Hello, I thought that I might try and write this thing again, mainly because it's pretty hard to describe what has happened over a term to Spring and Katie otherwise...

I had my hair cut yesterday, I wanted a really thick Anne Hathaway style fringe, which I now do have. Howeve, given the short (and now very dark) nature of the rest of my hair, I am now looking very Cleopatra-esque. I hope this will soon improve.

Supposed to be revising for the two exams I have on the 10th, but of course I havent. It's so stupid because the exams are worth nothing, they are just to check we have revised something over the vac, but everyone cheats. And the worst that can happen is that your tutor gives you the whole 'I am so disappointed in you' schpeel. But I still always get really over stressed about them and get up at 4am to revise.

I am also returning to dreaded university tomorrow. It's not like I dont get on with everyone there, it just happens to be unfortunate that my ex-boyfriend, and another boy who I had a big disagreement with like term are like the centre of all the social happenings at my college, which doesnt work out too well if I want to avoid them. Oxford, being retarded, doesnt really allow students to mix with people outside their colleges, meaning that I really only have 150 to mix with. It just makes social situations horrible. And I cannot face the thought of all the work and no sleep at all. I have been doing 3 essays every two weeks, which is hard but just about manageable. It just always turns out that our deadlines are so that you have to work flat out, like 9am to 10pm with few breaks, for about four days, usually ending up with an all night essay crisis. Then you are obviously so exhausted that you go out and get really drunk and do stupid things and then feel awful, and repeat. But this term I have 2 essays a week. More work than ever before. And it's nearly finals time. Oh well, I guess I wont know until I get there. I'm not looking forward to packing though, as my stuff is strewn about the house :(

My cats are outside, and through my big longue windows I just saw one of them kill a vole. I dont think she's going to eat it because she just likes to play; but I dont want to let them inside again in case she brings the vole. Oh what to do...

So ends the first term of my univeristy life, 12 tutes, 10 essays, 10 essay crisises, 56 lectures, 1 pwned boat race, 3 boys, and a shitload of wonderful memories later. I desperately dont want to go home. Noone else is goign to be there and I am going to spend my whole time being miserable.

I also have to pack, but my room is a complete tip and i dont want to bring myself to do it.

And yes, I was in the sheepshagger.

I think it's fair to say I have never worked this hard in my entire life. Ever. Today I had five lectures, and in between that I did three ours of reading. I mean, you think 'Wow, I've got, an hour, I'll get loads done, but seriously, you read 10 pages, look at your watch and are like 'WTF'. Seriously, everything here takes incredibly long, and some of it is really hard. Like I actually can;t understand it. On my reading list of about 16 thins, all 50 pages long, I have done 7. And that's by wokring solidly for three whole days. They're not kidding when they say it's hard here. Fuck me. Anyway, I have my first tutorial tomorrow. I'm quite nervous, but I hope it'll be okay.

Spring, I'm not sure how time I'm gonna have this weekend, cos I'll have two essays to do, but I'll try my very best to find time for you. I know that sounds crazy to all you guys cos you seem to have loads of free time and stuff, but if I dont work flat out, there is no way I'll get everything done. This is why we have 8 week terms, lol, which are actually 9 weeks but what the hell.

Kat, thank you so much for your email ♥

I don't have that much time; so much reading to start but lets make this brief shall we;

- I'm having an amazing time, seriously I love it here.
- Some of the people here are AMAZING.
- Some of the people here are AMAZINGLY HOT.
- I have 5 lectures on Monday.
- We've been told we'll have 45 hours of private work to do per week, apart from the 8 lectures and 2 tutorials.
- I have never done 45 hours work before in my entire life.
- At the fancy dress ball tonight, I have to go as Lara Croft. Apparently they chose it on what we look like, so I was like 'WTF' but I've got one of the better ones. Some girls are like 118 men or Mother Theresa.
- Went to a foam party last night. OMG SO MUCH FUN.
- I sat next to the Principle of high table one night. That was pretty scary, but cool.
- I have already had to spend £80 on textbooks.
- At Freshers Fair I signed up for Law Society, Anime Society, Harry Potter Society, Varsity Skiing trips, Star Trek Society, Salsa Dancing, and Jesus Choir. Most of those I was forced into by Sean/Peter. Lolz.
- At choir pracrice yesterday I realised that unless you can sight sing, you are screwed. LOL
- Had a fire drill this morning, mooo.
- Ben asked me to go cheer up this girl who was feeling homesick yesterday cos he said I was 'one of the nicest, most approachable people he had ever met'. Awww, he's so wrong, but he doesn't know it yet :D

In Oxford you work hard and play very hard. I think I love it.

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Yeah. So I'm nearly packed and ready to go. Today has been so stressful, I don't think I'll leave it this late to pack again.

It has also been really difficult, I have cried about 6 times. And only once of those has been because of leaving, when I went to see my grandparents. I'm gonna miss them so much, and I'm just so scared that, well you know, they won't be here when I get back or something. Pfft.

I'm so excited to go now, i just dont know if it is for the right reasons. Oh well. I probably packed for too much stuff as well, but time will tell. I had better go to bed now.

