http://www.katberry.co.uk The life and times of a unique geek. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:16:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2012/02/01/pop-art/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2012/02/01/pop-art/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:13:46 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=1216 This sort of started as a joke with Zoe; she opened a photo of me in photoshop on my iMac and began drawing all over it for a laugh, giving me green hair and a beard, but then I drew one of her, and it was actually pretty good. I then did Sarah, Sophie and [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2012/02/01/pop-art/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2012/02/01/semester-2/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2012/02/01/semester-2/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:03:10 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=1199 I’m half way through the first week of Semester two, and I’m looking forward to the rest of it so much more than I was at the start of Semester one. I’m studying Ecology, Marine Ecology, Cell Biology & Genetics and Field Biology (which is the free field course to Malaga in Easter). The first [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2012/02/01/semester-2/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2012/01/24/procrastination/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2012/01/24/procrastination/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:18:45 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=1187 I have become a sort of expert in this recently. I’ve been feeling very down and my sleep pattern has gone down the drain and I’m feeling quite depressed quite often. This has lead to not feeling like revising for any exams. Partly because nothing goes in, but also I just can’t seem to concentrate [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2012/01/24/procrastination/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/12/30/im-a-mac/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/12/30/im-a-mac/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:08:58 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=1161 I’m writing this post from my new MacBook Air. This is the first computer I have ever actually bought myself, and I love it. It’s the most comfortable thing I’ve ever typed with, because it’s hardly there! It’s such a pretty machine, and being as powerful as a big laptop and as small as half [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/12/30/im-a-mac/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/12/01/two-months/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/12/01/two-months/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:57:41 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=1152 I have now been at University for two months, as of last Thursday. I have changed so much as a person in that time; I’ve met so many new people here and had a lot of new experiences. I’m loving every second of it, except of course the times when upstairs and downstairs are both [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/12/01/two-months/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/08/22/im-off/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/08/22/im-off/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:05:44 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=1138 Well I bring good news from UCAS. Only a short post, however, as there isn’t all that much more that I can say except.. I got the grades to go to Southampton! I needed BBB, and I got a B in Maths, A in Chemistry and A* in Biology. The last grade is my favourite. [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/08/22/im-off/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/08/22/say-hello-to-my-little-friend/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/08/22/say-hello-to-my-little-friend/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:00:55 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=1128 Well what have we here? It must by my new computer… After we got my Hackbook (read about it here), I fell in love with Macintosh. I know a lot of people moan that I’m a magpie because I like the shiny Macs, but I love everything about them. So after the Hackbook, I tried [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/08/22/say-hello-to-my-little-friend/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/07/25/rambling-rambles/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/07/25/rambling-rambles/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:20:27 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/07/25/rambling-rambles/ It’s roughly quarter to midnight now, at the start of this post, that is being written with the marvellous WordPress App on my iPhone. As I tried to write that sentence, the screen didn’t scroll so I couldn’t see what I was failing to write; that how’s you how wonderful the app really is. As [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/07/25/rambling-rambles/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/07/22/freedom-at-last/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/07/22/freedom-at-last/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:21:36 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=1124 Now that I’ve finally finished my exams I have some time to write something interesting again! Exams went fine, results day is 18th August, no more talk of them until I have officially passed, OK? The week after my last exam was prom. I had my hair done like Alexandra Stan in her video for [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/07/22/freedom-at-last/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/07/22/easter-holiday-part-3-san-francisco/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/07/22/easter-holiday-part-3-san-francisco/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:43:48 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=1121 Wednesday in San Francisco… We met up with the Petty’s in the hotel lobby and wandered off for breakfast somewhere. We found a nice place called Pat’s cafe, and I had blueberry pancakes with a