21-10-2004
– Well, nothing exciting has been happening lately so you haven’t missed much (if anyone still checks this site!). Starting to get into the course. At the moment it is more computing than archaeology (which is good IMO), but todays lecture has made me think how badly coded this site is. Expect a total overhaul soon! Into XHTML no less (if I can get my head round it… Note to self, must remember to close tags! Bad habit, bad, BAD habit…

03-10-2004
– (ever so slightly later in the evening). Well, I’ve just had a quick browse round the site, mainly because I can now I have a shiny fast connection, but also because I wanted to, and I realised that some of the pages are so old they could qualify for their bus passes! And others are so sadly neglected they were spiders webs hanging about everywhere. So, I am going to go away, have a think, and try and come up with another design for this place. That, and work on some coding that doesn’t make the pages look screwy on smaller screens. Heyho *reaches for the Beginners Guide to HTML once more* Some light bedtime reading…

03-10-2004
– Well, after a summer of neglecting you totally, I won’t be surprised if no one is even reading this any more. But I don’t care! I am safely moved into uni now – the halls aren’t great, but I DO have a snazzy high speed connection in the room, so I envisage more updates and work on the site, because it won’t be so painful to do!

Um, and that is it for now. I full of gorgeous chinese food that my wonderful flatmates cooked, so I am going to curl up in bed with a good book and digest it. Yes, I know, bad student – should be out partying – but I am a postgraduate now. We are (apparently) grown up and beyond all that. Meant to be working hard.

Well, that’s the theory.

14-09-2004
– Am alive. But been busy working and getting ready for uni. Congrats to Sam and Mike =) Huggles and sorry that I couldn’t be there on the day.

10-07-2004
– Sad news. I got back from the Ball (pictures coming soon if you are nice) to find out that Clive had followed Ian to the great Fishbowl in the Sky. He’ll be buried along side the others in the corner of the strawberry patch as soon as it stops raining.

21-06-2004
– Next news item – I have some new pets, the Voodoo Fish, more commonly known as Ian and Clive. For those archaeologists out there, think Hodder and Orton (or Gamble). For the non-archaeologists, the story goes as follows: there are two eminent archaeologists between whom are shared the honours of 1) writing the majority of the articles my dissertation was based on and 2) writing some articles that I personally find silly and VERY badly written. Just because we are archaeologists doesn’t mean that we can feel free to butcher the english language. So I have taken fishy revenge and named my two new goldfish after them. As for why ‘Voodoo Fish’, well, on the off chance that these two go the way of their predecessors Chips and Co, Mum asked if perhaps it was wise to name them after real people. After all, how would I feel if the real Ian and Clive also sickened?

Stranger things have been know to happen.

The two have very distinct personalities – Ian is the bold one, always coming to the front of the tank to see what is going on in the world. Clive is the chicken of the pair, tending to lurk behind the weed or, if swimming round the tank, sticking close to Ian for protection.

20-06-2004
– Well, I have done it again, and neglected you all for far too long. I am going to stop apologising for it now – it is just the way that I am. Just because I don’t communicate, it doesn’t mean that I don’t care or that I don’t think of you. I am just a bad correspondent. So there :p

Anyway, the news:

I GOT A FIRST IN MY DEGREE!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Um, so yes, I’m fairly pleased about that. I can really start planning next year now. Bring on Southampton…!!!

And that is basically it on the news side of things. I have a job at the old shop – I am so short of money it is unbelievable! I know all students say that, but it just seems more because, well, it’s me =p

C’est tout.

Huggles, love, and kisses to y’all,

Cxxx