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It's term again, which is good on the whole, though there is a fair bit of busyness and distractions coming up as a result.

One of the good things is morning prayer in college; actually having a fixed time which is non-negotiable is good in itself from a discipline and structuring day point of view, but I like saying the Office with other people (even if this generally means a congregation of two or three), and I like the Oratory (in an oriel window tucked behind the organ loft) as a space, despite the disastrous stained glass. And I like it at this time of year, when we open by singing the Regina Caeli (second translation), rather than saying the Angelus.

Actually, if I am being cold-blooded, I think the Angelus is a better devotion, but the singing and the use of a cheerful tune ("Jesus Christ is Risen Today") is an agreeably festive start to the day.

Thank goodness Oxford is back to normal after the animal rights demonstration at the weekend. I missed all the fun (sometimes living out of town is an advantage) but the even-earlier-than-usual-closure of the Bod meant there was no point going in anyhow.

Goal for the day: finish writing a paper before my supervisor turns nasty; buy a new bedside lamp as the old one, not content with a homicidal urge to throw itself off the bedside cabinet if I so much as looked at the cord, eventually turned its rage in on itself and died.

Of such is a postgraduate's life made.

I'm ignoring the plot bunnyish picture of Hermione as a grad student in Oxford (the Bod is remowned for its collection of mediaval magic manuscripts in certain circle, you know...) as I'm not sure what to do with it - and it wouldn't contribute to paper-writing, either.

On the other hand, at least Formal Hall has started up again. Hurrah for food, gowns and table talk.

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