huge mug of tea. It was a good breakfast! We then went off to find Westfield’s and Macy’s. Westfield’s was [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/07/22/easter-holiday-part-3-san-francisco/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/05/10/easter-holiday-part-2-las-vegas/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/05/10/easter-holiday-part-2-las-vegas/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 15:22:23 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=1102 Where to begin, I guess, on boarding the 777 at Heathrow. Well, we didn’t take off until an hour after we should have done, for a start. Some silly Americans wanted to do a random security check on one guy once we’d already boarded. So that was extra boredom that I didn’t need. Secondly, my [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/05/10/easter-holiday-part-2-las-vegas/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/05/10/counting-down-the-days/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/05/10/counting-down-the-days/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 14:52:54 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=1099 My first exam is two weeks on Thursday, the day before our last day at school. It’s Statistics, which is thankfully a unit that I find relatively straighforward. At least, I hope I do. Then I’ve got a couple of empty weeks to revise, followed by two weeks of exams. Not full to the brim [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/05/10/counting-down-the-days/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/04/12/were-all-goin-on-an-easter-holiday/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/04/12/were-all-goin-on-an-easter-holiday/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:32:24 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/04/12/were-all-goin-on-an-easter-holiday/ At 1:30pm I’ll be picked up by a taxi and taken all the way to the terminal at Heathrow. We’re off to Las Vegas for my uncle’s wedding- finally! It seems like this has been some distant future event for so long. Anyway, I think I should be getting dressed, I’ll keep this post updated [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/04/12/were-all-goin-on-an-easter-holiday/feed/ 1 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/03/29/i-can-do-this/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/03/29/i-can-do-this/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:18:54 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=1087 Okay. I can’t really say much about what’s been going on lately. Well, the last proper blog post, that wasn’t random ramblings about laptops and song lyrics and whatever else, was after my birthday. Since then, I’ve had a few surprises. First off, we had a lovely Valentine’s day. Toby surprised me with gorgeous red [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/03/29/i-can-do-this/feed/ 2 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/03/25/pretending-i-have-a-mac/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/03/25/pretending-i-have-a-mac/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:19:34 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=1082 I have had a few issues with the USB inputs on my laptop lately. Mainly, they don’t work. Windows 7 kept coming up with a message saying the USB device cannot be recognised, and we decided this was because they had no power, or the drivers weren’t working. So basically, we had to reinstall Windows [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/03/25/pretending-i-have-a-mac/feed/ 2 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/20/lol-2/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/20/lol-2/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:01:55 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=1063 I saw this on my uncle’s feed on Tumblr, and thought it was amazing. It’s probably less amazing for people who don’t understand the biology in the middle, but I was LOL’ing my face off for a while! (Apologies for the amount of swearing, I do always try not to on here!)]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/20/lol-2/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/11/anyone-feel-like-revision-me-neither/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/11/anyone-feel-like-revision-me-neither/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:14:48 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=1055 I’ve done a bit.. And I have evidence.. My stunning portrait of the trigonometrical identities that I need to know for my mock exams next week! I haven’t done that much revision to be honest, which is bad, but I’ve been ILL AGAIN this week with another stupid cold!!! HOW IS THAT FAIR? So I’ve [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/11/anyone-feel-like-revision-me-neither/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/07/my-beloved-monster/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/07/my-beloved-monster/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:14:43 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=968 My beloved monster and me We go everywhere together Wearing a raincoat that has four sleeves Gets us through all kinds of weather My beloved monster is tough If she wants she will disrobe you But if you lay her down for a kiss Her little heart it could explode She will always be the [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/07/my-beloved-monster/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/07/mac-address/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/07/mac-address/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:06:49 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=934 The school has a stupid way of handing out the Wifi network. We have to fill in a form specifying make/model/anti virus etc, and then we get given a code, linked to our login to the school data network that links to one machine. I didn’t realise how it did this until Toby mentioned Mac [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/07/mac-address/feed/ 2 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/07/switching-and/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/07/switching-and/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:43:00 