I've write. I've wrong. I've correct. I'm finished

Done in London town again.
Done good.

This course was really enjoyable. Really really crazy busy. But really enjoyable.

It was fun walking across Waterloo Bridge each day. Because the bridge is so long, you see the same people each day, channelled through the arteries of traffic in and out of town; the same cyclists wearing their winter coats and struggling against the wind and grimacing as they pump away on their pedals, the same dreadlocked messenger grinning to himself as he smoothly and slowly passes by, the same guy in a trenchcoat way too big with a ponderous sideways waddle, the same girl walking with or without her man checking her makeup as she goes, the same kids on the way to school.
For the last month at the south end of the bridge a cherry blossom tree has been in bloom and is just now turning green. The trees outside college have turned out their finest pink flowers and daylight has stretched out again in preparation for the return of some warmth.




Perhaps someone else had an eye on the coming warmth and decided to take advantage of this with a series of bus-stop adverts. I walk past three on my way into school. Some dude with his trunks round his neck standing in pristine turqoise waters radiating heat into the grey concrete winter.



The tagline; 'Convicts by heritage. Guilty by choice.'




Sounds through the wall:
After the last day we all went to the pub as a group and we were there for some time. When I finally got home that night the bar next door was pumping out American R&B from two or three years back. Stuff like Usher & Lil John, Nelly, and Shakira. I couldn't suppress a smile. Made me want to go out and dance with the Zu-crew and the folks at First Fridays in PP... and with that I lay down and fell fast asleep.





My final lesson was on 'reported speech' but really it was all about George Clooney. At least that guy knows how to wear his trunks.

Student Life Again

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Each morning I walk across Waterloo Bridge into central London. It's quite amusing; it's eight in the morning and everyone is moving as one in the same direction on their commute. It's like joining a legion of automatons or zombies. I entertain myself humming "We are zombies, zombies, zombies." until people start looking at me like I'm the crazy one. Then I just grin manically - that'll show em!





It's a lovely walk really, you can see all the grand landmarks; Westminster, the London Eye, St. Paul's, the Oxo Tower and Somerset House. But no-one stops to take a look. No-one except me.

Words

Recently I have read a number of books whose writers (notably Henry James, Virginia Woolf, Azar Nafisi, Pablo Neruda and Vladimir Nabokov) could perhaps at times be described as euphuistic. As a result I have spent a lot of time with my dictionary. It even made me question my understanding of words I thought I knew...
I would like to share my new found knowledge with all.



augury - noun ( pl. -ries)
a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen : they heard the sound as an augury of death. See note at sign .
• the work of an augur; the interpretation of omens.

exiguous - adjective formal
very small in size or amount : my exiguous musical resources.






cadre - noun
a small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession : a small cadre of scientists.
• |ˌkeɪdə| a group of activists in a communist or other revolutionary organization.
• a member of such a group.

vacillate - verb [ intrans. ]
alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive : I had for a time vacillated between teaching and journalism.

saccharine - adjective [ attrib. ]
1 excessively sweet or sentimental.
2 dated relating to or containing sugar; sugary.

persiflage - noun formal
light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter.

invidious - adjective
(of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others : she'd put herself in an invidious position.
• (of a comparison or distinction) unfairly discriminating; unjust : it seems invidious to make special mention of one aspect of his work.

jocosely - adjective formal
playful or humorous : a jocose allusion.

meretricious - adjective
1 apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity : meretricious souvenirs for the tourist trade.
2 archaic of, relating to, or characteristic of a prostitute.

obsequious - adjective
obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree : they were served by obsequious waiters.

munificent - adjective
(of a gift or sum of money) larger or more generous than is usual or necessary : a munificent gesture.
• (of a person) very generous.







desultory - adjective
lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm : a few people were left, dancing in a desultory fashion.
• (of conversation or speech) going constantly from one subject to another in a halfhearted way; unfocused : the desultory conversation faded.
• occurring randomly or occasionally : desultory passengers were appearing.

proclivity - noun ( pl. -ties)
a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing : a proclivity for hard work.

saurian - adjective
of or like a lizard.

volute - noun
1 Architecture a spiral scroll characteristic of Ionic capitals and also used in Corinthian and composite capitals.
2 a deep-water marine mollusk with a thick spiral shell that is colorful and prized by collectors. • Family Volutidae, class Gastropoda: Voluta and other genera.
adjective
forming a spiral curve or curves : spoked wheels with outside volute springs.

renascence - noun formal
the revival of something that has been dormant : the renascence of poetry as an oral art.

implacable - adjective
unable to be placated : he was an implacable enemy of Ted's.
• relentless; unstoppable : the implacable advance of the enemy.

diaphanous - adjective
(esp. of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent : a diaphanous dress of pale gold.

uxorious - adjective
having or showing an excessive or submissive fondness for one's wife.

capricious - adjective
given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior : a capricious and often brutal administration | a capricious climate.

solicitude - noun
care or concern for someone or something : I was touched by his solicitude.

incandescent - adjective
emitting light as a result of being heated : plumes of incandescent liquid rock.
• (of an electric light) containing a filament that glows white-hot when heated by a current passed through it.
• extremely angry : she was incandescent at the way the IRS acted.
• of outstanding and exciting quality; brilliant : Mravinsky's incandescent performance of Siegfried's Funeral March.

panegyric - noun
a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something : Vera's panegyric on friendship.

deracination - verb [ trans. ] poetic/literary
tear (something) up by the roots.

rapine - noun poetic/literary
the violent seizure of someone's property.

veritable - adjective [ attrib. ]
used as an intensifier, often to qualify a metaphor : the early 1970s witnessed a veritable price explosion.

clandestine - adjective
kept secret or done secretively, esp. because illicit : she deserved better than these clandestine meetings. See note at secret .

stupefaction - verb ( -fies, -fied) [ trans. ]
make (someone) unable to think or feel properly : the offense of administering drugs to a woman with intent to stupefy her.
• astonish and shock : the amount they spend on clothes would appall their parents and stupefy their grandparents.






forbore - verb ( past -bore |-ˌbɔː|; past part. -borne |-ˌbɔːn|) [ intrans. ] poetic/literary or formal
politely or patiently restrain an impulse to do something; refrain : the boy forbore from touching anything | [with infinitive ] he modestly forbears to include his own work.
• [ trans. ] refrain from doing or using (something) : Rebecca could not forbear a smile.

rubicund - adjective
(esp. of someone's face) having a ruddy complexion; high-colored.

colloquy - noun ( pl. -quies)
1 formal a conversation : they broke off their colloquy at once | an evening of sophisticated colloquy.
2 a gathering for discussion of theological questions.

ignominious - adjective
deserving or causing public disgrace or shame : no other party risked ignominious defeat.

acquiesce - verb [ intrans. ]
accept something reluctantly but without protest : Sara acquiesced in his decision.

crepuscular - adjective
of, resembling, or relating to twilight.
• Zoology (of an animal) appearing or active in twilight.

asperity - noun ( pl. -ties)
harshness of tone or manner : he pointed this out with some asperity.
• ( asperities) harsh qualities or conditions : the asperities of a harsh and divided society.
• (usu. asperities) a rough edge on a surface : the asperities of the metal surfaces.



euphuistic - noun formal
an artificial, highly elaborate way of writing or speaking.