting, so I'd punch him

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:45, Reply)

He would bring you down, Becky
be very fucking careful
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:49, Reply)

Finally had 'the op'
and got a job on the internet.

*You spin me right round baby right round*
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:08, Reply)

I'd broken up with my first proper boyfriend, and shit would hit the fan with my love life a few months down the line
I still had a perfect academic record, I had a few problems with friends and things like that, but shit wasn't too bad.

I don't know if I was happier then or now.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:11, Reply)

The only time to be happy is in the present
If you look to the past you will always want what you seethrough your rose tinted glasses, if you look to much to the future you will always be pining for something that is just out of reach, only by living in the present can you be truely happy.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:15, Reply)

Thank you Confucius

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:16, Reply)

My pleasure; you see under my scalely exterior lies a delicate and sensitive heart

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:19, Reply)

delicate and sensitive heart colossal gaybo
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:22, Reply)

Shirter

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:22, Reply)

Fuckin' Hippy

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:17, Reply)

a bit greetings card for me
it's good advice but near impossible to take. I would give a large amount to be the same person I was four years ago rather than the person I am now
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:17, Reply)

You can learn from the past, just don't wish for it or regret it.

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:18, Reply)

even when it is demonstrably better?
I'm not disagreeing with your advice, I'm just saying its almost impossible to carry out. I'm moving on with my life, but it's just fact that I'd prefer to be who I was 4 years ago. Doesn't mean I cry all the time thinking about it, just that I don't see the present as a great place to be
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:22, Reply)

Same here.

( girlinthehole, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:24, Reply)

Of course it's pretty much impossible, but worth a try
Also by focusing on the present and dealing with whatever issues are currently important you can begin to increase your quality of life and you'll be as happy as you were 4 years ago.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:26, Reply)

really?
the only thing better about me 4 years ago was that I was 4 years younger.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:19, Reply)

And 4 stone heavier...

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:20, Reply)

maybe 2 stone heavier
I discovered last night that I've got to the point where my beard is longer than my hair, and my hair isn't particularly short.

this pleases me
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:20, Reply)

Still 2 stone is a decent amount to lose and more importantly to keep off
Are you going to 'metal-plat' your beard?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:23, Reply)

it is indeed
I've got to the point where I can pretty much eat whatever and still keep it off, or carry on getting thinner.

I tried on a paif of 32" waist shorts the other day and could put them on without undoing the fly, and I know buy medium shirts etc. rather than XL.

I'm going to do something with it. It's about the right length for getting a bead in the end now. need to find a smallish metal bead that I can open and shut like a clasp....
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:25, Reply)

Yeah, its cancer mate

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:31, Reply)

bugger
I've still got a bit of portliness, so it'd better hurry up
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:33, Reply)

There there, i'm sure it'll metastasize soon

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:35, Reply)

let's hope so
how's you?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:36, Reply)

Not bad thanks, how's you?

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:45, Reply)

pretty good ta
and this morning has gone by rather quickly which is nice
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:50, Reply)

Slightly different for me
Four years ago is pre-illness. Back when I was still happy, optimistic and pretty much bursting with confidence
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:20, Reply)

illness is a fucker

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:21, Reply)

yup
I mean it's impossible to tell I've been ill thankfully, but it has definitely left it's mark mentally
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:23, Reply)

that sucks
:-(
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:30, Reply)

haha sorry
am being really emo today because it's the date of my being released from hospital. Not usually this emo
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:35, Reply)

only mildly emo I'd say
and it was at least part of a conversation.

I'm one of those awful people to whom basically nothing bad has ever happened. I am aware of how lucky I am.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:36, Reply)

well that's an excellent thing :)
to be honest, I'm really lucky as well. Three days after admittance they still weren't entirely sure of my diagnosis. There was a choice of two. One was what I had, which while nasty and extremely scary meant I'd get better, the other was MS
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:40, Reply)

a relief for you I'm sure
are you over it now (other than mentally) or could it come back?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:42, Reply)

there's a 5% chance
that I could develop the chronic form, and a 0.5% chance that I could just simply catch it again. The odds sound good but it's a 100,000 to one that you get it in the first place (no reason why it happens- its not genetic, not a bug, it's not catching or anything)
However I was told after a few months it would be two years before I walked again. Six months in total and I was back on my feet. Two years on I look absolutely fine, and have no visual residuals which is a massive relief
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:46, Reply)

sounds like a weird illness
good work on the recovery though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:52, Reply)

Cheers
yeah it's a weird illness. No-one has ever heard of it unless they know someone whose been affected. Though med students do come up and ask me a lot about it
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:53, Reply)

me too
No one really close to me has ever died, I've never been seriously ill and bad shit has never really gone down, so I'm a pretty happy person most of the time.

