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I've spent a little bit of time wandering around the Imperial College Fresher's Fair today. Despite having never been a Fresher here, and the last time I could have conceivably been a Fresher anywhere is back in 2003, I figure it's worth finding out what's going on, and at a bare minimum saying hi to the SF and Gaming folks. As it is, I signed up to a mailing list for a new Go society, got on the announcements list for another Drama soc's plays, and generally enjoyed browsing it.

Things I've noticed here, is that the undergrads appear to be really quite slow. Generally this is worst when they're directly between me and my office, but in general they appear to be moving far too slowly. Last year I got a few months in before yelling at anyone (a simple "Excuse me" at sufficient volume seems to work), and I had decided to reduce that time this year (as I felt I'd been far too polite last year), but thought it would take longer than today. I'm fine when I'm with other people, but on my own when I'm walking, I want the *minimum* time between points A and B, and if you're being slow in front of me with no good reason (talking on your mobile is not a good reason), I'm going to get pissed off. I was getting a bit frustrated with the crowds, then some pillock decides to stop dead right in front of me, and I end up yelling "Don't just bloody stand there!" (this wasn't that loud, he was remarkably oblivious and I got around him fast enough, so no idea of the results of that). Grr. Shouldn't let it get to me, but this does tend to annoy me a lot.

Also, managed to mistake the Catholic society for a Cat society (they're called "Cathsoc" and the "h" was very yellow and slightly hard to read). I then walk out of the relevant room and get handed a leaflet just saying "Kitty Magic". It takes me a good few moments (and some conversation with the person handing them out) to conclude they aren't either a) the should-be-created Cat society or b) a random religious group excluded from the room I've just exited (which contained many of them), but a band playing in the area later on...

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