Next post, from Oxford :)

I haven't updated for a few days, I'd like to say it's because I've been extrememly busy, but it probably isnt true. So what has been going on? On Sunday Katie went to university. That sucked quite a lot seeing as she is my oldest friend and I'm so used to her just being down the road. But there we go. I cried a lot after I said goodbye to her, and nearly crashed on the way home.

On Tuesday I went to the crown court in Exeter with mum. I kinda didnt wanna get up so early to go there, but when we got there it was like woah. The first case we were sitting in on was this mulitple rape case of this 11 year old girl over a periso of like 5 years. It wasn't the actual case, just the preliminary appeal for like witness statements and sht, but the guy had to plead not guilty, and it was well exciting. Then there was an actual case about this guy who had supposedly beaten up this guy who was filing him and his friends on a hunt, and the guy who got beaten up was a anti-hunting activist. It's been on the news, and the way they've portrayed it, it was like really clearcut cos they got it on film, but listening to the actual barristers and judges summing up, I didnt think he was guilty, even though he was found to be. Anyway, it was really interesting, and I think I'll go again at Christmas. Although it kinda sucked cos I had such a bad cough that I had to go out during the judges summing up, so I missed llike 20 minutes of it.

Then Mum and me went to Exeter town and got a shit load of uni stuff like plates and bowls and horribel calve length black skirts of matriculation. I still have so much to do before I go, arg. Then me and Kat and Spring went to the Dragon Pearl for dinner, and had some damn good duck. Man, it was so weird being just the three of us again after Ibiza, not like weird, but weird cos its so usual, but it wont be anymore. That sucked quite a lot. Spring gave me a page pf her notebook where we had written a song in German in what I think was Year 9, man so many memories. I cried when I sad goodbye to her too ;___; I think I am just rediculously over emotional.

Then yesterday me and Kat went to see Katie in Exeter. WE sneaked about in her *ahem* lovely building before going to town and dossing about/eating all day. It was nice to see Katie again, it's weird how grown up she is and everything. I just can't wait to go to uni myself now. I just dont want to pack >_<

Then I had my haircut. I dont know if I like it so much. It's pretty redish in the light, alythough i didnt ask for red. And my fringe has a lot more substance to it than it did before. Hmm, I dont know.

Today I finsihed the lengthy job of purging my LJ, phone and MSN of people I no longer speak to/care about. New start and all. And they look a lot neater now. I am thinking about making my journal friends only when I get to uni, cos I dont want to have to restrict what I say about people.

That was an interesting entry wasnt it? *rolls eyes*

OMG my morterboard and robes for Oxford just came in the post. I look like such an idiot in them. For those of you who don't know, those are the black cloaky thing and square hats you usually wear at graduation. But at Oxford we have to wear them for like a lot of things, including exams O_o. Anyway, it's not even like that robe, cos its really like a smock, but meh I guess.

Everyone is going to uni too soon. It's all coming home, saying goodbye to Josh the other night was pretty sucky, he's the first one of my close friends to go, and *shrug* I dont know. Today is the last time I'll see Lauren, and Katie is going on the weekend, and then Spring and ;__;

I have so much left to do, but I just can't bring myself to do it. Meep. Anyway. I watched the entire first series of 'Extras' yesterday. After Green Wing, I think it's probably the funniest thing I have ever seen, possibly even better than 'the office'. I suggest you all watch it. I love British comedy so much, American sitcoms really suck in comparison.

Tomorrow night we are going out for like our last 'Venue' excursion until Christmas. I have realy missed Venue, I miss it cos it's cosy and you're always guaranteed to bump inot someone, and the cheap drinks, and cheesey music.... I mean Ibizan clubs are good, but they're so different, and honestly, I think I prefer it back home. Although I guess I'm gonna have to wear heels ;_;

I did this as extra_echizen at bnf_brawl and it was pretty fun. So I'm gonna do it in real life. The 50 things about me meme...

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Well that sure was thrilling wasn't it. Tune in next time, for more of Harriet's exciting life. *coughs*

Mrs Hampson just left a messgae on my answering machine. Basically she wants me to go into school 'because there are some girls thinking of applying to do law at Oxbridge this year, who would benefit by hearing of your experinces and advice'.

O______________o

Does she want me to tell them about how I only applied to law cos i coudlnt think of anything else? How I didnt read anything remotely topical until the week before the interview? How i completely fluked my way through the interviews and got in mainly because the law tutors at Jesus are rumoured to be slightly perverted? About how I didnt hand a single piece of homework in on time all year? How I left my 9 month history project till the night before? How my idea of revision is panicing about how little I know 5 minutes before the exam?

I'm hardly the best example.

Why couldnt she ask Sarah ;____;

Today there are so many things I am meant to be doing, but I just feel so uncredibly awful It hurts to move. I think it's a combination of paintballing, and just generally being ill, but I must of slept funny on my neck yesterday cos I can barely move it now. And you know when you have a cold and you keep waking up cos you can't breathe through your nose and are basically suffocating? Yeah I did that all last night and so I feel like I haven't actually had any sleep at all. And just genrally like my head is full of cotton wool.

