Tuesday 29 May 2007
Freedom and videos
Purely for your amusement Susan :)
So I'm free from my exams, and happy to be so. I think they went ok, but I hate going over exams after I've sat them so don't expect a blow by blow account of them. For now my life revolves around working full time at the small w...and then it's off to Japan I go. 29 days, oooh yeah.
I could discuss the new Pirates of the Caribbean film here, but I'm not in the mood right now.
...This may be something you find creeping up alot in my posts - laziness.
Tomorrow shall be a busy day for me. I'm going to declare my love for The Simpsons to a camera (well I think a camera, might just be a couch) and then going to meet Helen to book more hostels for Japan AND THEN I'm going through to Glasgow to see the wonder that is The 69 Eyes.
OH EM GEE the excitement I feel for this gig is something fierce.
Wednesday 23 May 2007
Exams, exams, exams
I guess that title is a good indication about what this entry is about. Yes - exam time is upon us once more. I am the world's worst when it comes to revising for exams, but I have yet to fail anything other than Higher Maths back in 6th year in high school.
Of the four modules I'm doing this year, only two have exams, which makes me very happy indeed. I am slightly worried about the Media Law for Journalists exam though, as it isn't my strongest subject. I do, however, thoroughly enjoy this module, so revising shouldn't be as mind-crushingly boring as it could be. My other exam, Popular Culture, is an open book exam (cue squee of excitement) so I don't have to worry too much about this one. I also love this module (albeit the hard work I've had to put in) so should be a good exam. I'll probably write about Blade Runner (as much as I detest it, I know it inside out), Dracula and Jekyll and Hyde. Though I would like to give other things a go, I don't feel I know enough to give good answers.
One thing that does bug me is the time of these exams. They both start at 17:30 and finish and 19.30. I just cannot see young minds like the one I posess being at full learning capacity at this time in the evening. I know that I don't work well past dinner time, no matter how pressing the work is. Lets hope my brain can overcome this for two exams.
We've been getting more and more frantic people in work coming in to buy past papers. They get angry if we don't have what they're after, but can they blame us? Surely they should have been more prepared and bought them well in advance? Though, to contradict myself here, I tend to do revision last minute.
I really just need this academic year to be over. It's not been the best for me, and I've lived through some rubbish times at high school. Craig, a fellow journalist, has been feeling the same - he just wants it all to be over. We have our nice long summer holiday to recover and then we can return all fresh and ready to work towards our degree. We're all intrigued about our new modules next year. I picked Production Journalism and Online Journalism as my two elective/option modules and am looking forward to seeing how they'll turn out. But for now, I don't want to think about that, I want to enjoy my summer to the absolute maximum.
It's 35 days until I leave the sunny shores of Scotland for three weeks. I'm off to Japan (cue second squee of excitement) and really cannot wait. As you can tell by the countdown, I'm possibly going to explode with excitment for this holiday. Japan has been in my mind for years, and I've always wanted to go there. So myself and two school friends - Rhona and Helen - decided that we should go, and go we shall! We'll be doing a lot of travelling within Japan as we want to see as much as we can in the three weeks we're going. I'll try to get online as much as I can throughout the holiday to post blogs about our adventures, which include climbing Mt. Fuji and visiting Mt. Dread, otherwise known as the Gateway of Hell.
Before my holiday, I have one small thing to look forward to - a gig. I am a huge lover of gigs. This one is to see the Finnish band The 69 Eyes - one of my favourite bands right now. I have seen them once before, back in 2004 when they were supporting Wednesday 13. They aren't very well known in the UK (if at all) and so it's a fairly small (which means cheap!) gig. I prefer small gigs though, because that means you get a cosier atmosphere, and are closer to the band. I have to admit that I have a inner rabid fangirl for this band, but she is not let out very often. I shall have to exercise a lot of self restraint to keep her in check. The gig is at King Tuts in Glasgow on 30th May - a week tomorrow. (cue third squee)
Until the next entry my dears...
