Lucinda

Good luck with that I am soon to become officially unemployed. I can't wait.

I've seen the TV ad warning me not to sneeze and then wipe my hand on a lift button. Or not to press lift buttons or something. I've never had proper seasonal flu (I won't touch wood, because it might have the virus on it) so I'm not too concerned about catching this because it doesn't seem to spread much faster. Apparently they have revised the death count due to this flu downwards in Mexico, it does seem more media hype than serious pandemic. However, if it spreads and I catch it, I won't be so laissez-faire in future about these things.

Gotta love Lemon Jelly. I've got a 22 grand job, in the City, and it's alright. No, seriously, I'm a final year student, and it's very full time and stressful.

Nah, I am still pining after someone I can't have But I'd get off with someone from here if it was meaningless, might take my mind off things. Anyone interested

None of you Nothing personal, I'm just not interested at the moment.

I'm looking forward to the Maccabees new album, out next Monday. Love You Better is a great first single and I've read some pretty good reviews, they've moved away from their more poppy sound into something a bit more complex.

This is worrying people because in 1918 it was young adults it mostly affected, they think because their immune systems over-reacted to it. My housemate now thinks they're going to cancel music festivals because of it and is sad because he thinks Glastonbury won't happen. A little premature to panic about that, I think. I spoke to my mum on the phone last night and surprisingly she didn't mention the swine flu threat. I bet she's panic buying though.

Here it says you ran for 2.5 hours, in your blog you said you ran for 2.5 miles. How does that work? Congratulations anyway, because I couldn't do either. Yesterday I went to Water World which was good fun. It was pretty empty so we got to go on the slides lots of times and I managed to go on the kinds of slides I was too scared to go on as a kid. Next challenge is a rollercoaster that goes upside down, think we're going to Alton Towers in June. In a couple of hours I've got my last ever lecture (unless I decide to do a Masters). It's weirdly enough feeling like quite a sad occasion, even though I hate actually going to the lectures, I enjoy the social interaction and structure of having them. Still though, every day is one day closer to my exams being over and being freeeeeee.

I'm still loving the Airborne Toxic Event album. It's brilliant. Also loving The Rakes - Klang, which passes by pretty quickly as it is less than half an hour long, but is very worth listening to, and Franz Ferdinand - Tonight. The new Manchester Orchestra album is good too (it's a band, not an orchestra, and they're from the US, not Manchester, just to be confusing).

I think it's time for some chav jokes: Q. What do you call an Eskimo Chav? A. Innuinnit. Q. Why are Chavs like slinkies? A. They have no real use but it's great to watch one fall down a flight of stairs. Q. If you see a Chav on a bike, why should you try not to hit him? A. It might be your bike. Q. What's the difference between a Chav and a coconut? A. One's thick and hairy, the other's a coconut. Q. What's the first question at a Chav quiz night? A. "What you lookin' at?" Q. How do you get 100 Chavs into a phone box? A. Paint three stripes on it.. Q. 2 Chavs in a car without any music. Who's driving? A. The police.

A couple of my favourites: One man approaches another at the Olympic Games. "Excuse me," he says. "Are you a pole vaulter?" The other man replies, "No I'm German, but how did you know my name was Walter?" An Asian man walks into a New York Currency Exchange with 2000 yen. He receives $72.00 in American currency. The following week, the same Asian man walks into the same currency exchange. He again exchanges 2000 yen. This time, he receives $66.00 in American currency. The Asian man doesn't understand why he received less money, so he asks the clerk, "Why less money when same 2000 yen" The clerk replies, "Fluctuations." As the Asian man prepares to leave, he turns, looks at the clerk and angrily says, "Fluck you Amelicans, too!"

I saw The Rakes last night. Met Alan afterwards, think I made a bit of an idiot of myself though. I didn't really know what to say. It's hard to know what to say really because I know who he is but he doesn't know (or care) who I am. I guess it would always be the same with meeting a celebrity. Today I'm going to Water World, although the guy who's supposed to be driving me was quite drunk when I last saw him at 1:30am.

Same. I don't have much else to believe in. In this country we seem to live without too many major threats, especially our generation. No wars, major natural disasters or serious illnesses really. In a lot of less developed countries, people have to live with their siblings, children or parents dying from waterborne or sexually transmitted diseases or generally things that we are all vaccinated against here. That's slightly aside. I am a little concerned about this, but hopefully they will manage to keep people showing signs quarantined. The 1918 flu epidemic killed mostly young, healthy people, which is a little worrying. While we have better medical treatment now, we are have even more global flows of people to transport these things quickly around the world. Still though, not much I can do about it...

