• "European Journal of Applied Mathematics"
• "International Journal of Theoretical Physics"
• "International Journal of Modern Physics"
• "Classical and Quantum Gravity"
• "Research Papers of the University of St Andrews School of Physics & Astronomy"
• "Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics"
• "Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics"
• "Anual Review of Fluid Mechanics 2008"
• "Physics Abstracts"
• "Journal...

• Discovering no money in my bank account whatsoever.
• A new law being laid down which proclaims everyone must be married by the age of 20.
• A spider successfully breeds with a bluebottle and so then makes a flying spider which buzzes loudly. If this then mated with a millipede I think I'd have to live in quarantine.
• My eyelashes falling out.
• Dying when I'm not wearing matching underwear, I worry that the...

Not including National Insurance number, PINs, phone numbers and ID numbers ;)

• 1 - the number of minor faults I got in my driving test
• 1.0 - my GPA at high school, all gone downhill since
• 1 - my grade in the BAGA awards
• 2 - people in the world truly know me
• e - all in a day's work
• π - part of everyday life for me
• 4 - how many vehicles I've caused the writing off of
• 4 - the number of guys I've kissed who ...

• Vodka &
• Cranberry
• Irn Bru
• Orange
• Lemonade
• Tequila
• Amaretto & Pineapple
• Morgans &
• Orange
• Blackcurrant
• Baccardi &
• Watermelon
• Tropical juice
• Pineapple
• Archers & Lemonade
• Baileys

As a generally content and tolerant person there are few things which can annoy me but here are a select few which override any moral goodness I have it me and make me want to hurt someone.

• Differentiation by first principles. I love calculus but this method is just immensely stupid.
• The cleaner rearranging my pillows in a different way every week. There is a finite number of ways that three pillows...

• Driving Home for Christmas - Chris Rea
• Wonderful Christmas-time - Paul McCartney
• Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
• Last Christmas - Wham!
• All I Want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey
• Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Bruce Springsteen
• Step Into Christmas - Elton John
• Fairytale of New York - The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
• Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens
• Happy Christmas (War is Over) - John Lennon
• S...

• Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo
• Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia
• The Swiss Federal Institute for Technology, Lausanne
• Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire, Geneva
• TRIUMF, Vancouver
• National Institute for Theoretical Physics, Adelaide

And if I DON'T graduate:

• Topshop
• Office
• Saas Fee Ski School???

Similar to my "some things that just bother me" list except that these things don't bother me at all. I just don't really like them.

• Absinthe
• Parma-Violets
• Seagulls
• Kylie Minogue's perfume "Darling" is disgusting.
• Mange-tout
• Ugg boots
• Japanese Spider Crabs - shudder
• Turkish delight
• Beer
• Dissections
• Rusty things
• Capella Sistina
• Prenuptual Agreements
• Politics
• Tracksuits
• Beach holiday resorts [Majorca, Malaga, Benid...

I now live with quite a few Americans and these are some things I've noticed:

Americans:

• Have this thing called "Thanksgiving" which is a bit like Christmas but minus everything vaguely Christmassy except snow, food and family. It's amazing although I don't really understand what they're giving thanks for...explanations?
• Speak very loudly apparently without realising
• Don't eat very healthily
• LOVE Hallo...

Things whose invention, creation, discovery or pure existence makes me a happier person for one reason or another.

• Vending machines
• Patterned wellies
• Blu-tac
• Glowsticks
• Wimbledon
• Calvin & Hobbes comics
• We Are Scientists
• The Exposition Universelle
• Snow (especially Alpine snow where you can actually see the snowflake pattern)
• Department stores
• Mugs of hot chocolate with whipped cream and marshmallows.
• Pashminas...

1. Via Pozzo Bianco, Napoli
2. Nemphlat Hill, Lanark
3. Rue le Primatice, Fontainebleau
4. Ave. De Reille, Paris
5. Via delle Quattro Fontane, Roma
6. Louisville Ave., Aberdeen
7. North Haugh, St Andrews - currently

next?

1 Royal Mile, Edinburgh!! Haha...

• I have a family who love eachother and me.
• I live in the most beautiful town in the country. In the most beautiful country in the world. [I'm not even that patriotic, I just think it's true!]
• My friends are the most amazing people and I know they're always there for me.
• I have financial security for a long long time.
• Somehow I managed to get into the one of the best universities in the world and for m...

