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Probably best to judge it by the response you get, champ.

Never understood the lack of love for the first season of Breaking Bad. The episode with Walt and Crazy Eight in the basement is genuinely terrific and drew me in big time.

I love the Sun all left wing media can get in the bin I'm voting Tory forever.

Got on to one course already, lads. Still feeling heavy down constantly and shattered but one positive. At least now I've got moving out again into somewhere and having a concrete plan of where I'm going in life as well. Gonna wait and see what the rest of my course applications say first before I settle on one course as I definitely impressed at Edinburgh.

I'm not really sure about that tbh.

Aye most people I know who went to HW loved it. It's a really underrated university. Applied for several PGDE Teacher Training courses this year and had two interviews so far at Strathclyde and Edinburgh. Just had an unconditional offer there for Strathclyde and I think I'm going to take it. As far as I'm aware all the courses have roughly the same content so I'd rather cancel my other choices and just go for the one I definitely have. Everything I've heard about Strathclyde's PGDE program has been really positive as well.

I went on it a few months ago and it was much better for me than citalopram. Started again at new year and was floored by it for a couple of weeks but adjusting again.

This year was my year off and I think I would have to take a long look at what I want to do but yeah, I guess. Cheers. I did do really well I'm just not sure if I'll lose out to the competition for places if most had already gone.

Quite late since Ad Lib has already said he's discussing it but I do feel a university environment would be one of the most understanding places to disclose mental health problems as it's probably very common on campuses what with the amount of young people attending and the stressful environment. Had an interview for Teacher Training at Strathclyde University today to do History. It went really well I feel, definitely came across as one of the best candidates in the presentations as I was one of the few to stick to the strict time limit and he commented on my wealth of knowledge for the Curriculum for Excellence in secondary schools. I feel I nailed the interview as well and by all accounts I should have a place secured for the course which has around 26 places but it's the suspense in waiting to hear back that's stressing me out at the moment. There's nothing more I could have done. I definitely know that I did well but there's so much competition for these places and Strathclyde's the one I feel I have the best chance of getting into so I would rather hear back as soon as possible. I have an interview for Edinburgh University as well on Monday which I sort of applied to as an afterthought but I imagine competition will be much more intense for there. I'm sort of rambling but it's making me incredibly anxious waiting to hear back on something that's going to decide the rest of my life at the moment because I put everything into it and I should have a place but I just don't know.

Simian Mobile Disco this Friday. So stoked.

Yeah I wasn't that impressed initially in the first season. It wasn't until I was hungover in my flat one day and a mate was watching season 7 that I really got into it. Season 3 and 7 for me are the best but they're all tremendous.

That's not even the first time she's got wasted and made out it's her child on her account.

when ur mates are all talking about their numbers and twitter game and ur stuck with the other luddite wondering what the fuss is all about

Is that how you solve being made to look like a stupid c**t by everyone?

You're genuinely upset aren't you?

Err, it's alright. There's loads of bottlenecks and it can get really squashed in the crowd up until around half 3 when quite a few folk leave after the main artist is finished. The drinks aren't too expensive, around 4.50 a drink and it's Russian Standard and other decent drinks for sale. The security's really lax as well and generally everyone's quite relaxed. If you're going with any lassies then warn them that it's portaloos instead of proper toilets as well. Oh and there's a proper massive wellness area with comfy seats and a quiet bar if you're fleein' too much at any point. Don't do what I did and sit in a portaloo for fifteen minutes to calm down during Green Velvet. The actual artists were class. Think the Jamie XX Presents was one of my favourite nights of the year. I'm just sort of reluctant to really praise it when the folk who run it are dickheads and they relocated away from the much better Victoria Warehouse for Store Street although that said if you're travelling down via train the venue is literally underneath Piccadilly Station which is handy.

Fabric's had a reprieve from it's local council in London but entry is to be made much more restrictive with police trained sniffer dogs, increased drug searches and stricter CCTV on the premises. Looking back at the Arches' reaction to a death on it's premise I feel a lot better about our venues than I would if I lived down South. It's much more relaxed to get in most venues up here than it is down south in places like Sankeys or the WHP. Incidentally, has anyone ever died in Sub Club?

I didn't notice that fucking autocorrect. ThanQ for ignoring it.

You've got to laugh at Reynard's contempt for students when everything he says about nationalism and the SNP comes straight out of yer average first semester politics student handbook.

Oops Gungan Style?

You lucky lucky b*****d. Tried my best as my mates got in as well but it wasn't to be. Had to console myself at the PC music event on friday. Second WHP of the season next Friday. Jamie XX and John Talabot presents.

If you've got Seasonal Affective Disorder or just feel much shiter in the winter with the day light being much shorter definitely invest in a light box. My girlfriend's got one and even ten minutes of it a day can really help combat that low mood that comes from missing out on any sunlight. Reckon my trouble sleeping will be alleviated when I nail this personal statement for uni and have it completed. Feel a little more confident about getting into a postgraduate but if not I'm gonna make an effort to find work that pays fairly decent so I'm not languishing in a shit minimum wage gig.

Tbf pointing out someone's spelling errors is a c**t move anyway and makes it look like you're struggling to attack his points.

Hahahaha.

Mental health services on the NHS are an absolute joke in this country. It took the best part of about 6 years and two suicide attempts for my girlfriend and the same amount of time and more attempts by a good friend of mine for them both to get psychologists, counselling and the full attention of doctors. It's a sad state of affairs that you either have to pay or repeatedly do yourself in to get the help you need. I'm lucky that I'll never get to that stage but even then it's frustrating to see many people and are just let go without anything really being done to help. I've found if you feel helpless in trying to find a solution you can sometimes do loads by just being there for them and listening to them. Sounds really obvious and too easy but it is a big help.