The End.......is The Beginning?

Wow has it really been that long? Anyone would think I've been busy lately. In which case, first of all I'd like to apologize for my lack of posting lately and hopefully from now on I will be able to consistently to subject you all to my words of pure ignorance.

Right then. Moving on.

The End. Well this could apply to a lot of things in my life at the moment, whether it be the end of school, the end of the Lost series or the end of one more Act of my life (I would have said "chapter" but I thought a theatre reference was much cooler). For today we'll stick with one ending: school.

As of 11am BST on 26th of June, 2010 I am, officially, no longer at school. Yes that's right I am free of the classrooms, the early morning registrations, the whiteboards, the assemblies and the lectures from a certain nameless Head of Sixth. All of these mundane daily things will be gone from my life, however, as is always the case, there is always a downside to leaving anything behind. As much as people like myself complain about school, the rules, the time, the effort and the exams that are forever haunting the nightmares of students across the globe, we will miss it. Or at least I will. I'm going to miss lounging around in the Common Room, the brutal yet entertaining card games, the games of rounders, the musicals, the parties, the English lessons, the bricks that were thrown, the music played, the costumes made, the soccer games etc.

I could go on forever without a doubt so I'll concentrate on the two things I am going to miss most. Firstly, the friendship. Yes I know friends don't just disappear into thin air once school is over, but it's something I've been through before. I've been to so many different schools and left so many friends behind but it never get easier. Regardless of how hard we try, this is the point where life will take us in different directions. Some friends with stay close, others will send cards and others will become distant memories. The second is the security. There's something comfortable about having a routine like school life. Most of us have had it for thirteen years and losing that, to me, seems significant. It signifies the point in life where I finally have to accept that I'm an adult. I actually have to make choices, live my life and take responsibility.

Bugger.

Yet while all this responsibility seems daunting at first, the end of my schooling life, as far as I see it, is just the beginning of my life. I haven't even finished exams yet and already there is so much to look forward to in my life. I'm starting a production of Les Miserable soon, I'll be recording an album over summer, there's Reading Festival, going back to Australia and seeing all of my old friends and family and of course university............eventually.

Regardless of the emotion that I feel about leaving school and eventually finishing my time in England, I can't ignore how many positive things are yet to come in my life and really can't wait for them to start.

Also if you haven't read Nick Hornby's High Fidelity then do. I am reading now and it's brilliant.

Till next time....