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

no.
Results day. Expect hysteria. I'm ******* off to Manchester.
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.
This feels like the calm before the storm- I guess we're gonna be inundated by hysteric soon-to-be-freshers soon :s-smilie:
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.
Wow, I was expectıng ıt to be really busy :p:
Reply 1187
Athena
I figure they can have their own thread to squee in until they actually get here :smile:


squee?
Squeal I presume.
Here is the tvtropes page for squee. See you in a few hours. :p:
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:
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:
I presume you're ın Turkey. Are you mıssıng the dots on your ı?
I am ındeed :smile:
Reply 1194
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
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
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
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.
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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Good day today.

Got a gorgeous green dress originally from Kew for £8 from Cancer Research shop, and my boat primer arrived in a large satisfying parcel marked 'PAINT' :biggrin:
ukebert
I am ındeed :smile:


How unusual, I have just returned from Turkey. Where are you based?

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