before the year goes;
There's about an hour to go before 2012 rolls around. I'm not quite feeling it but I know that I'm panicking very badly over my second 4AAEA001 essay because I essentially have no idea how to explain Althusser's ideological apparatus - or how material practices relate to ideology - in simple, essay-friendly language and therefore I am quite worried that I will do absolutely terribly for this essay and hence for the entire module. I suppose it would give me a good reason to drop English next year, but then and again I do not actually have any clue how I will do for the Classics modules I'm currently doing either. Well, I'll sort it when term begins again, I guess. Actually, no; I'll probably only be able to sort it out when the academic year is over.
Either way, it's NYE, and I really shouldn't be stressing myself out unnecessarily halfway through my winter break. It's hard to remind yourself that there's way more to look to than academics, and it's worth noting that university, while really really (and I mean really really really) important, is not and should not be everything. There is more to life (like music!) that needs to be enjoyed and loved (like other people who are important to you). And I think it'll really be great for everyone - me included - to try to love a little more and hate a little less. Actually, make that love a lot more and hate a lot less.
I'm not going to ransack my memory and attempt to reflect wisely (as if it was possible) on 2011. The year is done and ending, the singing is going on outside, and the fireworks are prepared and ready. Here's hoping to another year filled with peace, music, love, and joy. I sound like a hippie.
Either way, it's NYE, and I really shouldn't be stressing myself out unnecessarily halfway through my winter break. It's hard to remind yourself that there's way more to look to than academics, and it's worth noting that university, while really really (and I mean really really really) important, is not and should not be everything. There is more to life (like music!) that needs to be enjoyed and loved (like other people who are important to you). And I think it'll really be great for everyone - me included - to try to love a little more and hate a little less. Actually, make that love a lot more and hate a lot less.
I'm not going to ransack my memory and attempt to reflect wisely (as if it was possible) on 2011. The year is done and ending, the singing is going on outside, and the fireworks are prepared and ready. Here's hoping to another year filled with peace, music, love, and joy. I sound like a hippie.