30 June 2008
Sajid just sent me this YouTube video:
Dr Quantum – Double Slit Experiment
My mind boggles!
On a different note, I spent yesterday night creating this:
I made this with the Earthsong postcards from Amazon and clips from Sajid.
Lastly, please visit my friend Kay’s blog, Don’t forget Zimbabwe. I’ve donated money to WeZimbabwe and Zimbabwe Benefit Foundation, and will write to the Prime Minister and sign the online petitions. Every little helps!
03 April 2008
My cousin painting in a music video…
17 March 2008
My beautiful new spring shoes!
13 March 2008
It didn’t take long for my procrastinating over blogging to become total abandonment of the idea.. god. A typical example of how lazy I become with these things and why my imaginings of a regular, witty and insightful blog are never likely to come to fruition (never mind that I would struggle with with witty and insightful bits).
In fact, I’m only writing now as it means I don’t have to do the washing up, although instead I should be actually working on ethics proposals for my PhD. Or playing on Xbox.
For the 2 people who might have stumbled across this cheesefest of a an excuse for a couple’s blog (I’m thinking of you Jack), you might be excited to know that Matilda is once again safely imprisoned back in her cage. Happy days!
The neighbours found her wandering around outside their flat three floors down from us. Thank Jesus/Allah/Buddha/whoever that they own guinea pigs and knew what to do and what to feed her. How the bejeesus she managed to get down there without killing herself is still puzzling us, but more so, we’re still wondering how she managed to escape from her pretty secure jail.
I’m convinced I closed the cage properly before we went off to Puneet’s party but I (and Mae come to think of it) have complete lack of faith in my memory, so chances are I just left it open like the gimp that I am.
I’m supposed to write about my PhD, I’ll put some photos up as they look pretty cool and make what I do sound more exciting than it is. This week the neuroimaging has been on the back burner and I’ve been in the Chem. Eng. lab working on methods to extract fatty acids from the blood samples I collected during my MRes.
It’s a pretty laborious process, and I have zero experience in chemistry so its been pretty hard going, but I can’t complain cos its also pretty fun! I have two guys in the lab who have been very patient with teaching the ins and outs of the process and lab technique which has been great. If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like if you add chloroform and methanol to blood then get ready to be happy:
Tomorrow I’m sticking my supervisor in the MR scanner while he takes some melatonin to make himself drowsy. The idea is to use the same technique when we get some of the kids in but we need to know how effective it is and more importantly what kind of effect is has on the spectroscopy data.
All of this is just gobbledegook I imagine as I haven’t actually explained what my PhD is about. Can’t really be bothered to do that right now, but I promise to in the next couple of weeks. Bet you can’t wait!
Also had the idea of doing a Radiohead song of the week. Every week for about the last 2 years I have one Radiohead song that bores in the very base of my brain and I end up looping it hundred of times over while at the gym or on the train. This week its been:
Radiohead: How to disappear completely
In order to try and create some sense of continuity here is a list of things that have made me happy this week:
- Getting past Inter in the CL (and actually having another person as well as a pint to accompany me during the match)
- Feeling like I’m getting somewhere with the blood analysis
- Flying through Halo on heroic while picking up the rest of those buggering skulls
- Getting promoted to the top division with my Master League Liverpool team. Just can’t seem to have a bid accepted for Ryan Babel though!
- FINALLY buying a new watch. Although Mae thinks it’s supremely ugly. In her words: “Oh, you picked function over form, that’s nice.”
I’m sure there are other things but they can’t have been that great if they don’t come to mind immediately.
Things that have ground my gears this week:
- Paying the extortionate train fare to uni and not even being able to get a seat
- When I’ve spent hours waiting around for some blood samples to settle and one of them becomes inexplicably cloudy and crap and the other comes out perfect. Even thought I’ve treat both EXACTLY the same way!
- Feeling motivated to learn Norwegian with my book and mp3s on the train and then just falling asleep with the book my hand. Trains really sucks the energy out of me, no matter how perky I feel before I get on.
- The horrible feeling of being underprepared for my Norwegian oral exam with Mae’s parents (just like when I was at school)
I’ve written far too much and it all feels far to trivial for me to continue. Its really easy to just keep gabbing once you sit down and get typing. But I guess that’s why Mae named one of our categories “Ramblings”.
Bye!
09 March 2008
Matilda has escaped!
We went to Puneet and Laura’s March Hare party yesterday, and when we returned this morning, Matilda had somehow opened the door to her cage and she’s nowhere to be found. I’m glad we have a clever and strong hamster, but…
We have now set out food for her everywhere and we will make traps later. I really hope we find her!
06 March 2008
This is a satellite photo of the Korean Peninsula at night. The largest patch of light is Seoul.
Look at North Korea.
10 February 2008
Mae is making me contribute to the website, which is fair enough because otherwise it might as well just be maeandmoremaewritingabouttulpesh.com
Because I (a) have the imagination of a gnat and (b) am a little weary about succumbing to the tedious narcissistic trait necessary in any blogger, my very first entry will just be a list of things that are currently either making me happy or are really pissing me off.
Things currently making me happy:
- Mae’s success
- My exciting and interesting PhD
- Racking up achievement points on my ’360
- Playing with Matilda and giving her treats
- Getting to nap on the train instead of the exhausting vigilance required when driving because I am scared of dying/killing someone
- The thought that there are people out there who will return lost wallets full of a lot of money, with only some stamps, small change and a Cafe Nero loyalty card missing – thank you kind Polish person
- Listening to Radiohead on my phone/mp3. Bliss!
Radiohead’s Lucky and Lars von Trier in one. Mental.
Things currently pissing me off:
- My inability to make decisions. About anything. Which segues nicely to..
- Being unable to decide whether to fritter away my Gamestation voucher (if so, what on? COD4, Halo3, GoW? arggh!) or, just hang on to it until the games I want are cheaper while it burns a gaping hole in all wallet, or even try and sell it some kindly gamer willing to help me out.
- Barclays – PINSentry security my ass! if I was a little less lazy I’d have switched to Lloyds already.
- Can’t quite manage to break my nail biting habit
- That having nearly lost my wallet I am inadvertently super concious about everything in my pocket. All the time.
I’m bored and hungry now. Bye!
27 November 2007
Hi everyone, and welcome to our website! This site is a wonderful present from Sajid, which we will use to the best of our (limited) abilities!
Feel free to leave comments and have a look around! We will add to the site over the coming weeks and months. Expect regular wedding updates as well! <3
Thank you Sajid!