This song never fails to strike a chord with me. I've never experienced the events she describes, but I have felt the intensity and the new acoustic version makes me go all shivery.

After feeling a bit melancholy earlier tonight, I was immediately uplifted when I went downstairs to find a ton of people sat around in Andy's chatting and planning to watch a DVD. My collection of DVDs I brought has proved VERY popular! We did the mature thing and watched Finding Nemo. People gradually left throughout the movie. But it was nice to go have people to sit with and to empathise with my slight feeling of "God, this is going to be a long year." But I'm ok now. I went shopping this afternoon and bought lots of shiny new tops, mostly jumpers and zipped hoodies as it's suddenly gone freezing down here!

I've booked tickets to see Coldplay, supported by Goldfrapp, on November 28th. They're playing Lyon! And it's walking distance from my apartment. And... only 40 euros for the ticket (about 27 quid). I'm going with Geri and Seb. It was just going to be Geri but I decided that, since one of my pledges to myself was to go to a gig out here, I was going to go with her. Seb made a spur-of-the-moment decision to come too. Should be good! Now I didn't like them initially but I do like the stuff off X and Y. And hey, it's a lot cheaper than in England.

I have lectures 10 til 5 tomorrow and should go to bed. But I think I might have a bath and mooch til 2am instead since I'm back in the sleeping pattern I was in during first year in Mildert. It's only Lit anyway. I can handle lit...