I think this is why I'm so bad at understanding other people's depression, I've just felt like that.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:47, Reply)

I'm the same
no family dramas, nothing like that.

most of my old friends are similar, so it came as a bit of a shock getting to uni and meeting lots of people with baggage of some kind or other.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:51, Reply)

my best friend from school suffers from depression
it seemed to start in 6th form and she went off the rails for a while. It was so hard to deal with as she wouldn't tell me anything about it and I didn't know how to handle it all. She seems to be mostly ok now, I still have to almost force her to open up about stuff though, she just bottles things up and doesn't talk about her problems.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:54, Reply)

since being back in Devon I've not had any dealings with anything of that sort
my friends are all too devoted to living it up to have anything else get in the way.

even my good friends whose IVF has failed 4 times don't seem too peturbed.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:57, Reply)

A few people I know suffer from depression in varying forms/severity
I regularly don't know how to handle it.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:00, Reply)

I like how Noel dealt/deals with it

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:01, Reply)

I was talking to someone with depression while you were having this conversation.
I was well sensitive.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:22, Reply)

well done,
I'm impressed. Unless of course you're lying, in which case BAD CHOMPY!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:24, Reply)

I called her a furry
and an idiot, but it was only banter innit.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:29, Reply)

Same same
I know I'm lucky, was brought up by two loving parents who are still in love with each other and are completely awesome!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:56, Reply)

Mine too
I've been very lucky myself. I'm grateful for what I have, and I try my best to keep my chin up.

I've got a lot to be thankful for- I'm in decent physical health, apart from being larger than I ought, some lovely supportive friends, and a reasonable stab at doing well/decently at uni.

Of course there's the flipside of the fact two members of the four of us are nutters, one's neurotic and the other's a workoholic.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:58, Reply)

mine too
they had their 40th anniversary last weekend. since my dad retired he's actually become really chilled out (in comparison) and it's quite a pleasure to see them.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:59, Reply)

I'm generally happy
My folks have been together 33 years and I'm totally adored.
But the worst kind of depression is the one where there's 'no reason'.
I've had it and my dad's had it. That is scary.
I've learnt how to keep it the fuck away from me now *touches wood*
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:59, Reply)

I certainly wasn't happy when I was 15
but I don't know if I was happier than I am now.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:18, Reply)

No-one that is 15 is happy, fact
Too many hormones and too much angst.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:20, Reply)

I was 15
when I first started to grow my beautiful flappy hair.

I probably wasn't an especially happy person at the time, but beautiful flappy hair would have helped alleviate things.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:38, Reply)

Probably the year I was 15 was the happiest time for a while
I had a steady boyfriend, I'd have fun, I had some angst with friends but nothing that was too bad (14 was much worse) and the last few months were incredibly happy.

October 2006, shit seriously went down.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:48, Reply)

But only if you take control of the present
Because you're not going to be 'truely [sic]' happy if the present is a bit shit, are you?
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:36, Reply)

I'm old.

( girlinthehole, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:19, Reply)

No you're older

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:21, Reply)

I know what I am.

( girlinthehole, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:22, Reply)

Popeye?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:23, Reply)

Brutus.

( girlinthehole, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:23, Reply)

ha ha ha
She's Popeye the sailor man,
She lives in a caravan,
Her friends call her billy,
Because of her Willy,
She's popeye the sailor maaaa-aaaaan!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:24, Reply)

My age begins with a 3, not a 2 now
I have four more letters after my name (ACCA)
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:29, Reply)

CCA RSE
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:39, Reply)

I already had those letters after my name
at least I think I did, because I would introduce myself; "Hello, my name is Colonel Dracula", and people would reply "Yes we know, sod off Baldric"

Hang on...
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:47, Reply)

oooh ACCA
my sister is an ACCA.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:48, Reply)

We're everywhere....MWA'HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:54, Reply)

it's true
she's doing my accounts though so I'm quite happy to put up with her accountancy ways.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:56, Reply)

I've become quite adept at avoiding doing accounts/bookkeeping/tax for friends and family
I always claim "Conflict of interest". The conflict being that i'm not interested in doing it.

Aint I a stinker.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:00, Reply)

I was young, carefree and single 4 years ago,,,
and at Uni. A right lazy bastard. I think I've improved my motivation and I'm less of a cunt since then..

Not as gigantic a cunt as 8 years ago but never mind.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:39, Reply)

4 years ago...
In an all boy's private school, heading towards GCSEs and breezing through them, in the prime of health, and 6 months into what would end up being a 2 1/2 year relationship. Hair was cut short, and I was clean shaven due to school rules. Had just had what would be my last haircut for 3 years.

Now, Oxford (via a state college after not staying on at the private school post GCSE), heading towards the first set of exams that actually count, and absolutely shitting myself, on 2 separate long term medications, panicking at every twinge of pain (which could be either the arthritis getting worse, some form of internal bleeding, another clot, or the first signs of liver problems from the methotrexate), and chronically single since the end of the aforementioned relationship. Hair is just below shoulder length, beard is trimmed short when I need to look smart, but left to grow in between (lost the combs for my clippers except for one that's shorter than I like).

