7 Quick Takes – Back to Uni, Dancing Around, and Events Galore!

Phew, I forgot how busy being at uni was. It's been a long first week, but my laundry is on and my room has been tidied, so I can finally sit down, have some 'me' time and blog. You can catch up with the other 7 Quick Take Friday bloggers over at This Ain't The …

Running Around With Brooms Between Our Legs, Take Two

Or: The Second Annual Valentine's Cup No Quick takes Friday today – *gasp* – and I have a valid reason…apart from having been utterly butterly busy today. What is this mighty fine reason, Alex? Well: (Image copyright to someone on the Oxford team, I'm sure) This weekend I'm off home to sunny-ish Oxford for the …

Quick Takes About An Away Game of Quidditch, Taize Prayer, and Collating Data

Sometimes, nothing much needs to be said about one’s week, and that’s why conversiondiary’s Quick Takes is so useful. ~1~ Did I mention the Reading Rocs team went to a Quidditch tournament? Oh, I didn’t? Here, have a picture of me Chasing at the Southern Cup (photo by the Southampton team photographer). ~2~ This week …

7 Quick Takes about LIFE

(I am getting worse at thinking of the long titles, so have a cheap version 😉 ) Hello! Join us over at Conversion Diary to touch on our weeks. ~1~ My society count has almost gone up this year - certainly, I'm doing a whole range of different things, but I seem to be doing more …

7 Quick Takes about Swing, Costuming, and a Hectic Week

It’s Friday again! I’ve been doing a lot, so join me and the other Catholic bloggers at ConversionDiary as we detail our weeks in 7 quick points. ~1~ I’m back at university! It’s great to see the people I lived and worked with last year and the people I will come to live and work …

7 Quick Takes Friday about Singing the Carmina, Batman BBQs, and Reading Steampunk (Again)

Join me and the other Catholic bloggers at ConversionDiary as we summarise our week in 7 Quick Takes.   ~1~ This is a scheduled post, as I’m currently out guiding people around my university hall for our Open Days! ~2~ I finished writing my Steampunk short, The Incidents at Cavendish Mechanics, and my hands are …

Lifey-Wimey Things

I apologise for a blatant lack of consistency in my posting. At the moment, I'm in an intermittent stage between levels of everything, an 'in-between life'. Like Hazel. You know, that character in some film of a depression book by John Green that's out in Australia and the US, but not the UK yet... Like John …

Do You Spurn Those Who Say Humanities and Sciences Conflict? I Need You!

As you may know, I'm restless to the point of not even being able to settle on one subject to study at university. On the other hand, I am a proud joint honours student. As such, I believe that my interests in each of my disciplines - from my three A Levels: Philosophy and Ethics, …

From the Log of the Social Sec: Whiteknights Overall

In my last post about Quidditch until the next big tournament, I'll be looking more specifically at the results and outcome of last weekend's games. I'm not one for writing tally posts, for three very good reasons: 1) As I was playing, my focus was on my own team, so I'm biased and too 'short-sighted' …

From the Log of the Social Sec: Positions of Our Own

Continuing with my log of Quidditch from this weekend's Whiteknights Tournament, I want to talk today about a topic that newer players might not have thought about, but which talking and hosting other teams this weekend has led my to see more clearly: knowing the right position for a player. After try-outs, my primary position was …