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It's been a while since I've posted, so here's a quick update of my life :)
I graduated last week- I got a 2.1, which I was reeeally annoyed at myself for until I realised - hey, I had a debilitating illness for most of my degree and managed not to do anything dreadful AND get a really high 2.1. So I'm happy. I'm staying in Bristol next year for an MA in medieval music, and I'll probably stay here for a PhD after that too. The plainchant specialist here is awesome, and I'd really like to keep working with her.
I did the coming out to family thing (again!) a month or so ago, which went surprisingly ok. My mum and brother are less ok with it than I first thought, but still better than I expected, and my dad seems completely ok with it. I've also been seeing a very lovely girl, and I've been getting involved with LGBTsoc things and Bristol Pride.
I got a new flatmate, who then got fired from his job and will be moving out soon, but I've got a few people interested in the room. I hope they're as amazingly tidy as Adam!
I've recently been to a couple of conferences- one was medieval and renaissance music, one was an interdisciplinary medieval conference. The first was pretty good, and one of the papers gave me some inspiration for my MA thesis; the second was sadly pretty poor and I ended up leaving early, but I got some good deals on academic books, and the Schola concert (which was, really, why I was there) went really well, so on balance it was ok.
There was probably a load of other stuff, but my attention span is pathetic at the moment so I shall leave you with the fact that I recently bought these. http://www.kurtgeiger.com/online-shop/162369-kg-whisker I love them, and I love Kurt Geiger sales. Not that I can really walk in them or anything.
I graduated last week- I got a 2.1, which I was reeeally annoyed at myself for until I realised - hey, I had a debilitating illness for most of my degree and managed not to do anything dreadful AND get a really high 2.1. So I'm happy. I'm staying in Bristol next year for an MA in medieval music, and I'll probably stay here for a PhD after that too. The plainchant specialist here is awesome, and I'd really like to keep working with her.
I did the coming out to family thing (again!) a month or so ago, which went surprisingly ok. My mum and brother are less ok with it than I first thought, but still better than I expected, and my dad seems completely ok with it. I've also been seeing a very lovely girl, and I've been getting involved with LGBTsoc things and Bristol Pride.
I got a new flatmate, who then got fired from his job and will be moving out soon, but I've got a few people interested in the room. I hope they're as amazingly tidy as Adam!
I've recently been to a couple of conferences- one was medieval and renaissance music, one was an interdisciplinary medieval conference. The first was pretty good, and one of the papers gave me some inspiration for my MA thesis; the second was sadly pretty poor and I ended up leaving early, but I got some good deals on academic books, and the Schola concert (which was, really, why I was there) went really well, so on balance it was ok.
There was probably a load of other stuff, but my attention span is pathetic at the moment so I shall leave you with the fact that I recently bought these. http://www.kurtgeiger.com/online-shop/162369-kg-whisker I love them, and I love Kurt Geiger sales. Not that I can really walk in them or anything.