So, I officially got confirmation of my place at Cambridge, which is a relief, as I only managed to send my documents in last week after a number of communications with various people forcing me to get off of my backside. So that's good. I have to say though, for the first time, I am a bit anxious about the whole thing. People keep asking me if I know anyone there, although I think it's a bit of a weird thing to ask - no one asks if you know anyone when you go into your undergrad. But the fact remains I don't, and because of my Latin course, I will be in college a good fortnight before most other people. The space to settle down might be alright, but it would be much easier if you could just unpack and then go walk into a room and start things rolling. Still. I hope it won't be as awkward as this. Although if it was as funny it might be some consolation:






In other graduate-related news, I got my bow tie in the post today for graduation on Friday, and was happy with it. Very happy in fact, the perfect colour, I think it's going to look grand on the day. I also got a matching hankerchief to complement the whole ensemble, so sartorial elegance is the name of the game when I mount those stairs, yes yes. I'm going to make a mood board of what I'm going to wear now, which relies on me going to my other computer. Get excited people. Get excited.

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"The circle of human knowledge, illuminated by the pale, cold light of reason, is so infinitesimally small, the dark regions of human ignorance which lie beyond that luminous ring so immeasurably vast, that imagination is feign to step up to the borderline and send the warm, richly colored beams of her fairy lantern streaming out into the darkness ; and so, peering into the gloom, she is apt to mistake the shadowy reflections of her own figure for real beings moving in the abyss.

Sir James George FrazerThe Golden Bough

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I'm a 23 year-old student in London Cambridge London, studying English Literature Law. It's hard to really think of anything truly personal I can put here that might give you some idea of who I am, so I will just tell you that my favourite Shakespeare play is Richard II, my favourite chocolate bar is Snickers, and I have a bit of a thing for instant coffee, especially if someone else makes it for me.

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