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I do geography BA,as does Dobbs, although he's not about at the moment. Feel free to ask any questions if you want!
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Proper name: Victoria Hearn

Nicknames: Vic, Bazza (don't ask!)

Location: Essex

What subject you're going to do and Offer: History, AAA

What are you most looking forward to about Durham? Meeting people, having fun, and doing a subject that I love.

...and Least? sharing a room, and having no friends!

What are you going to do on the first day? make friends (hopefully), get drunk and probably make a complete idiot of myself.

Why did you choose Durham as your firm? Cambridge rejected me! lol. Am not supposed to admit that am I?!?!?

Is anyone you know also going to Durham or are you all on your lonesome? I am officially a 'larry'.

D.O.B:11.08.1988

Hair colour:Blonde (highlighted, not that natural)

Eye colour: Hazel, but it does vary

A2 subjects: History, Biology, Chemistry and Maths

Any brothers/sisters?: Nope, unless you count my dog.

Any pets: Ah. The dog, Monty

Fave band/artist: The Smiths, Madness and Queen as well as current indie stuff like Kaiser Chiefs/Killers and also dance, funky house, classical etc etc so one could say an eclectic mix!

Fave song: waaay too many- something like Frankly Mr Shankly by the Smiths across to Mr Brightside and also anything from a musical.

Fave TV show: Friends, The OC, Teachers, crime dramas and eastenders (sad i know) and good old-fashioned comedy.

Fave film: Mary Poppins!

Fave hobby: history, eating, drinking, sleeping, going to the theatre and shopping!

Fave colour: pink

Fave food: Indian

Fave sport: Trampolining

Which football team do you support?: Liverpool, but only because Steven Gerrard plays for them!

Fave non-alcoholic drink: Water. How boring.

Fave alcoholic drink: Pimms all the way! Otherwise a good glass of Rose wine will do nicely- the essex girl in me!

How often do you drink?: probably too often.

Do you smoke? Not really

Can you play an instrument?: Piano- but very very badly. GCSE music was a disaster.

Can you speak a foreign language?: German

What makes you happy?: Being with the people I love, partying and shopping of course!

What's your pet hate? people who bitch about each other (and me- obviously.)

Describe yourself in 5 words: honest/genuine, sarcastic, independent, irritating and lively.

Anything else you want to say... bring on Durham...can't wait!
sidekick
:eek: You've seen QI being filmed?!? Soooooo jealous! Was it awesome?? For the new series? wowww :biggrin:


If I said I went to a recording of "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" would everyone else be as jealous.:wink:

Thought not.:p:
socialist cook
If I said I went to a recording of "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" would everyone else be as jealous.:wink:

Thought not.:p:


Me and my flatmate went to see the new series of 'Just a Minute' being recorded at Newcastle Theatre Royal, it was hilarious :biggrin:
Proper name: Rosemary Sillito

Nicknames: Rosie, Posie, Flower, Petal

Location: Macclesfield

What subject you're going to do and Offer: Maths, unconditional as had my results.

What are you most looking forward to about Durham? Meeting people, togas and getting some freedom!!

...and Least? Not fitting in, finding work too difficult.

What are you going to do on the first day? Say hello!

Why did you choose Durham as your firm? I fell in love with the city.

Is anyone you know also going to Durham or are you all on your lonesome? One of my best friends is coming to Grey this year and someone I met on my gap year is going to Collingwood.

D.O.B: 09/02/1987

Hair colour: Blondie

Eye colour: Blue

A2 subjects: Maths, Art, Physics and Geography

Any brothers/sisters?: One younger sister, just done her ASs

Any pets: Rabbits, guinea pigs and 2 ponies.

Fave band/artist: Muse, Be Your Own Pet, Regina Spektor, The Raconteurs, Head Automatica.

Fave song: At the moment Store Bought Bones - The Raconteurs and Map of the Problematique - Muse.

Fave TV show: Lost, Alias, Neighbours!

Fave film: Silence of the Lambs and anything Tim Burton.

Fave hobby: Art

Fave colour: Turquoise

Fave food: Italian

Fave sport:
Swimming

Which football team do you support?: None I don't pay much attention to it.

Fave non-alcoholic drink: Smoothies

Fave alcoholic drink: Vodka Redbull, Pimms and Lemonade, Sex on the Beach.

How often do you drink?: only when I go out.

Do you smoke? No

Can you play an instrument?: Piano, but I was rubbish.

Can you speak a foreign language?: GSCE french - does that count?

What makes you happy?: Being with friends, listening to great songs.

What's your pet hate? Arrogance

Describe yourself in 5 words: Often in my own world.

Anything else you want to say... See you there!
Tiger_Lily

Fave band/artist: Muse, Be Your Own Pet, Regina Spektor, The Raconteurs, Head Automatica.

Damn right
tsk tsk tsk.
socialist cook
If I said I went to a recording of "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" would everyone else be as jealous.:wink:

Thought not.:p:


um, YEAH! helloooo, it's amazing :biggrin:
bigred
Me and my flatmate went to see the new series of 'Just a Minute' being recorded at Newcastle Theatre Royal, it was hilarious :biggrin:


I heard that on Sunday.:biggrin:

Sue Perkins being told she was Mrs Tony Hawks and Nicholas Parsons' having a past life as a prostitute in Dunkerque.

