This is the best thing ever for insect bites.  And it makes a cool clicky noise as you give yourself electric shocks (teeny tiny ones, they feel like you're scratching yourself with a pin).  But the proof of the pudding is in the fact that the swelling on the enormous bite on my arm went down within half an hour, and it hasn't itched since.   Maybe I'll survive the summer after all (even if it does seem to be over for now in Oxford....)

scrake

LJ Interests meme results

1. australia:
   My sister lived in Australia for 6 months, and I was hoping to go see her, but it didn't work out. She's back from S.E. Asia today!
2. ceramic processing:
   This is what I do with my life - my PhD is on Ceramic Processing of Magnesium Diboride.
3. daffodils:
   I absolutely adore daffodils, they're fantastic and always make me smile. Something about the bright yellow and the trumpet-shaped flower. Fabulous. If anyone's taking notes, I also love gerberas and tulips.
4. formula one:
   Was my favourite sport, possibly still is given that nothing's taken it's place, but I'm not so into it. In my 3rd Year viva, the examiners handed me the side of an F1 car and asked me why it was made the way it was (they do that in materials). I proceeded to gibber on about F1 for the next 10 minutes - 10 minutes which weren't even supposed to be part of my 15 minute viva. Ah well, something worked though as I got a first in the end!
5. lacrosse:
   I was very keen on lacrosse in school, but never all that great at it - yeah, I can catch/throw/tackle/cradle, but up against a team who know what they're doing I'm just not quick enough. My sister was a lacrosse goalie in school, she's much braver than me!
6. linacre college:
   This is my current college in Oxford University. Oddly noone else has listed this as an interest - strange. It's not as good as pembroke college though! I don't honestly socialise that much there. But we do have fantastic food, and it's the home of my String Quartet.
7. new york:
   One of my favourite cities in the world. I want to live there when I grow up.
8. pembroke college:
   The best college in Cambridge! This is where most of my friends on LJ are from, and was where I met James (in the dining hall, how romantic). However it was also a place (not my friends so much, more the staff and other people) I got heartily sick of by the end, colleges are very insular, and that probably contributed to my decision to go to a Graduate College in Oxford.
9. switzerland:
   I lived in Zurich, Switzerland in the summer of 2003 (that was the hot one, and led to one train being delayed by... wait for it - 5 minutes!!!! All while I was hearing stories from the UK of rail lines melting...) It was great fun, I loved it, and came back with a kilo and a half of chocolate in my bag. Want to go back!! But only if it's nice and hot and I can swim in the lake. And go to the Grand Cafe and eat ice cream.
10. travel:
    May be obvious from some of my other answers, but I love to travel. I've been all over the place, but want to travel more - to Egypt, and go to Greece, and Australia, and India, and the rest of Europe.... oh, and I really want to go back to the States, and I'm really looking forward to my trip to see bellish in Japan this summer!
    
    This is why I need a job where I can travel lots!

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