Quick Blog - Qlog? Before I leave My Manchester

Hey, the end of the first semester, and I've spent the whole time settling in. I still haven't exhausted how nice and friendly people can be or how indifferent...

What I've loved most of all, is most obviously is the freedom. To be up until 5 am watching TV, or reading, or essay writing. The freedom to listen to Nina Simone whenever I please. To eat what I want and be able to appreciate food all over again...

Of course there's also the freedom to fall into the dark hole of depression and no one could know where you had gone. I had to pull myself out of many shit scenarios, missing a ton of tutorials in the process, and although I've been working to catch up I haven't completely so I still got lots to study over the holidays...and my hair is a mess, I'm still single for some reason and it makes feel all undesirable and rough like a potato sack. I think I'm packed now, although I've managed to lose a whole handbag! which had my headphones, and now I'm stuck for FOUR hours without music. But I've got a friend and lots of books...

And I'm going to be home for christmas! Where there's no real chance I can go clubbing, in horrid old Feltham, with a broken oven and christmas dinner to prepare! (It's at our house this year...) and my sulky brother and expensive and slow bus travel...can't wait :)

xxx