C’mon, I have to blog about this. We have a new Prime Minister! I was saying earlier how it’s the equivalent to football fans of a World Cup, but that’s not really true, since they are more similar to general elections. Actually getting a new Prime Minister is less predictable, even rarer, and even cooler. So hurrah! I had to blog, even if I have nothing intelligent to say. (“Quite clearly” you cynics mutter 
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(Fun Fact: I was probably in the pub at the exact moment Gordon Brown took office today. It was either that or eating fish and chips. How very British and on-message am I today?! 
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So, I was born into a Margaret Thatcher world, followed by John Major, and then Tony Blair. Tony Blair, in fact, throughout my entire adolescence. And now Gordon Brown, when I am all grown up
Exciting! *politics geek*
I’m just back from a final trip for the wonderful A-Level English classes of QPCS: a ‘Literary High Tea’ featuring readings (for those of you interested in this sort of thing) from Kate Ansell, Jeremy Sheldon, Heidi James and Toby Litt. (Way to go for having a proper website, Toby! 
) It was great fun, and having the presence of mind to take along a camera (for once) I will now present snaps for your delectation and delight:
I won’t lie, the hotel was rather nice
We brought the tone down
The Most Conclusive and Memorial Exam-O-Meter!
This is probably the most arbitrary exam rating I’ve done of the lot: on the one hand, objectively, I probably didn’t do that well, all things considered. However, since I had pretty low expectations anyway – it’s Physics, not to mention the dreaded Synoptic unit – I actually rather enjoyed it, in a strange sort of way. I managed to show the units were homogeneous, for the very last time! And I also thought – yup, if things had gone differently, if Physics had been life-or-death for me, I could have done this ‘properly’, and that means something to me.
Anyway – exams are all over now, and I am ‘free’ of school! Though Ms Hook already wants me back to do summer school work but heh, I get paid, so it has a different ring to it 
Best of luck to those with a few exams left! In fact, best of luck to everyone at any stage of school. Make the most of it 
and have fun…
My new baby
Hello, faithful blog reader! I’m pleased to say I had an absolutely fantastic day yesterday, which I shall now blog about for your amusement and delight. The first thing to talk about is, obviously, my beautiful new laptop as seen here. Predictably, the prettiness and eye-candy of Windows Vista and Office 2007 entranced me, and I’m still admiring all the many tiny improvements from Windows XP. The new Start Menu, in particular, is a joy to use. In addition, being a laptop, everything feels so built-in and deliciously compact: a little light now signals Bluetooth is on, rather than a separate USB dongle, for example. The one thing I can’t quite get used to is a laptop mouse – I’ve always found them fiddly – and at the moment I’m using a separate USB mouse alongside which works well for me.
Check my t-shirt
But that’s not all! I also received generous bundles of money (thank you to my financial backers ) as well as some pretty awesome presents. Andy Kings got me a awesome red t-shirt with DOMINICSELF.CO.UK on, which I subsequently wore all day, including during that excellent English exam. His wrapping was also replete with many jokes of sublime wit, along with some (possibly immorally aquired) Waseley goodies! Andy, I love you.
Mm.. chocolate
I also love Lucy 
who got us tickets to see Regina Spektor. She was very worried it would clash with my holiday to Russia in early September, which would have been a bit of a sad disaster (oh, didn’t I say? Mother and I are going on holiday to Russia for a week in early September!) but very thankfully the gig is actually a few days before, so hurrah!
In the evening, we went to Pizza Express as a family to celebrate my love of pizza 18th birthday. I want the accompanying photo to firmly illustrate that I am, basically, still a child at heart: Triple Chocolate Glory for me ta! Who said only women and children liked chocolate?
Still a child at heart!
I’ve actually got a Physics exam tomorrow (!) and then that’s my exams over and done with! Super! Cheerio for now then!
(Oh and I almost forgot: badges! I also got badges! Special thanks for those )
I was determined to get something posted before midnight, so I can say I made at least one official 18th birthday blog post today!
So give it up for the Exam-O-Meter:
The Most Celebratory and Magnificent Exam-O-Meter!
Yay! It turned out to be an absolutely gift paper, with my chosen Hamlet question being on, ur, audience sympathy towards Hamlet himself, and the dreaded Blake question on his thoughts and feelings towards nature. Perfect! Honestly, the questions could not have been any more ideal and I hope I did them justice!
Stay tuned for the proper birthday blog, coming soon…
Rob Bell on Baby’s first blog: “Congratulations! Sounds like you are really enjoying the first few weeks which is great. Time flies!” Oct 13, 12:59
