Reasons to be cheerful

Reasons to be cheerful…

Why, might you ask, am I still reasonably cheerful despite the prospect of six exams imminently?

Here are a couple of reasons:

1. Two days ago, I got course work marks back. I got the highest marks for the year on two course work essays. One was on social Psychology (74%) and one was on the Psychology of Religion (76%). I am extremely pleased that these are the areas I scored best in because these are the kind of areas I would like to focus on in my academic career.

2. I have got all my course work for the year out of the way now and I dare say quite a lot of the readers of the blog do too. I will not have to revisit my coursework for another month and even then hopefully only fleetingly. In July, I have yet another series of exams with the BPS and they require me to submit this year’s course work before they will allow me into the exams. Still it is nice they are all out of the way for the time being.

3. Government authorities in Spain have seen fit to produce an excellent ‘Green’ power station. It uses sun rays to power solar panels which produces enough electricity for around 6000 homes. Another clever thing is that it uses heat from the sun as well which is stored during the day, then released at night after the sun has completely gone for the night. It is heartening to see this kind of project getting off the ground - tee hee hee.
   (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6616651.stm)
   

4. After many lunch times watching Jeremy Brett over a bread roll and cheese, I have finished the entire span of Sherlock Holmes episodes in which he featured. I don’t know how many episodes that is exactly, but I believe it is around 18 DvDs, of which at least three are film length rather than three episodes. Brett’s final line at the end of the final episode was unexpected and pleasing, “there must be some meaning to all this – for to think there is no meaning is unthinkable – but a meaning which, as yet, logic has not provided an answer to.” I could n’t help wondering if there was going to be some sneaky shot of Arthur Conan-Doyle’s work on spiritualism, but alas not on this occasion. Still, a worthy end to a very enjoyable series of adaptations. I now feel I can say I 'know' the Sherlock Holmes stories pretty well.

5. Maroon 5 are releasing their new album "It Won't Be Soon Before Long" later this month!

Back to exam revision I go now. To all of you sitting exams at the moment, or in the near future, Good Luck!

(my thanks to Mr. Amazon for the picture of Maroon 5, and www.dnrec.state.de.us for the image of success and the BBC for the image of the power station in Seville)