Apologies for our unscheduled intermission

So here's the thing. I started university again a few weeks ago and have found little to no time to do extra curricular fun things such as blogging and reading - this makes me really sad. However, that being said I am having so much fun doing my Masters Degree that I am not sure if I actually care about missing out of fun things. Don't get me wrong, I love blogging, but reading about literary theories and critiquing other people's work gives me a certain joy that you just don't get from blogging. I feel like my opinions towards these people's writing is making a difference, and that makes me happy, so yay. There are some negatives though - I don't know these people. Part of the reason why I loved my undergrad so much, was the fact that I loved the people in my classes, I didn;t know them, but I loved them, that one guy and his super loud and annoying laugh, the girl that scrunched up in her chair every lesson, the group of people that would wander in 10 minutes late - they all made that course and my university experience unique, and now they're gone. They have gone off to other universities, into jobs, into life, and I am sat here wishing I could trade all of these new people for my old people. I miss them.

I hate change, but change is supposed to do you good, right? Supposed to being the key statement in that statement.

Where was I? Oh yes. I am hoping to resume regular blogging next week, but I may keep it to one post a week until I can completely figure out my timetable.

Hope you're having a good autumn, and please recommend me some new books to read. My two-hour bus journey home is driving me crazy.

Peace, love and sausage rolls

Kirstie

PS. Who else is going to YA Shot at the end of the month?

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I've finished my Degree

Cue stereotypical 'look I've finished my degree, here is my dissertation' photo.

I have finally finished university, which means I have more time to dedicate to the blog. If you didn't see my previous blog post, I took a break from here a few months ago so I could focus on working on my essays and writing my dissertation. After seriously messing up my sleeping patten, and spending almost thirty-seven hours in the library (I took a break and went for a three hour nap at my friends house, half way through) I finished my dissertation, and handed her in ten minutes before the deadline, and let me tell you, it was the greatest most terrifying feeling of my entire life.

I have been studying Creative Writing with History for the past three years, and before that I was doing my A-levels, and before that it was my GCSE's. I have never not been in education, so this moment is pretty scary for me. I have applied for a Masters, which I have received a conditional offer for, but this is the first time I have ever not really known what I was going to be doing within the next few months. If I don't get the grades that I need, then I won't be able to do my Masters, and then I don't really know what I'll be doing with my life. Ideally I would like to get a job, move out of my house, and contribute to society, but that fantasy is a long way off.

Until then, I am just going to bask in the glory of having finished my work, and wait until the dreaded graduation date, where I have to walk in front of hundreds of people and try not to fall over.

I hope to be posting a lot more on here in the near future, including my thoughts on the books I have included on my Summer reading list.

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