Life Can Be A Cunt But Mostly It's Pretty Good

I swapped my 2 bedroom flat in Cramond, Edinburgh (dead posh) for one room in Uni Halls sharing with 4 unknowns. Why? Because I am slightly unhinged and tend to go with my gut a lot of the time!

I moved into Uni Halls of Residence in September and started a 4 year degree in Forensic Psychobiology shortly after. Why? Cos I always wanted to do it and my marriage to the cult leader got in the way of my first application.

I got an unconditional acceptance (cos I did a year of Forensic Science & Medicine at Edinburgh Uni beforehand) and I promised my friends I'd keep a low profile as I currently run a small business, am producing 13 horror films run the only branch of Equity in Scotland and am looking to go round all the Unis/Colleges in Scotland with some of my courses. 

I kept a low profile for my first 6 days. On day 7 I was elected as one of the class reps. What can I say? I have this 'leader' vibe, clearly!

So, all is going quite well, I'm getting A's in Psychology and Scientific Detectives and C's in biology (better than expected!).

I'm living with 4 other people who are all under 23 years of age. It's interesting and fun. Who knew sharing forks would involve so much humour and drama?!

My Mum is proud (thank god*) my wee Sis is proud (thank god*) and I hope that wherever my Dad is (he is dead, not missing) he is proud.

I really want to do well for myself after a few years of shite. This degree could open so many doors in the film making world, teaching world and psychology world it's unreal. 

I have the chance to work in Belfast and the US once I've finished my degree.  This is amazing.

People often say you have to be an expert at one thing. To them I would say this - it takes around 10,000 hours to be an expert in something. Surely we can be expert in more than one thing in our lifetime?

I plan to arrive on my deathbed, absolutely knackered in a worn out body saying 'holy shit, I'm glad I had a bash at that'.

We only have around 85 - 90 years on this planet if we are lucky. Why not try lots of different things? Life really is too short for anything else.

In the meantime, I start semester 2 very soon.

Bring on the dead bodies and killer biographies. I'm ready.

*god - not the actual god just a word I use for 'whatever'