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brclancy

  1. The biggest downside to all this finals business is that I have no time for a #Eurovision party tonight.
  2. @ertyreman Well, then next weekend is the last weekend that won't be a real weekend!
  3. 7 day from now I will be having an actual weekend. And a LIE IN. #joyous
  4. @van_zellers No problem - I was there once! Congratulations on the GFG award by the way - thoroughly deserved.
  5. @van_zellers Haha, I thought you were having trouble! It's alt & 3.
  6. I've found my new favourite Wikipedia page: Everyday life. Mainly for the pictures down the side. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyday_…
  7. Much as I hate it, the current Blackberry advertising campaign is one of the best campaigns I've ever seen.
  8. Excellent. No more than two flies allowed in Beijing public loos. bbc.in/KKVjEy
  9. Propinquity is an excellent word. Thanks, Andrew Marr.
  10. @ertyreman ooh good luck! 6 days till my first :S
  11. @ertyreman How come some people have already finished and have their results? It's madness.
  12. @samholloway Cheers Sam, it is scary. Planning to stay in Cam though, so not all bad!
  13. I CAN'T BELIEVE I'VE GOT TEN DAYS LEFT OF THIS.
  14. Wow, in ten days this will all be over.
  15. I don't really want to find a moth in my drink *after* I've finished it, thank you.
  16. @neilsleat It's this song: youtube.com/watch?v=MzJtK3…. You're right, it's a hill in New Zealand. Maybe try the pronunciation unit for advice?
  17. @LSmonster My piano teacher used to have every single issue on a set of shelves in her house. She loved it.
  18. @madcricketbadge It is very distracting from revision.
  19. @AhirShah @_millieriley @glamrou @pierrenovellie Well what do I do? Tell him I secretly hope he forgets every single punchline?