h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

A year ago today I was sat in a very different room, in a very different place. I was in my room at Uni thinking about going to sleep, and wondering if I should tell my friends I was leaving Durham, fearing they would think I was a coward, I wrote my first recorded poem, not a masterpiece but still a poem. As I was tired I went to sleep. I awoke the next morning and packed lightly, and made my way aslowly to the train station trying not to cry and trying to stay upon my feet.

I arrived safely at the train station and handed over the money I needed for a one way ticket home. I got upon the train, the heating was broken so I was glad I dressed well. As the train slowly creeped across the viaduct I said farewell to that city that I knew had killed any desire to be a scientist any longer, yet I didn't feel any negative feelings towards the place.

I made the journey home and it was days before I told anyone at Durham had left. I avoided it for so long. but I told many people but I feel there are still some in the dark that don't know I left.

I made many great friends in Durham, it was there I really had a chance to grow up and make my own friends. I made many friend up there, some I don't speak to much anymore but I try and email as many as I can, but most don't reply. Bryn was my best friend there at Durham, well my best friend out of my new friends as I had a friend of many years at Durham but I didn't see him that often as we were always so busy.

I have returned to Durham as few times since and each time they tell em they can see a difference in me for the better. The last time I returned I took my poety with me which I really didn't start writing till last August and thanks to my mentors I got really into poetry and I'm still writing redicious amounts of poetry to this day. But my friends there were amazed at how much I had done. I took my first 2 folders which are now both full and they spent many an hour going through them, studying them and reading them, it was a scary experience to do so.

Since the trip to Durham though I have also started writing stories, I have two ongoing at the moment, I plan on working them out... they aren't too far at the moment, one is 1000 words the other is 3000 words, and that is only the prologue and start of the first chapter *coughs* I have tried to write before but haven't been successful, but this time ther are purely out of my imagination, I can see the worlds I want to write about and then I go about writing them... its like hwo I read a book, but in reverse...

My path in life has changed so much, doing illustration and writing creative in my spare time(which isn't much). REsearch for my course is a pain and so is thinking of ideas for interesting photographs. But overall I enjoy my new life 100% better than the old one.

Other good things have happened to me, like my beautiful girlfriend Anthea that encourages me so much and I would be lost without her. yes thatsright I get to embarrass her and she won't find out for a while.

I love my life but once again it is in for some changes, I have already started cutting down on hootoo time as I know I will have to come next month I do enjoy hootoo but it takes up so much time.

Please be patient with me as I may take some time to reply to your posts...

on a stranger note I ordered myself two new t-shirts today

"Tortured Artist
No art without Angst"

and

"Capture the b34r" (bear)

This is all thanks t so many people I know getting me to read www.megatokyo.com and I quickly have taken to the whole thing, I am planning on basing some work aroud it when I get the chance, it will probabily be a summer project, but if I do, I will link you all to it

well I'm tired and I have written a lot... I wonder how many of you, my fans(yeah right) will have read through all this, though I doubt it matters. I juyst felt like getting it all of my chest, so to speak.

well my bed calls and my body yawns, so I shall retire to my bed.

Goodnight World!

Khamsin

I read through it.



Go capture the b33r!

awwwww

I am glad to here that you are happy with the choices you have made, remember that you should never be forced to doubt yourself for the good of others, its your life, your choices, live it well

I think that made sence

Only if you live by the same thing Anthea

yeah I do prefer this life to the other

I wrote a poem for the occasion

*coughs as if he is going to erad it*

sorry I haven't typed it up yet

Well done Kham! (that laugh was at the not typing it up yet bit, not the original post which I did read and that's what the Well Done was for... Shutting up now...)

Cat

okay so there are some things in my life that haven't changed, Cat