cc = somehow, none of this suprises me.

I'm not sure of the Paxman thing has to do with spending too much time watching University Challenge, also, he's so super sharp and grumpy in a morally right way. Don't think the reality would uite pan out thoug, although, who knows.

I am also quite stunned by the male model in the new Channel aftershave ads in a Michael Angelo's David kind of a way. But that's not really a confession I don't think. I don't get Spacey at all.

Right I can't help it, here goes. So, Clogsy then... are you about to tell us you've been on the game now? Or run an illegal money laundering service? Or been a dealer of class A drugs, surfing the tide of international crime? You need to spill the beans...

I have a wierd crush on Jeremy Paxman.

I'm not going to do it... really, really, I'm not going to do it; I won't rise to it.

I wash up as little as possible, within reasonable crusting and heallth and safety limits, probably about 4 times a week. This feels like a big deal to me, not sure if it really is.

I stole an original 1950s bottle green beret from the costume place I woked at, but I wish I'd lifted more - they were b******s. There, some criminal activity for people to chew on.

Hello everyone, it's good to hear you're all doing alright. Yes the DONE thing does look satisfying, although I'm not sure I could muster the energy to write the extra words after days of hard slog, how daft does that sound?

And Bug, that sounds like great fun - I'm glad you're getting out and about and enjoying yourself.

Anyhow, here's my plan for the next day or two; I'll be working mornings only both days due to other, fun commitments - lucky old me.

The next big task is to write a 1000 word definition of one of my central terms which needs to be finished by next Sunday evening - I already have a paragraph of about 400 words and I need to expand it. This seems very do-able now I see it written down. So! Tomorrow, I will identify the points which need to be clarified/unpacked (that weird academic term which makes me think about moving house)/expanded upon and start writing. Who know what could happen...

Hopefully, I will be over feeling sensitive after a torrent of name calling and personal insults dscribing me as old (or more precisley older than her), fat (I'm not, I'm just not a size 10) and a used up bag from my charming 22 year old neice. That's it; immediate family no more. This is a family free zone.

I just remembered this one from my totally stressed out days with old, rubbish supervisor:

You Can Do It by Ice Cube

[Ms. Toi]
You can do it put your back into it
[Ice Cube]
I can do it put your ass into it
[Ms. Toi]
You can do it put your back into it
[Ice Cube]
I can do it put your ass into it
[Ms. Toi]
Put your back into it
[Ice Cube]
Put your ass into it

There you go. Not originally intended as a motivating mantra for PhD rsearch, but I found it very effective; especially with the elctronic dum stuff going on in the background.

I've just finished watching a repeat of the 2003 Bo Selecta Christmas special. Wasn't he hilarious? Oh, and I'm also hoping that a certain somebody around here gets bored of their attention seeking behaviour, surelt the smart thing to do would be to take up some exhibitionist hobby or get bit of CBT instead.

I'm afraid, Wally, that Gary Barlow, being a song writer of beyond Lennon and Mcartney status, has A* plus sleb status; in my eyes at least; I'm still mourning what X Factor did to his songs this weekend, and it could well be the final nail in the X Factor coffin round at my gaff; this time, they've gone too far.

See how I came out of the closet and just let my affection for the semi-colon loose all over the place just then?

Yeah, if this were a game we could have alternative means of raising our profiles, like the perfumes or fashion lines, or having an affair with the nanny etc.

Must go and get ready to teach now.

Yeah, I agree with Wally. Also: it would be far to much, and far too depressingly, like real life, and we need blinding escapism to get through this crazy process. What about celeb status - like D list, C list etc that could be funand not serious so less chance of competitiveness? Or we could collect baked beans until we have enough for skin heads on a raft AKA beans on toast.

Hi Sneaks, I don't know the Roald Dahl book, although I did recently geta copy of it free with a box of Shreddies. I never care a hoot about loyalty to a book or similar, I just care if I enjoy the film as it stands. I like Wes Anderson very much, the animation is beautiful and it's very funny.

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Ooohh Miss Space I love that Oscar Wilde quote - it sums up so much of the deliberation we go through. *As a counterpoint* and *advice for the nerdy on how to pull*:



'And DON'T go on about the tragic demise of the semi-colon'



Bunny (Simon Farnaby) advising the romantcally challenged and nerdy PhD student-like Stephen (Edward Hogg) on how not to chat up the object of his affections, in Bunny and the Bull (2009) - the new Mighty Boosh film. It made me laugh out loud when I saw it yesterday, because the demise of the semi-colon and the wasted literary opportunities it represents is on my mind quite a bit at the moment. Moi? un nerd???? hmmm

*general wisdom*

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

Harold Thurman

I'll try and think of some more while Come Dine With Me is on.

Hey Bug, that's a great idea. I'll post my intentions and progress on here instead of the accountability thread (although I'll still pop back to catch up now and again!). HHhhhmmm, I'll resist temptation and leave you to deal with the interference as you wish. Will start after the weekend though as I'm currently veging out.

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Hey Sue, it could be that Wally is paying us all the honor of recognising the universality of rationality amongst women by treating it as a given - he could just ask any woman; no need to specify which one when any would povide pearls of incomparable widom, maybe... maybe. How about Bonnie Greer? She's a bright spark, or Virginia Wolfe, or the modern creative genius, Catherine Bigalow, or Iris Murdoch, or Susan Sontag or Mariner Warner, or even Oprah Winfrey -she alwasy knows about this sort of stuff. Sorry, don't know about science. I'm sure Madonna would be in the know about any significant developments in the last topic though.



I think man made global warming is real; my opinion is based on my view that humans ravage the earth selfishly as part of their en-masse character, and that it's likely to be destroying the place, and therefore needs curbing.



I have another question: Audrey Tatou is fabulous, but she seems reeeeaaaaly popular with male PhD students; is there some connection?