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Awesome. My David Attenborough DVD The Private Life of Plants just arrived moments ago. Can't wait to pop that into the DVD player and finally watch it.

That was my first docu that I ever watched. My aunt had a VHS copy of it, and I was so fascinated, not only by the info but with the video techniques and presenter who gave off this radiant aura of knowledge, that I watched it whenever I could and even borrowed it for a while. I distinctly remember this, because I was also doing public speaking in primary and I was trying to emulate the way David Attenborough spoke and his mannerisms. Now I pretty much have his whole set of documentaries. He's making his last series at the moment. On my buy list already.

Now, I read on some forum somewhere, some when, that the poster absolutely hated mobile phones going off during uni lectures. Not my biggest peeve, since at uni I perma-silence my phone and it's relatively rare that ring tones go off. They are usually silenced quite quickly. What annoys me more is the chatting you get during lectures. Don't get me wrong. A few whispered words or sentences don't piss me off. Doesn't even register on my radar. But the lecturer stops talking for a moment. A little fumble in the slides, or maybe some delay as they mentally rearranged themselves for the next topic, and all this chatter starts. It's constant and always seems to be a buzz in your ear. You're trying to listen to the lecturer make this important point, and all you can hear are snatches and ends of conversations. My pysch lecturer told us to be quiet and asked 'why are you so noisy?' and some student replied '...boring...'. Boring? So leave. No one is forcing you to stay. If you find the lecture boring then leave and go do something exciting. Don't keep talking and disturbing everyone else. Eventually, at the break, half the class left and you could actually hear the lecturer speak and not worry about the voices you hear echoing in your head.

Private Life of Plants now. Then maybe some Halo 2, a sprinkling of Neverwinter Nights, garnished with a touch of Phoenix Wright Trials and Tribulations.