Just what you'd expect from Radio 4 comedy.:biggrin:
Ms.Spektor would seem to have quite a following amongst the Durham TSR cohort!
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Tiger_Lily
Fave band/artist: Muse, Be Your Own Pet, Regina Spektor, The Raconteurs, Head Automatica.


Aww Regina!! :suith:
She toured to Newcastle this year.
Reply 111
ohhh Spektor. love her :suith:
Tiger_Lily
Proper name: Rosemary Sillito

Same Rosemary Sillito who was doing nat sci at cuths at the beginning of last year? I was in your core a and b1 tutorial groups! (I'm Jen) Good to see you're changing to straight maths!! Victor still asked where you were for every tutorial for the whole year!!! Hopefully see you in Durham :smile: xxx
Reply 113
Proper name: Ife Famuyibo
Nicknames: wendy woooo....
Location: the netherlands
What subject you're going to do and Offer: computer science
What are you most looking forward to about Durham? the parties, english accent, meeting people ad general english life
...and Least? the cold weather
What are you going to do on the first day? meet loads of people and get smashed with them
Why did you choose Durham as your firm? because it has a great reputation for academics and fun. and its close to newcastle.
Is anyone you know also going to Durham or are you all on your lonesome? friend of mine is going to hilde and bede
D.O.B: 10-09-88
Hair colour: lightish black
Eye colour: deep brown
A2 subjects:
Any brothers/sisters?: 2 bros and 1 sis
Any pets: nope
Fave band/artist: love all my music
Fave song: not sure at the moment
Fave TV show: charmed
Fave film:no idea
Fave hobby: reading music and dancing
Fave colour: red
Fave food: junk food
Fave sport: basketball
Which football team do you support?:huh???
Fave non-alcoholic drink: ice tea
Fave alcoholic drink: maguritas (is that how u spell it)
How often do you drink? as often as i go out
Do you smoke? sometimes
Can you play an instrument?: some piano and hardly a little guitar
Can you speak a foreign language?: yea french and dutch at high school level
What makes you happy?:having fun, having my way and getting good surprises
What's your pet hate? stuck up people
Describe yourself in 5 words: studious, crazy, funny, fashionable, notstuckup
Anything else you want to say... hmm nope.
I do geography BA,as does Dobbs, although he's not about at the moment. Feel free to ask any questions if you want!

Thanks :biggrin: - is it as awesome i expect?


You've seen QI being filmed?!? Soooooo jealous! Was it awesome?? For the new series? wowww

pimms is legendary - have u ever had it with pomegranate juice? called a pimpom lol


Pimpom - loving it! and no i haven't ever tried it but certainly will now - i love pomegranates!

QI was the most hillarious thing ever! the best bit is that although they only show 30mins you get like an hour and a half - they were sooo funny it was for last season - there was phil jupitous, dara o'brin (sp?) and i can never remember the other guys name but he is quite thin with glasses and sandyish hair - they are just so quick

Just a Minute is also super fab - cracks me up - i'm so glad other people listen and watch these things - my friends from school were oblivious to both QI and Just a Minute - i was appalled (sp?) FYI i am terrible at spelling


Regina Spektor is rather awesome as well - my fave song on the newest album is Samson - it's such a nice song
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Rach:)
Yay!! Thanks! :biggrin: I'm so sad....:rolleyes:

There are so many Cuths freshers on here....I'm so excited! I *think* I'm the only fresher's rep called Rach.......oh actually I think there is one other.....so you have a 50% chance of getting the right one......but if you see me in fresher's week come and say hi! (I'll have my name on the back of my t-shirt....oh and geog of course!

Quiz....

Proper name:Rachel

Nicknames:Rach, Rachi, Rachini, Wibblez...

Location:Surrey/London border....so not really entirely sure....

What subject you're going to do and Offer:I am DOING Geography BSc, and my offer was AAB

College:CUTHS!! :biggrin: :party:

What are you most looking forward to about Durham? Going back after being away for 3 months, and having as great a year as I did in my first!

...and Least?Not being a fresher anymore! *sniff sniff* and maybe actually having to do a bit of work! :eek:

What are you going to do on the first day?Move in to my house....

Why did you choose Durham as your firm?Because it rocks for geography and i fell in love with it when I went to the open day :love:

Is anyone you know also going to Durham or are you all on your lonesome?Yes.....everyone I met in my first year....:p: But I already knew about 5 people (+tsr-ers) when I started.

D.O.B:08.03.87

Hair colour:Light brown/blonde

Eye colour:Green

A2 subjects:Geography, Philosophy, Psychology, General Studies and Human Biology AS

Any brothers/sisters?:One brother

Any pets:2 guinea pigs, 3 tortoises, a hedgehog and lots and lots of fish!

Fave band/artist:An impossible question....Some of my favourite are Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson, NYJO, Jaco Pastorious, Weather Report, Gordon Goodwin. And....Jack Johnson, John Mayer, RHCP, Feeder....etc etc etc

Fave song:Again an impossible question! Love Birdland (Weather Report), Channel One Suite (Buddy Rich), Why Georgia (John Mayer).....

