New Reading Material

Hey everyone!

I've recently started buying and reading http://www.independent.co.uk/i/.

I thought it would be a good idea to start reading more quality newspapers since I'll be starting university at the end of the summer and should start picking up some hints and tips on writing pieces of journalism. I really like the i paper because it is a condensed, concise version of the usual broad sheet newspapers. I read an interesting, sophisticated article by Rebecca Armstrong which brought up an idea I had never really gave much thought before but I've realised now that subconsciously, we all do it. Definitely worth a read!

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/you-know-um-id-kind-of-like-to-talk-about-filler-words-8641211.html?origin=internalSearch

I'd love to have a column in a newspaper and write articles like this. One day maybe...

I also thought that since I don't have much news or updates for today's post, I'd share the poem that is part of my Advanced Higher English folio that I am impatiently awaiting the results for.

Still Motion

Clouds of musky scented dust cling to the diffusing light,

The glow is projected heavily, dank

almost through invisible water.

The picture appears jarringly and shudders to life.

The footage snaps and crackles fuzzily,

You flicker and glide along the screen ghostly.

 

I blush as you smile at me, present in the room.

I recite your wilting letters from war times, over and over.

I imagine what you would say to me now as I watch you.

Still moving but frozen in time; you are captured just for me,

Forever to reply repeatedly when I please.

 

Resurrected in greyscale film strip,

Through this medium you’ll always live.

I jump in and join you on screen, far back in time.

I remember that night amongst the fog in my brain,

My hair was perfectly curled and

red lipstick applied thoroughly, all for you.

We embrace and pose playfully for the extended lens,

our faces glowing with youth and

new love before the dance.

 

But I feel you fading through my porous senses.

The tape spins, slows and chatters,

Smoke oozes from the reel to my alarm.

Zooming out quickly, our faces distorts and melt away.

The flames lick each square devilishly,

erasing your existence without mercy.

I clumsily try to extinguish the blaze in vain.

 

Now you only play back in my ever forgetful mind,

With accelerating speed you slip through my wrinkled fingers.

Now you are only a fond memory; but I can barely remember you.



It has been slightly tweaked this I wrote this version. I hope you guys like it. I welcome any feedback!

Summer Antics

Hey guys!

As I predicted, I completely forgot to update this as often as I should so here is a long over due brainstorm of everything that's been happening.

I have now officially left secondary school, which I'm excited and glad about on one hand because I get to have long lies in (yaay, no early starts for a while!) and a little nervous and apprehensive on the other hand as now I'm setting off into the big bad world of work and university.

These are some (I'll admit not so good) pictures of myself and some friends on our last day of school.

 

 

So job hunting has been going horribly as usual. I'm starting to think I really am unemployable. Someone give me some work please?!

However I will have something to fill my time with as I am going to the University of Glasgow's Summer School programme soon which I'm really excited/nervous about. I'm so happy that I'll have something to occupy myself with and I'll be able to gain valuable experience of what its like to study in a university. I'm also glad that I'm doing summer school because usually after being off for around 7 weeks and then returning to school again, I find that I've forgotten how to write. haha. So at least this will keep me being productive, busy and creative. I've chosen English Literature, Film & TV Studies and Psychology to study at summer school and I can't wait to get started.

I'm also excited to go to the Glasgow Uni Summer School for one of the reasons that attracts a lot of other people as well, that being that it does have a striking resemblance to Hogwarts, the setting of the Harry Potter franchise, to which I was raised on.

 

We also get free access to the sports facilities which I usually wouldn't be too bothered about, but I'm glad because now I have a great opportunity to hit the gym for free and get into shape for my holiday to Gran Canaria in August, for which I am counting down the days! I'm also planning on going there again next summer for my first holiday with my friends and without my parents since we'll all be big grown ups earning money by then (well, we'll see...)





I'm so excited to finally be getting some sun and heat, which fellow natives of my beautiful but rainy home will tell you is pretty alien to us. I think its going to be quite a shock to my peely wally (official translation: pale, pasty; off colour or ill -looking), almost translucent skin though, so I'll be sure to take plenty of suncream. haha.

Another event that I cannot wait for this summer (as Barney Stinson would say, wait for it...) is... T in the Park!! It'll be my second year going to Scotland's biggest and best music festival and I'm basically counting down the hours until it starts! If you haven't been before, I would highly recommend you stick it on your bucket list at least. It's a brilliant weekend and us Scots, contrary to popular belief, are pretty friendly once you get to know us.



In other news, I'll be having my gran coming to live with me for 10 days as my mum and dad are going on holiday on Thursday. Since I'm not being trusted to have the house to myself since they know me all too well and realise that the house would probably be in an unrecognisable state scattered with my hungover friends when they returned, its probably for the best that my gran is coming to stay. Maybe I'll be mature, responsible and trusted one day but I don't see that happening any time soon.

I'll try my best to remember to keep you guys up to date. I hope you all have a brilliant summer!

P.S. Song Of The Day is...(drumroll) Velvet Elvis - Alex Winston!!

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