Teeline What?

Oh. My. God! Shorthand is impossible, I swear… We began learning on the Friday and I’ve only just about managed to learn the alphabet. Essentially, I’m learning to write all over again, and the writing itself looks like it’s just hieroglyphics. This is currently not a great thing considering I already feel thick compared to everyone else. I’m sure it’s probably not necessarily the case, but I have always perceived myself in a negative perspective and (to quote my mother) “expected too much of (myself)” which, I suppose, is true to an extent. It’s probably the reason why I’ve not overly enjoyed my experiences at University thus far.  I’m not saying that I’ve hated every second, because that’s not strictly true, I just miss a lot of people and things from home as well as the fact I feel lonely because of how few people I know here. And all this on top of home sickness, literal sickness, the fact I’ve yet to properly understand anything I’ve been taught and… issues of a feminine nature (because my body loves me like that).

But enough of my whining! Things have been going much better than this bleak picture I have painted; I joined about 20 societies at fresher’s fair, of which I’ve been to one (Film Society) and intend on going to another 2 (Sound Radio and Writing Society) but haven’t yet. I’m loving Film Society at the moment, the people I’ve met so far are great – really funny and friendly. Sound Radio starts on Wednesday (which I must write down before I forget) and Writing Society is on every Wednesday, as far as I can tell anyway, in a building I’m not really sure how to find… I’m sure I will eventually.

I do rather think that’s about it at the moment on the life update thing… unless I have a rant about how “Key Concepts in Media” is essentially just relearning my media a-level stuff, which I think is a little unfair after only one proper lecture and seminar (though, so far, completely accurate), so I shall leave it there. Until my next post, goodbye and the such.