<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[shattersnipe: malcontent &amp; rainbows]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://fozmeadows.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[fozmeadows]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://fozmeadows.wordpress.com/author/fozmeadows/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Hurdle The Last (I&nbsp;Hope)]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>So, I&#8217;ve been quiet of late. My last three uni assignments have been written and handed in, my second visa application has been posted off in the special ultra-expensive platinum courier express shinybag demanded by the British Consulate, and I am back to something which vaguely resembles a normal working week after a fortnight of random illness. But before I lie, shipwrecked and comatose on the shores of Guiltless Free Time, there is one last hurdle: a sit-down exam on Thursday. As per Nigel Havers in <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082158/">Chariots of Fire</a>, </em>I&#8217;m of half a mind to add a brimming glass of perilously balanced champagne to the mixture, just to make things interesting.</p>
<p>Or then again, maybe not.</p>
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