[QUOTE=Squirrel;18351626]I live at home with my rents, I work basically in an admin job; producing reports and filing them accordingly in databases. All easy stuff for poor pay. I left an 18k a year job cause I despised it; my parents are pretty annoyed about that and even more so that I flat out refused to do supply-teaching (i'm a qualified teacher), in favour of a much lower and less paid job.[/QUOTE]

I though supply teaching was a good job? Like, decent pay, half the work sort of thing? TBH though mate, I'd do the same thing, I'd rather work for pennies in a place I at least liked to be than earn more but hate every second of it.

Exactly, i understand the logic of getting more money so I completely understand my parents frustration but personally I despise working in schools, after my PGCE I wanted nothing more to do with it. Just a personal thing - it's not for me on any level.

It's good pay certainly - over a hundred quid a day, but I dont like getting rung up at 7:30am, having no idea where youre going or what youre doing every single day. Having to find the school, get there early, all that jazz - then after be treated like shit by immature ungrateful children. Remember ho you treated supply teachers when you were at school? man we were awful to them, and I went to a selective grammar school, so (stereotyping aside) I can only imagine what an inner-city comprehensive would be like.

It's basically advanced day care but it's so hard cause you dont know school sanction policies, student names, where to go, who to report to etc. It's like having your first day of work, every day.

did krup come back yet?

ya then he left again

where u been

[QUOTE=Giga;18345218]
Harry Potter is a damn good series, this is your problem, not mine, you waste of flesh
[/QUOTE]

Old post, but I'm bored.

Depends on your criteria. I like the story itself, but reading those books, especially after the first couple, was virtually a speed reading exercise to me, and just as well. I was bored a couple of years ago and tried reading, if I remember correctly, the fourth book. I had to put it down because the language was so utterly banal, the use of English so mind-numbingly prosaic I just couldn't be bothered to read it.

tl;dr - It's the kind of series you read once. It's not like the sheer joy of Rowling's writing is going to draw you back in.

Yeah the story is ok but I stopped reading the books after the fourth one. I was a bit younger then though, I read some pretty thick ass books nowadays.

I have a hatred for Dan Brown's writing style.

The Da Vinci Code was such a bore, borrowed it for a lengthy bus journey a few years back, never again will I read this man's work.

I've never read any of Dan Brown's books, thought the movies weren't too bad though.

[QUOTE=Modern Iconoclast;18352477]I've never read any of Dan Brown's books, thought the movies weren't too bad though.[/QUOTE]

His gimmick is that he gets everything as factually incorrect as possible. I don't think it's an intentional gimmick.

[QUOTE=The Transporter;18351886]ya then he left again

where u been[/QUOTE]


i went to a place pretty far away to study the art of shecka with some experts who i've known for quite some time

oh hi gice!

[QUOTE=Giga;18352606]His gimmick is that he gets everything as factually incorrect as possible. I don't think it's an intentional gimmick.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I've never bothered to research any of the stuff he writes about, I always just assumed most of it was at least somewhat factually inaccurate. I just love how pissed it makes christians and other religious nutters. I made the mistake of going to watch The Da Vinci Code with a girl who turned out to be an insane pentecostal zealot. I had to sit there for 2 hours listening to her go "nuh uh, that's wroooong!" every 30 seconds. Wanted to slit my wrists.

Actually, she was probably right, but if she was an insane zealot, she wasn't worth your time. Unless you put it in her butt.

[QUOTE=Sad But True;18351551]Not really a big thing for me, anal. I'd give it a whirl but it's not something I fantasise over. It'd be more for doing all the degrading shit your see in porn, having a random encounter, all that jazz.
[/QUOTE]

who doesn't want to get their dick sucked through a pizza

[QUOTE=Modern Iconoclast;18352972]Yeah I've never bothered to research any of the stuff he writes about, I always just assumed most of it was at least somewhat factually inaccurate. I just love how pissed it makes christians and other religious nutters. I made the mistake of going to watch The Da Vinci Code with a girl who turned out to be an insane pentecostal zealot. I had to sit there for 2 hours listening to her go "nuh uh, that's wroooong!" every 30 seconds. Wanted to slit my wrists.[/QUOTE]

christians and other religious nutters huh

Sup Lod, anyone seen Josh around?

