Greetings, Earthlings. As yet, nothing much to report on the auld parallel universe front - it's mostly the same.

Except that the carrots are inedible.

Barry called me  knob today because I said I didn't want Santa Claus on the Christmas cards I buy, because he is a symbol of consumerism exploiting the best of the human spirit to maintain a failing captialist regime (Santa, not Barry).

FB

I'm giving up using "things I wish I'd said today" as my title, as they're generally quite negative. Instead I am going use the nearest advertising or brand slogan that I can see. Interesting - I wonder if I shall ever be anywhere when I can't see one.

On the news just now - Snow in Las Vegas and a water skiing squirrel. Apparently, I have walked into a parallel universe, so I shall write on my observations of this other dimension later.

Nanoo nanoo.

FB

It occurred to me - rather than everybody being pressured to vote for someone they don't like during an election, why doesn't everybody just not vote? Voting is a sign that the public accepts, even supports, the status quo. Not necessarily the current government but the current system. We know that one election isn't going to change much. In the 1970's, income tax rose to 98% (according to the Guardian). I assume that was for the very richest but how did we survive? Why don't people protest any more (apart from the annual Post Office bash)? Speaking of which, privatisation of the Post Office - what do you think? I think that's the most hideous thing since Enrique Iglesias nearly got gang-raped by the presenters of Loose Women.

Well it's the holidays now. Just one meeting tomorrow and flipping burgers at the weekend and then I'm home. I have some books to read, which are supposed to make me "think laterally". Good idea. Maybe it will purge my head. Or maybe I'll end up with a big Marxist head on me and go round spewing forth intellectual theories. I have been told I am "anti-theory" or resistant to theory" or somesuch. Maybe I am just plain dumb. Or just maybe my own thoughts are far superior to those of Mill, Mills, Marx and Chomsky and everyone should shut their face and listen to me.

Um... I'll get me coat.

FB

I think I'm going to change the titles to things I wish I'd said in the day but didn't.

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Hey Batfans, I'm back.

Got up yesterday morning and prepared for Breakfast in front of Frasier, because this is a good and right way to start the day.

Well, no Frasier. What? Instead, a "documentary" about some American fat camp and the fat camp people walking a long way to get thin. Well, one of them collapsed and they brought in a fire engine.

For those that don't know, I'm still at uni. I'll fill you in in time.

FB

PS I didn't fail, if that's what you're thinking

Well, got the dissertation in. Did my first exam and it went... OK, I think. I needed to get 64% and it is possible, so fingers crossed. Trying to keep focused for more exams, exhibition, viva, etc.

Laters, Batfans!

FB

Hey - just a quickie. Sorry for the lack of updates. Just got my dissertation done and am frantically revising.

Love to all those rooting for me. The end is in sight.

FB xx

Bizarre weekend. Kelly's, Cathy's and Ryan's birthdays. So went out both Friday and Saturday, despite having a pounding headache all day Saturday. The party ended up back at mine on Saturday, after some trouble with the Police. Needless to say, I spent most of Sunday in bed feeling sorry for myself.

The dissertation is coming on slowly. Two steps forward, three thousand four hundred and fifty five steps back.

FB