Whenever I listen to Common
People by Pulp, I kind of feel a little bit of sympathy for the girl who
wants to live her life outside of the fake bubble that her father provides, and
I kind of want to punch Pulp for slagging off the girl rather than helping her
live her life even if it was just for the one night. Then again, never was
there such a plotline with such sexual tension between the two characters
mentioned and, although I think they were too quick to judge, I have to
congratulate Pulp on an absolute banger.
Now I've finished my exams and have been able to lie in bed
until 11:45am, listening to Take That, and playing the Jurassic World iPhone
game (which is bloody excellent may I add), it does leave me with a serious
problem – what the heck am I supposed to do until late September when I start
uni?! I have one overarching objective; and that’s to do as much as I can on a
tight budget, and see as many things as I can. I have a few things lined up
already, like going to see a photography exhibition in London in a few weeks,
and going to one of my best friends’ house in the countryside for a few days
and just breathe in some clean air and do some hiking and swimming and other
things they do in soppy films and novels. But I also have a few goals I want to
fulfil. I want to get a few more tattoos, and drink as much as I can in one
night – I've only ever been drunk sick once and it was almost 2 years ago and
I’d like to experience it again I think. I want to see some more art and films
and read some more. I've deeply missed reading since exams didn’t really allow
for it.
However, these are all things that I think I ought to be
doing but mostly I will be watching TV like Love Island which I'm bloody hooked
on, and Pretty Little Liars which is
the world’s longest murder mystery and has caught me hook, line, and sinker;
and also a few of my other friends after discussions on Twitter. I also want to
highlight the peril of Google and hashtags in this situation. Do NOT under ANY
circumstances go to google the relatively fit teacher, Ezra, from Pretty Little Liars -unless you want to
ruin plotlines for yourself. It’s not even safe to Google Image search. And, as
for Vine, it’s just as bad to use the #PLL
hashtag or go on the actors’ Vine accounts because there are spoilers on there
too. So, my overall advice would be to proceed with extreme caution on Twitter
and Vine, and steer well clear of trying to oogle any of the cast. That niggling
feeling in the back of your mind that shit is about to go down with that
character is probably right.
Although my advice to stay hibernated while you watch all
110 episodes of Pretty Little Liars
goes against this point, I would say that it’s pretty important to go out and
live your life over the summer. Do some drawings, bake that cake, and travel
the length of the country, because there is no way of knowing what's at the end
of that journey unless you go. I have thoroughly enjoyed freezing to death in Castle
Park at 9pm in a mini skirt whilst watching a French film on the big screen,
and lying at the side of a lake looking at the stars at 23:30 after a Long
Island Ice Tea and a larger. Although the moths near my phone flashlight were
not my favourite things. I've also enjoyed staying up till 4:30am watching
Catfish the movie with my closest friends and chatting, and then spontaneously deciding
to go for a walk to a lake in our pyjamas and a random hoodie from my wardrobe.
One of the best things you can do during this time is know when and when not it’s
appropriate to pull out your phone. Calling a taxi or taking a picture of some
strawberries and cream is fine, or even to tweet something hilarious your friend
just said whilst engrossed in a YouTube video (the world really does need to
see how much fun I'm having), but when you're sat that lake at 23:30, your
camera isn’t going to capture anything good in the pitch black and, as neither of you are talking, its
only real use is as a flashlight. But yanno, being a teenager wouldn’t be
complete without staying up till 4am after re-finding Vine and then moaning
about your sibling playing music at 12:30 the next day – so be sure to do a bit
of that too.
Over the summer, I also have a few responsibilities to take
care of as well. I need to sort out that university crap, pick up my
A2 results and that, I also need to properly pack up my belongings to move
house (although I'm finding the brutality needed to chuck out my reading books
from when I was 3 years old a little hard), I also keep meaning to book train
tickets and book hotels, but all I've done is put all my shoes in a cardboard
box and set a reminder to call Specsavers tomorrow at 13:00 tomorrow using
Siri.
I could make a checklist as long as one of Harry Styles’
lanky limbs of things you should try to do over the summer holidays (especially
when you have an extra 2 weeks off before going to university), but to be
perfectly candid (I've been watching Brooklyn
Nine Nine too), I can’t really be bothered, and the things you do should be
up to you anyway! Just be sure to do something, even if it is hitting reblog a
shit tonne of times or adding Common
People to that Spotify playlist.
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