Happier now? Probably, despite the illness, in a much nicer place, made some good friends in the intervening years (only 2 or 3 of which are from the private school, and 2 of those I only really got to know when they went to the same college as me), and planning a summer of travel and geekery.
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Mon 14 Jun 2010, 11:58, Reply)

Oxford? Fair play mate!
wish I had been clever enough for such hallowed ground. Reading uni was the best I could manage.

Good luck with the exams.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:02, Reply)

I didn't even make Reading
Turned down, but got into Liverpool, and am rather grateful for it too, had a great time!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:03, Reply)

Narrow escape. I imagine Liverpool would be a better student experience

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:05, Reply)

Reading is quite good actually
in terms of the student bits.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:42, Reply)

Thanks
I'm good for 2 of the 4 (Quantum, thermo), but need to work my ass off (aside from the current lunch break) for the other two (astro, electromagnetism/optics).
Unfortunately astro is the first one (tomorrow), but luckily it's only half a module (the other half being the practicals, which were continually assessed over the year, and went pretty well overall).
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:07, Reply)

That all sounds horrific
I totally expect to have nightmares tonight about exams that I haven't revised for :D

I'm 33, and I still have the occasional nightmare about GCSEs & A-Levels (but strangely never about uni or professional exams).
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:20, Reply)

"toob"

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:20, Reply)

That's oddly accurate
Though the beard has never got that long yet.

edit: also, de-ris on toob?
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:27, Reply)

He always said Toob instead of tube
if that makes sense...
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:31, Reply)

Ah
I don't actually recognise the pic (aside from the vague resemblance to the weird bloke in the mirror), hence the confusion
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:33, Reply)

Oh, it's a character from the fast show...
Please tell me you aren't too young to have missed th fast show?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 13:12, Reply)

I'm old enough to have seen it
But don't remember it well (though that's more due to crappy memory than age)
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Mon 14 Jun 2010, 13:14, Reply)

Christ loads
4 years ago I was worrying about having a £4000 debt, renting, in a job I loathed with a passion, shit car, no savings, not much to show for my life apart from a groaning set of bookshelves

Now I own my own place, got a muuuuch better car, am happy to spend money on house stuff and realise its for me to have the place looking how i want, the job is better even if not paying a huge amount more.

Nearer 40 than 30 as of a few weeks ago which I find amusing rather than worrying, hair is going Clooney rather than falling out, and the to do list mainly involves getting a cat and to be content with life rather than always chasing happiness
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:03, Reply)

good work chap!

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:05, Reply)

cheers guv
the change of job made a lot of difference, and i'm getting used to the whole house owning lark now, it's just a slow chipping away of what I need, and the bills have settled down to a level that I can budget what I can buy for the next year!

Hows you? I seem to have accidentally inherited the title of host whenever we decide to have a gathering of all the neighbours due to being the only (sociable) one with a garden that faces the sun in the afternoon!
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:11, Reply)

nice
I'm good. tucking into an early lunch at the moment. coronation chicken in a multi-grain bagel. nom
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:12, Reply)

..
did you get round to upgrading the car in the end?

One of your tracks from the first album ended up on my randomburn! so you might get a few more people pestering you about it!
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:15, Reply)

nope, got to get married before changing car
unless something catastrophic happens

cool. which track?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:15, Reply)

Out of time
I cheated a little as I don't have itunes or all my music saved anywhere, so randomly picked 20 odd albums abnd a couple of singles and ripped a song from each.

Did deliberately add T1000 by Fear Factory on there as well, which is the most earth shatteringly dreadful song ever!
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:20, Reply)

The-Ma-Chine-Is-Now-A-Live!
*gabba beats*
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:50, Reply)

Thats the fella!
Fear factory make shit records but are great live, which makes very little sense at all
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:53, Reply)

it happens

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 13:14, Reply)

I'm now losing a battle with nasal hair.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:17, Reply)

this ^
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:20, Reply)

Sexeh

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:27, Reply)

Damn straight,
I'm plaiting them right now.
( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 12:49, Reply)

Oh baby, you're making me moist
DON'T STOP
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 13:03, Reply)

Lots of bad things that I won't go into here.....
.... but this year I've had flatmates move in and I'm finally happy at home, I haven't been that way since I was 18 or soo.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 13:05, Reply)

well
I finished my PhD, lived in America for a bit (hated it), got knocked up by my fiance, got offered a great job in the UK, moved back to the UK, had a baby (who looks awfully like Ian Hislop at the moment), and am now planning my wedding for later this year. It's been pretty good going, overall.
( ascorbate, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 13:08, Reply)

The last four years have been mostly indifferent.
Defined as they were by hatred for my job. Now however....
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 14 Jun 2010, 14:43, Reply)

fatter and balder
and skinter
(CheatingRabbit, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 19:59, Reply)