My brush with the law

I'm a nice, law-abiding person. Clearly I have in the past crossed the road on a red light or driven slightly above the speed limit, but I would draw the line at saying that burglary or criminal damage are acceptable pastimes.

However, yesterday, I was stopped and searched by the BTP (British Transport Police for those who do not know). On my way to get the underground into town, I was stopped by a perfectly nice policeman who explained that they were doing "random" searches under the Terrorism Act, looking for suspicious materials such as newspaper cuttings, explosives etc. The reason why "random" is in quotemarks will become glaringly obvious shortly... the sharpest of you will have worked it out already, I'm sure.

So he looks in my bag - the most cursory of searches really, and we have a little chat about the Terrorism Act and he wrote down my details and suchlike. As a good little law student I obviously asked what the information was going to be used for and all the answers I received were satisfactory. I got to keep the little pink (yes, PINK!!!) piece of paper and everything, so this was all very exciting.

I can hear you ask - how likely is a little blonde twenty-something to be involved in terrorism? (If you've watched season 2 of 24 you may think it is actually pretty likely). You may think this incident inspires confidence in the police and is evidence that they are carrying out truly random searches where gender or ethnicity are irrelevant.

After the policeman had given me my little piece of paper, he asked me out on a date.

Random search or blatant abuse of power?

I'll let you decide.

Legally Blonde Returns

So I have finally returned.

To the impatient person who asked why I hadn't posted my results, I suggest you read below where I stated I would be away for six weeks looking at the world. As much as I have a soft spot for my lovely readers, I hate to tell you that updating my blawg was not my top priority when the other choice was sightseeing and shopping.

I did get my results, they weren't as good as I would have liked, I only managed a Commendation which I am not happy about but seeing how badly I felt many of my exams went at the time, I suppose I can't really complain. However it is all over now so there is no need to discuss it any further.

I have just finished Harry Potter and cried. Now I must start actually organising my life having been away from it for so long. I will update you on my journey soon enough. Patience children.