tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51297182011-04-22T04:11:15.377Zworth more than many sparrowsBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comBlogger2231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1149927693187071832006-06-10T08:16:00.000Z2006-06-10T08:23:33.386Zi have moved, come and visit me at http://www.byebye-blackbird.blogspot.com/Brianne has left the building. Kiss kiss darlings.Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1149615252985660232006-06-06T17:25:00.000Z2006-06-07T11:02:38.420ZMy intention was to post about Angie's wedding at the weekend but having read Esther's post about her fanclub i thought i would just give a quick account of my own encounter of the weird kind. monday i returned to Sibly and lugged my case into the lift, there was a man already in the lift and he looked at me and said "arrrrrrrrrrr luverly gurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl" I looked at him with probably what Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1148497679133892152006-05-24T18:55:00.000Z2006-05-24T19:07:59.153ZI hate PACS. thats all.Venting my frustration at pieces of paper isn't working, they don't respond and they certainly don't offer any consolation. There is also something slightly crazy about a 24 year old sitting in her room alone screaming and smacking at bits of paper (although they deserve it!! The analysis is completely messing with my head). My conclusion is that I need someone to vent Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1148320281004340462006-05-22T17:41:00.000Z2006-05-22T17:51:21.016ZThe exams are over for the year and i survived. It was the worst exam i have ever done, i may have passed but i certainly didn't shine. I also found out that the placement i was hoping for has fallen through, they didn't want me (at least that is what it feels like). I wonder if these NHS trusts realise what it feels like when you are struggling to qualify for a job they say they are in Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1147976199976076012006-05-18T18:05:00.000Z2006-05-18T18:16:40.010ZO look! here i am again with nothing really to say, i must be in the middle of revision for another exam. I feeling a little tense. I just got back from another placement (thats enough to stress me out) and my light is not working and i have discovered that i returned the wrong book to the library on tuesday and i now own a fine on the book sitting on the windowsill somehow grinning at me Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1147866960984200142006-05-17T11:48:00.000Z2006-05-17T11:59:08.773ZWhen did the library become so popular? i would not normally go to the library to revise but i needed to pick up a book i had on hold so i lugged my revision notes onto campus only to discover that it was impossible to find an empty seat in the library. What are all those people doing there? I generally can't revise properly in the library because i need to say my notes out loud (as esther wil Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1147718707540897662006-05-15T18:39:00.000Z2006-05-15T18:46:09.716ZSushi causes accident on M25!!!i was just on the phone to my mum talking about my journey back to reading whilst at the same time i chatted to a friend on msn about a meal being prepared for her by her Japanese flat mate. Normally this is something i can do although i find i am a little slower at both. On this occasion i suddenly became aware of my mother laughing down the phone saying "the M25 Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1147712324095101322006-05-15T16:42:00.000Z2006-05-15T18:52:08.820ZBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1147708233072666142006-05-15T15:24:00.000Z2006-05-15T18:56:03.023ZOne Blond's Journey to Brugge...Wednesday my mum rang me up and asked me if i wanted to go to Brugge and as it had been a whole month since i had last been and i was ahead of schedule with my work, i decided to go; so after my placement on thursday i drove home to redhill. That night i realised i had left my passport at uni. I got up at 4am with the intention to drive back to reading and get backBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1147071031800417582006-05-08T06:38:00.000Z2006-05-08T06:50:31.813ZHello everyone, this is Bob; he is my brain. Say hello Bob...Bob has been very busy this weekend revising orthodontics, which Bob finds very boring and pointless because he doesn't want to be an orthodontist and Bob doesn't have any teeth (he forgets about me), so bob feels like this:and now Bob is getting his own back and venting a little of his frustration...Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1146929931170272842006-05-06T15:18:00.000Z2006-05-06T15:50:07.563ZPenguins are better than the English at queueing.i have watched march of the penguins and was very impressed by the orderly line those emperor penguins formed when there were so many of them and such a vast area into which they could crowd. Look at them go! Are they not amazing?Of course i am not sure what this says about me that i sat watching that scene being wowed by their queueing ability, Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1146913836058507502006-05-06T11:06:00.000Z2006-05-06T11:10:40.743ZThe bluebells are out, go and look at them people.Foolishly didn't take my camera with me when i went for a walk in the woods so i can't show you how pretty it was but here look at this picture instead, you will get the idea. It looks like an ocean of blue. ha ha ha.Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1146830816643805112006-05-05T12:03:00.000Z2006-05-05T12:06:56.656ZToday I am remembering how much i love the word...'ocean'.Join with me now in saying this word. Feels good don't you think? Or am i alone in thinking that some words have a nice shape and feel good in your mouth when you say them? Yes...no...?...just me then...okay.oceanBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1146766427390634262006-05-04T17:59:00.000Z2006-05-04T18:13:47.403ZHURRAH!!! It's thursday evening i survived my second day of second placement, it's summer, I have a party to go to, and my brother Mark got the job he was being interviewed for today!!He has got the position of head of biology at Bungay School in Suffolk, starting in September. Is house is going on the market this weekend and he by the end of the summer he would have moved away.So plenty of Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1146661114371373722006-05-03T12:49:00.000Z2006-05-03T12:58:34.380ZIt wasn't a ghost after all, it was Mr Newtie. I had not realised he had just returned from his latest mission. It's not surprising that the first thing he wanted upon his arrival was a cup of tea; it's very stressful risking your life on a weekly basis for the good of man and newt kind but a cuppa fixes everything.Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1146576580309605232006-05-02T13:18:00.000Z2006-05-02T13:29:40.320ZMy kettle just turned itself on. Should i be worried? Should i put in a call to the boys from 'Supernatural'? Who you gonna call? Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1146573496456354392006-05-02T12:35:00.000Z2006-05-02T12:38:16.466ZI just looked out my window (contemplating the start of an essay) and i spotted a single abandoned shoe lying on the path below. Esther I know this will cause you pain!Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1146567082865352112006-05-02T10:25:00.000Z2006-05-02T10:51:22.876ZI have been back in Reading just over a week now; i have handed in one assignment and completed one exam ( had a moment of panic when i looked down and saw a question on progressive bulbar palsy and my first thought was "what the hell is that?). My Easter placement went well (or at least i thought so at the time). This term I am doing one day of placement for 5 weeks; it is in a peadiatric Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1145816136322832702006-04-23T18:07:00.000Z2006-04-23T18:24:20.303ZI have returned to university having survived my first placement, a coffee free lent and holidays with my family. I have an exam tomorrow so i shouldn't really be faffing about here so i shall go and return later for a longer post when i can. Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1142270776217476962006-03-13T17:06:00.000Z2006-03-13T17:26:16.226ZHurrah!! the phonetics test is over and i am celebrating with a glass of red wine. My transcription was awful and my tongue is tied. For an idea of the sounds i was having to make in my oral go to this website and click on the underlined words IPAThe oral section was very short but quite embarrassing to sit in front of 2 lecturers and attempt to make noises like you are trying to clear your Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1141937270643865892006-03-09T20:27:00.000Z2006-03-09T20:47:50.653ZI have a test in phonetics on monday and part of this is an oral in which i will get a one of nine possible cards on which will be printed 6 phonetic symbols and i will have to produce the sounds those symbols represent. We have been allowed to see these cards beforehand to practice the sounds and i have decided that only one of the nine cards can i complete with very little hassle, which is Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1140434233407892872006-02-20T11:02:00.000Z2006-02-20T11:17:13.416ZIt was my birthday last weekend, i am now 24. i felt i had to type that because it always comes as a bit of a surprise to me that i am now in my 20's. Why don't i feel 24? i'm not complaining of course, i am quite happy to remain feeling young at heart. Although in my teens i did think the world would stop seeming like such a big scary place by the time i got to my 20's. It was one of the Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1140192786103864522006-02-17T16:12:00.000Z2006-02-17T16:13:06.113ZI am frolicsome and I am easy, good tempered and freeAnd I don't give a single pin me boyswhat the world thinks of mewailin' jennysBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1139304068882071152006-02-07T08:48:00.000Z2006-02-07T09:21:09.386ZI have been trying to research my family tree recently and so my first resource I used was my family. perhaps you can imagine how useful this was when i was given such gems of information as "His name was Mick, he was from Dublin." I am trying to persuade everyone to dig out their birth certificates and dust off their memories. I may have bitten off more than i can chew if i am already Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1139254430044956812006-02-06T19:07:00.000Z2006-02-06T19:33:50.056Zi have signed the contract and paid the deposit for the house i shall be renting with four others from July. My new home is beautiful and my room especially so; it's a double ensuite with a view of the park and wood floors and a fireplace. Photos of it will be going up as soon as i have moved in.Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1138912730305005232006-02-02T20:26:00.000Z2006-02-02T20:38:50.320ZI just heard about the air traffic control strikes in France. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4672956.stmThis could be a problem for my mum who is supposed to be flying back from Lyon on Friday and i can't even get in contact with her because she never switches her phone on so i don't know if she has found out whether her flight is cancelled or not and i don't know which airline she is flying withBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1138812681721907032006-02-01T16:45:00.000Z2006-02-01T16:51:21.736ZI am getting quicker with my cooking!! In two hours i made a casserole and a beetroot pie!!Isn't it beautiful?!!Not sure what i am going to do with it now...mmmmmmmm. right, i think i was suppose to be doing something...???...o yes my assignment.Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1138804884357588252006-02-01T14:34:00.000Z2006-02-01T14:41:24.370ZThey have tested the fire alarms four times today and i'm sure it cannot be good for my heart, it races every time the alrm goes. It such awful sound weeoo weeoo weeooo. Please stop for the love of God!! Let me enjoy my afternoon off. I have been making pastry (and getting some weird looks from the undergrads) and i was feeling so very relaxed having pounded out my frustrations on the dough (I Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1138707953080370142006-01-31T11:32:00.000Z2006-01-31T11:45:53.090ZDear person on 8th floor with the room above me,What was all that noise about last night? Were you perhaps involved in some strange sexual antics? Or did you think midnight was a good time to start your exercises? Were you running up and down your bedroom floor with a herd of elephants? Because that is what it sounded like. That particularly loud bang on my ceiling/your floor - was that you Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1138446134722894492006-01-28T10:44:00.000Z2006-01-28T11:02:14.776ZFriday afternoon, last lecture tired and drained and all i can think about is my bed. i looked back over my notes for the lecture: I think thats an ostrich on the right, i don't know what sachs (1967) has got to do with anything and the list of words (if you can make them out) had something to do with how our language has been shaped by men. It was abviously a productive lecture, i might as wellBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1138291166828049642006-01-26T15:42:00.000Z2006-01-26T15:59:26.840ZLots of good things happened this week: i passed two of my exams, i found out when and where my placement is, my organic veggie box arrived, i have started making plans to go to Sweden in April and I bought joni mitchell cd blue for 2.50 (absolute bargain and i am loving it).i passed my psychology exams, would have been terribly embarrassing if i had failed these because this made up half of my Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1137489538563679862006-01-17T09:00:00.000Z2006-01-17T09:18:58.613ZI received an email from Helen this morning telling me she is engaged and getting married this year. Thankfully i was alone in my room at the time because i did a very girly thing (this happens occassionally) and i sat screeching at the screen like a very excited guinea pig. Angie is also getting married this year so that's another two of my old school friends being tied down, they are droppingBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1136982220817185372006-01-11T12:19:00.000Z2006-01-11T15:02:49.050ZHad a go at this test I spotted here. Not sure i agree with it all but there were moments it was eerily recognisable. You may think that because i am once again messing about on the internet doing quizzes that i am avoiding revision for a forthcoming exam...you would be right.Free personality analysis from ColorQuiz.com.Generated on Wed Jan 11 04:29:04 2006.Your Existing SituationActive, but Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1136830029020925992006-01-09T17:52:00.000Z2006-01-09T18:07:09.030Zfirst day of lectures of spring term. I spent an hour listening to weird sounds and tring to write them down. this means i spent an hour making pained faces and squeaking as i attempted to extract from my brain phonetic symbols and get to engage my ears to work. AND i would like to know how i am supposed to hear the difference to between two sounds and write the correct one if the difference Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1136655901781655312006-01-07T17:36:00.000Z2006-01-07T17:45:01.783ZChicken and Wine to be sung to tune of Quando, quando, quando.An homage to the road trip in America when we stopped at motels and ate chicken and, funnily enough, drank copious amounts of wine.Tell me when will you be mineTell me pollo, pollo, pollowith a nice glass of wineI want chicken and wine. Driving over state lines We see the Hannaford's signAnd we stop to buy chicken and wine. Every Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1136655358134397692006-01-07T17:34:00.000Z2006-01-07T17:35:58.143ZI am back in reading and i once again have internet access!! woohoo!! procrastination here we come!! (that's the royal we of course). I hope everyone had a good christmas and new year and that you are not feeling the january blues.Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1134690799984923372005-12-15T23:48:00.000Z2005-12-15T23:53:19.996Zi'm just back from watching Narnia. I cried many times (starting with the evacuation scene, so very early on), i gasped, laughed, clutched my hands in fright and very much wanted to stand up and cheer when the table was broken and Aslan appeared. It brought back lots of memories of being a little girl reading the books and watching the cartoon over and over again until i wore the video out. I Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1134656686597868942005-12-15T14:19:00.000Z2005-12-15T14:24:46.610ZEsther: "I want to have a chicken! I could give a chicken a good home couldn't I?Brianne: "I never thought i would live to see the day when you would claim to want an animal!"It's alright, it can't be true, i haven't been well so i think i'm just feeling a bit delirious and imagined that text message from Esther. Because i am in no fit state to have my world turned upside down. Esther hates Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1134587732402069942005-12-14T19:12:00.000Z2005-12-14T19:15:32.413Z"If this gentleman's feelings of gratitude, of respect, of admiration, and affection, induced him (as I presume they did) to marry this lady, I think he is the greater gentleman for the action, and makes her the greater lady."Well done Mr Tremlow, well done.Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1134567198838318072005-12-14T13:31:00.000Z2005-12-14T13:33:18.846ZCrack open the champagne!!!!! I have finished the first of my essays!!! now i just have to finish one more and i can go home for Christmas!!Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1134557168671123412005-12-14T10:34:00.000Z2005-12-14T10:46:08.680ZI think the cleaner is started to get annoyed with me, yesterday she asked me when i would be leaving. The thing is she keeps coming in and asking if i want the room cleaned but i've got books and papers spread out all over the floor and my desk (and sometimes my bed, which makes it hard to sleep)."yes please, if you wouldn't mind just giving the door a quick dust I would be much obliged."We Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1134240915094312252005-12-10T18:50:00.000Z2005-12-10T18:55:15.106Z Which Barbie are You? brought to you by QuizillaHi everyone!! i've had a makeover done recently, what do you think? cool yeah? This is soooo me! ignore the photo over to the left.Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1134141902625132232005-12-09T15:14:00.000Z2005-12-09T15:25:02.636Zstole this from catherine who stole it from carolinego to your archives and find the first entry for each month of 2005.post the first line of it, and that's your year in reviewJanuary: oooooooo i had forgotten what this place looked like.February: Three interviews and one rejection later.March: (nothing)April: (nothing)May: (nothing)June: i thought i would re-visit this place, it has certainly Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1134141166528554712005-12-09T14:52:00.000Z2005-12-09T15:14:18.860ZI have survived my first term!!!!!! woohoo!!!! 5 more terms and i'll be qualified!!We had our christmas meal/party last night, we were the last to leave the restaurant as the tired waiter stood by the door looking expectantly over at us as we sat laughing at our table making no motin to leave. we went on to pu na na (i think thats how its spelt) afterwards and 2 random guys bought us 4 bottles ofBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1134037154946543752005-12-08T10:16:00.000Z2005-12-08T10:19:14.956ZObi-wan Kenobi what character from star wars are you???? brought to you by Quizillalooks like i could do with a shave.I am working, really i am...*cough*...well everyone needs a little break every now and then, i'm not procrastinating by playing games and quizzes on the internet.Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1133814155824947122005-12-05T20:21:00.000Z2005-12-05T20:22:35.833ZI have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1133812939901352822005-12-05T20:01:00.000Z2005-12-05T20:08:06.206ZDEAR GOD NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!Fred or George WeasleyThe practical joke was invented for people likeyou. You love to be surprised, and revel witha guy who has a wicked sense of humour, isalways optimistic, and has the same merrydisregard for rules as you. Who is your Harry Potter love match?P.S. I should be revising, I know, but i'm on a coffee break!Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1133691841461225902005-12-04T10:23:00.000Z2005-12-04T10:24:01.493ZYou belong in... GRYFFINDOR!You might belong in Gryffindor,Where dwell the brave at heart,Their daring, nerve, and chivalrySet Gryffindors apart; *+*ThE SortinG HaT*+* brought to you by QuizillaBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1133632833526277792005-12-03T17:46:00.000Z2005-12-03T18:08:26.623ZMasquerade! Paper faces on parade! Masquerade! Hide your face, so the world will never find you!Another embarrassing moment was when i slipped on someones spilt drink on the dance floor and fell flat on my face! Ended up with a black stain down my tights and a very bruised arm from to trying to stop my fall. Lots of strangers gathered around to ask me if I was okay, which was very nice of them Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1133631934510191852005-12-03T17:34:00.000Z2005-12-03T17:45:34.520ZThe Ultimate Gooseberrylast night i went to a masquerade ball. This morning i woke up on G's bedroom floor. I was somewhat surprised by this and then rather embarrased. Now why should this be the case when i had before the ball arranged to sleep at G's to save me the trouble of making my way home after a few drinks? Well you see G had pulled and instead of getting a taxi home i slept in the room Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1133478743696712552005-12-01T23:12:00.000Z2005-12-01T23:12:23.700Za little damp 100_0692 Originally uploaded by Brianne. who wouldn't find this attractive? (re earlier post) where is my mr darcy?Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1133477463102277672005-12-01T22:44:00.000Z2005-12-01T22:51:03.113Zon my way to a date with mr darcy, driving through the dark and torrential rain when my the windscreen wiper on the driver's side decides to snap off! I had to stand in the rain (did I mention it was torrential?) for what seemed like an eternity wrestling with the offensive thing in an attempt to get it fixed in place (however temporarily). I triumphed (it's amazing what you can do with a bit Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1133388537226033472005-11-30T22:04:00.000Z2005-11-30T22:08:57.236Z"if you were brought here loose in a bag to be articulated, i could name your smallest bones blindfolded and sort them all in a manner that would surprise and charm you."mr venusBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1133287755762278762005-11-29T18:03:00.000Z2005-11-29T18:10:46.663ZDisplacedIt's just a simple lineI can still hear it all of the timeIf I can just hold on tonightI know that nothingNothing survivesNothing survivesI think i'm turned aroundI'm looking upNot looking downAnd when i'm standing stillWatching you runWatching you fallFall into meAm I making something worthwhile out of this placeAm I making something worthwhile out of this chaseI am displacedI am Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1133033066556487652005-11-26T19:22:00.000Z2005-11-26T19:24:26.566ZSpellboundThe night is darkening round me,The wild winds coldly blow;But a tyrant spell has bound meAnd I cannot, cannot go.The giant trees are bendingTheir bare boughs weighed with snow.And the storm is fast descending,And yet I cannot go.Clouds beyond clouds above me,Wastes beyond wastes below;But nothing drear can move me;I will not, cannot go. Emily BronteBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1130674274412193742005-10-30T11:58:00.000Z2005-10-30T12:11:14.423ZI am in strange mood today. I am a little sad but i don't really understand why. i have a longing to go home, to be surrounded by familiar faces and familiar things. To be myself and not one of the many people i feel i have to be when i am with strangers. Or to go where no one can find me. Esther lets go to New Zealand, you want to go back and i want to see the places you spoke of so lets Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1130614839880015292005-10-29T19:34:00.000Z2005-10-29T19:40:39.890Zooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!the fire alarm has gone off twice tonight. So i have stood outside in the carpark surrounded by people in various stages of preparation for the halloween disco tonight. Don't know if i can face another night out not after gate crashing the WM party last night. i haven't really got Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1130145704932738162005-10-24T09:20:00.000Z2005-10-24T09:21:44.940ZI miss you,you're like my sanity.I miss that too.Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1130074199613732642005-10-23T13:22:00.000Z2005-10-23T13:29:59.620ZI'm starting to get linguistic fever. I can't take anymore. also I have been listening to tina turner almost constantly after a conversation with esther and have been sorely tempted to fling myself out into the corridor and dance up and down like a mad thing as in the good old days of hawthorns and the RC but i fear that it is still too early in the academic year to inflict such a thing on my Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1129836418133496262005-10-20T19:25:00.000Z2005-10-20T19:27:55.546Zi don't know what to dooooooooooooooooooo!arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!it's easier said than done esther polley!i have made it outside my door and as far as the lifts and the stairs. I can't make it any farther!