Murphy!

Mum sent me a mysterious text message a couple of months ago.

“Keep the 31st October free… I’ve gotten us all an early Christmas present.”

Huh? That’s ten days after my birthday. Why isn’t it my birthday present?

Logical thinking aside, I quickly did a google search for the date. Presented with far too many options, I had a look on Ticketek instead.

What or who could be coming that may have grabbed their interest?

I suddenly remembered an earlier conversation, in which we were talking about all the different acts and concerts coming. I told here that I’d bought tickets to see Chekov’s The Seagull, with Sir Ian McKellen acting in it. Jealous, she began browsing Ticketek. And mentioned the Crowded House reunion concert.

Surely not.

I checked the dates.

They matched.

I sent back a reply… “Everywhere you go… you always take the weather with you.”

I was right. So amazingly stoked.

Until tonight.

When I checked my exam timetable.

I have a total of one exams this trimestre.

One. And something like three or four possible weeks for it to fall.

Where does it fall? I guess due to Murphy’s Law it can’t really fall anywhere else.

My 17th and 18th Century French Literature Exam is at 9.30 in the morning on the 1st of November.

The next day. In the morning.

Let’s ignore the fact that I’ll be quite tired for it, and I’m probably going to get a lower mark for it because I was rocking out to some Crowded House the night before.

I’m more concerned that the concert I’ve been looking forward to for months now may be dimished in some way because I’ll be stressing about my exam in the morning.

Unimpressed.

(I’m going to try and grease up to the lecturer and see if I can do it a day early… would be very helpful. Maybe they’ll take pity. Thing is, if it was The Seagull I was going to the night before, I’m fairly certain they wouldn’t hesitate. A concert? Not so likely.)

September 17, 2007 | Filed Under General 

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4 Responses to “Murphy!”

  1. Shannon on September 17th, 2007 9:42 pm
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    wheres the concert? hopefully close by!

  2. Ben on September 17th, 2007 10:00 pm
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    Yeah, its at the Events centre.

    But still… opening band start at 7.30. They’ll play for an hour probably, maybe more. So if CH come on at 8.30, they’ll play at least 2 hours. Will take a good half hour to disentangle myself from the crowd and my family, getting home around 11.30 or midnight.

    No sleep till 1 or later cos I’ll be full of adrenalin.

    And getting up at 7.30 for an exam.

    Yahoo!

  3. Shannon on September 18th, 2007 7:47 am
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    Hmmm is there any way you can talk about crowded house in a 17th and 18th Century French Literature Exam? because then you could legitimately call it preparation and change the whole tone of the night….

  4. Adey on September 19th, 2007 4:59 pm
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    I went out the night before the exam for one of my papers in first year - I got an A- and half my friends failed (who didnt go out). I also did 100x better in that paper than all of my others.

    Moral? Go out the night before exams. It much de-stress. Trust me, I’m studying psych… :)

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