Student Ramblings

It's been ages since I wrote a blog post for this blog, there's loads of reasons why but I thought seeing as I'm sitting down with nothing (uni work) to do I'd use the time to post an update on here. I don't know how many people will read it but even if no-one does it will be something for me to look back on one day, but it's also here for anyone who will be starting uni in September and is currently going through uni firming and is wondering what it's really like. A lot has happened since freshers, for a start I successfully made it through my first modules and managed to pass everything, my friendship group has changed and that has brought new changes with it, and I've just generally been swimming along with life. Last time I posted in this blog freshers had just happened and I was still very uncertain about what was really going on in my life. I spent a lot of time with the society I had joined, and I had a sweet little group of friends who I went o...

1. There's too much hype around freshers week - I came to uni with all these great expectations of alcohol filled nights with my new flat mates, dancing the night away and staggering home at 5am hand in hand with my new friends. My freshers week sort of was and sort of wasn't that. There will be a lot of alcohol but you will probably pass your limit and end up coming back to halls at 3am in a taxi. You will dance with your new friends but you'll still be a little bit cautious around them as you try and work out the new people in your life. 2. You don't have to LOVE freshers - I didn't. I spent a lot of time in freshers week crying, or nearly crying, or on the phone crying. One of the things that made me cry was the fact that I wasn't loving freshers life and felt like I was doing it wrong, or that uni wasn't for me, or that I didn't belong here purely because there's this big thing about freshers being such an amazing week. You will get sad and fri...

Ok, so it's not quite officially the end of my gap year yet, but I move to Birmingham on Friday morning and have nothing sorted yet, so tomorrow will definitely spent last minute packing. This time last year I had just acquired a job in my village shop, I had some vague idea of what I was going to do at Uni, but still wasn't sure exactly or where. Everything seemed pretty awful this time last year, I was already regretting not just taking any place in clearing, I wasn't prepared for a gap year, I had no money, all of my friends were off starting their University adventures, partying the weeks away and making new friends and seeing new places, while I was stacking shelves and serving the locals their papers. One year later, and I'm SO glad I took my gap year, despite being completely unplanned it turned into one of the best years to date. I FINALLY decided on a course, applied, got the place and I'm happy with what I'm going to be doing for three years. I did a...

Dear online music diary, This isn't one of my normal music review posts, or a post about the gigs I've been to, or a post about a cool new band you should check out. Instead it's one of my "other music related type things" posts. Today I've read 2 posts and a Facebook status from 3 different people, discussing the difficulties of their chosen careers, or jobs they've been forced into, and how they feel about it, which made me think hey I'm going to write my own post on this, so here goes. I've always loved music. When I was 11 I was determined to play for the BBC concert orchestra when I was older. When I grew older I realised I was good at flute but not THAT good, but it was okay because I realised that I loved going to gigs, and talking to bands and watching them smash venues, so I decided I'd do that instead. Of course, going to a private all girls school where everything was purely academic a career in something that involved GETTING ST...

I've neglected this blog for far too long, so I thought it was about time I returned with a new post. I'm currently on a gap year, a totally unplanned, unorganised and adventure lacking gap year. The reason for this is because when I was choosing my universities and my courses my school didn't encourage me to look at more hands on, industry focused courses, or courses that weren't one of my three subjects, or courses that weren't at top class universities. This inevitably meant that by the time results day had reached me I'd had numerous doubts about whether I actually wanted to do the course I'd selected, because I'd only chosen Classics as I liked it most out of my three A Levels. On results day I spent 4 hours on the phone to pull out of the place I had been given and decided to take a year out to find a course that I really wanted to do. After a bit of looking around I found a course in Media and Communications (Music Industry) and other Media and Co...

Heya people! So this blog, is my diary, and as the title explains I am a young musician. I play music, I listen to music, and I  live  music. You may, (or may not I don't know how much of this blog people actually read!) have seen that my fav band ever is McFly. Also if you know me you will know that I love giving to charity, and I can't walk past someone collecting without putting all my change in their pot. Sooo where is this going? Well a couple of months ago, Harry announced on his twitter that he would be hosting a charity cricket game at Uppingham School. Perfect! Charity, Harry Judd, and all under an hour away from me! Meeting Harry, was of course, partly what made my day, but the important thing was giving money to two very worthy causes. The two charities involved were Eyes Alight and The Teenage Cancer Trust. So while you're here, here is a bit of information about the charities for you:) Eyes Alight:  Eyes Alight is a charity set up by Izzy Judd...