Posts Tagged ‘be*’

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Generic Witty Title Goes Here.

September 21, 2008

I think it’s time for another one of these blog entry thingies. I’m now back in Middlesbrough and slowly waiting for my second year of University to start – Surprisingly, I’m quite looking forward to it. Hell, it beats doing nothing all the time, or lazing about and playing Warcraft. You know, be sociable with people and all that. My new house is alright, it was a bit trashy when Duong and Sheila first moved in back in July, but Python actually redecorated the place and made it bearable… but they’re still useless, because they replaced my wardrobe and didn’t put in a clothes rail. My room’s a fair size, and after a week of being here I still haven’t unpacked everything – should get round to that sometime. Once I move a bookcase in here, finish lobbing up shiny posters and give it a dust down, it should be habitable. Well, if I don’t mess it all up, that is.

Meanwhile, student life continues. Plenty of oversleeping and staying up late, watching TV (lots of new American stuff like Fringe, they managed to keep up the pace with the second episode), and leeching off my new Be* 22mb Internet connection (of which I’m only getting 8mb, because the free router’s wireless signal is kinda shitty). I managed to convince my mate and his brother than the ‘boro is, in fact, not a shithole, and I went out drinking for the first time this academic year on Thursday (and everyone seems to have lost their built-up alcohol resistance, me included). Most people are back up here now, Dave and Dan’s house is pretty close, whereas Matt and Greeny and such just had to go and live 35 minutes walk away. You hate me that much that you have to move as far away as possible? Baww. Actually, screw that, watching HD stuff on a 100″ projector screen is worth the exercise. Back here in my house, however, I’m happy with Matt (a different one) letting me play Rock Band whenever I want ^^

*edit* Fucksticks, I already used that entry title. I’m running outta shitty puns, people.

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A Ray Of Hope…

September 5, 2008

…because after a month of fussing on with both BT and Be*, my new house finally has internet access. I have 3 pleased housemates (after being deprived of ‘net access for over two months), and hopefully this means that I’ll be moving down there to the house in a week or so. At least, when the speed picks up a bit – the connection was limited to the slowest speed in order to increase stability, so it should get faster than 4mb… I bloody hope so, seeing as the exchange is just at the end of the street. Probably won’t be as good as the university’s network (I miss you already T_T), but it’ll be faster than the 2mb I have here at home.

See? I made someone happy! …well, she doesn’t know it’s working yet, but I’m sure it’ll be a reaction similar to that.

I’m planning on being a lot more productive in the coming year at university, so I’m doing a few things to help me along. The original plan was to use my Moleskine notebook as a planner, but I thought ‘Fuck it’ and went digital – Google Calendar it is, then. And it seems pretty useful – I’ve scheduled myself into an hour or two of C++ work every other afternoon until the new semester starts, so it should be fresh in my mind. As far as lectures go, I’m going to try the Cornell note-taking method for a little while, and see how it all works out. I guess it’s pretty dependant on how much effort I’m personally willing to put in… can someone buy me a laptop so I can use OneNote instead? kthx.