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[taimatsu]

Finish marathon phonecall to deranged illiterate marketing droid. Decide brief chocolate-raisin-break is in order. Pick up this morning's Grauniad. Flip to G2. Briefly flick through ranting about Cherie's alternative-therapy nutters and assorted other snippets. Turn, all unwitting, to page 8. Jump in fright as am confronted with bloody great photo spread of Will Straw looking boggle-eyed and soaking wet in a fetching anorak-and-placard ensemble on the recent students' fees demo. It's the bloody 'Style' section! The headline is 'The new Mr Darcy?'! There's an inset photo of Colin Firth!

I wonder how Will feels to have been labelled 'true political totty'? This is the chap who chaired our college JCR meetings for a year, to whom I was once really rather rude though I forget how and why (I had a good reason which then turned out to be mistaken), who I still sometimes see when hanging about in town. People I know aren't supposed to be labelled major sex symbols!

What are we coming to?

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[winterthing.livejournal.com]

That makes me wonder - do you know my little sister? She went to New College (just graduated this last year) and knew Will Straw slightly. She did maths, and was on the college rowing team, and then coached them last year (I think).

She's called Kate, and is tall and kinda blonde/brunette if that makes sense. Doesn't do student politics, but did live in college and stuff.

[suave-steve.livejournal.com]

So that means I can't be labelled a major sex symbol then?

[taimatsu]

Oh. My. God. Kate Brewer? Yes. We haven't spoken much for a while, but if I remember rightly she was in my crew (women's novice B) for Christchurch Regatta 1999. Either that, or I'm confused and she was in the A crew. Whichever. But yes, I know her. What's she up to now?

[taimatsu]

That goes without saying, silly :) People I go out with are almost by definition major sex symbols.

[winterthing.livejournal.com]

Kate Brewer - that's the one. Can't remember if she was in the A team or the B team in 1999 - I do remember her doing the Christchurch regatta.

Well...she's graduated now, she's still going out with Ben (the tall person who coached you all - can't remember his surname) and she's temping right now before going off to do conservation work in Guyana in January. She's staying with my dad in Lambourn, near Oxford and I phoned her about five minutes ago to say "I know someone who knows you! And she's a role player - it's not just me who does that!"

*grins*

[taimatsu]

Ben Reed, object of many a fresher's fantasies back then :) I'm *so* slow on college gossip.

Why is the world so smaaaaaall?!?

You are exposing my dark secrets to my hitherto uncontaminated bunch of people-I-know-from-college! Evil evil woman! *grins* I won't be surprised if she barely remembers me - we hardly knew each other well, and I do make a particular point of remembering names and faces, so just because I remember her doesn't imply the reverse.

[winterthing.livejournal.com]

Ben's lovely...he and Kate have been going out for 2 and a half years now or something? *ponders how long the tall person has been around the house when she goes home* Yeah - 2 1/2 years or something.

She did a lot of rowing but knackered her knees pretty badly in her third year and ended up coaching instead. She does remember you - I asked her.

*grins*

It is a very small world! I found out the other day that Krys used to share a flat with an old friend of mine from school.

[taimatsu]

yesyes, he is very nice - and very tall! :) Oh well, it's ncie to be remembered. I had picked up that Kate was coaching, but not why. I keep meaning to get back into rowing; perhaps if I sort myself out at Brookes I will do some again.

[(Anonymous)]

> to whom I was once really rather rude though
> I forget how and why (I had a good reason which
> then turned out to be mistaken)

You thought it was unacceptable for a student representative to have an opinion on whether Oxford should be a welcoming environment for Nazis and Holocaust deniers, if I am remembering the same incident that you are, and remembering it correctly.

jdcxxx

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No, I thought it was unacceptable for a JCR president to advertise events connected with an expensive members' club on a JCR mailing list.

[(Anonymous)]

I still don't get this. 'There are likely to be people from Combat 18 in Oxford next week, so watch out, oh and by the way here's something you can do about it'... The house next door is private and expensive, but if it were on fire, I'd be keen to know.

jdcxxx