Writing About: Useless advice, 13/09/05, Autology: John Dale’s blog

I’m pretty sure that I enjoyed myself at university, but that’s really based on a few specific memories of particular occasions. What I did and how I felt for the vast majority of my student time is now largely a closed book for me except in general, hazy outline.

Good idea. Things I don’t want to forget, in as-close-as-possible to chronological order. I expect to add to this list, over time.

• arriving. Alex collecting things aimed at freshers. Chris, Mark, Ryan 007. Discussions of whether that Russian Revolution was a revolution, or a Coup d’etat.
• “Great Physicists make Great Pets”, “We like to strip off and play with our balls” – newspapers
• leatherette Siege Engine 2000
• sitting in thermal physics, reading the prospectus to work out what to change to
• “Chemistry? That’s a bit of a step down, isn’t it?”

• BT, Apsley, Silver

  ——

• Jules. Doughnuts in Kennilworth. Ben (?) the ultimate glassware cleaner.
• Jane, Caroline. Floating Creme Eggs – balloons.
• JC, Si, Dave, Van[aja]
• Bounce
• Trolley Theft
• RAG escape
• Burning Looroll
• Beans With Everything
• Whitefields Crisis.
• The Rain

• FORE Systems. Caroline in Watford. Eclipse in France.

  ——

• Berkeley Rd Sth
• Tin, Jane, Jess, Pavan, Aarti (?), Nick, Bea (?)
• Meningitus
• The Police
• Breaking and Entering
• SyntheticPages
• Bunny Boiler
• IT Trainer
• Training the Trainers
• Careers Service

• 2 Screens

  ——

• Caroline, Tin, Tina, The Mikeopath, Vince, Pokemon (What was his name? I feel it In My Fingers), Jess’ Friend, Kweku
• Emily. Westwood.
• Sweden with Caroline, Emily and Taliah
• Rootes
• Tal & Martin – Canon Park
• Car Crash, Dave & Emily
• Firework Disaster
• HeadHunter
• Graham and Stacey and Emily too
• Wien, München, Wien

• More Careers Service. Purge! Purge! Purge!

  ——

• Taxi from Johannesburg
• Light Infantry
• The Good Lord Provides
• Singing in KZN
• Rourke’s Drift
• JD under the stars
• Big Angry Cows
• The Fish Platter
• In The Calamari Zone – The Pavilion, Durban. SwissCard Saviour.
• 40 Klicks from ‘Nam
• Cape Vidal
• Fortune (Shofune)
• Elephants
• Out of Contact (9/11)
• The Rain
• Bring and Brai
• The Drakensberg – Giant’s Castle. Walking, cave paintings
• “Feed me exotic fruit!”. Car crash – nearly.
• The Midlands Meander
• Howick Falls. Swiss Goats. Wind Chimes and Guard dogs. Bank Holiday in the Arts Centre. Smoky Corridor
• Granny Pad by the Beach – Umhlanga Rocks
• Wurst in Frankfurt

• The End of Innocence

  And I don’t want the world to see me
  Cause I don’t think that they’d understand
  When everything’s made to be broken
  I just want you to know who I am

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• Crash and Burn
• Pavel. Emma, Vince, Jen, Vicky
• Colin, Posh, Kevin, Geez, Rich, Westie, Edd
• Reconciliation
• Sureal – You Take My Breath Away (lange remix)
• Less constrained Constrained Geometry
• Ducks
• Lots of Ben and Jerry’s – 2 for £5
• Graduation.

• $hell. Aberdeen. Anna. Starbucks. Minibus Treasure Hunt. Farmer’s Daughter. Ride me! Ride me! Use me and abuse me!

  This has been a rather interesting exercies. It’s actually made me quite emotional, verging from the edge of tears one minute to a broad grin the next, as I try to systematize and order the random memories from the period of my life where I did my real growing up – the transition from child to Naïve adult. Towards the end, I was starting on the Next Major Transition – from that state to where I am now. I think I’ll write another memorandum for my postgraduate times tomorrow, but now it’s bedtime.

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