Because the universe is an arbitrarily random and unforgiving place and the sooner you accept that you will never achieve any sort of happiness, the sooner you can get on with dying.
Well, that's one reason. I expect it probably has something to do with entropy. So I've been off doing other things for a while. One of which was revamping the anime society and massively increasing its membership, with some not inconsiderable help from Chloe, Steve and Ozzy. You people rock. One other thing I've been doing is waiting for a t-shirt (those of you who say that my life, or at least my blog, seems to revolve around t-shirts are probably right in a depressing fashion) from a website. I've been waiting since the day before the SUCS beach party 2007 (that was back in June for those out of the loop). I got bored of waiting and would recommend that nobody here ever use the useless site that is tshirtsville.com At least they managed to refund my money fairly promptly when I finally gave up. I was willing to accept a bit of a delay because I knew they'd have to get stock in from overseas, but to string me along for several months just isn't acceptable.
What else? Er, the term has started, which is nice. I've been not at all enthralled by my Writing in Professional Contexts module as of yet, but I live in hope that what is basic grammar will turn into something more relevant to, you know, actually writing in professional contexts... The other module is Angela Carter which I chose because, although I hadn't actually read any of her work, I knew she had inspired the brilliant Sarah Waters. The tutor is not one I know very well either, but she seems to be almost on the verge of obsession with Carter which can only be a good thing. Things I have learned from Carter already: It is possible to have 3 well-fleshed out female characters and 2 high-quality male characters in a book of less than 200 pages; Jesus was a bastard and God is the ultimate voyeur and finally it is possible to have your female characters raped and still be a feminist writer.
Whodathunkit? Not I. I should also mention the absurd level of kindness bestowed on me by the wonderful Kate with her tolerance for my everything and the most incredible gift she gave me of her heart. "I love my love with a K because her name is Kate and she is so very, very kind." Carter couldn't have put it better herself.
Right! So I finally have a blog thanks to the excellent people at SUCS. Thank you all, my wonderful friends. Here you can find my ramblings (note that I have chosen the 'Cynical' category. Essentially, anything I say is likely to be in that category due to my world-hatred.
So, uh, today I will be mostly revising for my last exam on Wednesday. Shocking. It's only an hour and a half long, however, so I'll be dancing around for the rest of the day and probably playing Magic with my friends. I'm sure you'll all learn of my other interests as time progresses.
Right, time to rant about Bank Holidays: damn that Royal Mail/Consignia/whoever lot for not delivering things on Bank Holidays. Obviously I'm a-waiting for something but regardless, it's annoying anyway. I was pondering earlier and realised that it's actually about two weeks until I go home. It's frightening how quickly this year has gone and how I've managed to progress from barely leaving my room to seeing people all over campus who I recognise and know quite well.
Finally, the name of the blog comes from an adaptation of the Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons masterpiece that is the graphic novel known as Watchmen. It's brilliant and I suggest you all go and read it now, even if you hate comics, even if you hate reading, even if you ignore the advice of people's blogs on principle. Just do it. Juvenal said it first in his Satires but it's an important thing to think about in days where presidents and prime ministers can fly in the face of public opinion over war and still win elections. Who really does watch the watchmen?
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[EDIT] Thanks to Andy for pointing out that my links are very broken things. They should be fix0red instead of fux0red now. [/EDIT]