Fave TV show:Green Wing :biggrin: ...and 2 pints of lager & a packet of crisps, Desperate Housewives, Silent Witness...

Fave film:These questions are too hard!! But if I had to pick just one......Cool Runnings without a doubt!
Fave hobby:Playing in big band (or orchestra/solo/whatever0)

Fave colour:black (yes I know it's a lack of colour) or green

Fave food:Indian

Fave sport:Skiing:biggrin:

Which football team do you support?:Fulham

Fave non-alcoholic drink:Ummmmmmmmmmm...orange and cranberry juice (together) or just lemonade. Oh and a LOT of water!

Fave alcoholic drink:At the moment Pimms, but generally.....archers&lemonade, woo-woo or Chase's Gas Chambers!

How often do you drink?
too often! :cheers: at uni that is. At home, not that often.

Do you smoke?Nope

Can you play an instrument?:Yes! Soprano, Alto & Tenor sax, clarinet, piano...

Can you speak a foreign language?:French and Spanish....though I'm not too great at the latter...

What makes you happy?:The world :smile: jazz, animals, other people being happy

What's your pet hate?Arrogance! :mad: and ignorance, discrimination, racism....

Describe yourself in 5 words:interested, paranoid, musical, caring, undecisive!

Anything else you want to say...Yes! John......don't ruin my fun! :p:
Oh, and....those of you coming to Cuths are in for the time of your lives! :biggrin: :five:


Ok, this is freaky! I have your birthday (although 1988), I love Geography, I did Geography A-Level, Psychology A-Level and Human Biology AS.

Ok, maybe not that freaky, but still a coincidence you have to admit!
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Totally get the Regina thing. Samson has to be just one of the most beautiful songs of our time, and Us is breathtakingly intricate.
Proper name: Jasper

Nicknames: Err... none come to mind

Location: Just moved to London

What subject you're going to do and Offer: I am doing PPE - had an offer for BA Geog of AAB

College: Collingwood

What are you most looking forward to about Durham? The social aspect - having fun; having a decent excuse to read around the subject; getting away from here.

...and Least? None!

What are you going to do on the first day? Hopefully get trashed and make some friends.

Why did you choose Durham as your firm? I didn't! That said, Durham does look awfully nice and the people seem pretty cool.

Is anyone you know also going to Durham or are you all on your lonesome? Sadly I know of kno1 at Durham.

D.O.B: 17.06.87

Hair colour: Dark brown

Eye colour: Blue

A2 subjects: Geography, Maths, Sociology

Any brothers/sisters?: Two brothers

Any pets: Cat, though she lives away from home now

Fave band/artist: Radiohead / Thrills / Older Muse / Cure / Jeff Buckley

Fave song: Impossible to say, maybe Radiohead - Motion Picture Soundtrack

Fave TV show: Six Feet Under / Nip-Tuck

Fave film: Tough to say, maybe Apocalypse Now

Fave hobby: Hobby?

Fave colour: Instinctually red, most likely blue, and after thought black

Fave food: Err, good

Fave sport: Football I suppose

Which football team do you support?: Chelsea

Fave non-alcoholic drink: Espresso and/or water

Fave alcoholic drink: A pint of real ale / or a triple jd/coke

How often do you drink? Hopefully soon to be more often

Do you smoke? Nope

Can you play an instrument?: Alas ...

Can you speak a foreign language?: German at A2, French at GCSE - No, basically

What makes you happy?: Err genuinly intelligent, ethical people - a rarety; having fun socially; having a great disposable income

What's your pet hate? Right-wingers, and boring people

Describe yourself in 4 words: Interested, thoughtful, considerate, fun

Anything else you want to say: Nope I think thats about it... Err, Woo go Durham
undercover-ange
Same Rosemary Sillito who was doing nat sci at cuths at the beginning of last year? I was in your core a and b1 tutorial groups! (I'm Jen) Good to see you're changing to straight maths!! Victor still asked where you were for every tutorial for the whole year!!! Hopefully see you in Durham :smile: xxx


Yes! I wanted to change but it was too late so I had to start over and have a bit of a gap year. Can I be your honourary daughter so I can have 2 families? I didn't get any parents last year cos cuths didn't have them. Victor was really scary! You still good friends with Fiona? It's such a small world.xx
Heli Yov

Pimpom - loving it! and no i haven't ever tried it but certainly will now - i love pomegranates!

QI was the most hillarious thing ever! the best bit is that although they only show 30mins you get like an hour and a half - they were sooo funny it was for last season - there was phil jupitous, dara o'brin (sp?) and i can never remember the other guys name but he is quite thin with glasses and sandyish hair - they are just so quick



Hehe you should try it, they're delish :biggrin:

Aw I wish I could have gone to see QI being filmed. My friend said she'd got tickets and I told her I would hate her forever lol :biggrin: but dunno if she went in the end, hmm...
hehe i love phil jupitus, though he looks SO sinister without his beard!
the main thing would be stephen fry though - :love:

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