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Aug. 7th, 2004 02:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vyvyanxI haven't posted much about my life recently. It is generally pleasant at the moment. I've just finished marking a batch of OU assignments, and the next ones are starting to come in. However, I don't have to give any tutorials this month (due to the centres being closed), so I'm not that busy with work. I've been accepted as a scriptmarker for the course again this year - this will entail another trip to Milton Keynes in October for a coordination meeting, followed by about 10 days' intensive exam marking.
I recently submitted my own assignments (in my student persona) for the short cosmology/particle physics course I began in May, and have received the preparatory materials for the longer maths course I'm starting in October. They're not very challenging, but I'm working through them thoroughly anyway, as revision/refresher - I haven't had any maths tuition for about 14 years! G is also taking the same course, at the same time as me - I expect we'll be able to go to tutorials together as well. The specified course calculator arrived recently as well (it's quite an expensive graphical calculator, but we shared the cost between the two of us, and also managed to get a second-hand one from eBay). I'm really looking forward to the course starting.
G and I have not been going out very much recently, due to lack of money; however, his parents came to see us and took us out to the Kingston a couple of weeks ago, which was nice. We still go to the Calling and roleplay with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
robinbloke on alternating Tuesdays. We've had mobbsy and simont over for dinner (separately), and went to MW's party at the Carlton Arms - all very pleasant.
G seems reasonably content with his job at the moment. He has continued to purchase a variety of exotic computer accessories/upgrades, and to play a variety of games - recently, Planetside and, since yesterday, Doom 3. This looks very pretty, while trying to preserve some flavour of the original (plenty of crates!), and G seems to find it quite scary. The plot seems very Half Life-ish.
I always like this part of the year. The weather is agreeable (I don't need to bundle myself up in clothes to feel warm) and I'm not particularly busy, although a variety of interesting things are available to be done.
I recently submitted my own assignments (in my student persona) for the short cosmology/particle physics course I began in May, and have received the preparatory materials for the longer maths course I'm starting in October. They're not very challenging, but I'm working through them thoroughly anyway, as revision/refresher - I haven't had any maths tuition for about 14 years! G is also taking the same course, at the same time as me - I expect we'll be able to go to tutorials together as well. The specified course calculator arrived recently as well (it's quite an expensive graphical calculator, but we shared the cost between the two of us, and also managed to get a second-hand one from eBay). I'm really looking forward to the course starting.
G and I have not been going out very much recently, due to lack of money; however, his parents came to see us and took us out to the Kingston a couple of weeks ago, which was nice. We still go to the Calling and roleplay with
robinbloke on alternating Tuesdays. We've had mobbsy and simont over for dinner (separately), and went to MW's party at the Carlton Arms - all very pleasant.G seems reasonably content with his job at the moment. He has continued to purchase a variety of exotic computer accessories/upgrades, and to play a variety of games - recently, Planetside and, since yesterday, Doom 3. This looks very pretty, while trying to preserve some flavour of the original (plenty of crates!), and G seems to find it quite scary. The plot seems very Half Life-ish.
I always like this part of the year. The weather is agreeable (I don't need to bundle myself up in clothes to feel warm) and I'm not particularly busy, although a variety of interesting things are available to be done.
