Coming Out of the Cold

On this, the 141st day since I last blogged (and, incidentally, the 250th year since Robert Burns was born), I've decided to come in out of the cold. I've been laying dormant for a few months, but I'm a student now, so what do you expect? If I didn't hibernate for the half the year, only waking up to eat a Hob Nob, scratch my nose and catch the odd episode on iPlayer, I think I'd be socially cast out from university.

Well... perhaps not.

Anyway, I've now got a firm grip on life here in Reading. I go running a few times a week, and it's not poofy running either - it's proper running with people who are so fast they must have eaten an F1 engine. I'm also managing to find the time to cook proper food instead of alternating between baked beans, eggs, super noodles and beans, which apparently doesn't do wonders for your body. Above all, of course, I'm doing lots of studying, which is naturally the cause of my inactivity over the last few months.

I can at least pretend can't I?

Ok, so maybe it has got something to do with the ridiculous amount of themed club nights, the £1 a bottle nights at the local and the inexplicable inability to say no to any social activity whatsoever in the first term. But I was told to "have fun" by everyone before I left, so I guess I'm just doing as I'm told.

Don't go thinking I've been neglecting my reviewing front though - I have been doing something! Whilst this blog might have been gathering dust, I've been tip-tapping away for the student newspaper, Spark*. Of course, it would be selfish if Reading was the only town my talent was felt in. So, just to get the ball rolling again, I thought I'd start sharing these reviews with you and the rest of the world wide web.

The first review I'm posting is one I wrote last term on a local performance of Kindertransport, a play by Diane Samuels. So, enjoy and keep your keen eyes open for more to come!