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=927 I’ve had my hackbook for a weekend now, and I’m getting really used to it. I still can’t get over how fast it is to do anything, and how long the battery lasts. There are a few things that have been annoying me though. It wouldn’t bother me as much on a proper mac, because [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/07/switching-and/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/04/dell-mini-hackbook/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/04/dell-mini-hackbook/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:13:46 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=915 Toby was doing some browsing the other day on Ebay and found something really quite cool. Ever seen a Dell mini9 netbook? Well, he found one with Snow Leopard (Mac OSX) on it. This may not sound that thrilling but the amount of times I have been annoyed by Windows is getting too many to [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/04/dell-mini-hackbook/feed/ 2 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/02/ancient/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/02/ancient/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:47:37 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=907 I’m not really, but I definitely feel older. We had a good night on Thursday, had curry for dinner and some Cava, that made me feel quite ill! Woke up fine on Friday though. We went to Glo in Reading for dinner, which was really nice. We started off sharing some dim sum; duck spring [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/02/02/ancient/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/26/into-adulthood/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/26/into-adulthood/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:40:52 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=900 This is officially the last post from me as a child. It’s scary to think that I’m an adult; so much can go wrong! I need to be responsible.. Well, not until after this weekend! On friday, Toby and Chris are taking me out clubbing, so that will be interesting! Then on saturday I’ve got [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/26/into-adulthood/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/20/moo/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/20/moo/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:02:51 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/17/moo/ I’ve been using moo.com for a while now for my business cards, and love how they print my designs. Their products are so nice, you can design your own styles for all their items including business cards, greetings cards, postcards, stickers and accessories. They also send out monthly newsletters showing other people’s ideas for using [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/20/moo/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/19/pleased/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/19/pleased/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:42:04 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/19/pleased/ I had my baccalaureate presentation today after school. There were 11 of us doing them, I was last, so I didn’t leave school until 6 o’clock. It was really tiring, but I am now relieved that I’ve completed it. I am slightly disappointed with how I performed as I didn’t say all that I’d planned [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/19/pleased/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/17/sleep-well-world/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/17/sleep-well-world/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:02:51 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/17/sleep-well-world/ I’m lying here in bed with my lovely iPhone 4 and my gorgeous bracelet that Toby gave me and I just had to write down how content I am with life at the moment. Sure, it’s full of exams and a bit of stress, but I’m getting on well with all of my friends, I’m [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/17/sleep-well-world/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/12/ecstasy/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/12/ecstasy/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:56:33 +0000 Kat http://www.katberry.co.uk/?p=879 I just got an email from UCAS saying the status of my application has changed. Southampton gave me a conditional offer (BBB) for Zoology! I’m so happy! I almost rang my whole phonebook to tell everyone but that’s a little excessive. I just screamed on Facebook instead! YAY!]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/12/ecstasy/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/10/sigh-of-relief-sort-of/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/10/sigh-of-relief-sort-of/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:53:31 +0000 Kat http://www.mieow.me.uk/?p=869 I phoned up Southampton University on Thursday after talking to Mum about what I was thinking, and the guy at Ocean Sciences was really helpful. He said he’d send my application over to Biological Sciences for Zoology, and I rang up today and they’ve received it, so now I’m just playing the waiting game again. [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/10/sigh-of-relief-sort-of/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/04/new-years-resolutions/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/04/new-years-resolutions/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:07:34 +0000 Kat http://www.mieow.me.uk/?p=867 Drink more water. The classic choice because, as always, I need to be healthier and drink more to stop my epic low blood pressure and dizziness, as well as giving me clearer skin and thoughts (apparently). Exercise properly. The gym is a good place for this when you spend more than half an hour at [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/04/new-years-resolutions/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/04/xmasnew-yearuni-panic/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/04/xmasnew-yearuni-panic/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:59:36 +0000 Kat http://www.mieow.me.uk/?p=864 Christmas went with a nice bang. I spent Christmas Eve firstly at Toby’s, where I got a really nice hoodie from his family, some smellies from Sarah and a GORGEOUS Pandora bracelet from Toby! We then went back to mine where he got his presents from Mum and Dad. It was a really nice day [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2011/01/04/xmasnew-yearuni-panic/feed/ 4 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/11/30/45-offers/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/11/30/45-offers/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:43:03 +0000 Kat http://www.mieow.me.uk/?p=860 Well, so far I’ve got 4 offers for Uni! In order of preferance: PLYMOUTH! ABB Essex 280 with BC, so BBC Hull 280 with C in Biology Swansea ABB (same as Plymouth, so no thanks!) Now I’m just waiting for an invitation to an interview with Southampton. Although I’m not overly bothered, since if I [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/11/30/45-offers/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/11/25/omg-cataclysm/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/11/25/omg-cataclysm/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:58:44 +0000 Kat http://www.mieow.me.uk/?p=854 WOW! World of Warcraft WOW!!! I had to watch the cinematic before I logged in yesterday, seeing the new login screen with Deathwing was so cool! I was really excited. I’m also sad though, since the areas that Elsia grew up in are now burnt to the ground (Darkshore). I haven’t been to the lava [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/11/25/omg-cataclysm/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/11/25/university/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/11/25/university/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:53:53 +0000 Kat http://www.mieow.me.uk/?p=852 Well, after a few problems at school, my UCAS application was sent off. I sent it off from my end to my tutor two weeks ago on Monday. She then came to be the next Friday, asking me to help her write my reference. This, I thought had been done back in half term, but obviously [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/11/25/university/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/11/12/guilds/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/11/12/guilds/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:07:45 +0000 Kat http://www.mieow.me.uk/?p=828 Inspirettie (Toby) and I were the Guild Masters of Timeléss, a guild which has sadly now passed away. The plan was to have our own guild so that we could be in charge of raiding and actually get a chance to participate; all other guilds wanted very high gearscores and you had to have earned [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/11/12/guilds/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/11/08/the-new-blog/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/11/08/the-new-blog/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:32:39 +0000 Kat http://www.mieow.me.uk/?p=826 Right. Well. I’ve resorted absolutely everything and made this a truly geek blog. As you can see, I’ve added more for my WoW stuff, so if you’re a Warcraft geek you can come and read up on my fails as a Night Elf Hunter. If you’re not into WoW already, let me know if you [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/11/08/the-new-blog/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/09/08/summer/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/09/08/summer/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:37:56 +0000 Kat http://www.mieow.me.uk/?p=789 I think it’s been summer. Not quite sure, judging by the weather. Maybe we had all the summer we were allowed to have in April. I had quite a good time off though.. Part of it I couldn’t spend off though, since I have this AQA Baccalaureate to do, which involves a massive extended project [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/09/08/summer/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/08/07/onyxias-lair/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/08/07/onyxias-lair/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:33:33 +0000 Kat http://www.mieow.me.uk/?p=840 We battled through the single boss raid of Onyxia’s Lair yesterday. It was a straightforward run to the boss, but she was difficult to take down. We wiped a few times, but we did well to get her down. My DPS was getting quite high by the end, and I was proud of that. I [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/08/07/onyxias-lair/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/08/03/obsidian-sanctum/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/08/03/obsidian-sanctum/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:22:41 +0000 Kat http://www.mieow.me.uk/?p=831 On 2/08/2010, 10 members of our old guild, Timeléss, went on a raid to Obsidian Sanctum. With only 4 bosses, it was an easy run, and good practice for inexperienced raiders (like me). We only had one death (me- oops. Lava should be avoided…) through the whole raid, which involved a few bosses with strange [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/08/03/obsidian-sanctum/feed/ 0 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/07/04/elveden-forest-center-parcs/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/07/04/elveden-forest-center-parcs/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:02:02 +0000 Kat http://www.mieow.me.uk/?p=783 Toby and his family picked me up from school and we drove off, straight up the M25 to Elveden Forest. We went for the weekend to Center Parcs as a nice break after mine and Sarah’s exams. The journey was ok, I was tired so was sleeping for a bit of it, and we got [...]]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/07/04/elveden-forest-center-parcs/feed/ 1 http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/07/04/new-pages/ http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/07/04/new-pages/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:36:55 +0000 Kat http://www.mieow.me.uk/?p=780 I’ve just made some quick updates to my pages from last year, so have a read :) Thanks guys!]]> http://www.katberry.co.uk/2010/07/04/new-pages/feed/ 0