Start of the Spring "Break"

This security policy is becoming a classic example of overdoing things. When we were handed out the task last month, the expected word count was 1000-2000 if you were doing it alone, with the word count climbing by 1500 words for every additional group member. The one that I'm typing up at the moment has now passed the 4,000-word mark and takes up 21 pages, and I haven't even written any of the main section. I hope the marker's got a lot of free time during the next fortnight. Not that there's any guarantee that it'll be marked at all, mind you, seeing as the strike's still going on.

It's not all bad, though - when I got back from the weekend I found that my monstrously ghastly harpsichord piece somehow came fourth in the One Voice Competition that was pointed out at what passes for the Modplug forums these days. The competition was more to do with melodic ability rather than sound of the file, and that's probably just as well.

If I get fed up with this I'm going to look at my online high score table again and try and improve the encryption, which should be a lot more entertaining. I think I'm one of the few people who can say that with a straight face.