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Tonight my dearest readers I bring to you three things, pick and chose which you bother with as you like.

Firstly a distinctly introspective message on how I'm feeling right now with a potential prayer request written in between the lines.

Secondly something you like, super deep cultured wannabe journalists and actavists amongst you might like.

Thirdly a song that has been stuck in my head for a couple of days that I like. 

1) Message: 

I have felt and am feeling an overwhelming amount of pressure in recent times. It first came to my recognision that I shouldn't have treated my first year of A levels as a "practice year" on results day 2010, I quickly forgot about this realisation and became ultimately determined to get my three B's for university. As each day has drawn closer to these exams that dream has become slightly more distant - however, with the help of my teachers, peers and of God I'm sure that what ever results I achieve this year will be "for the Greater Good" (obviously, not in the same context that Gellert Grindelwald uses such a phrase.) I know that the majority of my readers have felt this immense exam pressure either right now, a couple of weeks ago or at some other point in your life and me moaning about it on my blog is either of the most trivial or the highest importance because you either think "its only A Levels" or you're thinking "I'm so glad its not just me." If you're the first example, I'm entirely envious of you and wish you the best and for the latter, I can only pray we get the results we wish for. I think I feel the pressure more now because for once in my life I'm doing the work. I've been living at the library, breathing textbooks, novels, the bible and with each bit of knowledge that I finally learn - one bit of exam technique disappears. Each year I work a little more but this been its doubled and I can't handle finding out in August that this work might, just might have all been for nothing.


2) Something you might enjoy: 

Critically acclaimed foreign affairs series offering an insight into the lives of people in some of the most neglected parts of the planet. 

So, it would appear that I'm way late on catching this, the Unreported World program, in fact, i have for the best part of the 2011 and a little of 2010 series' been unaware that it even was a program and have been instead podcasting it: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/unreported-world/


Basically, each program of podcast features an interesting report on the stuff that we don't see in the news, hence the naming of the program. It is really interesting and if you're going on a long journey or want something to listen to when doing work or something I'd definitely request the podcast. The episodes on 4oD I've seen have been really good too and I think they have like 4 series' of it. All really interesting, if rather sad, relevant stories and yeah, check it out.




3) A song that have been stuck in my head all day:





And finally, if you haven't watched any of Curb - you definitely should: