It's been a while since I had any proper contact with the online world. I am still netless at my new place - as well as furnitureless, I manage to sneak about an hour of net time at work each day but sadly SG is not a very worksafe place when there are kiddies around - but soon my pretties, oh so very soon!
So its New Years Eve already, doesn't seem that long ago I was stood under the clock tower snogging my friend Anna as the clock struck 12 - but fuck me that day is here again already! I've come back to my parents for new years and its awesome, this morning I got up at 1pm and I am currently listening to the Lunachicks album I got for christmas while contemplating what other albums I would like to buy with the pennies I have spare. Today is good. I might wear my new pretty dress out tonight, but we'll see.
Traditionally end of year blogs are reflective, ordinarily I look back on the year thats passed and think of how little things have actually changed, but this year things have changed A LOT, and amazingly for the better. there have been some very crushing lows too, my relationship with my boyfriend has become increasingly volatile, we're ok at the moment and I hope it stays this way, but at present if it were to fall apart I think I would be strong enough to cope. Anyway enough of that, this year has been laced with more positives than I could ever dream of.
The year started out pretty unamazingly, uni was awful, my mood was low and I was being constantly torn down by up their own arses tutors, then we hit June and it was all over - well uni was but life was beginning, way sooner than I imagined. Firstly there were our 2 end of year degree shows, one in Plymouth where I was one of hte only students who sold work on the opening night, woo and fucking yay! Secondly there was the London show where I was the only one on my course who was offered any work experience. The people who spotted my work were so nice, no-one has ever been that nice to me and although it never led to permanent employment, it gave me the confidence I so badly needed to search for a photography job, whereas before I had resigned myself to another year of studying to build a good portfolio - and some confidence,
Roll on September and its graduation, my parents made a massive deal out of it but for me it was one of the most underwhelming days of my life - that sounds so ungrateful, i had the chance to go University where so many people don't but it was just not a good time in my life, I didn't find it a constructive or life-enriching experience at all - at least not in the ways its supposed to, I learnt about myself but mostly how to be strong and deal with the arseholes you're bound to meet in life.
One week after university I ended up landing a job - one i never expected I'd get and applied for on the off chance because it was close to home. I'm the student who was written off at degree level yet am the only to find employment in the photography business after uni. I can't quite believe it event hough I've been there nearly 3 months now.
This year I grew up a lot. I moved out top be nearer to my work, I got my own place and am loving every minute of it, I have nothing to complain about at this moment in time and i never imagined the year would end up this positive when it started, the only thing I would change is my sight problem obviously, but it hasn't held me back in anyway so I guess I must be 'dealing with it'.
Resolutions for 2009, well there are none. I'm sworn off them this year as you just never know where life is going to take you, and although you may not enjoy being in control of your life sometimes, you'd be amazed at the places where you could end up.
Happy New Year to you all!
So its New Years Eve already, doesn't seem that long ago I was stood under the clock tower snogging my friend Anna as the clock struck 12 - but fuck me that day is here again already! I've come back to my parents for new years and its awesome, this morning I got up at 1pm and I am currently listening to the Lunachicks album I got for christmas while contemplating what other albums I would like to buy with the pennies I have spare. Today is good. I might wear my new pretty dress out tonight, but we'll see.
Traditionally end of year blogs are reflective, ordinarily I look back on the year thats passed and think of how little things have actually changed, but this year things have changed A LOT, and amazingly for the better. there have been some very crushing lows too, my relationship with my boyfriend has become increasingly volatile, we're ok at the moment and I hope it stays this way, but at present if it were to fall apart I think I would be strong enough to cope. Anyway enough of that, this year has been laced with more positives than I could ever dream of.
The year started out pretty unamazingly, uni was awful, my mood was low and I was being constantly torn down by up their own arses tutors, then we hit June and it was all over - well uni was but life was beginning, way sooner than I imagined. Firstly there were our 2 end of year degree shows, one in Plymouth where I was one of hte only students who sold work on the opening night, woo and fucking yay! Secondly there was the London show where I was the only one on my course who was offered any work experience. The people who spotted my work were so nice, no-one has ever been that nice to me and although it never led to permanent employment, it gave me the confidence I so badly needed to search for a photography job, whereas before I had resigned myself to another year of studying to build a good portfolio - and some confidence,
Roll on September and its graduation, my parents made a massive deal out of it but for me it was one of the most underwhelming days of my life - that sounds so ungrateful, i had the chance to go University where so many people don't but it was just not a good time in my life, I didn't find it a constructive or life-enriching experience at all - at least not in the ways its supposed to, I learnt about myself but mostly how to be strong and deal with the arseholes you're bound to meet in life.
One week after university I ended up landing a job - one i never expected I'd get and applied for on the off chance because it was close to home. I'm the student who was written off at degree level yet am the only to find employment in the photography business after uni. I can't quite believe it event hough I've been there nearly 3 months now.
This year I grew up a lot. I moved out top be nearer to my work, I got my own place and am loving every minute of it, I have nothing to complain about at this moment in time and i never imagined the year would end up this positive when it started, the only thing I would change is my sight problem obviously, but it hasn't held me back in anyway so I guess I must be 'dealing with it'.
Resolutions for 2009, well there are none. I'm sworn off them this year as you just never know where life is going to take you, and although you may not enjoy being in control of your life sometimes, you'd be amazed at the places where you could end up.
Happy New Year to you all!
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averagejoseph:
Hi! How is your Friday night shaping up??
averagejoseph:
Just created a new blog before I responded to you, so it's up there. I only say that, so I don't have to re-type everything. Gettin' ready to go out spend money and be bored. Gotta get out of the house though. You should sneak out and do something ; )