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Right, I haven't updated this for fully two days, so it's thesis time again. There are very small Matrix 2 spoilers in this entry - just giving away the name of a chracter and a particular fight scene, in fact - but if you're bothered about that sort of thing, don't say I didn't warn you.
Quite a lot has happened during the past couple of days compared to the endless "avoiding revision" of the last week. Unsurprisingly I was CARRIERED! at Starcraft again, this time by Sleigh after he and I teamed up on Richard... then I was quickly erased by my erstwhile ally.
*Looks up "erstwhile" in the dictionary just to be on the safe side*
So, after that my formulae revision (sitting around doing nothing) was interrupted by a trip to see the new Matrix film... got there very early but still had to queue for a while. As for the film itself, I can't really comment on how good it is in any depth as I wasn't really paying attention to the plot, instead treating it as one two-hour-long fight scene - and if you just think of it as that, it's one of the best films I've ever seen.
Trouble is, I've been watching Strong Bad too much so I kept on thinking up "Teen Girl Squad"-style words such as "LAMP-POSTED!!!" during the Multi-Smith fight. Of course, the "bullet-time" was overused, but Matrix was what popularised it in the first place so it's easily forgiven.
And the new operator's name is Link, which is unfortunate because whenever he appeared I couldn't get (this (use Copy Shortcut and paste)) out of my head. That's better than having the ITV Schools music "Just a Minute" stuck in your head, though... which brings me neatly on to the exam this morning.
I was pretty nervous about it as I knew nothing - met up with Gregory at New Hall first and was almost run over by a truck. A great start to the day. Once I got to the Younger Hall, I was then Rossified again. I didn't realise the irony of her giving out Bible leaflets outside an Origins of Life exam until Graeme pointed it out later on.
Anyway, the exam went fine until the third page out of four, where Dr Philp had asked some pretty nasty questions (that I hadn't a clue how to answer). Still, I got 20 marks worth of essay questions done in that section, so it shouldn't be too bad.
By far the stupidest question I've ever been asked in an exam was (and I'm paraphrasing): "Express room temperature in micrometres". And yes, that was set by the same lecturer who had "Do never stare directly in to the Sun" in his notes. But still, I'm pretty sure I passed it, even if it was with a 5.
Afterwards, we had a celebratory round of bacon sandwiches at the same place where we lost the pub quiz, then went our separate ways. The weather was quite nice for a change on the way home - must have been at least a kilometre hot.
The trouble is, after the relief of the end of the first exam, it's dawning on me that I know relatively little for the second and third ones as well. So I'll stay up with a 1,186-page long book on organic chemistry tonight (not including appendices).
Quite a lot has happened during the past couple of days compared to the endless "avoiding revision" of the last week. Unsurprisingly I was CARRIERED! at Starcraft again, this time by Sleigh after he and I teamed up on Richard... then I was quickly erased by my erstwhile ally.
*Looks up "erstwhile" in the dictionary just to be on the safe side*
So, after that my formulae revision (sitting around doing nothing) was interrupted by a trip to see the new Matrix film... got there very early but still had to queue for a while. As for the film itself, I can't really comment on how good it is in any depth as I wasn't really paying attention to the plot, instead treating it as one two-hour-long fight scene - and if you just think of it as that, it's one of the best films I've ever seen.
Trouble is, I've been watching Strong Bad too much so I kept on thinking up "Teen Girl Squad"-style words such as "LAMP-POSTED!!!" during the Multi-Smith fight. Of course, the "bullet-time" was overused, but Matrix was what popularised it in the first place so it's easily forgiven.
And the new operator's name is Link, which is unfortunate because whenever he appeared I couldn't get (this (use Copy Shortcut and paste)) out of my head. That's better than having the ITV Schools music "Just a Minute" stuck in your head, though... which brings me neatly on to the exam this morning.
I was pretty nervous about it as I knew nothing - met up with Gregory at New Hall first and was almost run over by a truck. A great start to the day. Once I got to the Younger Hall, I was then Rossified again. I didn't realise the irony of her giving out Bible leaflets outside an Origins of Life exam until Graeme pointed it out later on.
Anyway, the exam went fine until the third page out of four, where Dr Philp had asked some pretty nasty questions (that I hadn't a clue how to answer). Still, I got 20 marks worth of essay questions done in that section, so it shouldn't be too bad.
By far the stupidest question I've ever been asked in an exam was (and I'm paraphrasing): "Express room temperature in micrometres". And yes, that was set by the same lecturer who had "Do never stare directly in to the Sun" in his notes. But still, I'm pretty sure I passed it, even if it was with a 5.
Afterwards, we had a celebratory round of bacon sandwiches at the same place where we lost the pub quiz, then went our separate ways. The weather was quite nice for a change on the way home - must have been at least a kilometre hot.
The trouble is, after the relief of the end of the first exam, it's dawning on me that I know relatively little for the second and third ones as well. So I'll stay up with a 1,186-page long book on organic chemistry tonight (not including appendices).
