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I was sitting at home last night having a bit of a late-night design session for a new website and my window is wide open, as it’s a beautiful warm night. Suddenly there’s a massive bang and my curtains shook! I actually jumped (such an edgy person don’t ya know). A friend (who also lives in Hull) immediately sent me a “Did you hear that thunder” MSN message. Due to the fact I was; a - tired and b - a dumbass, I genuinley thought it was thunder. I did, however joke that it sounded like someone had fired a howitzer. I woke up this morning to find this news. There was a gas explosion in a Kebab shop which explains the volume of the ‘bang’; I live just over 2km away. The Fire brigade are still digging at the scene and unfortunately they’ve found one body. In an effort to look for small mercys, It could of been a lot worse if it had been one of the Kebab shops to the East of the university, as they are always packed with students on a Wednesday night. Still, fingers crossed the Fire Brigade find that it was a quiet night for that particular shop and this accident does not become anymore tragic.

> BBC News article on gas explosion

I’m free! Well, I mean I’ve finally finished my exams. I’ve made it through university which is pretty much a shock to everyone I think. The exams went okay, here’s hoping they let me graduate! The end of last week has been rather a blur and it cumulated with a night out at Funky (which was held at the Welly Club) where the seemingly conjoined ‘Mr Beasley’ also performed. It was the best night out I’ve had for a while, but to be honest I’ve had so few nights out for a while, what with the exams and all. Me and my co-horts danced it up to the max and one of my friends decided (against my advice) to show off her party trick. This showcases her magnificent sense of balance by placing a full pint of lager on her head. Fortunately the glass didn’t smash as it (predictably) fell to the ground and we were just left with a moderately sodden dance floor. Still, it’s impressive when it works! I’m going to be looking at jobs this week and getting my PHP up to scratch in order to hopefully enhance my employability. It’s nice to know that as I’ve been studious, the rest of the world has carried on as normal:

According to Pitchfork the latest Fall tour has ‘Descended into Chaos’. Ah, M.E.S. is playing up and God’s in his heaven, all’s right with the world! Actually, placing the blame at the foot of Mark E Smith is somewhat unfair this time; his only mistake was to let the Fall play with some MySpace band plebs whose leader decided to throw a banana skin at him. Apparently he found Smiths behaviour frustrating. Well durr, had he even heard of ‘The Fall’? Was he surprised? Did he expect polite banter and straight-faced professionalism? The Fall went off stage to chants of USA! USA! USA! Seriously, were there any real Fall fans at this gig? You don’t get such behaviour in Manchester. It’s worth reading the full eyewitness report at Pitchfork for such gems as; “MARK E. SMITH a.k.a MR. BURNS”. Bless ‘em.