my boyfriend and I went to see 'the way back' last night, which he liked, but i couldn't really get over the awful james bond-film-style eastern european accents, so I found my mind wandering a bit. while it was wandering it latched onto something my mum asked me a couple of days ago when i was a bit sad on the phone. she said "where has that girl who loves shakespeare gone?" and i couldn't really think of an answer. i'm having a bit of an identity crisis in manchester at the moment (though it's early days) and now i've got a couple of job interviews sorted out, i'm thinking more of ways to get my identity back. To me, that's applying for the renaissance literature master's at my old uni for next academic year.
my problem with real life has been that i've assumed that you have to be a certain way - get a job, do it till you die, if you're lucky it'll be something you quite like. and my problem has been that what i really like is fashion retail, but isn't it kind of a waste if i did a degree then work in a shop? so this is a compromise. the interviews i've got are for mid-range global fashion brands, (so it's not like i'd be working for topshop) and if i can simultaneously be academic as well, then that's my ideal real life.
