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As it's Friday the 13th I gave myself the morning off in case the Jack Cole Building collapsed, or I was killed on the way to the lab, and so on. I've been pretty safe so far, but there are two pieces of bad news from recently...
The first is that the bank are charging us £30 because I transferred money into our joint account a couple of pico-seconds after it was debited by PlusNet. I've been on the phone trying to get out of it, which took a minute of discussion preceded by six minutes of rather pointless security questions and setting up of my account for telephone banking. And in the end they're not budging about the charge. I hope that Whitney is busy at work today, because I haven't actually told her this yet. Hello if you're reading.
And secondly, I received a worryingly low grade of 10 for my second Architecture practical. This isn't disastrous because it only brings my average down to about 14, but that's still the lowest grade that I've had before an exam. Actually I was expecting a low mark for it because I was well aware that my program was rubbish, and I had tried to cover it up with an outstanding report. Apparently the marker saw through the scheme this time, but it's hardly surprising as to be honest the entire thing was a complete pile of arse from start to finish. The computer science department have a patently unfair policy that means that grades are capped at exam grade + 2, which means that practicals can drag your grade down but they can't bring it up, so the plan of winging the Architecture exam might have to be reconsidered.
That's it - I'm going to the lab. And I'm taking this pack of revolting Tesco Value cookies with me so that I can spread the pain out a bit.
The first is that the bank are charging us £30 because I transferred money into our joint account a couple of pico-seconds after it was debited by PlusNet. I've been on the phone trying to get out of it, which took a minute of discussion preceded by six minutes of rather pointless security questions and setting up of my account for telephone banking. And in the end they're not budging about the charge. I hope that Whitney is busy at work today, because I haven't actually told her this yet. Hello if you're reading.
And secondly, I received a worryingly low grade of 10 for my second Architecture practical. This isn't disastrous because it only brings my average down to about 14, but that's still the lowest grade that I've had before an exam. Actually I was expecting a low mark for it because I was well aware that my program was rubbish, and I had tried to cover it up with an outstanding report. Apparently the marker saw through the scheme this time, but it's hardly surprising as to be honest the entire thing was a complete pile of arse from start to finish. The computer science department have a patently unfair policy that means that grades are capped at exam grade + 2, which means that practicals can drag your grade down but they can't bring it up, so the plan of winging the Architecture exam might have to be reconsidered.
That's it - I'm going to the lab. And I'm taking this pack of revolting Tesco Value cookies with me so that I can spread the pain out a bit.
