Today was the day of my graduation ceremony. I missed it. One hazard of going to university in another country. Here's to the friends I made by accident or by design, in class, commons, and societies, instantly or over time. Here's to the sleepovers, and sleepless library nights. Here's to Winchester, it's Cathedral, and … Continue reading Graduation Day
My First Rant (About Everything)
My computer is getting slower by the day and it is driving my crazy. Also driving me crazy? My room. I don't have a chair for my desk so I have to bend over to use my laptop which is uncomfortable and probably bad for me. I have stuff all over the floor in an … Continue reading My First Rant (About Everything)
Northern England Day 1 + Weekend
I arrived in Manchester today. Started from the bottom (of England) now we here. Besides a long journey and a quick mini-tour of Manchester, not much has happened. I'm here visiting Pat, whom you might remember from my Oxford post. He and his parents have very kindly let me stay with them for the week and … Continue reading Northern England Day 1 + Weekend
Outstanding
What an incredible day. So today I had my second-last class. It was a celebration with food and stuff and people would go up and read poems or bits of their stories or sing songs they wrote, and we all talked and said goodbye and everything. It was great. I loved it, even though I … Continue reading Outstanding
Oh, How I’ve Grown
It's awkward posting again after a post like that, but I'm glad you all liked it so much. It's now my most liked post of all time, so thank you. Why do I write? It's bizarre to think back to fourteen-year-old me sitting at my desk one November afternoon and picking up a pen with … Continue reading Oh, How I’ve Grown
Forget Home
It's easier to forget that I have another life on the other side of the ocean than to admit I've been neglecting that life. I've spoken more french over the last year than I have spoken to my mom at all. It's only now, with a week of classes left to my entire university experience that … Continue reading Forget Home
Writing Influences
In class this week we were thinking about what makes us the kind of writers we are. This was good timing because I've been thinking a lot lately about the writer I am, the writer I want to be, and the writer I will most likely end up being. All three are fairly different from … Continue reading Writing Influences
Blast: Friday Sep 20, 2013
I'm starting a new thing called Blasts (past+blogs=blasts It was either that or "pogs"). I'll find something I wrote before this blog existed and post it here. Just thinking about it, I think a lot of these will pass as blog posts, just older. So I was going through some old emails and found this … Continue reading Blast: Friday Sep 20, 2013
Through Cracks
It's possible I have over-extended myself. Between my job, running Writers' Society, working as a student representative, seeing friends, and running this blog, my university assignments have been falling through the cracks a bit. Why can't the days be longer? I don't have enough time for everything I want to do and unfortunately this means … Continue reading Through Cracks
Research and Eagerness
I got some new books recently. I always try not to buy books because at the end of the semester my luggage is always crazy heavy, but it's counter-intuitive for a writer. Books are a necessity and there's just something about owning one and not just having a library copy that makes things better. The … Continue reading Research and Eagerness
Precarious Writer 