Can't believe the summer is finally over! This has been my last summer of doing nothing and being able to get away with it, as of next summer it's time to start job searching, or travelling. Quite an intimidating prospect I guess... So the sooner I think about the future, the better.
The weather outside is beautiful for September, one of the things I love about this month is the fast transition of seeing beautifully bright coloured flowers at the beginning of the month, and the autumnal orange tones of the leaves towards the end of the month . I like to appreciate this whilst it lasts, because one of the most heartbreaking things about the weather getting colder is that the trees begin to look bare and depressing. Which isn't too aesthetically pleasing in itself.
One of the best things about early September, is the feeling of moving back to University. In my quaint little village of Sutton Bonington, it's hard to remember the feeling of living in a city, along with it, the bright and luminous orange glow of light pollution at night time. The pollution helps me to feel less alone, as ridiculous as it sounds, there's a certain warmth surrounding a place when it's less dark at night. As opposed to here in the village, where I have felt totally alone of late.
City life is something I've missed these past few months, the fact that people are always around, always doing things of importance. The village lacks that. People around here seem to have no motivation, and no force taking them to bigger and better places. All the people are complacent with their little, and often shallow ways of life. It's good for me to be surrounded by passionate and hard-working people, especially at this point in my life.
I have strong hopes for this coming academic year. This is my final chance to excel myself to the best of my ability and prove that I can (sometimes) be clever and interesting. A 2:1 in my Film and Media Studies with Practice degree would suffice, but if I work hard enough, could I do even better? We'll have to see, but I do plan on spending every week day in the library until then.
A favourite musician of mine for this time of year is Ryan Adams, he seems to have a song for every occasion and I guess this one would be: September...
As I can't find a good copy of it on YouTube I'll share with you his documentary, also entitled September.
One of my favourite songs of this short documentary is "the Hardest Part", this song is absolutely beautiful, and I strongly recommend that you listen to it.
"And that ain't the hardest part
The hardest part is loving somebody that cares for you"
Anyway, I'm going to go and read "a Picture of Dorian Gray" in the garden.
Have a wonderful day.
