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One down, two to go...

The European Union exam, ladies and mentalmen, went not-so-badly after all. I didn't feel the need to run out of the room five minutes after sitting down screaming "HOLY HELL, WHAT ARE THESE QUESTIONS?", which is what I expected to do. I even managed to keep my composure intact until the very end. Wow. And I had to laugh: one colleague said to me afterwards that she didn't answer the question I had done because she didn't know what the word "obsolete" meant. And she's smart.

The two to go are on the United States of America, and it's a big topic. How big, I hear nobody asking? Well, I'll tell you: there's a practice exam paper up on the BlackBoard community site here and one of the questions is "How much did the US Congress allocate to the Defence Budget of 2004 in US Dollars?" Eep. Numbers. Panic!

But there's time enough to make a decent go of revision before the Day of Judgement arrives on Monday, and then we get a day off before Wednesday's final reckoning. And then...? And then I get a week off! Hurrah! Mwa ha ha, etc. etc. In that week, I shall be mostly staying over at Elspeth's after late-night game parties (Deal or No Deal DVD Game, anyone?), drinking some alcoholic substances (not a lot, mind, but just enough to enjoy myself and go a bit squiffy) and engaging in Leslie Nielsen/Jim Carrey/Harrison Ford/Friends DVD marathons with anyone who'll watch with me! How I've earned this break, oh Lordy-Lord...

In the meantime, revision beckons, and it's half past midnight. God bless coffee.

Peace out, ladies and mentalmen. I shall return...