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1129614336848357672005-10-18T05:41:00.000Z2005-10-18T05:45:36.853ZThe fire alarm has been set of three times this morning - 2.30am, 4am and 5 am. I finally gave up trying to get any sleep. To the b*****d who keeps smoking and setting off the alarm, be warned you may find the rest of Sibly come and drag you out of your bed in the early hours of the morning and chuck you out into the cold morning air...naked.The joys of being a student again. Perhaps next yearBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1129568181506619332005-10-17T16:41:00.000Z2005-10-17T16:56:21.513Z"What did you do this weekend?""I went to a fancy dress party.""O right, what did you go as?""Bow Street.""?"I am exhausted. Today has been to long, was it really this morning i woke up in the darkness after another late night and drove to uni for my morning lectures?Saturday was a day of being confused by train stations and being forced to face my fear of buses only to have my bag of food Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1128727972094016952005-10-07T23:30:00.000Z2005-10-07T23:32:52.100Zi was born to laugh, i learnt to laugh through my tears.and i was born to love, i'm gonna learn to love without fear.I was born to laugh.I learnt to laugh through my tears.Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1128628045120535482005-10-06T19:44:00.000Z2005-10-06T19:47:25.120Zi vow to come for you if you'll wait for me and say you'll hold a place for me in your heart.i've no fear at all to fall deep into you, lose myself completelyi just want someone to hold me and rock me through the night.Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1128609235543054362005-10-06T14:23:00.000Z2005-10-06T14:35:05.780ZIt is almost the end of a second week and it has been my first full week of lectures. I am exhausted. I also went out on a bit of a MSc social and got quite pissed. I have vague memories of stupid conversations and trying to freak out random men and being grabbed around the arms by one man who wanted to talk to me (well i suppose thats one way of getting somone's attention in a noisy crowded bar)Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1128374104059899712005-10-03T21:05:00.000Z2005-10-03T21:18:11.146ZThe end of freshers week and the start of my lectures...so i have survived my first week as a student again and this time the tears were of laughter.It has been a really good week. I am excited all over again about doing this course and about the future that is opening up before me and i am enjoying the student life. The halls are nice the people are nice if a little quirky (but thats all for theBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1127838131753043952005-09-27T15:44:00.000Z2005-09-27T16:22:11.760ZI noticed this on esther's and catherine's blogs and thought i would give it a go. "O wise mp3 player please share your wisdom with me."1. What do you think of me, mp3 player? to try for the sun by donovan (what?!! is that some sort of comment on my actions? am i reaching for the impossible? nah! you are wrong! but lets not fall out over it.) 2. Will I have a happy life? memory andrew lloyd Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1127835855219457012005-09-27T15:31:00.000Z2005-09-27T15:44:15.226ZDay one of pre-sessional course (or how i haven't a clue about linguistics)I'm feeling excited all over again about my course even though i was told over and over again how the first term is like going through hell (yay!). There are 12 people on the course (makes it a lot easier to remember names but i am still having trouble) and they seem like a nice bunch and we had a paediatric observation, Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1127725204418285062005-09-26T08:47:00.000Z2005-09-26T09:08:33.783ZThe day after moving day...I have survived moving into halls!! hurrah!! i am on the seventh floor and the room is actually a good size and there is no mould!! hurrah!! the majority of students in this hall are postgraduates and international students so my fears of being surrounded by partying freshers and not being able to get any sleep were unfounded (though to be fair us postgrads were Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1126885219342751242005-09-16T15:30:00.000Z2005-09-16T15:40:19.346ZIn 9 days time i shall be returning to university and this time i shall be a postgraduate. O yes i will enter my new halls and i shall gaze knowingly and fondly upon the poor bewildered fresher undergrads. Actually this is very unlikely i will most likely be the one running around like a headless chicken. I will probably forget to enroll, pay my fees and will never be able to find the lecture Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1118573251190971632005-06-12T10:32:00.000Z2005-06-12T10:47:33.220Zi thought i would re-visit this place, it has certainly been a while since i blogged but i just keep losing interest. so since february i have had several interviews and been rejected (the process is doing wonders for my self-esteem), i have journeyed back to the fairy tale city of my childhood, come back to find that i have been falsely accused of a crime and someone thinks its a good idea to Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1107553424286417892005-02-04T21:31:00.000Z2005-02-04T21:43:44.286ZThree interviews and one rejection later.
