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Work is being a bit of a stressbag at the moment, but it always is on the leadup to what is known as Changeover, even though February is like the mini-me version compared to the Epic Hell of August. Nontheless, Changover is tomorrow and it looms evil and ominous in my general direction. I am comforted, somewhat, however, by the fact that next week I have a couple of days off. I am probably going to spend the fourteenth either going to do a lot of pressing errands (going to the bank, arranging to meet up with people etc) or else working on the hovel, which has got somewhat worse due to a combination of Christmas, bad weather and the fact that towards the end of last year the Tip was closed for two months.

I am currently reading Brown Owl's Guide To Life in between an extract from Malinowski's work on the Trobriand Islanders. I dug out some of my old English Language folders today and am amused to find that some of the handouts I kept from there may potentially come in handy on this module.Of course I have to decipher my 17-year-old-self's handwriting first, which is no mean feat. I do get a lot of practice at deciphering scrawl at work though so I should manage with time (and possibly a magnifying glass, I had a tinywords phase somewhere in those two years.