Sparky Blogs

I'm currently writing this in a music practise room with my friend playing the violin. Romantic. (Not in a romance way, as in the idea of violin plus writing is romantic) Last night, we had night prayers down in the common room because I'm in a Catholic boarding school. The lady in charge gave us all heart-shaped memos that were neon pink and told us to write something encouraging. She told us to exchange it with anyone in the room who's not like sitting next to us. I drew a little guy on mine with a confident smile and a thumbs up. I scanned the room. Everyone was exchanging their memos. I wanted to say something to the few I've spoken to, ask them if they would like to exchange memos, but they've either already exchanged their memo or were talking to someone else (...or I got too scared to go up to them). So I had no choice but to keep my memo. My friend next to me asked me who I exchanged it with, and I just mumbled, "I didn't." She went "aw...

The world is full of contradictions. I never fully noticed that until I started taking Literature and Media, especially this year. Previously, every time I wrote an argumentative essay back home at school, it was basically forbidden to have contradictions in your essay. We wrote one-sided arguments, maybe included a counter argument but would always respond with a rebuttal to make it persuasive. That was the only type of essay I had written up till September last year. The world of contradictions is a wonderful world. Discovering them and including them in my essays were one of the best things that has happened. This might sound confusing but: a world full of contradictions makes so much more sense than a world without. Everything falls into place. Everything impacts one another and you don't have to explain them. I don't have to avoid points that don't match with my argument now. Contradictions aren't a problem. Contradictions are a solution. Sparky x

Here I am, studying away with my friend in the boarding house common room while a bunch of the other international boarders are singing/shouting to the "classic" songs. (By classic I mean like Taylor Swift songs, fucking.. price tag or something) (Most of these boarders have been here for like 6 years) I've been here for 9 months. One thing I've been contemplating (I contemplate on a lot of things), is why they act the way they act. When I was mentally complaining about their noise just now, I had an epiphany. Well, as international boarders, they've all experienced the period of trying-to-blend-in, and knowing all the words to the "classic" songs would be a good first step to blend in. I've also contemplated on why it's very difficult to blend in with international boarders. (Even harder than day students). Even though we're all in the UK, they're from all over the world. They have their own cultures. It would be easier to blend in with ...