Last week I had my three interviews and this week I had a rejection letter from Reading Uni. Right now i don't care. I just want to know. Please UCL and Sheffield let me know yes or no!!! Going slightly mad at the moment. At least if i knew i hadn't got a place i could decide what my next step will be. Also, why didn't Reading want me? Whats wrong Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1105828929040336762005-01-15T22:33:00.000Z2005-01-15T22:42:09.040Zoooooooo i had forgotten what this place looked like.
I have decided to make the effort to blog just to announce to whoever may read this that i have 3 interviews coming up woohoo! They are at UCL, Sheffield and Reading and they are all in the same week (Jan 24, 27 and 28) so much prayer needed. Even if i don't get a place on any of the courses at least i will have a lot of interview practice.Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1097087625722019702004-10-06T18:19:00.000Z2004-10-06T18:33:45.723Zmy mum says she is getting to know east surrey hospital really well. Recently she has been there quite a lot either for me or for my dad.
Yesterday morning my dad went blind in his right eye. The doctor couldn't see what was wrong because there was too much blood so he has to go for a scan. They think the retina may have detached. He can't see much through his left eye either because he has Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1096918343694871872004-10-04T19:32:00.000Z2004-10-04T19:32:23.693Zglue Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1096735805314324762004-10-02T16:50:00.000Z2004-10-02T16:50:05.313ZBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1096735924892494822004-10-02T16:49:00.000Z2004-10-02T16:52:04.893ZFor anybody in the belfry, redhill today wondering who the crazy girl outside gamelys trying out the hula hoops was...it was me.
Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1096735717696777002004-10-02T16:48:00.000Z2004-10-02T16:48:37.696ZBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1096734987679577082004-10-02T16:36:00.000Z2004-10-02T16:36:27.680ZBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1096734722613252112004-10-02T16:32:00.000Z2004-10-02T16:46:41.720ZAt the end of my road is a big old chestnut tree. There's actually a lot of chestnut trees where I live, they line up all along one side of the road bordering the fields. But this particular tree stands on the other side of the road all alone and it's the biggest probably because it did not have to fight for space to spread its branches. The tree is busily dropping leaves and conkers all Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1096734322524196372004-10-02T16:19:00.000Z2004-10-02T16:25:22.523ZI heard a piece of news this week that brought a smile to my face. It concerned one of the kids in my class last year who has gone to a residential school. His step dad has said that when they went to visit him he kept asking for Brianne. He is quite a character and i miss seeing him around school running (normally with a member of staff chasing after him), leaping and laughing. It really Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1096313546345268682004-09-27T19:32:00.000Z2004-09-27T19:32:26.346Zreaching Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1096313466055905802004-09-27T19:31:00.000Z2004-09-27T19:31:06.056Zstill Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1096313368837545482004-09-27T19:29:00.000Z2004-09-27T19:29:28.836Zsunset Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1096312842781348652004-09-27T19:20:00.000Z2004-09-27T19:20:42.780Zleaving Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1096312753353250832004-09-27T19:19:00.000Z2004-09-27T19:19:13.353Zcafe in bayeux Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1096312659818151062004-09-27T19:17:00.000Z2004-09-27T19:17:39.816Zle mont st michel Briannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1095876316145089302004-09-22T18:05:00.000Z2004-09-22T18:05:16.146ZBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1095876212600519942004-09-22T18:03:00.000Z2004-09-22T18:03:32.600ZBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1095876122842561352004-09-22T18:02:00.000Z2004-09-22T18:02:02.843ZBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1095876063295632202004-09-22T18:01:00.000Z2004-09-22T18:01:03.296ZBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1095875881277536402004-09-22T17:58:00.000Z2004-09-22T17:58:01.276ZBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1095875687710125082004-09-22T17:54:00.000Z2004-09-22T17:54:47.710ZBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1095875606324062722004-09-22T17:53:00.000Z2004-09-22T17:53:26.323ZBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1095875157182062612004-09-22T17:45:00.000Z2004-09-22T17:45:57.183ZBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1095874818456459412004-09-22T17:40:00.000Z2004-09-22T17:40:18.456ZBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1095874770177319102004-09-22T17:39:00.000Z2004-09-22T17:39:30.176ZBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1095874730373805482004-09-22T17:38:00.000Z2004-09-22T17:38:50.373ZBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1095874664080628342004-09-22T17:37:00.001Z2004-09-22T17:37:44.080ZBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129718.post-1095874627493414402004-09-22T17:37:00.000Z2004-09-22T17:37:07.493ZBriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10833811894237553179noreply@blogger.com