Rachie
Of the four modules I'm doing this year, only two have exams, which makes me very happy indeed. I am slightly worried about the Media Law for Journalists exam though, as it isn't my strongest subject. I do, however, thoroughly enjoy this module, so revising shouldn't be as mind-crushingly boring as it could be. My other exam, Popular Culture, is an open book exam (cue squee of excitement) so I don't have to worry too much about this one. I also love this module (albeit the hard work I've had to put in) so should be a good exam. I'll probably write about Blade Runner (as much as I detest it, I know it inside out), Dracula and Jekyll and Hyde. Though I would like to give other things a go, I don't feel I know enough to give good answers.
One thing that does bug me is the time of these exams. They both start at 17:30 and finish and 19.30. I just cannot see young minds like the one I posess being at full learning capacity at this time in the evening. I know that I don't work well past dinner time, no matter how pressing the work is. Lets hope my brain can overcome this for two exams.
We've been getting more and more frantic people in work coming in to buy past papers. They get angry if we don't have what they're after, but can they blame us? Surely they should have been more prepared and bought them well in advance? Though, to contradict myself here, I tend to do revision last minute.
I really just need this academic year to be over. It's not been the best for me, and I've lived through some rubbish times at high school. Craig, a fellow journalist, has been feeling the same - he just wants it all to be over. We have our nice long summer holiday to recover and then we can return all fresh and ready to work towards our degree. We're all intrigued about our new modules next year. I picked Production Journalism and Online Journalism as my two elective/option modules and am looking forward to seeing how they'll turn out. But for now, I don't want to think about that, I want to enjoy my summer to the absolute maximum.
It's 35 days until I leave the sunny shores of Scotland for three weeks. I'm off to Japan (cue second squee of excitement) and really cannot wait. As you can tell by the countdown, I'm possibly going to explode with excitment for this holiday. Japan has been in my mind for years, and I've always wanted to go there. So myself and two school friends - Rhona and Helen - decided that we should go, and go we shall! We'll be doing a lot of travelling within Japan as we want to see as much as we can in the three weeks we're going. I'll try to get online as much as I can throughout the holiday to post blogs about our adventures, which include climbing Mt. Fuji and visiting Mt. Dread, otherwise known as the Gateway of Hell.
Before my holiday, I have one small thing to look forward to - a gig. I am a huge lover of gigs. This one is to see the Finnish band The 69 Eyes - one of my favourite bands right now. I have seen them once before, back in 2004 when they were supporting Wednesday 13. They aren't very well known in the UK (if at all) and so it's a fairly small (which means cheap!) gig. I prefer small gigs though, because that means you get a cosier atmosphere, and are closer to the band. I have to admit that I have a inner rabid fangirl for this band, but she is not let out very often. I shall have to exercise a lot of self restraint to keep her in check. The gig is at King Tuts in Glasgow on 30th May - a week tomorrow. (cue third squee)
Until the next entry my dears...
Rachie
Tuesday 15 May 2007
Introductions, Eurovision and Finland
Moi moi, bonjour, gutentag, hola, yo, hey and all those other cool ways to say hello.
I've just started this new blog in the hopes to say some profound things, or maybe just to ramble somewhere other than the emo-infested livejournal.
So...about me?
I'm Rachael, though call me Rachie. At the moment I'm 19 years old and reside in the fantabulous city of Edinburgh in sunny Scotland.
I'm at Napier University studying Journalism, which is a lot less fun than one would think. I'm only doing this course because I didn't want to go to England to do creative writing and pay for my tuition fees. I'm Scottish, I don't do paying tuition fees! So for now, I'll just keep on working hard to make sure I pass while I get to writing my award winning, multi-million selling bestseller novel.
I'm going to list some words I think describe me. If you know me already, comment with other words you think describe me, or contest the ones I have here.
Loud
Energetic (when awake)
Lazy
Hungry
Shy
Vain
Loyal
Friendly
Angry
Violent
Funny
Artistic
Fanatical
Obsessive
Greedy
Self-loathing
Fangirl
Crazy
Sarcastic
Bitchy
Pink
Bookworm
Creative
Modified
Geek
Listener
Quiet
Scared
Believer
Yes I understand a lot of these words contradict each other, but that's just me.
