Gah *Rampage, rampage, rampage*

First I think a general rant about road users is in order.

Yesterday on my way back from work I had the joy of being held up like most people on the motorway by a double decker coach happily going down the middle lane of the motorway. This makes me angry.

Today of course I got the usual people who drive 10 miles below the speed limit, people who will always overtake regardless of the speed your going and all those people who don't indicate and cut you up.

I know I'm not a good driver (I drive too fast, I see yellow traffic lights as a sign to hurry and I keep choosing the wrongs lane for where I'm headed) but how bad do you have to be to actually fail. (Sorry Ailsa I'm sure its other driving centers being slack).

*Rampages at all other road users especially lorry drivers who overtake on hills*

On the plus side yesterday I got back in touch with Nick, my close friend who shares a birthday with me. Hes the same as ever if strangely more confident now he's engaged, which is cool. He's also still very busy, hence the lack of contact we normally manage. Looks like his digital animator career is going well though. He spent the summer with Frameworks doing things including working on the new Harry Potter (I would be more impressed if I wasn't still boycotting Harry Potter). I'm looking forward to be able to point him out in film credits.

Now the other thing. Yesterday on the advice of my friends (*Glares at John and Nick*) I emailed random interesting fresher. This could have been a very stupid thing to do, I'm sure if I wasn't so tired or in as much of as a hurry as I was last night I wouldn't have relented as easily. Its worth noting I got her email via fairly ingenious means. So apologies to sci-fi if I sacred off one of the new members (*Glares at John and Nick more and waves sticks in threatening manner*). At least it makes a vague story, and nothing major happens in my life if it doesn't at least make a vague story. Well I can always rampage at them if it all goes pear shaped.

Gah?

I just got emailed back by Interesting Fresher Girl whose name some of you might have guessed but will shortly read.

Um, ok, right, yes um?

gah?

John and Nick *waves finger* er... thing?

Anyway to get helpful comments and stuff. Here is the version of the email I sent and then the reply.

My email (edited by John and Nick):

"Hi,

It's Dominic from Sci-fi - er, the one hobbit pushed backwards over the seats last week, if you remember... I'm doing CS and Maths but I'm on placement this year in Bristol, but still live in Bath.

Anyway I was vaguely curious about your name, what with you getting the honorary best freshers name award, so I did a search using webmail's address book thing and it turns out you're the only P in the uni. There about 10 Dom's by the looks of it.

Seeing as you're doing the whole nervous fresher thing with the rest of them, and as I now had your email I thought I'd send a friendly greeting message.:-)

Hopefully see you at the Donnie Darko screening (its a good film, come and watch!)

Dom."

Her reply:

"Hi Dominic,

nice to hear from you! Your message did come across as both friendly and a greeting so you've certainly succeeded in your goal. I think you also chose a good 'trigger memory' -- the hobbit incident did kind of stick in my mind.

I'll definitely be seeing Donnie Darko, it sounds really good...then again, that's what I thought about Read or Die...

10 Dominics sounds quite rare actually, considering the number of students there must be here...I've only ever heard rumours of other P's.

See you around then,

P"

Um, so...? Er?