It’s 8.30 AM and the alarm rouses me. I turn it off and go back to sleep.

It’s 10.30 AM and I awake, it is clear that I need to get out of bed, that I have slept long enough – 10 hours. The grogginess from oversleeping is already kicking in, my head is hurting, my face hurts, my eyes are unfocused and lazy. I ignore this feeling and go back to sleep.

It’s 11.30 AM and I awake, returning to sleep is no longer possible and so I lay in bed alternating between opening and shutting my eyes. Eventually, I get out of bed.

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So my first year exams went fairly well, I passed with the equivalent of a 2:1 which isn’t bad considering the amount of effort I put into my course was.. lacking, to say the least. Now I’m on to my second year, and it’s already going rather poorly.

I have learned the hard way that when you’re studying for a degree, summer holidays shouldn’t be taken as an excuse to completely forget that you’re in university. You certainly shouldn’t have the attitude of “okay so I’ve finished a year at uni, now I can go ahead and forget about everything.”

Having struggled to follow my first 4 lectures, I already feel 2 months behind. I’ve spent the majority of today catching up and reading forward and I’m starting to feel more confident about the year, so that’s good at least.

In other news I discovered that my ex girlfriend gaslit (pass tense of gaslight? Gaslighted?) me. She stayed with me for a few weeks over the summer, during the latter two weeks she was always on her phone messaging a male “friend” that she made online. Fair enough, I’m not the jealous type and I’m certainly not going to prohibit my partner from having male friends. But considering how she genuinely spent more time messaging him than actually talking to me in person, seems how we were effectively living together, you can understand my concerns right?

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To win a debate against somebody who holds opposing views you must first set out a clear introduction, respond to objections in a concise and unambiguous manner, and use the flaws in your opponent’s thesis to build on your own.

To win a debate against somebody who believes the Earth to be a flat, stationary disk surrounded by a wall of ice, encapsulated by some physical membrane, with the Sun the Moon and the stars rotating above it.. Well, you can’t.

I am currently pursuing a degree in Physics, so naturally I am going to have reason to believe the Earth is indeed approximately a sphere (just like chickens). So why would I waste my time listening to and arguing with folks who are so dead-set on the idea that NASA has been taking their money and turning it into the most complex, unnecessary and not to mention completely absurd lie ever told?

The short answer: it’s fun.

The long answer: it’s really fun.

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