At the moment of writing, I’m sitting on a train – no wi-fi,
but hey – and boy am I not at favour with public transport. It’s not like it’s
done anything to me, like a train came up to me once and smacked me on the
face, but every time I go for a train it occurs to me that I’m always running
for it. Usually bearing heavy bags, on a bike that may or may not have a fully
inflated tyre, on a questionable timescale as to whether I can get to the
station in time… the list goes on. They’re better than buses for sure – there’s
no traffic, much more secure, goes in one direction and does it quickly, and
there’s a lot more stability. But while I can get buses from outside my house
or the next road along, the nearest train station is buried some ten-twenty
minutes bike-ride away from my house, and I hate travelling in the first place!
Thus, trains, buses and the like are generally never happy moments for me.
Though really, I’m just not a morning person. A cold is not
the worst illness to be had for sure – there’s flu, fever and life-changing,
life-threatening conditions which really gives me little cause for complaint.
But that doesn’t change the fact that waking up with a cold in the morning is
not the least bit fun. The train I’m on is bound for Brighton, the first leg of
the two-part journey to Eastbourne, which is usually easier on the first part
than the second, but people are wanting for seats here, too. I’m wondering
what’s so attractive about Brighton on the 15th of September.
I should bring something positive into an otherwise
depressive blog post. College! Hey! I’ve just gone through my first week of
real college (as opposed to the imaginary college I was going to the previous
week.) Before you ask: Philosophy, English Language, English Literature and
Computing. Philosophy, needless to say, I am loving and finding myself an
aptitude for – though truth be told I feel a little ahead. I’m doing my best to
master the basics, though, as would any other student. Computing is so much
awesome fun – we’re starting on coding in Visual Basic, which I’ve never used
before. At present, we’re only writing programs to go onto Command Prompt, but
it’s nonetheless very addictive and a great deal of fun. My computing teacher
also happens to be my tutor, which helps somewhat – she’s really nice, and Welsh. What more could one want in a tutor? (Saying that though, I much prefer
the Irish accent.)
Literature and Language are less
“Ohmigodthisissomuchfunwheeeeee” but nonetheless enjoyable – we’re studying
Much Ado about Nothing in Literature, which I’m surprising myself by genuinely
enjoying. Shakespearean comedy, by the
way – but of course you knew that (I didn’t.)
Language is a little less than I expected, but, early days,
and… well, it’s language. Anyone wo knows me know that that is my thing. I’m
expecting to come to love it like my own child – something like that, anyway J.
Subject specifics aside, I’m loving the fact that I’m
seriously in college – a young adult in a ;place for other young adults. I’m
meeting awesome new people, playing Team Hockey (I’m very unfit,) and just
generally enjoying the feeling of being in a college. I expect it to be a few
months before I start saying the name “Barton Peveril” with a tone of disgust
and exasperation, but until that day, I shall proceed with as much dedication
and happiness as I can :).
On a side note, I’m very happy I got this train early – I
just looked around and people are filling the aisles because there are no
seats. The sun is glaring onto the laptop though, which makes me thankful that
I can touchtype.
I’ll wrap this up on account of the fact that I’ll probably
be arriving in Eastbourne soon, and as soon as I get internet access (yeah,)
I’ll publish this and be done with it. It feels good to be writing a blog again
though, even if only on Microsoft Word.
All the best from Leonidas <3 .="." o:p="o:p">
