[Boogster]

20 year old student at Birmingham, from Lincoln.

Studentdom:
Studying English. The course is interesting in part, but sometimes feels stale. I love the subject, when I bother to study. I love books, when I bother to read. I lack motivation; or rather, the discipline to actually do what I am motivated by. I have dreams, I just can't seem to actually get off my arce to follow them. I am criminally poor at essay writing. Not that the finished result isn't passable, it's just that it takes me hours, days to start the thing; and hours more to finally finish it. Been getting high 2:1s, although I don't think I have handed in an essay that hasn't been started in the wee hours of the day it should be handed in.

Employment:
Generally too lazy to bother looking for regular work, at least while at University. In the holidays I plan to work with my sister in a 'kids' club' type thing, though that is by no means finalised. I have no specific plans for the future, though I am beginning to wonder if I should have. I think perhaps I would like to do a Masters, although I am struck by the realistion that I really do not know what a 'Masters' consists of. I've considered Journalism, but it seems an overly cynical and ruthless trade.

Social Life:
I don't drink. I don't do drugs. I don't particularly enjoy clubbing (though I think this may partly be due to the clubs I frequent). Bars frustrate me, as they should be a happy medium between home and a club; somewhere to talk, have some drinks, listen to music and be generally merry. They always turn out to be too expensive to drink and too loud to talk. I have some good friends at home, and a good Church. I have excellent flatmates and some good friends on my course at university. I don't have lots and lots of close friends. I'm quite gregarious, but only once I get used to my surroundings. Better at making acquantencies than friends, perhaps.

Love Life:
Non-existant. I don't think I'm strikingly ugly, at least. But I've never looked for a girlfriend really. It's always seemed strange to me that people enter relationships without the slightest intention of their lasting beyond school or university. A casual relationship is almost an oxymoron, in my opinion. I suppose I'm waiting rather hopefully for 'the one', naive as it may sound, though I would not want to enter into a serious relationship with someone who wasn't a Christian, which narrows the field a bit (so to speak).

Life is far from gloomy though. I have a really great family (8 of us, bit like a tribe), and I believe quite firmly in something that is inherently hopeful. The future is daunting though.