tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30731935.post-71536754832651763392008-07-31T18:12:00.003+10:002008-07-31T18:47:52.591+10:002008-07-31T18:47:52.591+10:00My apologies for the lack of posts; I’ve been spending most of my spare time with Janek lately, so I haven’t had a lot of time to blog, and most of the things we’ve been doing I can’t really blog about anyway. But, nonetheless, here I am.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oNkKgau-qu4/SJF0QgVWvpI/AAAAAAAABuY/UHwMnbHi6Wk/s1600-h/007-792816.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oNkKgau-qu4/SJF0QgVWvpI/AAAAAAAABuY/UHwMnbHi6Wk/s400/007-792816.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229088469260091026" border="0" /></a>Uni started this week. My first lecture was on Monday at midday, on the other side of campus from where I live. I woke at 7 am: first strike against the day. Janek was going to drop in to pick up something he left here so I sent him a text, telling him he could come over early. He arrived at about 8.30 am: first tick for the day. He had to leave soon after, however, to get to a meeting at 11: second strike. By a quarter to midday, I was ready for the lecture—ready to absorb information and engage in the intellectual life of university. I walked towards the university, crossed the footbridge, and then stopped. The whole area was cordoned off. I couldn’t get into the uni: third strike. I was freezing: fourth strike.<br /><br />I asked some questions of the person who appeared to be in charge. She told me that some very corrosive chemicals had been discovered in the Pharmacy Building, so four of the surrounding buildings had been evacuated, and Science Rd had been closed. This meant that to get to my lecture I would have to walk around the boundary of the university to get in through another entrance: fifth strike.<br /><br />First day—five strikes and two ticks. I went home, back to bed.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06698765100516227836slowlanedan@gmail.com1