The Ramblings of Someone Who Really, Really Doesn't Want to Revise

This is my life now.

Ohai there! In my ongoing quest to avoid doing any Modern Studies revision, I am blogging. It's gonna be WELL EXCITING, just you wait. This is literally going make our poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, weep with joy (then maybe stop writing such depressing poetry? We can dream.) and get my ass the Pulitzer Prize I so deserve. So, where to begin?

Joe writes about how super exciting life in the fast-lane is.
I went and did a radio show in January with excellent blogger in her own right Marjolein Robertson - she has a degree in archeology! What more can you want people?! It was part of VisitShetland's Up-Helly-Aa webcast, in which Maddrim also helped film the procession. People from London listened to it! It was very well received, and without prematurely blowing our load, there may be something more in the pipeline... Maddrim was also commissioned to make a documentary and a drama about poverty in Shetland, and not to tootle our own horn, but they are very well made. To be fair though, we did have the help of a professional film maker in London, so y'know, comme ci comme ça. Also, our improv group 'The Imposters' did a charity gig last night and it was not hideous at all, despite the average age of the audience was about 53 (And I'm not raggin' on the oldies.)

Joe bitches incessantly about how hard things are.
So guys, 5th years a bitch. Like, a raging whore who'll kick your pets then take the last wine gum without asking you if 'you're sure it's alright'. Or it's someone that skips the queue then bumps into you and you apologise, even though it's not your fault, and they don't respond. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THEIR FUCKING FAULT. Sorry, I have issues. Some subjects have gotten sweeter with age, such as Philosophy, which I now find legitimately interesting. It's my sleeper hit. But some have just gotten more saggy and insufferable - everything about Modern Studies. Look SQA, I beg that I will never end up in a career where I have to write an essay in 22 minutes, nay, 4 essays in an hour and half. I beg that I will never be in a situation where I need to have an encyclopedic knowledge of the impact Pensioner Tax Credits have on the intricacies of the Winter Fuel Allowance. What I find most insulting about the whole affair, is that the course is mostly common sense, but since the exam is such a clusterfuck, it makes you seem like you don't understand the world around you. S5 somehow manages to be both a sprint and a marathon, and I really want is a pit-stop, not three exams consecutively in 9 days time.

Joe makes general life observations, with no kind of cohesion.
I really want a nerdy roommate who I can be nerdy with. It would mean we could have parties for Doctor Who finales and discuss the psyche of Claire Danes' character on Homeland. Also, someone to go and see obscure foreign films with. Actually guys, if you've made it this far, I absolutely commend you. I will reward you with this - I was almost peeing with laughter. Other things which I am greatly enjoying at the moment: Simon Amstell's amazingly awkward sitcom Grandma's House, Maoam, my new denim shirt and the anthem of Summer 2012. If you loved the sweet, sombre Temper Trap of 2009 like I did (most obvious example being 'Sweet Disposition') then there new stuff is entirely different... but it's completely refreshing. They've lightened up, but the music is just as good as ever. So to play my ramblings out, I give you "Need Your Love" by The Temper Trap!

Geez, all of that just to avoid doing any Modern Studies revision. That's saying something.

Tara! x