Just a thin line drawn between... being a genius or insane

It always seems that I haven't updated this in ages, there's too much going on.

I did end up going to the ceilidh with Liying, but we left after an hour or so as it was extremely crowded. She went back to the hall, and I went along to the beach for the bonfire, picking up a mince pie along the way. Nothing much happened, save for some guitar playing, before we headed back to the hall.

That night wasn't good - I don't want to be all melodramatic, but I had a dream where I was told I was a burden to others because of my worries. I know that isn't true, though, even though I do tend to think and analyse too much. This is as unhappy as I intend to get... well, that sounded wrong. What I mean is that I don't want this to be a repeat of last year, I just want to forget everything and be happy, no matter what happens.

Right, back out of my mind and in to the real world. The first "classes" of the year were on Monday. Computing involved clicking on a couple of buttons, and Chemistry was a short introductory talk. I don't even have a real lecture for either subject until 11 on Wednesday. Of course, things will be more hectic when the labs start up, but for now things are nice and easy.

I went along with Graeme to get some paper and folders - had a look at the poster sale as well. And I also got my ca$h paid in to my account from the student loan. Have to go and spend some of that in Dundee, maybe this afternoon.

Chris, the hero, discovered a non-evil Real player. So now I'm going to spend less time pressing F5 in forums and more time watching Knightmare clips. The best death ever, for those who haven't seen it already, is at http://knightmare.v21hosting.co.uk/clips/series4/4team4death.rm

And this morning, it was the introductory Computing session. As expected, no one could log in at the lab and the lecturer's projecter wasn't working, so we all had to go up to Maths B and have the "induction" that was scheduled for tomorrow. We're yet to decide whether that beats the uselessness of last year, though, when "Hello World" didn't work.

ResNet seems to be being faster again, for now.

Er... Chatroom Tuesday.

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Each stalk of wheat a life, a soul, cut down in the path of the scythe

After the class this morning, and a rather good lunch, I headed in to Dundee on the bus - partly to get out of the room and some fresh air (cough, cough), but mostly to have a look around the music shops for anything I didn't have by one of the few bands I listen to. I was surprised to find nothing, even in Virgin, which is usually rather good at having rare recordings in stock. So my purchase in Dundee ended up being a gingerbread man from Fisher and Donaldson's.

I took the wrong bus back - the one that takes Far Too Long to get back to St A's instead of the one that just takes Too Long, or alternatively the one that takes A While. This evening I was just feeling too tired to make any kind of effort... I've run out of enthusiasm. More sugar required at breakfast, I think.

Also, I learned today that there are people who genuinely listen to my music a lot, and eagerly await my next releases. How many? Well, three people that I know of. But it's a start. If there are any German-style melodic hardrock bands out there that need a writer, just let me know...