[QUOTE=spirit;18352153]Old post, but I'm bored.

Depends on your criteria. I like the story itself, but reading those books, especially after the first couple, was virtually a speed reading exercise to me, and just as well. I was bored a couple of years ago and tried reading, if I remember correctly, the fourth book. I had to put it down because the language was so utterly banal, the use of English so mind-numbingly prosaic I just couldn't be bothered to read it.

tl;dr - It's the kind of series you read once. It's not like the sheer joy of Rowling's writing is going to draw you back in.[/QUOTE]

Exactly. I also hate how people insist that it's got all these clever themes and subtleties in it. It really, really doesn't. All the themes are right there, in front of your face. And they're not even that interesting or new.


[QUOTE=2muchket!;18352330]I have a hatred for Dan Brown's writing style.

The Da Vinci Code was such a bore, borrowed it for a lengthy bus journey a few years back, never again will I read this man's work.[/QUOTE]

Agreed, I hate Dan Brown. Controversy for the sake of book sales, basically. Then he wrote the same book, twice more, but gave them different titles.


[QUOTE=Giga;18352606]His gimmick is that he gets everything as factually incorrect as possible. I don't think it's an intentional gimmick.[/QUOTE]
I lol'd.

Getting back into the swing of uni right now.

Also reminded why I fucking hate newcastle so much.

Whoa....this place is still kickin....

[quote=4yearpro?;18352737]i went to a place pretty far away to study the art of shecka with some experts who i've known for quite some time[/quote]
was it glorious?


[quote=Irish_Scorpion;18353286]Sup Lod, anyone seen Josh around?[/quote]
yes

[quote=Used666;18353581]Whoa....this place is still kickin....[/quote]
lol

[QUOTE=2muchket!;18353501]Getting back into the swing of uni right now.

Also reminded why I fucking hate newcastle so much.[/QUOTE]

Why?

[QUOTE=The Transporter;18353591]was it glorious?
l[/QUOTE]


lets just say, i dont think i get to keep my title of co-master of shecka :upset:

[QUOTE=Squirrel;18353804]Why?[/QUOTE]

The people who go to my uni are pricks, and the people at Newcastle uni aren't much better/probably worse.

I would've loved to have gone to uni in leeds tbh, love it there.

lod where can I get good samples at least 44.1KHz/16 bit with shit like running, lasers, robots, explosions whatever you name it

checked isohunt and piratebay already but didn't have much

didn't you check runninglasersrobotexplosionsamples.com?
because I think they'd have it

Used666: yeah, although i only come back here out of morbid curiosity

See you on HCFX all the time though

[QUOTE=2muchket!;18354380]The people who go to my uni are pricks, and the people at Newcastle uni aren't much better/probably worse.

I would've loved to have gone to uni in leeds tbh, love it there.[/QUOTE]

Leeds isnt that great. Newcastle is a great city.

My girlfriend goes to uni in leeds. Its ok by night. In the day its full of alcoholic 60 year olds screaming at bus stops.

Newcastle's ace! Can't say much about the nightlife though, don't get out too much... thanks to engineering :P

That said, I should be getting on for exam revision. DSP is a pain in the arse...

[QUOTE=benfan;18355271]My girlfriend goes to uni in leeds. Its ok by night. In the day its full of alcoholic 60 year olds screaming at bus stops.[/QUOTE]

This is pretty much the state of newcastle through the day also.

The night life is shit, much prefer Newcastle. Going down to Nottingham in feb to see one of my bros, said the night life is great down there.