5. David Mitchell.
6. And while we’re at it: British comedy in general. Or even the whole British way of life: the less you know someone, the politer you are – and the other way around. So you’re extremely courteous to people on the bus, but once you get to the pub with your best mates, you start ripping the absolute piss out of them. There is a certain ‘cool to be cruel’ aspect to the humour, but it doesn’t worry me because, let’s face it, it is kind of cool to be able to do it in an eloquent and hilarious way. And the best defence is obviously a good comeback.
7. Jonathan Groff
8. Here’s a bit of an exception though: Glee. My friends are divided: there are the ones who love it and those who don’t watch it. And I don’t fall into either category. I watch it, but every episode makes me hate it more. It started off biting and funny, but now it’s just a ridiculously unrealistic show stocked full of ‘very important life lessons’.
I can’t wait to get back! To course mates who are all crazy, arty and extremely talented. It’s actually quite intimidating. Not only can they write so much better than me, they can also draw, act, sing, dance and do pretty much any creative activity possible. A true wake up call, I’ll tell you that.
And the tutors who are funny and weird and brilliant. Who have Wikipedia pages and who end emails to us with text kisses.
And the course itself! I don’t think there are many where you’re able to end an essay with a sentence like ‘Because otherwise, I’m fucked.’ and get a good mark for it. (I should add that it wasn’t the most academic essay we had to write that year. It was an end of the year super essay about our own writing and how it has changed since last October.)
Well, not long to go now. Back to good old England on the 21st.
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