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OP

660 words. Potentially a quarter of my essay, if I achieve self-restraint tonight.

The 3000+ word count of all my other essays this term would suggest not :shifty:

Reply 7301

SoapyDish

14

Just had my first swap...the guys said it was the most civilised swap they'd been on...we kind of drifted off after the post-dinner bar...half went to Fez, half went to Life. I went to both. And now I'm very tired.

Reply 7302

Craghyrax

OP

17

1073 words and I've not even finished my initial overview of modernism :facepalm:

So its not going to be a 'restrained' essay. I estimate this is probably a third. Conservatively.

SoapyDish

Just had my first swap...the guys said it was the most civilised swap they'd been on...we kind of drifted off after the post-dinner bar...half went to Fez, half went to Life. I went to both. And now I'm very tired.

I still haven't been to a swap. Guess I went for all the wrong sort of societies.
Still I can't see how its that different to just making sure that you get to go to formals at loads of different colleges through a widespread group like TSR :smile:

I mean I know you meet new people that way and so on, but I think there are easy ways to do that anyway.

Actually the Cambridge Hub may put on formal swaps for our member societies next term, if we can organise it. So I may have a chance yet...

Reply 7303

BigFudamental

13

GAHH INSOMNIA!!!! Have a lecture at 9 tomorrow but just keep tossing and turning....

Reply 7304

Craghyrax

OP

17

1554. Slowing down now that I'm actually arguing stuff rather than describing. And I'm tired :hmpf:

BigFudamental

GAHH INSOMNIA!!!! Have a lecture at 9 tomorrow but just keep tossing and turning....

Write a page for me? I'm sure it will send you to sleep. Division of labour :yep:

Reply 7305

Craghyrax

OP

17

2041. I'm slowing down :frown:

I still need to finish describing postmodernism, describing contributions by Lyotard, Foucault, Jameson et al, and then criticising it. The latter would be the easy and fun bit if my brain wasn't trying to short circuit after every line.

Muse > Radiohead > Moby > Placebo....
What next? :hmmmm:

Probably Fetish :yep:

OP

2565.

OP

Oh dear. Just finished :facepalm:

The bedder's come and gone. Essay is 3904 words :headfire:

And I have to wake up in 3 hours :banghead:

Reply 7308

scarlet ibis

Chess Piece Face

Grr, why does our JCR always insist on advertising Clare Comedy only a few hours before the actual event is going to happen? If I knew about it long beforehand I'd be able to structure my work around going. Mehbleh. (I know scarlet ibis mentioned it earlier this week, but I've only just started catching up with the last week or so of CamChat.)

I've found it hard to concentrate on work this week. The current essay topic - westward expansion of the US - isn't stimulating me as I thought it would. There are interesting things about it, but I picked the wrong question. It'll be OK, though. In any case, I'd be happy to write an exam essay on any of the six past essay topics I've done so far this term, so I can afford to coast on this one.

I'll come to Downing Open Mic! I'm going to a talk at 8.30pm, though, so I'll probably arrive at 10pm-10.30pm. I might do the Pembroke one too.

Yes, that was unfortunate. The guy who organises Comedy asked for a message to be emailed out to the UCS mailing list a while back but something went wrong and it didn't get sent...

I'll try and make it more obvious next time, as well! Next one's going to be early next term.

Reply 7309

SoapyDish

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Craghyrax

I still haven't been to a swap. Guess I went for all the wrong sort of societies.
Still I can't see how its that different to just making sure that you get to go to formals at loads of different colleges through a widespread group like TSR :smile:

I mean I know you meet new people that way and so on, but I think there are easy ways to do that anyway.

Actually the Cambridge Hub may put on formal swaps for our member societies next term, if we can organise it. So I may have a chance yet...

I still haven't been to any other college's formals! I want to go to Magdalene, I have a friend there who says it's completely candlelit, really Harry Potter :biggrin:

From what the boys were saying, it seems like the aim of a swap is to get very very drunk and bring an equal number of very very drunk girls and very very drunk boys into close proximity. But we had formal at John's, where you only get 3 glasses of wine, so no-one got much more than tipsy there, then by the time we got to their bar, everyone had kind of drifted off.

My friend went to a swap at Clare (I think...possible Churchill...their fancy dress was "Something beginning with C") and ended up downing a bottle of wine in about half an hour, and having to be carried back to John's at 9 because he couldn't walk. Absolute mess. I don't understand how anyone could enjoy being that drunk! Same with all the rugby and football sessions - why would you want to get so drunk that you're throwing up, then drink some more?! I mean, I'm not teetotal by any means, I'm currently nursing a hangover (or possibly still slightly drunk), but there are only 3 occasions when I've thrown up from drinking, and two of them don't really count :p:

Reply 7310

Lidka

13

scarlet ibis

Yes, that was unfortunate. The guy who organises Comedy asked for a message to be emailed out to the UCS mailing list a while back but something went wrong and it didn't get sent...

