I watched an interview with J.K Rowling today about her new book. I knew it was written for adults, but it was rather shocking to hear the author of Harry Potter swearing, and talking about a girl with broken teeth sucking cock for crack. I had visions of kids sat about reading hoping for Hogwarts and being confronted with a rather different type of teenager.
Good for her though. She's bound to get some stick for it, and people are bound to say that she's trying to be shocking, and break the mould she's created for herself. Sod 'em I say, and good on her for writing what she wants and not being afraid to publish it.
Not entirely sure I want to read it yet, not just now anyway. Sounds a bit too gritty for where I'm at presently. Got plenty of serious things to be reading for uni, certainly don't want to be adding to that unnecessarily.
I am all moved back in to uni digs now, all ready for my third and final year, classes start on Monday. It's all rather exciting and terrifying. In lots of ways I am looking forward to what comes next, getting married, moving back permanently with D, finishing our little house and the garden, being a wife and having a few babies. Sliding happily into domesticity. Mind you I feel I'm a different person than I was before I started my degree. My subject has opened up my mind in such an amazing way. It sounds ridiculous but it feels like I've been feeding my soul. I don't want that part to end. I don't ever want to stop learning about my subject, I feel rather in love with it. But unfortunately it is one of those topics where there isn't a particular job you can do at the end, at least not one all about the subject, that being English Literature.
I've thought a lot about what to do next, and I've decided, for this term at least, not to worry too much about it. I think all the jobs I would like don't really exist any more, or are under such serious threat that there are either few or no vacancies, or the market is swamped with those with years of experience.
The jobs market is awful, and stressing isn't going to get me a better degree. So I am going to work hard, read a LOT, eat well, soak it all up, and just see what happens.
And in those sad or difficult moments there is always the wedding to think about, and babies, and my veg patch...
