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Irish Independent/Times Exam Diaries (Should be ashamed!)

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  • #152
    m-i-t-s-u-k-o
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭m-i-t-s-u-k-o


    LOl besides Ross O Carrol Kelly's already done that.. Mind you Ross O Carroll Kelly is fictional.. she's not... which is what worries me...


  • #153
    ZorbaTehZ
    Registered Users Posts: 2,149 ✭✭✭ZorbaTehZ


    janeybabe wrote: »
    I was just thinking about my friend who got 600 first time. He went on to do medicine. He's highly intelligent and studied hard but failed chemistry in first year and had to spend the summer studyin for the repeats. Medicine is not that easy!

    I can tell you as a med student, that I'd be surprised if she made it through 5 years of Medicine. Very surprised.


  • #154
    Conor108
    Registered Users Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Conor108


    After a troubled night's sleep I woke up early and went online, determined to get the shoes that would kick Irish to the kerb.

    I found them on eBay; a divine pair of Christian Louboutim. At $900 (€575) they were practically giving them away. Yes, it's a ridiculous luxury, but a girl's gotta do .

    Oh Christ:eek: Just stay in the school love


  • #155
    MattD
    Registered Users Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭MattD


    Forgot to mention that shoe thing as well before. She just opitomises the D4 airhead, cash splashing, pompous cows who really should be exterminated.

    Yeah, she clearly is just trying to get Medicine just to be able to say thats what shes doing. She's probably not even smart, but will just get those points cuz she knows the course like the back of her hand.

    She will fail spectacularly in life.

    Who even wants a doctor like that? 'Uh ya, you, loike, have a brain tumour. But your bag is divine! Whered you loike get it'


  • #156
    Ciks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭Ciks


    :) It just goes to show - there must be huge flaws in the Leaving cert programme if people like that are getting such high points!:p


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  • #157
    beautiation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 381 ✭✭beautiation


    Heartbreaker guys: Laura's taken. She must have needed to tell us that to stop all the boardsies sending in marraige proposals through the times.

    Lol at her self-congratulatory "I just won't quit!" attitude, like she's some kind of heroine for enduring another year of dossing about at the institute in pursuit of her dreams. What's funny is that medicine is just as hard at the leaving, so if she continues at this rate she won't finish her undergrad for 20 years.


  • #158
    cHaTbOx
    Registered Users Posts: 8,011 ✭✭✭cHaTbOx


    Is it just me or does she sound like that one from legally blonde??:pac:


  • #159
    Ciks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭Ciks


    No. It's worse. Its like a bad joke - she's desperately trying to be funny be no-one's laughing. (except maybe with disbelief)


  • #160
    PrivateEye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭PrivateEye


    Ciks wrote: »
    she'd be sent to Iraq to do a piece on war

    ..for the cost of a pair of shoes, we could maybe do a fundraiser, and send her off on a little shopping trip to Basra.

    the 'traumatised d4 head surronded by tanks chic' look is in.


  • #161
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    I think her writing style is fantastic and the points that she makes are all interesting and I always feel intellectually revived after reading her exam diary each morning

    [size=-7]just testing the water here, see what response I get to this[/size]


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  • #162
    Livo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭Livo


    was talking to my friend's mum today who is a doctor, she said it would be a disgrace if she got into medicine. but apparently the failure rate of first year med exams is very high, if she has to do three leavings to get in in the first place how's she going to deal with that sort of pressure?


    she's a fool, seriously, love how she said she hasn't got much acclaim for her column because of how preoccupied everyone is with their own exams... no love, it's cos you insist on patronising us every day by telling us how many points you have "under your baroque princess bed", how posh you are, how much your clothes cost....the list goes on....


  • #163
    Syferus
    Registered Users Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭Syferus


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    I think her writing style is fantastic and the points that she makes are all interesting and I always feel intellectually revived after reading her exam diary each morning

    [SIZE=-7]just testing the water here, see what response I get to this[/SIZE]
    I agree.


  • #164
    BarryDoodles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 209 ✭✭BarryDoodles


    The girl got 545 last year, spent more money in a minute than your parents earn in a week and has everyone reading her articles....And this girl will fail in life??? Don't think so... sounds like jealousy to me


  • #165
    Syferus
    Registered Users Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭Syferus


    BarryDoodles wrote: »
    The girl got 545 last year, spent more money in a minute than your parents earn in a week and has everyone reading her articles....And this girl will fail in life??? Don't think so... sounds like jealousy to me

    I'm very jealous of people who wish they were from South Dublin.


  • #166
    *pda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭*pda


    is the only designer she knows of Louis Vuitton?? does she only have one pair of shoes?????? aaargh she just mentions them in the most random, unneccesaary places...!?


  • #167
    PurpleFistMixer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭PurpleFistMixer


    Syferus wrote: »
    I'm very jealous of people who wish they were from South Dublin.
    Tallaght? I guess the Square's pretty all-encompassing...


  • #168
    Rosstafarian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 104 ✭✭Rosstafarian


    "DANTE THE snake shed his skin last night. Rebirth is painful, and you're not offered an epidural.