I'll try and make it more obvious next time, as well! Next one's going to be early next term.

It's because our secretary is bloody lazy. :rolleyes:

Clare Comedy isn't the only society that's suffered.

Reply 7311

alex_hk90

19

SoapyDish

I still haven't been to any other college's formals! I want to go to Magdalene, I have a friend there who says it's completely candlelit, really Harry Potter :biggrin:

It wasn't as dark as Peterhouse - that was serious "completely candlelit". :smile:

SoapyDish

From what the boys were saying, it seems like the aim of a swap is to get very very drunk and bring an equal number of very very drunk girls and very very drunk boys into close proximity.

That does seem to be the case, though I've never been on a swap (partially for that reason).

SoapyDish

My friend went to a swap at Clare (I think...possible Churchill...their fancy dress was "Something beginning with C") and ended up downing a bottle of wine in about half an hour, and having to be carried back to John's at 9 because he couldn't walk. Absolute mess.

Um, downing a bottle of wine in about half an hour (before main course) is standard practice at our Formals. He's just a complete lightweight. :p:

SoapyDish

I don't understand how anyone could enjoy being that drunk! Same with all the rugby and football sessions - why would you want to get so drunk that you're throwing up, then drink some more?!

I can't imagine that level of drunkenness would be enjoyable, but since I've never thrown up from alcohol I wouldn't actually know. Pretty much any amount up to that stage can be very good fun (or should that be 'craic'?) though. :yep:

PS: I managed to book into Christmas Formal. :woo:

Reply 7312

Blaah Blaah

Craghyrax

Muse > Radiohead > Moby > Placebo

I assume those aren't intended to show chronology rather than Greater Than?

Craghyrax

The bedder's come and gone.

Why the heck does your bedder come at half 7 :lolwut:

SoapyDish

But we had formal at John's, where you only get 3 glasses of wine, so no-one got much more than tipsy there, then by the time we got to their bar, everyone had kind of drifted off.

Surely you can take more wine in with you? Sounds like you all made a pretty pathetic attempt :p:

SoapyDish

having to be carried back to John's at 9 because he couldn't walk.

Yeah we've had a few girls stumbling back vomiting after just the meal, because the Christ's guys were "really good" at pennying :rolleyes:

Reply 7313

smilepea

I can't renew my books again :cry:

looks like I'm off to do some photocopying...

Reply 7314

Lidka

13

Wahey, got a Christmas formal ticket for Clare. But the machine only lets you book one at a time, so hope everyone else manages to get one...

Reply 7315

smilepea

Ok photocopying takes forever and I'm not very good at fitting stuff on the page. This dose not bode well :frown:

Reply 7316

Catsmeat

13

smilepea

Ok photocopying takes forever and I'm not very good at fitting stuff on the page. This dose not bode well :frown:

One of the most disheartening things is to spend both money and time photocopying, only to realize that you're missing the top sentence from each page.

Equally distressing is the way in which some academics will refer obliquely to what is quite a controversial debate outside of their immediate frame of reference, offering evidence which severely disrupts it, without clarifying any of their terms. It's as if some people become so narrowly blinkered to 'their specialism' that all of the answers are waiting out there, if only scholars would, I don't know, compare their results. This article, for instance, seems to suggest that Indian feudalism was instituted during the 5th century BCE, while almost every single medieval Indologist will gladly say it's entirely a 5th c. CE phenomena. Growl, growl ... apologies for the rant.

Reply 7317

Zoedotdot

18

I just had a lecture on Modernity in Spanish literature and my lecturer talked about hair for 10 minutes. Sometimes I really do love this place. I think the highlight was the quote:

'¿Te acuerdas cuando quería que me disciplinases con la madeja de tu pelo?'
'Do you remember when I wanted you to discipline me with the whip of your hair?'

:smile:

Reply 7318

SoapyDish

14

Blaah

Surely you can take more wine in with you?

No, we can't.

alex_hk90

Um, downing a bottle of wine in about half an hour (before main course) is standard practice at our Formals. He's just a complete lightweight. :p:

I can't imagine that level of drunkenness would be enjoyable, but since I've never thrown up from alcohol I wouldn't actually know. Pretty much any amount up to that stage can be very good fun (or should that be 'craic'?) though. :yep:

Yeah, he is a complete lightweight. This is the guy who I ended up looking after til 5 in the morning after family hall, as he sat naked on the toilet, hugging the sink, throwing up violently. He's never drunk wine or beer before coming to uni (always vodka and orange...he loves orange juice) so he's always wasted at hall, and an absolute mess after football socials.

Reply 7319

scarlet ibis

Just a reminder re the Curry meet:

Please update the poll if your availability has changed (I notice lots of people are getting their Christmas formals sorted!)
http://www.doodle.com/9pc3w84fc3e467rw

Underneath the poll, there's an 'Edit entry' option which will allow you to change your preferences without making a new entry.

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