Days 7-8

Today I was casually browsing Twitter (as one does when the only alternative is Ovid) and I discovered that David Mitchell has got engaged. I <3 David Mitchell so I am very happy that he is happy, but at the same time, a tiny little bit of me is very sad. I think we would get on well. I think I am increasingly eschewing appearance and focussing on personality (and brain). Even the pictures of Benedict Cumberbatch and otters that CC hilariously posted on my facebook yesterday cannot put me off him. He's just so goddam clever, and also lovely. This is why I am not attracted to footballers or indeed most sports personalities, but I do like comedians, actors who like a bit of Shakespeare, and *proper* musicians. Here are those otters for you:

Well. There we have it. Otters. Suggestions for other funny animals that famous people look like = well received. Examples may include (but need not be limited to) Brian Blessed and a bear, or Eric Pickles and an elephant. 

Yesterday evening a bunch of us congregated in the JCR (ie me, Andrew, Jess, CC and Rennie) where we played Articulate. Andrew and I started off behind but snuck in front to clinch a resounding victory. We are a good team. Then we started reading the cards for the game straight down. Obviously when you are playing the game, you are only looking at the things in the category you are supposed to be explaining, but if you actually read a whole card then you realise how ridiculous they are. And especially so if you read them as if they were connected. 'Jean Paul Gaultier', 'a gymslip'  'a passion fruit' and 'oscillating'. Sounds a bit poetic/surreal. Andrew and I were practically in hysterics over them but the rest of them didn't think it was that funny. Perhaps our victory had gone to our heads. What's worrying is that it was only Monday and we were behaving like absolute lunatics. How bad will it be by the time we get to Friday?! Not that days of the week have any meaning, as such. They are all spent in the library. But some days of the week (lit. the weekends) are more stressful than others, because there are more people around should one need to venture outside of college. And there are more tourists. Damn those tourists. 

I had a moomoos (that's a milkshake from the Covered Market in central Ox) today. It was Raspberry and Flake flavoured. It was delish, and delectable to sit outside and drink it and watch the ducks struggle to get out of the pond in the Fellows' Garden, but not a delight to be enjoyed too often. It was nice to see Adam and Alice though, so that's alrighty. What am I saying, I had a grand lunchtime. 

ZOMG I just checked Twitter and the QI elves have posted the otters/Benedict Cumberbatch link. WHAT IS THIS?! That's the third time it's come up in the last two days. Jeeeeez people. So the man has some expressions that are occasionally similar to a water rodent. I'm sure many people do. Get over it. 

I also just finished watching the third Dirk Gently episode. I've really enjoyed this series - I hope there are more. Dirk Gently is a bit like Doctor Who, but without special powers, and a lot more annoying. Weeell... I don't know, actually. Maybe the special powers are the only reason the Doctor is not so annoying. It's easier to forgive human flaws if the person who's flawed isn't human. Not having met any people that aren't humans, I can only hypothesise on this one. 

Right, I'm off to the JCR to get me some social time. I hope people are down there or I will cry.