Disclaimer: Apologies for the poor spelling, I am slightly dyslexic.
The name of this blog ‘Life According to
Ruch’ came about whilst having a cheeky bevvy in an Irish pub with my lecturers
in Midtown Manhattan in March 2012 (we were on a field trip). I asked a
lecturer what he thought I was doing my dissertation on (what a fun game). His
response, though I can’t remember the oh so wonderful title he guessed, was
something along the lines of ‘Life according to Ruch’ with a bit of feminism
and something else thrown in for good measure. He inspired me that day; the
light bulb went off in my head, even in my somewhat intoxicated state. ‘Life
according to Ruch’ stuck with me from then on. There was something about it
that just caught my attention. It was a catchy title; it had success written
all over it. And, now I have finally found a way to create it. Though
originally (this was yesterday) I thought it would be a book, I thought a blog
would be more suited for starting off with. This way, if no one reads
it doesn't really matter. And anyway does anyone really care what I
have to say about life?
So, I decided to create this little idea
yesterday whilst in the library as a form of procrastination. If ‘Life
According to Ruch’ would be a book this would have been the first paragraph:
‘At this present moment in time, at
11.58pm on the 12th of
May 2013, I am sat in the Law Library of Hugh Owen Library at Aberystwyth
University. Me writing this is a form of procrastination from revising for my
last ever exam for my undergraduate degree. The module is called Territory,
Knowledge and Power, though I think it should be called ‘A Homage to Foucault’
– because that is exactly what it is. So instead of reading about US state
borders, I am going to compile a list of the top five things that annoy me
passionately and things that don’t, so you can gain a general understanding of
the type of person I am…’
What a beautiful start to what would have
been a best-selling book. Instead of stating things that annoy me and things
that don’t, I am going to start by listing the things that I know about life.
What I know about life:
1) I am 21 (22 in 6 months and 6 days).
2) On Friday 17th May 2013, I have my last exam of my
undergrad degree.
3) I will hopefully graduate with a BA in Human Geography in July.
4) I have no job/grad scheme/internship lined
up for when I graduate.
5) I will be moving back in with my parents,
little sister and grandma.
6) I spent three years doing a degree because I wanted to and not
because it would make me more employable.
7) I don’t know what I want to do as a
career. Do I need a career?
8) I have been in the education system since I was four, I will
hopefully be leaving it in July. I am looking forward to this for two reasons:
i) I have had enough of institutionalised education.
ii) I look forward to learning through living my life.
9) I want to travel. Now is the time as I
have no one depending on me.
10) I currently have the best life ambition ever: to travel to Fiji
and stand with one foot on either side of the International Date Line, so I can
be in two different days at the same time.
As you can see, I have my life all mapped
at for me and will be on 40k within 5 years and own a lovely house in West
London with my big shot city lawyer husband and our two children by the time I
am 35.
I kid. My current life plan extends to 14th of August when I return from three
weeks of inter-railing (mind I have nothing to do in June). Thus, I have decided
to document my journey from university into the real world via this blog,
whilst commenting on life through the perspective of a feminist urban dwelling
human geographer.
Final comment, with no relevance to
anything in this post: Whilst creating my blog page, Google asked me what my
gender was. I refused to answer. Google refused to let me continue. This
annoyed me for two reasons:
1) Gender is a social construction.
2) Why does Google care what my sex is?
Geography is all around you.
Best final comment everrrrr! I don't need a google to define me. :)
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