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palfrey at 07:13pm on 01/04/2004
palfrey at 07:13pm on 01/04/2004It's been a fun day. Nothing actually April Fools related, just a few other bits and bobs. After not getting much sleep last night and having almost panic attacks over the Dutch test, I passed! 82%! Lessons start Monday. Wrote about 2 sections of my paper, and found a new one for "ways you know it's time to go home" - when there's a snail in your paper. BBC did a story a while back on their nature proggie where they've put cameras on various bits of wildlife (turned up again recently with penguins), and I grabbed the photos from it 'cause figured might come in useful. So right now, my paper includes a picture of a snail with a camera on its back (as an example of a possible mobile anchor node....). Ok, it'll probably get removed within about 5 minutes tommorrow morn, but it's still a bit funny.
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thessalian
1. What is your middle name(s)? Edward Victor
2. If you had been born the other sex, did your parents tell you what your name would have been? Beth I think.
3. Do you have children and if so, what are their names? Hah! No current intentions/possibilties for sprogs (plus unsure if I'd ever have them in the conventional sense. Memetically, maybe)
4. If you were to ever have a child or more children, what would you name them? Damned if I know (no, that's not the name)
5. Most people know their mother's maiden name, but do you know your grandmother's maiden name? Maternal – Dawson. Paternal – Fleming
6. Did you have an imaginary friend as a child? Nope. Had a teddy bear, but don't think it ever got as far as talking back. Now, talking to myself, that's another matter.
7. What was the name of your first pet? Well, there was the cat that was around when I was born. Bugsy.
9. What was the name of the first person you ever kissed? Properly? Lizzie McGawley
10. What was the name of the school you attended as a child? North Ealing
11. What was/is the name of your English teacher in high school? Crap, mind's a blank. Can't remember any of the names
12. Do you name your vehicles? What are the name(s)? No car, no driving license
And an additional question that I think should be asked in this day and age:
13. Do you name your computer? What is/are the name(s)? Desktop (Eris), Laptop (Scrumpy), Work Desktop (Dutign currently - assigned name - but prolly getting renamed to Kriek soon to go with the local theme of drinks)
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thessalian1. What is your middle name(s)? Edward Victor
2. If you had been born the other sex, did your parents tell you what your name would have been? Beth I think.
3. Do you have children and if so, what are their names? Hah! No current intentions/possibilties for sprogs (plus unsure if I'd ever have them in the conventional sense. Memetically, maybe)
4. If you were to ever have a child or more children, what would you name them? Damned if I know (no, that's not the name)
5. Most people know their mother's maiden name, but do you know your grandmother's maiden name? Maternal – Dawson. Paternal – Fleming
6. Did you have an imaginary friend as a child? Nope. Had a teddy bear, but don't think it ever got as far as talking back. Now, talking to myself, that's another matter.
7. What was the name of your first pet? Well, there was the cat that was around when I was born. Bugsy.
9. What was the name of the first person you ever kissed? Properly? Lizzie McGawley
10. What was the name of the school you attended as a child? North Ealing
11. What was/is the name of your English teacher in high school? Crap, mind's a blank. Can't remember any of the names
12. Do you name your vehicles? What are the name(s)? No car, no driving license
And an additional question that I think should be asked in this day and age:
13. Do you name your computer? What is/are the name(s)? Desktop (Eris), Laptop (Scrumpy), Work Desktop (Dutign currently - assigned name - but prolly getting renamed to Kriek soon to go with the local theme of drinks)
chipper
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Most morally dodgy thing I ever saw them do was coming around to our rooms in halls in the first few weeks and trying to talk to each of us - some freshers, first time away from home, could have easily been persuaded with the whole "come along, there are these nice happy people who will be very friendly" crap.
Maybe when they gave that "grill a christian" meeting I should have brought the Hoi Sin and the barbeque fork like I was thinking of - there was this girl there who was about to go on an "evangelism course". Now *that's* a worrying concept. They're teaching them how to do the brain-washing...
Christians for the most part aren't that bad people, but the CU really gets on my tits.
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ahem
Im Christian too... Im also a member of the CU & they don't really do *that* much forcing as I've never been forced to attend anything (although I do go to grab the free food.... knowing the people providing the free food is also great since queues can be skipped with "I Just want to talk to so&so"!) They provide you with yummy fOod, the only times I'd consider it maybe tainted is if certain people are cooking (mentIoning no names since they are mates)
*Awww rattie drinking my bedside water!!!! How cute!!! Now rattie under laptop!!!*
- Sorry, Dru was/is being incredibly cute & loveable!!!!
Anyway.... I've never participated in aNything more deadly that offering to help hand out mulled wine at Chistmas! - ok, really thats cuz was cold & the warm drinks dissappear so fast that Unless ur behind the stall you don't get any... but never mind.
I don't mind people not being ChriStian or being other religions (like a load of my mates back home), but please don't be anti-Christian! The vast majority of us are lovely people!!!!!
Dru has now vanished under cushions... better check I'm not going to lean back & squish her....
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Re: ahem
1) I have various issues with things that various groups do in the name of Christianity (or quite frankly religion in general, but christianity is a) "low-hanging fruit" and b) the people I have the most contact with/hear the most about)
2) One of the particular groups I have a problem with is the CU. Various of it's members are nice people (heck you for starters! and there are others..), but I find various things that the group as a whole does to be morally dubious at best, downright bloody wrong at worst.
3) One major beef is with anything organised as a "free event", whatever the hook may be (a movie, food, whatever) without any mentioning that it's actually organised as a way to get lots of people in one place where the CU can attempt to persuade us that we've been deluded all these years, and why don't we come to their church services.... if they at least mention that it's organised by the Christian Union (remember to spell it out, not everyone knows what CU is) on the advert poster, then I'm somewhat less pissed off. CU should organise events for/of interest to christians, and do a Fresh stall. That's my opinion on the limits of what a society should be.
4) I have no problems with anyone choosing to believe in whichever religion, but I have major problems with anyone that tries to convert me/wants me to sit there and listen to their "new" argument for their religion (read: same arguments I've heard way too many times).
Live and let live is my general policy. If I want to know more about a religion I will *explicitly* ask someone who believes in it. If you've actually got something new to say, then at least ask me if I mind hearing about it first, rather than just telling me about it.
(Yeah, I know. You don't do these things. And hence why I don't go off on any sort of rant in person, and everyone gets to be happy and have fun, which is how I like life to be. But there are others who do so, and so I wished to explain my pissedoffness)