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June, 2006

  1. …and the rest of my room

    June 30, 2006 by dafyd

    …and the rest of my room (uploaded to Flickr)

    Even tidier! Complete with genuine evidence of unpacking (well, cardboard boxes, anyway).

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  2. My desk

    June 30, 2006 by dafyd

    My desk (uploaded to Flickr)

    Tidy, isn’t it…?!
    (I’m fiddling with sending photos from my phone to the blog…)

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  3. Broadcasting

    June 19, 2006 by dafyd

    First off, make sure you listen to I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue on Radio 4 this evening (6.30). I was at the recording of it last Sunday, and it is a classic. I won’t spoil it for you, but I will say that the guest is Rob Brydon, in his first appearance on the show, and he is fantastic. They recorded about an hour for this 30 minute show, so I can’t imagine what they’ll cut… Next week’s is just as good. If you missed it, you can listen again for seven days.

    Monday evening we toddled into Newcastle to watch a recording of Just a Minute. Again, I shan’t spoil it – it won’t be broadcast until ISIHAC has finished – but it was damn good. Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Tony Hawks and Brian from the Archers really had great fun.

    Of course, on Sunday I was at Granada Studios in Manchester, where we were filming our first round match for University Challenge 2006-7. I’m afraid I can tell you very little about it, including who we played and how we did. It won’t be broadcast until the new academic year in September, so you’ll have to wait. I do want to write more about the whole experience – when we film the second round the weekend after next (a ha – can you work out how we did?), I’ll try and take some photos and write about what happens. Jeremy Paxman is a legend.

    We’ve only got four more days of this term left. We’re moving out of the house next Monday, after registering for next year (well, technically the year after next, ish) on Thursday or Friday. And then there’s the whole summer to look forward to, until resits at the end of August and starting in Alexandria at the beginning of September.

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  4. Thuderstorms on the way

    June 12, 2006 by dafyd

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    Grateful as I am to the Beeb for warning me that my asthma may get worse, it’s not usually set off by “thuderstorms”…

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  5. Missing, presumed…

    June 8, 2006 by dafyd

    I’m still here.

    Honest.

    Just not doing anything particularly blog-worthy.

    Since we last spoke, I’ve finished my exams. Woohoo. I’m fairly certain I’ve failed Arabic (oops), but we’ll wait and see.

    Been home for a few days – spent most of the time outside (sooo hot).

    I miss having a garden here in Durham – there’s no easy place to sit outside and work/read/play/do nothing.

    Today, I have been called, in order, “a legend”, “awesome”, “absolutely smashing”, “incredible”, and “fab”. So I’m happy. Why? This little number.

    Friday is more nothing.

    Saturday is Castle Day – like a Village Fete in Castle, but not. (I’ve got some photos from last year).

    Can’t drink too much, though, because Sunday we’re off to Granada Studios for some filming. Should be fun. Alas, I won’t be able to update you on how we get on until the programme is actually aired (sometime in the autumn).

    And then there’s more nothing until the end of term.

    I’m still trying to work out whether I want to work over the summer – Waterstone’s will have me back if I ask them, but I really, really need a proper break. If I start back at Waterstone’s, I’ll end up working five or six days a week until I leave for Alexandria, but I really need to revise Arabic (even if I don’t have resits to take) and just generally unwind. For six weeks. I dunno – I’ve got three weeks to let them know, really, so I’ll think about it.

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