Drills and Keys
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
I've just stumbled upon this. As you probably know, six month's ago one of the icon's of the British music scene tragically passed away. I am of course talking about John Peel.
I have to say I was never a particular fan of his show or his music choice, but I did listen occasionally and understood how well respected then man was. I even expressed sorrow at his death. So it was strange today to come across this blog entry by Stodge.
How strange it must have been to firstly witness a death; something which I hope I never have to endure, and secondly to realise it is a man for whom you have great respect for. It made for thought-provoking reading.
In a similar vein, one of my close friends last night lost his granddad. He had travelled home on Saturday, then come back after saying his goodbyes. I find the thought of doing that so hard to comprehend, but am glad that for my mate's sake the painful waiting is over.
On a far more mundane front; I have made considerable progress with the mould blocks for the Ribena widget, however I am not allowed to utter a word about it as I will be fined under a new system that the Swan, Devito, Rufio and myself introduced last night after our (mediocre) curry. To be explicit, Rufio didn't actually agree to it, but we have decided he has to obey it anyway.
I, am no longer allowed to be either vague or talk about my course in front of my friends. If I do, I will we fined 50 English New Pence. The same applies if Swanny misses one of his lectures. If DeVito hits anyone when unprovoked he pays up or if Rufio says anything that is outside of the boundaries of taste and decency, the sound of rattling change can be heard.
As a late addition, Mike must not be Cheesy or face the same penalty. It is good fun, but Rufio reckons it is 'Ruining the dynamic'. The whole point was to reign him in a bit. Recently his comments have been becoming so grossly inappropriate, and we really are making an effort to piss on his bonfire, but unfortunately, he can still make it sound funny, even if it isn't.
I currently owe about �2.50, Swanny �1.50, Devito is doing pretty well, but Sean... well Sean has had to take out a second student loan.
Tomorrow is the Towers Summer Formal. I am unsure if I am truly looking forward to the event, but it is one of those things you feel obliged to do. This week is so packed with work that I shouldn't even be contemplating going, let alone the Supergrass concert on Thursday.
I did my materials presentation this morning. I was very worried before I went in. Early reports were fed back detailing the use of PowerPoint presentations, the weaing of suits etc etc. All I had was some footnotes and a hoody. This did not promise to go well, especially when upon trying do my 'Recital to Lufbra', I faulted repeatedly with just woolly clouds floating through between my ears. Glad that all cleared when I got up there. Plus I had the bonus happiness that PowerPoint made no difference to the marks and our boards were one of the best set they had seen so far.
Even if DDS did run off with my keys and leave me stranded outside my room for two hours, all in all it has been a good day.