Tommy Collison

School’s going well. Christmas results came back this week and showed me where I’m doing well and where needs work. I decided recently to drop Physics in favor of Geography. I’m not a Science-y person, and I doubt I’ll do anything in college that’ll require a Science subject. At the moment, I’m considering English/Media/Writing courses, but nothing’s concrete right now. It doesn’t need to be for another 10 months at least, either.

I’ve hit the ground running with regards to study — which doesn’t leave me with a lot of time for much else. I’m reading a couple of pretty good books recently: 1984, The Luzhin Defence and Empire of the Sun (which is actually our English comparative novel). I’m also toying with a couple of short-story ideas that may come to fruition when I’ve got time to devote serious attention to them. The summer, probably.

In other news, I’m doing a lot of drumming and playing a good bit of chess. Both activities are wonderful as a break from studying. Drumming has a physical aspect to it as well, which is exactly what you need after sitting at a desk for hours on end. If you caught my recent essay, you’ll know how much I love it, and one of my New Year’s Resolutions is to get good at it, competitively.

It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks recently — lots of change, lots of growing and maturing. Exhausting, confusing and sometimes difficult, it’s ultimately manageable and everything’s pretty good.

And if you can say that, I don’t think you can complain about much else.