Holiday

Two eight week terms and now I have learned all I'm expected to learn. I'm on my five week break before the final term, officially called Easter Term, unofficially called Exam term. I've two essays to write while on this break and next term we have a small number of review classes before the three exams commence in June. So I'm trying to work hard now.

The weather has so turned sour in the last week. Last week was sunny, clear and warm. This week it's sunny and clear, but also cold and windy. And violent sleet showers pop up once or twice a day to hammer those outdoors for twenty minutes or so.

Some of my classmates were undergraduates at Cambridge and have said this term is actually the best. There's the stress of exams but the weather turns nice and it becomes time to punt. As I was told, you can't be expected to study all day and punting is the perfect way to unwind. It's cheap (something like 2 pounds an hour divided amongst four people) and alcohol is practically required.

Right now it's Pride and Prejudice season at the Clancy-Thommandru household. It seems like each March Grace gets a hankering to rewatch the BBC miniseries and the film adaptations. I've noticed some important similarities between me and Mr. Darcy, the lead love interest.

Studied at Cambridge?
Darcy: Yes
Clancy: Yes

Fitzwilliam?
Darcy: That's his first name.
Clancy: Studying at Fitzwilliam College.

Has a sister ten years younger?
Darcy: Yes
Clancy: Yes

Tall?
Darcy: Yes
Clancy: Yes

Name with "a" as the first vowel, followed by a consonant and ending in "cy?"
Darcy: Yes
Clancy: Yes

Sideburns?
Darcy: Massive
Clancy: Sometimes

This is almost as spooky as the Kennedy/Lincoln assasination coincidences!