Been listening to B+S all weekend. Its the only thing that I can use to take my frazzled little brain off the thought of the year... Ex-ams. Well, Nice to know I'm not going to be alone when I have to resit my exams. I haven't even taken them yet, but I fear I might be doing resits. Why oh why oh why did I choose this daft subject? I never really liked foreign languages. Well, at least I know I don't want to do anything more with languages when I graduate! If any of you don't know, I'm doing Norwegian. And tomorrow is the first exam. A scary nasty exam,scarier than listening to Mogwai, after watching a horror film in your house, on your own, where things go bump in the dark and you're in bed. I have to translate Norwegian (50% mark cos its my honours language) Danish and Swedish (25% of the mark each) into English. All I know, is its going to take three hours, and that I don't get a dictionary, and that its based on detective novels. Its quite a daunting thought, and my stomach is churning like a washing machine on spin. I don't really know where to begin with revision for it either. I am dreading it. I really am. I feel like a lamb to the slaughter. What if it all goes wrong? do I start wibbling my lips and stick my pencil up my nose and plead insanity? No theres a thought.... What if I don't pass? Its too scary to think about. What the hell was I thinking when I sent in that UCAS form all those years ago? I need to pass. I really do. I have one more year left at uni, and I so want to get out, with a little dignity intact and a degree. I don't care right now what grade it is. Afterall, my main concern isn't involving a job with languages. I think I fancy a job where I can speak, talk and write English. I've been studying languages since I was 12. I'm 21 now. Time for a break from it. And don't even think of giving me support. I really am very very crap at languages. Still, at least its not Nynorsk (Norways other official lanaguage, spoken by a minority...), or synomynynynyns. And god, am I panicking. After this, everything else is easy. Welfare state of Scandinavia? a cinch. The UN and Nato in Scandinavia? easy as pie. The second World War in Norway? pah! The language and the press ideology, of them and us? do it in my sleep. Meanwhile, studying isn't quite going as planned. Ended up playing my guitar instead, and played it over the phone to a friend in Cardiff, at which point he said it was very good, (ahh!) and we decided to form a band. How we shall reherse over the phone, I do not know. But we swapped chords and things, and hes working on my ideas, and when I feel ready, I might do the same with his. who knows? Got a name too. After my second favourite chocolate bar. Fir Klover. Its all one word, but I didn't want any sniggers from you at the back (and you Honey! no protesting innocense!) calling it Firk lover. Oh, bliemy, this is all too much. Love, Idles. ===== http://www.geocities.com/idleberry __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+