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Reply 1180

alex_hk90

thelostchild

Doesn't that kinda negate the point of parents, as there someone to ask questions of Cambridge before you go :confused:

I don't know. They arranged a couple of family events during and following Freshers' Week, at which we could ask questions I suppose.

Reply 1181

Chewwy

thelostchild

Doesn't that kinda negate the point of parents, as there someone to ask questions of Cambridge before you go :confused:

no.

Reply 1182

generalebriety

Results day. Expect hysteria. I'm ******* off to Manchester.

Reply 1183

scarlet ibis

On the subject of college parents, mine were appalling. My dad did write me a letter, bur not my mum. And then when I arrived they both failed to organise anything. The first time I met my mum (she did at least come and find me I suppose) she just told me that I'd hate my first year, that the course was dreadfully stressful and then left me to it. Nice.

My college husband and I both wrote extensive letters and I even included a CD of images of life in college with mine. I'm still in contact with one of my college sons ocasionally, but the other degraded and I lost touch.

Reply 1184

munro90

This feels like the calm before the storm- I guess we're gonna be inundated by hysteric soon-to-be-freshers soon :s-smilie:

Reply 1185

alex_hk90

munro90

This feels like the calm before the storm- I guess we're gonna be inundated by hysteric soon-to-be-freshers soon :s-smilie:

Nah, they won't be moving over here just yet - they're thread's been renamed.

Reply 1186

ukebert

Wow, I was expectıng ıt to be really busy :p:

Reply 1187

Scipio90

Athena

I figure they can have their own thread to squee in until they actually get here :smile:

squee?

Reply 1188

ukebert

Squeal I presume.

Reply 1189

Zhen Lin

Here is the tvtropes page for squee. See you in a few hours. :p:

Reply 1190

User182034

munro90

This feels like the calm before the storm- I guess we're gonna be inundated by hysteric soon-to-be-freshers soon :s-smilie:

Like you once were I expect :p:

Reply 1191

ukebert

Zhen Lin

Here is the tvtropes page for squee. See you in a few hours. :p:

I'm ın an ınternet cafe, I'm not clıckıng on that lınk :p:

Reply 1192

Zhen Lin

I presume you're ın Turkey. Are you mıssıng the dots on your ı?

Reply 1193

ukebert

I am ındeed :smile:

Reply 1194

Scipio90

Zhen Lin

Here is the tvtropes page for squee. See you in a few hours. :p:

So far I'm resisting, still only one tab open :tongue:

also

tvtropes

Fanartist: Here's my latest work, a picture of Sirius Black in bondage gear.
Fangirl: Squee!

eww.

Reply 1195

emilY?

Athena

Adam Rutherford is following me on Twitter :coma:

Oh damn, that's quite cool!

But I'll raise you Stephen Fry :biggrin:

Reply 1196

Craghyrax

Athena

I am in love with Adam R though. He's going through the Alpha Course atm (he has a Guardian blog) and we agree on so much :love:

Curse him for being happily married with two kids!

Alpha Course?

Reply 1197

Craghyrax

Athena

Yeah, it's meant to convert thinking agnostics/atheists to Christianity. However, some Alpha Course branches (each demonination teaches it differently) have been accused of being cult-ish. It got rammed down my throat a lot while I was at Oxford, in various guises, and I'm glad to see someone taking a reasonably considered look at it.

I know Alpha, just wasn't sure if you meant the christian one I know or something unrelated and sciencey :p:

And hmm... the original course and teaching materials from Nicky Gumbel/Holy Trinity Brompton are good, but obviously if the application is dodgy then that just ruins it.

Reply 1198

scarlet ibis

Athena

Make excited baby animal noises in. It's not quite a squeal, but something similar. And I think Amy uses the word squee to express excitement (for some reason, I associate it with :pinch:

)

Any way, they aren't in here yet, are they? :p:

hehe, its the sort of word i'd mainly use in a typed context, but yes, you describe it very well!

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