to my loyal blog followers, i’m sorry to have kept you waiting. it’s been a long, crazy busy year. rather than try to see where i left off (march maybe?), i will give you a vague and extremely condensed overview of what has happened in the past 4 months.

after our critical studies presentations (which i passed, and a lot of people really liked, including john – although he had a weird way of showing it), and my move out of oldfield road, amanda visited during my brief stay at 163a stoke newington high street. i packed up all of my things one more time, stored them, and took off on a world tour to visit becky in australia, jess in hawaii, and amanda in LA. aside from monetary concerns (especially in OZ, which is inexplicably expensive), it was amazing and i wished i realised that every single second of every day i was travelling. i did most of them, but there was always the shadow of the end of my degree hanging over my head…so, upon my return, london was rainy and 7 degrees celsius, and i moved back, permanently (or as permanent as i can get at this point), to 32 kelshall court, with alexandra and revati. i still haven’t done everything i want with my room, but i’m so completely happy there. as with every place, it has it’s downsides, but compared to what i had before, its amazing and the perfect size. about a week later, my final term at the slade began. and what a ridiculous 7 weeks it was. needless to say, i came out on top, and while i’m happy to be done with it (and possibly school forever), i am, in the end, really, really glad i went there. right at the end, my parents and cass came to visit, and before i knew it we were driving around the south of france (read: amazing) and then running around paris, mainly montmartre, which was lovely. after a few days back of lots of hanging out and a beautiful radiohead concert at a big park, i am now in crete, and finally feel like, for the first time since well before this whirlwind tour i’ve given you, i can relax a bit and get back into some normal sort of life/routine. not that writing a blog while sitting on a terrace amongst pine trees and loud cicadas, with a teensy bit of the aegean sea visible between them, is at all normal, but i am much calmer than on the france vacation (which was lovely and a nice break from artwork, unlike this, but we were constantly on the go and trying to fit things in). so far its been lots of sitting on the terrace over communal meals, lots of reading, some walking, swimming in the sea, and sheer calmness. i even feel calm about making art again, despite not really knowing what i plan to do yet. i pick grapes from the vines hanging above me outside of my room, and i float happily in the waves (the aegean is more like the ocean). so far, so good, and i have 3 solid weeks here…and maybe a day or two in athens. life is good.