120

We did the Fresher Fair yesterday. I put the poster and last year's poster on my Flickr account. Interesting people, some geeks (in a good way) some far too cool to join (in a bad way). But I'm expecting an interesting year in it with new management strategies.

I left early to go to Thorpe Park, which was fun. I couldn't afford to spend £4 on a poncho, so I was soaked. It was the worst weather I'd seen in months. I think in a year (9th September 2005 flooding). But being with Sharan, I got to jump all the cues. This was her birthday party, and she works there, so we got in free and had a fantastic time. I rode Colossus twice, going upside-down 20 times in total. Which was great because I hadn't been upside-down all week.

Before going in, I had a little time to kill and in the rain and ample space of the car park, I did my first drift. It was fun. I was low on petrol and didn't have a spare tyre, so I was more cautious than usual.

I gave Becky's friend Helen a lift home, initially not thinking Woking was so far away. But it was. But driving with Becky back from Woking at 2AM had an advantage: empty, long roads. Which let me do something I have never done before: 120mph. Now I know that it isn't much to never sports cars that easily do 150mph, but on a student budget, it's a hell of a speed. And my car did it well I could push more out of it, but the long straights seemed a lot shorter without the Peugeot (I managed about 93mph on the same road in my 106).

So, 120 and drifting in the same day. I think I will rest my car today.

That's about it.

For those that found the secret blog, well done.

Hard Work, Too Hot

Freshers Week has started. So I have met lots of new people, some very interesting, others rather dull. I have also been very busy. I have spent several evenings with Emma watching Star Trek and playing various games (I completed Lost Levels, well, I thought I did, but there are more strange levels afterwards). I have done a lot of driving too.

Emma and I and Housei made a sign to welcome Housei's friend to England. It was like the signs people usually hold up at airports, but far more ornate, with badly written Japanese on it, and we found it very funny. So did he. He (Hiro) is a designer putting on an exhibition in Earl's Court. We drove him from the airport to his hotel, and had a good chat with him.

I have spent a few evenings with Dan though, just hanging around with him and his flat which he is now a flat rep of. His flat seems cool. The JCS is also restarting, so I have some posters to design.

Becky has been coming around a lot too, though fetching her from her house is a bit of a drag, as I have to drop her off too. Though doing it late lends time to driving fast on empty roads (I haven't learnt).

I gave Mandi a lift today, and I made my first Facebook group. You have to be on Facebook to see what it is. Unless you're Yukina, then you have to ask Erin. I have been busy. I also helped Laura move some of her stuff, and she met my sister.

Anyway, nothing too exciting. I'm going to order my parents a new computer now. It's a shame they don't want ionic cooling.

Scary

That is my car. And I'm in front of it. And it led me to be absolutely petrified today.

The past couple of nights, I have used my car to relieve tension from stresses that have built up. This basically involves seeing how fast I can take Roehampton Lane before I decide it's unsafe. Since it's residential and has been mutilated by a bus lane, this is around 70mph. That's the same speed I hit on that road when I was driving my friend's Soarer.

Last night it was around 3PM I was doing this. Pretty empty. Tonight was different. When I joined the motorway, I joined with a nice Porsche, and I stayed behind him for a while. Out of solidarity for German car drivers, I don't drive in any way to annoy them, and respect their vehicles and use of the road. This usually applies to everyone, but non-German car drivers lose that respect quicker.

He was driving tamely, he wasn't doing anything daring or fast. When I got to Roehampton Lane, I wanted to see how I fared compared to the previous night. This was only around 11PM. So after the lights changed, and seeing the same Porsche behind me, I drove a little faster than him, and sped down the road. At no point was his speed exceeding mine. We weren't racing. But then I see HIM getting pulled over by the police. Bear in mind, American readers, that the police in this country tend to be rather lenient in comparison to your police when it comes to speed, and rely on machines to do all the catching and fining.

They didn't arrest me, when clearly I was driving faster, and that scared the life out of me. I haven't been arrested before, and I can't afford a ticket. So I was scared lifeless by the thought of it. But, better him than me. By the looks of his car, he can afford it. I don't drive that fast when people are in my car, but I was alone. And the good fuel made my car more responsive.

Tonight we had an IB dinner to discuss how we felt about the IB 3 years on. Certain people were conspicuous in their absence, and I missed some that had even RSVPed but not shown up. I'm way too tired and eager to play CS to recount all the details, but I ended up speaking to a lot of year below friends (I think of them as Lower Sixth formers, but they were in the Upper Sixth far more recently than me). I didn't get to show them my car, but I did show them my sexy hair, which still looks fresh from yesterday.

That, and completing more Lost Levels, that was today.

Some Hiding

I'm letting you know now, now that it is time, that there is a link on this blog to another small blog of mine, one with very different subject matter. It is on this page, but I'm not going to tell you where.

I want the first person to find it to say so in a comment. Don't say where it is, just say you found it.

I got a haircut and I saw Dan today. I hung out with Dan and Beth for a while, and I saw Erin (new Erin) again, as well as a few other people. I got Becky to come over for a bit and all of us played Mario Bros: The Lost Levels for several hours. It made much screaming and incredible joy whenever we finished a really hard level, and it made everything worthwhile.

I also spoke to Natasha, who is now in France. It was good to chat with her, she's very remote now. But we'll see her sometime.

Not much else, other than Sarah told me that Roehampton was on the news. I didn't see it on News 24, but I take her word for it.

Storm

There was a beautiful storm that lit up the entire sky tonight. We watched from the window, but in my excitement, I ran outside to observe it, and the whole cloudy night-time sky was illuminated with these bright lightning flashes. It was amazing.

Through an amusing twist of events, Kiana was locked outside by Emma for this storm.

I spoke to an old friend Sarah the other day. It was very cool, we chatted for ages about all sorts of classic stuff. I hope we can meet up sometime in the not too distant future.

Today was another day of solid Mario and Star Trek. Which is good, because tomorrow is very busy. I did walk to the shops with Emma and Mizuki, and on the way we noticed a car with a sign on it saying it was for sale, and another sign from Wandsworth Council saying that it was illegal to sell cars on the street. I hate it when the council interferes with private citizens going about legitimate business. I could not see any point to criminalising private car sale through in car advertising. Another peeve of mine.

We also got to watch the fourth episode of Prison Break Season 2. I like how it's always getting better. I don't know who can't like that main character.

I also made a CounterStrike first. I shot someone, took their grenade, and hurled it into a known hiding place. I usually do things similar, but to no avail. I got a double kill. I hardly ever kill anyone with grenades (I think it was the first time), and I have never managed a genuine multi-kill in CS, and I did it and won the round to boot. Go me.

Not much else to report. I'll be seeing you online.