March 28, 2006
Ok partly because I am bored and partly for a few other obviously very intelligent reasons which for some other very intelligent reason I can't think of right now, I've decided to make a blog where once a day (ish) I will update it with a new band I've listened to or whatever, some examples of song titles, what sorta music it is etc. I will stick a link to my new blog on this one asap.
–Jim–
March 21, 2006
Quick update on this terrible crisis. Aparrently the one who’s head was said to have swolloen to 3 times the normal size isn’t getting any better. Doctor’s have told his family that he is expected to die from heart, kidney and lung faliure. That really is terrible. Another of the patients is expected to be in a coma for up to/at least a year, im not sure which it is different sites seem to say different things. But either way, thats a long time. The other 4 who were given the drug seem to be showing apparent signes of marginal improvement. Lets just hope this isn’t that “calm before the storm” kind of effect where the situation suddenly becomes much worse for those 4 which are getting better. And in the case of the families of the 2 which aren’t getting any better, I feel so very sorry for them, it must be hard, can’t say I’m ever going to sign up for a clinical trial after this…
–Jim–
March 21, 2006
Can’t decide which one to put as my first choice.
It’s either Exeter or Bath. I’ve heard that Bath is a better uni overall, but I still don’t know which one I want to go to more. Can anyone tell me anything about either of these uni’s ?
Cheers
–Jim–
March 15, 2006
Having heard about the recent situation with the medical trials which have gone seriously wrong at Northwick Park, I have to say I’m not sure I will ever be tempted to partake in a clinical trial! I’m not sure as to how true this statement is but I had heard that one of the patients involved’s head has swollen to around 3 times it’s usual size.
This drug had been tested on animals prior to this clinical trial however I think the problems which have arisen from this trial only show that animal trials should be allowed to run much more, obviously they have to be restricted in some ways or all kinds of drugs would be tested on animals all over the place, but problems like this current situation could possibly be avoided if further animal trials were allowed to take place.
Also I think clinical trials on humans need to be controlled much more, I mean, the 6 men involved (it was 8 in total but 2 were given placebos, damn are they lucky…) have all suffered sever organ faliure through taking the possible anti-inflammatory drug and are now all in critical conditions in intensive care. I have also read that none of them are currently getting any better. One of the guys involved was a 21year old student trying to make money to pay for his course. They were paid around £2000, but life isnt really worth that is it, its worth a hell of a lot more. So if I were you, and you’re thinking about taking part in a clinical trial, I would definitely think twice before signing that line at the bottom of the page, it seems you really really would be signing your life away.
Although I did find it slightly amusing that this article was on the front page of the Daily Telegraph and a few pages further into the paper there was an article about a company wanting half a million people to take part in a new drug trial. Heh. If only they knew 
–Jim–
February 23, 2006
Ok, when I first heard about the bird flu cases in China, admittedly it did cause a slight bit ofworry, mainly because of the fact it was China, but I wasn’t massively bothered about it and I quickly forgot about it. However I am now fairly worried after reading the following news article: LINK The French have now found 2 cases of H5N1, the deadly bird flu. This is slightly closer to home and I’m thinking it won’t be too long before Britain has its first case. There is the channel which seems to serve a useful barrier but I’m sure infected birds will cross it sooner or later. Let’s just hope the WHO sorts this out as asap.
–Jim–
February 15, 2006
Damn its windy outside at the moment! Hope I don’t get blown away in the night lol.
Think I should go sleep now…
February 9, 2006
Going to doctors later on, but for now, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words, so here it is, I can’t be bothered to write any more.
February 7, 2006
Terribly day. Couldn’t sleep last night, shivering too much. Woke up today not being able to talk which got a bit better as the day went on but my throat still hurts, I have a headache and I’ve felt sick on and off all day. Had a biology test first thing which I had forgotten all about then further maths which is always a headfuck, then had to give a presentation in physics which means more talking. Had a driving lesson in which I made stupid mistakes because I felt so crap. I don’t even feel like playing the drums, I always feel like playing the drums
-Jim-
January 25, 2006
Got up stupidly early to go into school far too early to revise for an exam that started around 8:45. So I went in and met my mate Joe and we talked maths for a while, realising we actually had a lot to go over. The exam was stupidly difficult and altho I thought I understood the topics before going into the exam, I came out realising I didnt. However it was my last exam until June, which is damn cool.
Oh well, came home after that and setup my drumkit for the first time in aaaages, before Christmas was the last time its been setup at home. Played on that for a while, wasted a few hours, Sam and Charlotte came round and we had band practice for the firt time in aaaaaages aswell. We have done a recording session but other than that its the first time weve played together since before Christmas and it was great 
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We’re well on the way to finishing another two songs. One of which has more of a classic rock feel to it and the other has a real driving marching rhythm and a great keyboard led melody. Special Price and I Fear Nothing are the titles, you might hear some soon!
–Jim–
January 22, 2006
Spent most of today at work, which admittedly wasn’t that bad because we spent most of the day looking at Chuck Norris lines on the net Other than that I’ve done nothing but avoid Maths revision. Yay. Which just means tomorrow will have to be spent doing more maths revision than I would have had to do if I had done it today. Oh well.
On the upside I did manage to upload a photo which I took of the sunset looking down my road on my way home from school a couple of weeks ago. Helps me forget about stupid things like maths exams