    He made such a racket that my brother opted to sleep in the bathroom. He fell on the way and set off the burglar alarm. Woken so rudely, I couldn't go back to sleep so I looked over my art history notes"

    What the hell is this? I thought i was reading an EXAM diary not "my pet the snake" (A snake which I feel probably doesn't exist like most things she mentions in her writing ie. her pet iguana).

    She's so pretentious it makes me want to spew all over the floor and wipe it up with her article. (please excuse the revolting imagery but i feel its appropriate here).

    I hope she doesn't get her points... AGAIN


  • #169
    eoin2nc
    Registered Users Posts: 688 ✭✭✭eoin2nc


    ''I predict that I have between 480 and 500 points already' and is predicting an A1 in classics? I hope she fails, the cocky bitch

    Also at the end it says she will be writing in the 'college life'' section of the Times in the Autumn, hopefully she has to be repeat again


  • #170
    PurpleFistMixer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭PurpleFistMixer


    eoin2nc wrote: »
    Also at the end it says she will be writing in the 'college life'' section of the Times in the Autumn, hopefully she has to be repeat again
    Dear jesus no!

    And I normally like the Irish Times.


  • #171
    The Walsho
    Registered Users Posts: 1,251 ✭✭✭The Walsho


    eoin2nc wrote: »

    Also at the end it says she will be writing in the 'college life'' section of the Times in the Autumn, hopefully she has to be repeat again

    You can't be serious?! Can the Irish Times not see how she's infuriating the public?


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  • #172
    Livo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭Livo


    eoin2nc wrote: »
    Also at the end it says she will be writing in the 'college life'' section of the Times in the Autumn, hopefully she has to be repeat again

    no, no, dear god no... :confused:


  • #173
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    Think about it though: If she gets medicine and writes the college diary and then fails medicine that might provide some entertainment.


  • #174
    cHaTbOx
    Registered Users Posts: 8,011 ✭✭✭cHaTbOx


    I wish i was writing about 'college life' lol.

    Today, i woke up with the stench of 5 parrots on my head ,how they got there i do not know ,but they seem ever so facinated with my designer belt.Its a knocked off gucci you know..............


  • #175
    starkinter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 59 ✭✭starkinter


    She will fail at medicine. Repeatedly.


  • #176
    Cokehead Mother
    Closed Accounts Posts: 773 ✭✭✭Cokehead Mother


    starkinter wrote: »
    She will fail at medicine. Repeatedly.

    I doubt it. I get the impression that once the um... third level maitre'd shows her to the best table at the CAO bistro she'll just fail first year and then do the french/russian degree she's obviously more interested in.


  • #177
    BMH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 804 ✭✭✭BMH


    Can't be a worse college diarist than the shut-in Polish girl that bitched about having to do pre-med and never went outside.


  • #178
    33% God
    Closed Accounts Posts: 338 ✭✭33% God


    Jesus! I read her stuff yesterday, how pretentious can you get?

    If she doesn;t get the points this time round then it's all a matter, 3 times, anyone could get them at that rate.


  • #179
    LPB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭LPB


    Laura Brady (Times Diaryist) here. First time I've come and checked out these blogs today - (too busy being self-absorbed the rest of the time I'm sure!) I have to say, I found all the people here ranting about me to be hilarious. I didn't really intend the diary's to be taken seriously. I just figured everyone was sick of hearing about 'poor stressed LC students' so I made a bit of a parody of myself to take the serious edge off things. I also had to write the columns directly after the exams, and they're obviously not my priority at this time of year. Also, I read a few posts of people saying they knew me or saw me on Leeson St, when thats just not true. I'm glad to see that the columns have at least made waves - I just thought that more people would realise that it was all supposed to be a joke.


  • #180
    rc28
    Registered Users Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭rc28


    Lol I had a feeling you were having a bit of a laugh! If that really is you laura then I suppose I should congratulate you on managing to get everyone to take you seriously- your columns are entertaining and excellently written anyway.


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  • #181
    PrivateEye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭PrivateEye


    BarryDoodles wrote: »
    The girl got 545 last year, spent more money in a minute than your parents earn in a week and has everyone reading her articles....And this girl will fail in life??? Don't think so... sounds like jealousy to me


    I'm not in the slightest jealous of her.


    She embodies everything thats wrong with the country at the minute.
    She is throwing away cash, and bragging about a pair of shoes, while people are losing jobs daily in this state.


    Reality
    Laura Bradys Home.Or Homes.

    do you notice the gap?

    It's a disgrace they think most of Ireland can relate to her. It just reinforces the old stereotype of those who read the Irish Times.
    We bought it for YEARS up until last week, we've stopped for a variety of reasons, but I don't think you have to be some ABC1 type to read any newspaper....when they shove people like Laura Brady to the front of their Leaving Cert section, they are nearly justifying the image that exists of their paper.

    Madame Editor is obviously very out of touch with Ireland anyway. she did call the national 'mad' last week, and they proved her right :pac:

    She's so, loike, annoying.
    Thats all really.

    Didn't see her piece today, and I don't for a second believe thats her above....I'd expect Lord Lucan to post here first


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