The Importance of Being Lonely
February 21, 2014
As a modern student our lives are excessively busy. Yesterday I had a tutor meeting about an essay concerning Victorian melodrama; a seminar about how Oscar Wilde thinks murder is ok if you’re an artist; a meeting about Edinburgh Proposals at the Nottingham New Theatre; a recording for the radio play I’m in (Society Rules); …
Soundtrack to my life/ happy new year!
February 5, 2014
As you may know, I have recently got into classic fm. Now I know nothing about classical music, who wrote what or anything- but I have been know to say ‘TUNE’ when something I like comes on. And classical music I feel is very emotive, and some pieces I have heard have really echoed my …
Ranting…but this is love
January 29, 2014
So this is love: So is this: And this: My mum sent me some Frozen stickers in the post after me crying down the phone about a very stressful start to hospital placement. Yes – it has actually started! I had my VIVA on Friday, then a whole weekend to relax (what …
The Emergence and Varsity
January 28, 2014
Just give me a second. That’s it, was just shaking off the rustiness! It’s been nearly 4 weeks since I last blogged. I can only apologise and put all the blame on exams. Between the last blog and this one I have been through the exam equivalent of the 5 stages of grief. Denial Yeah …
Viva Forever
January 22, 2014
First there was this: Then this: Then this: Then some of this and this: I’ve been playing a game I got for Christmas called Crisis Core. It’s hilariously anime at some points (creatures with one emo wing, quoting from a book called “loveless”) but is great to take your brain out to. Also been catching …
Define holiday…
January 8, 2014
Happy New Year everyone! It has been two weeks since my last blog, as we have had Christmas and New Year on the Wednesdays in between, and the holiday has been MANIC. Christmas is always so busy I find, seeing family and friends and all the cooking and work that has to fit in …
“Learning” – ish.
November 27, 2013
Wooo Christmas is soon! Yay so excited! Humbug. I don’t know about you, but for me this is a stressful period in term. Beginning to sense home is near, but there’s just so much to do before then! This week has been quite stressful, and it looks like it will continue to be. But I’m a …
NEWSFLASH: Lecturers are People
March 20, 2013
In primary school, teachers are like robots. They can be kind of fun, help you learn – but your mind compartmentalises them into the “school” folder, in the way that cars are filed in “roads” and “garages” and flowers in “plants,” “gardens” and “vases” etc. Tell me I’m not the only one who thinks in …