The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul

...has now started in relation to the BVC. I feel in a bit of a lull, a little bit aimless, not really knowing where I'm going. Drifting. Maybe it's the drink. Hopefully it will soon pass. I do have a reading week coming up next week which, to me, seems utterly pointless given that we don't actually have a huge amount of reading to be done – most of the work is skill based, research based. There's so far been not need to commit any facts to memory. Either that, or there has been a need and I haven't picked up on it and, in fact, I'm slowly drifting into the realms of being merely "competent." We can't have that, now can we? Being competent is getting 60%. It follows therefore that you can be 40% wrong... 40% incompetent. If that's the case, I hope no 'competent' lawyer ever represents me. Shocking stuff.

Customer surveys! Yes, a great way to pass a few minutes, earn some points towards some Amazon/HMV vouchers, and even take part in product sample. Oooh, exciting. Today's customer survey, courtesy of Toluna, will set me up with a nice, free shaving product to test. Even if I don't get it, the survey's certainly amused me with its questions...

Set C – Thinking about hair removal – please choose one of the following:

• The look I achieve by grooming is how I attract others
  
• I just do the minimum required to have an acceptable appearance
• I feel a lot better about myself if I have shaved
  
• I love the feeling of being really smooth and clean shaven all over my body
  

Who comes up with these? Genius.

And finally, my laptop's playing up. It's out of warranty, but I've only had it a year and a half. Going to throw the Sale of Goods Act in Shop Acer's direction and see what happens. I suspect they'll try and disclaim liability. This country.

-AP