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• Update your journal with the answers to the questions
• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.

elyim asked me these things:

1) What's your favourite word?
Hm, good question. I haven't thought about this for a while... it used to be "inconsequential". I quite like "nonplussed", as well; it makes me think of a Bertie-Wooster-style English aristocrat mangling his French.

Actually, no, I know what my favourite word is, my favourite word is "doch". It is the most useful multi-purpose word in the world, and I don't understand why other European languages don't have it.

2) Where do you live?
Cobham! It is a tiny place in Surrey consisting in large parts of café-chains, estate agents, and Americans. It is mind-numbingly dull. It could be worse, though, I suppose.

3) What was your favourite archaeology module?
Despite complaining about theory all the time, I think it was actually Current Issues in Archaeology. There was at least a lot of potential for interesting discussion there, even if it was hampered by my most of my classmates' apathy. It took a lot of the things I mentioned in this entry that I associate with history - bias and seeing things from various points of view - and related them to the real world, like how do you treat people's heritage and who gets a say, stuff I actually have Opinions about. Granted, there was also a block about listed buildings and what sort of forms you have to fill out to be allowed to dig stuff up in England, which was DRY LIKE A DRY THING.

I also like Global Economy, because nnngh, economic theory as it relates to the past *makes sexytimes gestures*. And we got to analyse case studies in that, something there IS NEVER ENOUGH OF COME ON, DURHAM. So yeah, basically I loved my second term of third year (except for the lame essays I got assigned). >_> Apart from that, I actually liked the first year modules best, I think, like Discovering World Prehistory, because they had a wider scope, and I am into broad conceptual type things with practical applications. Which is why I am so glad I didn't do a BSc. I think the lack of context would have driven me to despair. (絶望した! Is it time for a new Zetsubou Sensei ep yet? It's never too early for a new ZS ep.)

I actually just had to look up a prospectus to remind myself what I did in second year; that obviously didn't leave a great impression on me. (See also: previous entry re. depression) I did Prehistoric Europe, though, didn't I? Surely that must have been interesting? Why can't I remember so much of 2nd year what is this. Was I secretly abducted by aliens? All I remember is being TRICKED into a module that promised to be about the Urban Landscape that ended up being all about the fucking Romans. (By which I mean I dislike Romans, not that the module was about them having sex all the time. Though they probably were.)

4) What would you do if you found a 500 euro note on the ground?
Wonder why someone was carrying around 500 Euros in England? XD But I don't know, actually. I might not pick it up. I'd feel bad taking so much of someone else's money. I'd probably ahnd it in to the nearest police station and ask them what to do. XD

5) Where is your least favourite place in the world and why?
Least favourite? I don't know, to be honest. I can't remember ever being in a place I've completely disliked. There's places I've liked more than others, but the rest generally level out at indifference; a place would have to be actively terrible to drop down to dislike.

That's another great word, "indifference".
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