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[venta]

Halfway down my first pint, in a pub, and into the fourth rapper dance. Yes, I'm in my usual timezone. Oxford is a weird place on May 1st.

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[sea-of-flame.livejournal.com]

First pint? Guess you didn't do the studenty up-til-dawn-and-beyond thing then!

Raise a glass for me, I'm stuck on pesky month-end in London!

[venta.livejournal.com]

God no! I was never even any good at that when I was a student. I don't do staying up all night; fine with it in theory, but in practice I always feel really ragged and ill by about 4am.

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Hey, well done to you all for ringing in the summer for us! I couldn't really do anything for it myself this year, as I spent the day taking my students round the sites of Roman Lincoln, and didn't want to exhaust myself before we'd even set off by getting up early. But I knew I could trust you Oxonians to make sure everything was done properly. :-)

[venta.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, us suspicious folky types keep the world turning and make sure the seasons happen in the right places :)

I'm not sure I knew Lincoln had significant Roman bits (unless they're only spottable by experts?) - I'll have to investigate.

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes - there's plenty! The main ones are bits of the city walls and gates, but there are also some bits of the forum to see, and a few inscriptions. Certainly enough to give students a sense of the size and shape of the city, anyway. There's a basic list of the sites here, and it looks like the plan for that site is to add more details about them.

[davefish.livejournal.com]

Woo-hoo!
Sounds like a good way to start the morning (Occasionally.) I do miss the shennanigans of May Day in Oxford.