Monday 6 July 2009

Karaoke in the Gloucester Arms

We were the only ones in Oxford's No. 1 Rock Pub for ages and got through a great deal of their song repertoire, possibly choosing the cheesiest and most poppy of the 'heavy metal' playlist:

Fridays I'm in Love by The Cure
Complicated by Avril Lavigne
Don't stop by No Doubt
In too deep by Sum 41

They still didn't have Mr Brightside or In the Shadows

But then Drew turned up and we did some proper hardcore singing - In the End by Linkin Park - it was awesome!

Annoying and stupid event - my mate got IDed - she's 26 and had no ID on her - surprisingly she thought she wouldn't need it. So she couldn't get a drink. I bought her one in the end but that made them kick her out :( We were all 21/22 and she was 26, it was ridiculous

Highlight of the evening : Bohemian Rhapsody by 'everyone' - we teamed up with the next table for a truly wonderful if out of tune rendition of the classic - the DJ even took lots of photos of us.

Sunday 5 July 2009

First Day in 59 Banbury Rd

I'm living in college accommodation for ten days whilst I 'sort out my life', that is, try and work out what an earth I should do next having studied a German degree for four years and failed spectacularly to get a job despite having applied for over fifty this year. I guess it's a tall order, but I can also look forward to a holiday in Chemnitz and Brussels as well as working in Oxford as a Residential Advisor for Japanese students again.After that I'm doing the Hertford Telethon for two weeks, putting off the world a little longer and possibly making contacts with the alumni I call up. Come October though I will need a real job.

I've never lived on Banbury Road, scorning it as too far away from the centre of Oxford. I never bought my friend's logic in trying to get me to live there: she reckoned having a garden would be great. I though living next a river somewhere more central with a catered dining hall was infinitely preferable. I could come downstairs in my slippers at 5.30, watch Neighbours with my friends, get my dinner and maybe watch the Simpsons too.

But having a garden is actually pretty cool. I just played croquet for the first time in over 7 years. And then badminton. It's strange how you realise there are more and more great things about a place just when you have to leave.