Still, we've had an incredible year and as the finish line approaches in a few weeks time I find myself looking back to that day of the interview, pondering the impact that Soas has had along the way and wondering if my dream would ever have taken flight had that day gone differently.
Laura Barton I've spent years pondering what the point and purpose of the Mercury prize is and come to the conclusion that the best argument for its continued existence is that it brings the kind of album that more people would like if only they heard it to wider attention.
Risk-averse studios will be pondering the degree to which Radcliffe ticks the "guys want to be him, women want to be with him" boxes, usually accepted as prerequisites for A-list stardom among male film actors.
Fianna Fail, meanwhile, is already pondering its post election-hammering strategy.
BBC executives pondering Armando Iannucci's recent calls for the BBC to launch a subscription channel to fund British rivals to The Sopranos and The Wire might look to AMC for a few ideas on how to create a successful drama channel from almost nothing.
My first impression: I adore pondering number theory, so I am a sucker for books like this.
Welcome as this is, Bayern will perhaps hope their manager spends part of the summer pondering his defensive repertoire for an occasion such as this, where the refusal to crouch behind the guard a little can become a point of stubborn principle.
Davies is still pondering his choice of restaurant when the menus arrive.
So I'm surely not the only one often to lie in bed pondering the grave - though extra points to me for doing so under the very ceiling that, you'll recall, is likely to send me to it.
News of the commission has broken prematurely after the rival screenwriter Andrew Davies was asked at a broadcasting conference what new adaptations he was pondering, and mentioned the Zola novel.
Outside a slate-grey sky is pondering whether to dispense driving sleet or merely torrential rain.
