Weekend in Brum 12th April 2008

Well this weekend was another cracker! After discovering that converse shoes really aren't made for running to the train station in, I went down to Birmingham to see Snuzi and Co. On the way there on the train, randomly, someone was answering some mock paper about MRI scanners and I overheard them asking a friend about one of the questions they were stuck on. A text to Ched, who just happens to fix MRI scanners for a living, and we were able to save the day for a complete stranger!

Saturday night, between watching Doctor Who (the Pompei one) and walking the 3 minutes to Subculture at the Carling Academy (where Snuzi works as an Event Steward), I was set about by Vikki and Annie who wanted to "Style my hair like Keith from the Prodigy"... see attached picture.

I had been told by little Steve that he was having a Rave in his kitchen so we got some glow sticks from poundland... unfortunately, I later found out that he was being sarcastic and trying to impress a girl (hope it went well!) and that I am a gullible imbecile who actually thought it would be quite cool to have a rave in a kitchen!

By the time we arrived most of us were "a little tipsy" which helped ease into the "dancing", or to quote one of the others who went, "lolloping around".

Looking out the window 12 storeys up, on our return to Snuzi's flat, we saw 2 fire engines, 3 ambulances and 6 police car / riot vans. I haven't been able to find any sniff of it on the interweb but heard reports that a controlled explosion was carried out!

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The journey back to Stafford on the train was an interesting one. A few of us got upgraded to First Class (unfortunately for me, it was 2 minutes before having to get off at Stafford) as the train window right next to me shattered with a mighty Boom!! Still shaking, I found one of the train staff who told everyone sitting nearby to go and sit in first class! The lady said that it could have been some kids firing pellets at the train!

The train pulled up at the station as we were making our way to the front, so that darn class of travel still remains an elusive mystery!

It livened up an otherwise uneventful journey anyway.

Carling Academy Subculture Pictures form 12th April 2008

Science with pictures

I have just started reading Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" again, (haha thanks to Spellcheck im not reading "A Brief History of Tim"!).

I say again because I started it a long time ago but got sidetracked as usual.

I'm on page 43 and so far learned about why feathers and lead weights fall at the same speed on the moon, and all about Future Light Cones, something that I bored Tobe silly with over lunch.

I have got hold of the latest copy of the book, which literally has big pictures to help explain everything!

While on the subject of Stephen Hawking, have you seen these hilarious pictures?!

Anti-nail biting goo

Snuzi very kindly bought me some of that "nail varnish" that tastes horrible to stop me biting my nails. It's really horrific. The more I told Spanky how foul it was, the more he wanted to taste it, much to his regret when he finally did!

It is really working so thanks Snu I do appreciate it. I just have to be careful where I apply it, else I get some funny looks.