So I'm just dossing about downstairs. I'm a little peeved to find out that my wireless connection doesn't exend to my big lounge, only the small one, whihc isn't half as comfortable, oh the woes of Harriet. And to think some people are complaining about not having enough food.... >:(

So yesterday we all went paintballing. I wasn't overly enthusiastic about the whole thing, for one because I have no money, and for second because anything remotely violent/dirty/wet/painty/requiring any kind of aim is not really my cup of tea. But on the other hand I hadn't seen Tanith, Colin and Josh in OMG so long. So yeah. Driving there was pretty crappy, it was pretty near Plymouth, so we had to go via the dual carraigeway, but while we on it, the actual most torrential rain I have ever seen started, and I literally could see nothing, and had to drive at like 50mph. Woah.

Paintballing it's self was pretty daunting, all the stupid stuff you have to wear, and them constantly telling you that 'if you lift your googles, you will be blinded'. They were also like 'Yeah there are 14 rounds, and you'll probably need about 50 paintballs per round.' May I just add that these paintballs were £6 for 100. As I had like no money as it was, I decided to be extra frugal with my paintballs.

Well what else can I say. The first round I was so scared that I couldn't move and didnt fire a single shot. I realised that despite all my claims, I would not survive well in any sort of Battle Royale situation, or warzone of any kind. It's kinda lucky my eyesight was too poor to join the RAF. As the day went on though, I got more into it, by the eighth round I was like 'Yeah this is pretty good'.

Then on the way to the 9th one, I lost one of my contact lenses in the mud and so I couldn't play anymore, and had to sit still for 20 minutes and not lift my mask which was slowly suffocating me. Hmmm. So that was pretty annoying. Although I only got shot once, on my knee, and it didnt bruise. So I guess that's good. And I only used like 50 paintballs all day. But there is no way I would do it again, ever. Katie Colin and Josh said I missed the two worst, most violent rounds, so I was kinda glad actually.

It did mean however that I had to drive home with only one eye, and that was actually so scary. Cos you like can't position yourself on the road properly or anything, and I was so sure I was gonna crash/be pulled over for driving with an old parking ticket over one eye. Yeah.

Tomrrow I am going to the Crown Court in Exeter with my mum, I'm pretty excited. I hope there is an interesting case, a murder or something ^.^ Then we are all going to the Spice Club for dinner (yay curry). Tanith please come, or I might not see you again :(

I dont know why, but it only just struck me today how weird Univeristy is going to be. Ashley is going today, and I guess until I read his entry I hadn't really appreciated that we don't all go to the same school anymore, and we won't be experincing the same stuff, and the same people and things. I'm not like sad about going, it's just like weird that that's completely obvious and I hadn't even thought of it like that before.

Could you all be lovely and tell me the date you are going to Uni, just so I have an idea?

And Lauren, you left your shoes and 'Mr and Mrs Smith' here on results day. Let me know if you want me to bring them round before you go I'd like to say goodbye anyway ;____;

EDIT: As some of you may or may not know, my hot cousin is in a band, called BlackThorne Theatre. You know how when sometime tells you they are in a band, you would always tell them their stuff is good even if it isnt. But he linked me their new song yesterday, and for serious I was so impressed. I think the sound like a proper band, and I have been listening to them almost on repeat since then. You should all check them out. They're pretty rocky, indyish. The fourth song (the 'Learnt from Magazines one) is especially good, Ashley (my cousin) sings the first verse ^.^ I hope they get to be famous someday so I can be like 'Yeah, that's my cousin'.

Yes, I am now back in 'sunny' old Torquay. Man, I always forget how much I love being at home, until I am actually here. *sighs contendly*

The Ibiza post shall wait until I ahve some photos methinks, but for the while, it was amazing, Spring and Kat thank you for the great time we had.

Watford was also so much fun I can't even say. Guys, especially Barry and Stef for having us invade your homes, thank you so much. It was great to see AJ and Kevin and Luke and Mareez and Josh again, and to meet all the new people I'd heard so much about OMG. I got an Eiffel tower shaped lollipop from AJ, which was awesome, playing far more Monkey ball than ever needs to be admmitted, met the original inventor of the Gordo dance (Yes everyone, Gordo himself), scared Barry's little brother quite a lot, joined 'Team Rocket', had a 'Krispy Kreme' donut (omg), and realised that 'One Piece' is probaby the worst thing ever.

On the coach on the way home, I was feeling pretty like philosphical. We were driving past one of those wind farm things. I really don't know why people get so mad about them, I honestly think they are so beautiful, like I could watch them for hours. Something corney like 'man and nature combined together as one'. Also, life is too short for stupid assinine people. This isn't really directed at anyone in particular, but I'm gonna try not to judge people on what they do on principle, because it's just stupid. Like so many nice people might have a habit that you disagree with, but it's like no reason to get all lame and not speak to them. If you do and find out that they are a jerk, then fair enough, but othrwise I'm gonna try and be more openminded. I like wasted a whole year of friendship with Spring cos I was too pathetic to acknowledge that she had grown up and I hadn't, and it makes me feel so stupidly ashamed to think fo it now. Hmmmm. This would be a good outlook to have if I can keep it up.