So, uh, how much do I also love Christian Lloyd, who's the Field Studies Co-ordinator here at the Castle as well as the English literature tutor for IDIS 304 (British Studies I)? Not only is he an awesome lecturer who covers some really interesting topics (eg. British humour) and knows how to use audio-visual clips effectively and an all-around nice guy, but he's rather funny in this deadpan and/or snarky kind of way. And the thing that makes it even funnier is that he doesn't really seem like the kind of person who would be sarcastic -- this is probably a lot easier to imagine if you've seen him in person, but he comes off as a very serious and slightly anxious Englishman and when he snarks, he still uses the same tone, so it's a bit incongruous.

Anyway, there were two great little moments yesterday in IDIS 304 (British Studies I) -- one was on a newspaper article about new citizenship requirements for immigrants in Britain to reinforce British identity (whatever that is) where points would be deducted for 'anti-social acts, fly-tripping [littering], and criminal behaviour', to which he followed-up with something like 'I don't know why those are included, as they're great British traditions'; the other was when Will brought-up the London 2012 Olympic logo and asked the three tutors what they thought of it, to which Dr. Lloyd was like, 'Well, I hated it at first and now I like it. It's superficial, just like London is' (something to that effect, as I'm not a great paraphraser).

There was also a bit of an awkward moment at yesterday's information session about the tomorrow and Saturday's mid-term cultural studies trip to Dieppe in France. Regarding safety, Christian said something like 'Don't buy drugs from any of the street dealers, as you don't know what you're getting', after which there was an awkward silent pause and Rachel, who's one of the Student Service Co-ordinators, added '... and it's illegal?' Good time, good times.