rain...oooh the rain!

hello!

I thought it about time for an update!
Well, nothing particularly exciting has happened in the last few weeks that is really worthy of note! Uni life is continuing to be enjoyable, although can get a bit hectic at times. It seems to go in spurts, i will go for a week of having to do very little work, then the next week, i will have loads to do! its crazy. Fun though. I have just come out of a mechanics of solids multiple choice quiz. It seems funny to me to go from school, and a level exams, to go to uni, and end up doing multiple choice quizzes. The quiz does count towards my mark for this year however, and it was quite challenging, but i think i did ok!

Christian union is going really well. They are such a cool group of people there. I'm on the worship rota which should be fun...although i dont have a guitar..ill explain later!

I think i have made my mind up about a church, but im not 100% sure. I have done the rounds of most of the manchester church' sand have decided on SMCF..South Manchester Christian Fellowship.

I have been in regular contact with mum, dad and charlotte at home via skype, which is a cool programme!! if you havent got it, you definitely should! It means free calls to home from the comfort of my room.

There is only 4 weeks left in this semester!!! how weird is that. i am almost half way through my lectures for the first year of my degree...that is such a scary thought! I have exams in january which i will need to work hard for over christmas.

I have joined the table tennis society, and that is sooooo much fun!! Its surprisingly energetic, and thus a two hour seesion on a friday evening at the club constitutes for my weekly dose of sport. I simply havent ahd time to go running, and to be honest, even if i did, i really dont think i could be bothered! but i will try next semester...honest!

The story of my guitar, is one which is really getting quite frustrating. I sent my guitar into a cerain embarrasingly named southend music shop on june 20th....and after a lot of too-ing and fro-ing ...its still not repaired! They have had my guitar since i have been at uni. The overnight courier (which should have delivered the part just before i came to uni on the 16th sept, after i ordered it on the 15th)..is taking a very long time indeed. The piano in my halls of residence is nothing but shocking...even by my amateur standards. There are panels missing, and it is horribly out of tune, the keys actually come off, and some of the notes are muted. The lack of being able to play anything properly is actually killing me. I love our paino at home, and anyone who knows me will tell you just how much i used to play it. I cant describe what it is, but when i sit down and play, there is an amazing sense of release...the people surrounding me, being subjected to what can only be described as noise may not feel very released...but i do, so its all good :0) Not being able to play my guitar, is slightly less frustrating, but still, frustrating enough!! I have found myself taking regular trips to sound control and sampling their nice roland rd-700sx for extended periods of time during my lunchtimes. They dont seem to mind, no one else can really hear it. Music is a starnge and powerful thing...i just wish i could play properly, because sometimes i feel very limited in what i can play. There are soo many ridiculously talented people around here. How on earth can you have grade 8 in more 2 or more instruments at 18? thats just amazing!!

aaaanyway, i have rambled faar to long, and put off materials work long enough too!
thanks for reading!

luke