I'd like to be able to say I'd done it but in reality I can't run for more than 5 minutes without getting completely knackered. No amount of time spent in the gym changes that. I think it might be related to being dyspraxic. I can walk or cycle a long way without getting tired but just can't run.

Surely displaying a St. George's flag with the word "scum" on it would be racist against the English.

I suppose I should write something here to balance out all my complaining. It was my housemate's birthday last month on dissertation hand-in day, and as such, she didn't bother celebrating it. So another housemate decided we'd have a surprise belated birthday barbeque. The look of complete confusion on her face was priceless as she walked in to a bunch of us pulling party poppers shouting "surprise! Happy birthday!" We couldn't get the BBQ to stay lit so we used the oven instead and played football and Twister in the garden which was fun. Now the house is covered in silly string and balloons. I spent quite a lot of time playing football in the garden - a quick search uncovered 3 footballs in the garden (none of them ours). Also I've actually managed to more or less finish a piece of coursework a whole 4 days before the deadline. I've only got 1 other piece of coursework left in my uni career. That's kinda cool but scary.

I feel very weak, like my limbs are hardly capable of moving. Tomorrow I've got no plans at the moment and the bloody builders won't be waking us all up at stupid AM like they did all last week so hopefully some sleep will make me feel better. I just managed to eat some tea which is progress. Something will stop me sleeping though, I just know it at least my essay for Tuesday is mostly done. Awww I hope your dog gets better soon, doesn't sound well at all.

Awww sorry to hear about your dog hope things turn out ok. Ellie I hope you feel better soon, that sounds horrible. I hardly got any sleep when I was at home, I think that's what has made me feel this rubbish. I've got no energy and no appetite and I've got sooo many things to do. I've got to spend a whole day walking round nature reserves on Tuesday and going to see The Rakes on Tuesday night too. Supposed to be going out all day to a swimming pool with friends on Wednesday but may not be able to do that because at the moment I think I'd end up drowning as I don't feel able to move my limbs. It's just so annoying that it's the busiest time and I feel so rubbish. I'm hoping that if I don't do much this weekend and try to get as much sleep as possible I'll start to feel better but it doesn't really seem to be a real illness, just general low immune system and I know the doctor wouldn't be able to do anything for me.

I can imagine the construction would be annoying for the neighbours. Given that the people next door here are having an extension built and builders are incapable of doing anything quietly. Still though, sounds like a bit of a NIMBY thing. I have quite an amusing mental image of them drilling down into a raging torrent of water and the whole street getting swept away by it.

I seem to remember Fraser getting off with Mary off of Laura's Diary. Anyone else remember Scott talking about this? If they were living together before Scott landed a high paying job on Radio 1 and they got on ok doing that then it wouldn't really be right for Scott to kick him out just because he doesn't need him to help pay the rent any more.

I don't feel well. Have been feeling sick on and off for about a week now. I've been making myself eat because not eating is only likely to make it worse. Went out last night, had a couple of drinks, was feeling alright really till about 12:30am when I suddenly felt all shivery and like I couldn't move or talk and just wanted to collapse and the music felt too loud. I sat and drank a few pints of water for about half an hour but then I left and went home. Took quite a while to get to sleep because I felt sick. This morning I feel just as bad really. I've had some paracetamol and a tiny bit to eat to see if that helps. My housemate has invited some people round for a lunch party today but I'd rather just stay in bed. I think this kind of ill feeling is only really going to get worse until I can get away from everything for a while and get a proper rest (if that's even possible).

M1TCH3LL, I won't quote your entire post, but I totally agree. It's just some story about a saint defeating a dragon. And we already get pissed on Saint Patrick's Day, whether we ourselves have any connection with Ireland or not. There's just a minority who like to blame everything on "political correctness" (usually those who read 'news'papers such as The Sun and the Daily Mail).

All very well making it a public holiday but we have 2 in May and then hardly any the rest of the year! The only people who tend to display England flags are builders vans and football fans during the World Cup. I like today's Google illustration, cleverly managing to combine Romeo and Juliet with George and the dragon.

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown will personally have to come up with the entire budget deficit? Blair's raking it in giving speeches but even so I doubt he has that kind of money. The only way they can pay is by borrowing more money. I seriously doubt the Labour party has the £609.1 billion that is the 2008-2009 public debt. I'm not sure how the budget will affect me. I don't spend much on alcohol and I don't spend anything on petrol. I'm likely to be unemployed for most of the next year and there's very little chance of me paying anything but the lower band of income tax. I suppose it's positive that the Government will guarantee me a job or training if I'm unemployed for a year but the chances of the training being any use are quite slim.

Aww that's rubbish my sister found out she can't get any benefits despite being too ill to work. Think the Government are trying to cut spending wherever they can since they're pretty screwed really. I've got a tension headache and it really hurts.