SO much has happened in the past 2-3 months since I wrote a post, I don’t even know where to begin. Firstly, I’m neglecting my blog, but never mind that, I’m used to it by now.

When I last posted back in May, I was beginning my A2 exams and suffering the effects severe sleep deprivation as a result of, well, not sleeping. I have since been on holiday to Spain, then moved into my new house in Cambridge with Chris, started my new job as a software developer, got my A2 results, gone on another holiday to Spain (this time with the Amsterdam krü + 2), come back without a tan and got my first pay packet.

With regards to my A2 results, I think I did quite well. Overall I got an A in Mathematics, an A in Computing (full UMS in the A2 half also), a B in Physics, and a surprising B in Further Maths which I never thought I’d be able to achieve. Despite the latter not being an A, the nice people at Imperial College London decided that they’d let me in to their fine establishment anyway, beginning about this time next year. Until then, I shall continue to work at the almighty Business Web Software where I have been made to feel very welcome, and I’ve done quite a lot so far.

With regards to my holidays, the pics are on Facebook, although I didn’t take many as I generally couldn’t be bothered, and the shutter button on my camera (phone) is what I like to describe as ‘a bit shagged’. And, that’s not the only thing that’s broken - I seem to have re-acquired my Midas touch of sorts, whereby everything electrical or mechanical that I touch seems to break. My main reasoning for saying this is that my power supply (not a bad one either) in my PC has started whining its swan song, and refuses adamantly to start up. So, to the tune of £60 I’m replacing it with something less powerful, but seemingly better designed in terms of cable management.

As to moving into my new place, it’s been an interesting experience. While I and Chris aren’t exactly the tidiest of student households, we haven’t (yet) descended to a level of squalor worthy of the Young Ones themselves. The house itself is pretty nice - it’s a new built end terrace, on a road called William Smith Close no less (which makes me chuckle), and the furnishings within are comfortable. However, I cannot understand why people make leather sofas. They’re just hideously uncomfortable, no matter how soft and squidgy they may be - I mean, you stick to them no matter what the temperature is or what you’re wearing.

At present the living room is a big mess of cabling, as I’ve managed to position my TV, amplifier, PS2 and Chris’s laptop on a small coffee table I stole from my parents, with a speaker either side on a floor stand. It makes for good TV/movie/anime/game viewing, but I long for the day that everything has seamless wireless connectivity. Behind that is our dining table, which is yet to be used for the purpose of dining. In actual fact, it more readily deserves the name ‘crap pile’, or even ‘crap mountain’. I think ‘mountain’ is far more fitting, as we have experienced quite a few avalanches. On one end of the crap mountain is my PC, currently with the side missing waiting for a new power supply; the other end is home to my old TV, and a box full of cabling. Aside from that, the rest of the room is filled with the most general of crap.

As I write this, I’m sitting on my sticky leather sofa using my laptop, next to Chris as he plays FFXII on my PS2, through my TV, amplifier and speakers. It’s rather cool.

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