I'm going to briefly talk about Eurovision now, because it's been on my mind for a few days. It really bugs me how its so political nowadays. Sure Serbia (the winning country) were good, but there were much better entries in my opinion. As Terry Wogan put it, it's an Eastern block. All the Eastern European countries are voting for each other to make sure all stays well. At this rate, its going to turn into an Eastern Europe competition, not a whole Europe thing.
I am in no way feeling bitter because the UK didn't win. I knew there was no chance in hell we could win. Scooch are a new low for the UK. I think we just send deliberately bad entries to add a bit of humour to the competition. I'm also disappointed by the Finnish entry. She wasn't as good as I'd heard. I was following the Finnish competition for their entry as one of my favourite bands, Lovex, were up for it. Alas, they didn't get it. I think Finland would have done a lot better if Lovex were representing. They had a much better song also.
I should quickly tell you all that I have an obsession with the country Finland. I have been in love with it for a few years, after I became a fan of the band, The Rasmus. I couldn't quite pinpoint what it is about Finland that I love so much - I just love it. I was there for two weeks at the end of summer 2006 and it was fantastic. I cannot wait to go back. I want to move there for a period of my life also. But I should probably learn the language better before I do. My Finnish is not the best in the world.
The Rasmus is one of my all time obsessions these days, but I shall not bore you with my gushing just now. I leave you all after this brief first entry. Feel free to comment as you wish.
Rachie
I've just started this new blog in the hopes to say some profound things, or maybe just to ramble somewhere other than the emo-infested livejournal.
So...about me?
I'm Rachael, though call me Rachie. At the moment I'm 19 years old and reside in the fantabulous city of Edinburgh in sunny Scotland.
I'm at Napier University studying Journalism, which is a lot less fun than one would think. I'm only doing this course because I didn't want to go to England to do creative writing and pay for my tuition fees. I'm Scottish, I don't do paying tuition fees! So for now, I'll just keep on working hard to make sure I pass while I get to writing my award winning, multi-million selling bestseller novel.
I'm going to list some words I think describe me. If you know me already, comment with other words you think describe me, or contest the ones I have here.
Loud
Energetic (when awake)
Lazy
Hungry
Shy
Vain
Loyal
Friendly
Angry
Violent
Funny
Artistic
Fanatical
Obsessive
Greedy
Self-loathing
Fangirl
Crazy
Sarcastic
Bitchy
Pink
Bookworm
Creative
Modified
Geek
Listener
Quiet
Scared
Believer
Yes I understand a lot of these words contradict each other, but that's just me.
I'm going to briefly talk about Eurovision now, because it's been on my mind for a few days. It really bugs me how its so political nowadays. Sure Serbia (the winning country) were good, but there were much better entries in my opinion. As Terry Wogan put it, it's an Eastern block. All the Eastern European countries are voting for each other to make sure all stays well. At this rate, its going to turn into an Eastern Europe competition, not a whole Europe thing.
I am in no way feeling bitter because the UK didn't win. I knew there was no chance in hell we could win. Scooch are a new low for the UK. I think we just send deliberately bad entries to add a bit of humour to the competition. I'm also disappointed by the Finnish entry. She wasn't as good as I'd heard. I was following the Finnish competition for their entry as one of my favourite bands, Lovex, were up for it. Alas, they didn't get it. I think Finland would have done a lot better if Lovex were representing. They had a much better song also.
I should quickly tell you all that I have an obsession with the country Finland. I have been in love with it for a few years, after I became a fan of the band, The Rasmus. I couldn't quite pinpoint what it is about Finland that I love so much - I just love it. I was there for two weeks at the end of summer 2006 and it was fantastic. I cannot wait to go back. I want to move there for a period of my life also. But I should probably learn the language better before I do. My Finnish is not the best in the world.
The Rasmus is one of my all time obsessions these days, but I shall not bore you with my gushing just now. I leave you all after this brief first entry. Feel free to comment as you wish.
Rachie
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