At Tower Hill.
I can see them all coming for miles from there...
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 0:43, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Alright Poppet
How is the revision going?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 0:44, Reply)

Yeah good, just marking a psychology paper now..

(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 0:58, Reply)

I thought you were taking exams, not marking them!

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:02, Reply)

yeah but I do practice exams.
I've done 23 maths practice ones, and I"m marking my 16th psychology paper. The reason I do so many is because they're all essentially the same questions worded slightly differently, and it helps me prepare for how they'll ask them this time.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:03, Reply)

Good for you!
When are you coming to the UK and how long are you staying for?

(I'm just interested in what you're looking forward to, and what you've worried about!)
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:07, Reply)

I leave in two weeks actually for the UK, which is a bit frightening to think about.
been planning it for so long that now it's so close is making me get a bit squealy with excitement and fear.
I'm staying for 4 weeks initially, then going to Europe for 5 weeks, then back to London for a week.

I'm really looking forward to putting faces to names finally though.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:13, Reply)

My sister went travelling for a month in Australia
And stayed for 5 years (before she got deported).

You'll love it. If you don't mind me asking, how old will you be when you land?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:15, Reply)

I'll be a couple of months shy of 19.
I actually get home the week before I turn 19.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:20, Reply)

So what are you most looking forward to?
(Have your family done Europe before?)
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:27, Reply)

Nope, family's never been to europe save for my dad, he was born in Amsterdam.
I dunno, I'm looking forward to it all really. It's my first solo holiday, so it's a bit of a thrill to just be independent and to do it all myself. I'm really really looking forward to seeing Snow though. Never seen it that I can recall.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:29, Reply)

Snow!
Wow. I can't imagine not seeing it every few years!

I've got some american friends who'd never seen the sea, they were so excited it was untrue.

You do appreciate just how expensive it'll be yes?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:31, Reply)

dude, I've been saving for two years for this trip.
the fact that I'm couchsurfing for 6 weeks in total out of 10 has cut my costs down unbelievably. I cannot thank the people who are letting me sleep on their couches enough. I wouldn't have been able to go if I couldn't do that!
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:33, Reply)

As long as you know it won't be cheap!
Where, in Europe, are you going?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:34, Reply)

Use your eyes :P
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post943966

I'm really looking forward to going to the comic museum in Brussels actually. I just wanna get my geek on while I'm there!
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:37, Reply)

You will have have the best time EVER
Well done on having made the decision (at 17) to want to do this, 20 hours on a plane will be fuck all compared to the fun you'll have!

What are you most looking forward to?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:41, Reply)

I've got no clue, there's a few things.
really looking forward to seeing my dutch familie again, we've been talking a lot recently. Looking forward to spending NYE in Denmark with my friend. Can't wait to go to the Louvre, and to the Eiffel Tower, even though I'll be trying not to throw up on the way up the tower. :P
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:44, Reply)

been there! If you don't speak french, get a guidebook
top tip of the day.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:44, Reply)

You still awake Chainy?
I'm not, I'm cunred. I'e done 11 gem.

BED
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:47, Reply)

still up
most of the way through bottle 2, though.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:51, Reply)

I have one
I figured that in Aus we expect people to at least try to speak english, and if they can't, to use a phrasebook, so I got a little pocket one. It's very handy.

EDIT: I also speak/read dutch pretty okay, so I can get by on that if I have to.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:48, Reply)

bear in mind the comic museum is focussed on the continent
lots of french and german.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:52, Reply)

That's okay, I don't mind shelling out a few bucks for some english headphones.

(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:53, Reply)

Arse, I knew there was something going on that weekend
Was planning to go there and see what this bashing stuff is like, but forgot about it and will be up in Durham that weekend now...

Europe's a big place, whereabouts?
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:16, Reply)

That's fine. just make sure you get to the Mance bash!
Belgium, Holland (for christmas, i have family there), Denmark (NYE, my friend lives there), Sweden, Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and France. Doing a loop.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:22, Reply)

Definitely can't do that one
Have to move out of uni on that day (yes, our holidays are huge). Have tutorials on the friday, so can't leave earlier, and we have to be gone by saturday night cos the college are bastards really nice people who definitely don't monitor internet connections or mess with things
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:24, Reply)

darn.
that's okay. I'll survive! Somehow..
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:30, Reply)

I think its on the b3ta calendar
for my finals I did I think a grand total of 13 practice exams. 3 were for Graph Theory, and it turned out 6/7 questions were off the practice papers. Did I get 83% in Graph Theory?

No, I got 100%. We had to answer 6 questions out of 7.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:14, Reply)

ahaha good for you.
they do the same thing here, like, on every paper for the last five years has been, in some form or another "describe and differentiate between Negative Reinforcement and Punishment."
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:23, Reply)

thats more like it
strategic positioning FTW
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 0:46, Reply)

Admittedly, it's the centre of a technically only "dormant" volcano.
but if ever there was a time for it to become active again, it would be when the zombies are coming. It's also strategically near a beach so I can wash, and near farmland where there are cows to eat, and crops to steal.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 0:59, Reply)

can't do better than that
I think you've covered all the bases.

Gaz me if the dead rise while you're in the UK, I'll put you on my safelist.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:01, Reply)

I think so too.
although if the dead rise, I'm pretty sure I'd be one of the first casualties. I'm not a fast runner.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:02, Reply)

Smart beats fast or strong
at least in the long run. Observe, avoid.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:08, Reply)

that's true. Also I have a car.
so I can bundle my little kitty in there and keep him safe - I can tootle around and if need be, I can drive really fast to get away from the brain-obssessed undead.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 31 Oct 2010, 1:14, Reply)