Sorry for anyone who ever comes onto this blog ever hoping to read anything. Alas the world geo-political situation is far too depressing for me to offer up my idle, adolescent comments for your perusal. Politics is, of course, not boring. But it's not something I can deal with at the moment. It's just too shitty. I know that at times like this I should feel at my most confident and able to articulate my principled frustration. However, it seems to be that when serious politics is really happening apathy suddenly kicks in. It stops being a game I can idly play in my head, and starts being real and important, which is somewhat paralysing.
And I can't discuss my job, which is, unfortunately, taking up 37.5 hours of my week. It's not that I do anything particularly important, but I don't want to get into trouble - I need the money alas.
However, in the last few days some things have happened which are almost worth mentioning. Firstly, I got the PhD place that I applied for. The fact that I missed physics almost as soon as I stopped doing it removed any doubt about wanting to do it. And to be completely fair to myself, I don't think I'm cut out for a job the dizzy heights of corporate er... shit, I can't work out how to finish that sentence. So yeah; 3 years of firing soft X rays and the odd neutron at thin magnets awaits. Cool!!!
On Thursday, Fi and I signed a contract on a new place, which we'll be living in from late August. It's a verrry nice little basement flat in the middle of Durham. It's a little bit pricier than what I've been used to, but it's really not that bad. It's all very exciting, and I'm looking forward to living in a decent sized space again. That's not been the case for over a year, and it'll be a relief.
I have also discovered a band who I've thought I'd like for a while but for whatever reason I'd never been bothered to listen to. *I heart Anti-Flag *. Any band that can do ska punk covers of Woodie Guthrie are okay by me.