• Being late for work.
• Waking up before the alarm goes off and thinking you've got another few hours of sleep until you look at the time and it's four minutes until the alarm's going to sound or something.
• Stepping in a puddle.
• Meeting an ex whilst out on a date, I fear that my ex will be telepathically warning my date to get out while he still can.
• Being asked for ID. [this will be erased from this lis...

• To do list (unless it's a list of the names and numbers of some German male models of course). No really, it's just boring and I have my life organised in my head quite well.
• TV List. I don't own a TV.
• Things I miss from my childhood. I used to have one of these before I re-vamped my listography in september. I deleted it because it just depressed me. Yep, I feel old.
• Bands I've seen live. Would be w...

Switzerland

• Zermatt
• Saas Fee
• Arosa
• Les Diablerets
• Gringlewald

France

• Tignes
• Val Thorens
• Courchevel

Austria

• Alpbach
• Neukirchen

Italy

• Val di Fassa
• Passo Tonale
• Selva

The first two are in order and after that any kind of logical arrangement goes out the window.

• Richard Feynman
• The way he thought was unique, that's why he was so great.
• James Clerk Maxwell [JCM as we call him in the business]
• This man condensed over 60 equations into just three, that's some serious execution of mathematics! Oh and he was Scottish...
• Albert Einstein
• Theorised the General and the Special...

1. Pierre Cardin
2. Christian Dior
3. Martin Margiela
4. Jean-Paul Knott
5. Hubert De Givenchy
6. Franck Sorbier
7. Yves Saint Laurent
8. Atelier Versace
9. Adeline Andre
10. Coco Chanel
11. Alexis Mabille
12. Anne Valeria Hash

Solo

• Saturday Night - Whigfield
• Sweet Dreams - The Eurythmics
• Walking on Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves
• Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!
• Ironic - Alanis Morisette
• Boom Boom Boom Boom - Vengaboys
• Sometimes - Britney Spears
• Girls & Boys - Blur
• Vogue - Madonna
• Material Girl - Madonna [one of my signature tracks]
• Get Into the Groove - Madonna
• Beautiful Stranger - Madonna
• Don't Tell Me - Madonna
• I Wanna Dance Wit...

• The joy I felt when we left.

[yeah...I didn't like it much haha. It was a very dirty place. The city council were corrupted and being controlled by the mafia. There were dead animals on the streets. Homeless people on every corner. The police were useless.All in all, an extremely undesirable area of Italy.]

• The fountains...all of them.
• Scooters
• Street musicians that were actually quite good for a change. They'd just spontaneously appear beside us as we sat outside and launch into "O Sole Mio" or something.
• The staff of Hotel Impero used to give me free breakfasts.
• Via Veneto - good times!
• Being fluent in Italian as a seven year old. I've lost hold of this language since we left.
• The walk between the Coloss...

• Cheryl Cole
• Kelly Brook
• Holly Willoughby
• Jessica Alba
• Scarlett Johannson
• Vikki Blows
• Natalie Portman
• Carmen Electra
• Kimberly Walsh
• Abbey Clancy
• Megan Fox
• Angelia Jolie

• Been in a fight
• Run out of credit on my phone
• Been dumped
• Tried skateboarding
• Eaten a pretzel
• Been skinny-dipping
• Drunk absinthe
• oh dear god my throat was on fire!
• Baked a cake
• Written a love-letter
• Used a tumble-drier
• Been arrested
• Worn a beret
• Been in debt
• Eaten falafel
• Used a chat-up line
• Been happy with my hair
• Juggled
• Been in a hot-tub
• Revised for an exam
• Tried knitting
• Understood the highway code
• Been under an an...

• I call Edinburgh "InbrEdinburgh" and Dundee "Scumdee". This actually only annoys people who are from these cities.
• I like to matchmake people and I sometimes get it very wrong and destroy relationships.
• My extreme sarcasm.
• I get up and say "My destination is the urination station" meaning "I'm off for a pee." A few people find this funny but a lot of people find this irritating.
• My Glaswegian/Italian/...

I am someone who gets very confused with film plots very easily. Here are some films that I still don't get, even after repeated viewings and people explaining them to me.

• The Matrix - I mean, what?!
• Lucky Number Sleven - But he was going to kill him but he killed him and he's actually him and the other guy was this other guy and...ahhh
• Taxidermi - perhaps watching it with no subtitles had some beari...