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I can finally breathe a huge sigh of relief and embrace the freedom of no exams. Today I sat my last exam of the year in introduction to politics and government, it was one that I felt a weird mixture of both worried and uncaring about. On the one hand, I was worried because I felt like I knew least about it and was least prepared - mostly because the course is so boring I find it difficult to absorb the information - and I obviously don't want to fail the unit. However, I only have to pass three of the four units I sit this year and I believed I'd done enough in the first three to pass them all. There was just this little niggling doubt in the back of my mind that kept saying to me "but what if you haven't? You can't act all nonchalant when your future at university may depend on this". Thankfully, the exam was fine, not my best definitely - but fine.

I'm now looking forward to a blissful couple of weeks of doing nothing but going out with my friends and getting in some quality reading time. I managed to finish War and Peace in far less time than I'd imagined I would, and then I proceeded to move onto other classics and I've also been developing my review style into one that I think allows for some parts analytical and some parts humourous - that's what I like to think, anyway. I've joined a new challenge to listen to the 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, 1001 seems like a lot but I love listening to music and I can't wait to see if I find any new favourites from the list. I'm hoping I will get to complete a number of aims from my different challenges over this Summer. Not just that but this Summer promises to be quite a lucky one for me: I should be getting a new laptop, an Amazon Kindle and I'm going to India and on a family holiday to somewhere we're not sure of yet. Unfortunately, I also have to accompany my mum and sister to this kind of festival event where Cher Lloyd and others are performing (because my sister is obsessed), but I don't actually have to watch the acts perform. This is a small price to pay for a Summer that could be my best yet, but I don't want to get my hopes up too high, that's never ever ever done me any good.

I am extremely sad that all my favourite tv shows are going on hiatus and that the Secret Circle isn't being renewed for season 2. I think the show's main problem is that witches aren't in vogue right now, whereas vampires and werewolves are - this is probably why Vampire Diaries and True Blood do so well in comparison. I really do think it was a good show with promising actors and interesting plots, I just wish it had got the opportunity to explore its full potential. Gossip Girl has also left me, I watched the final episode of season 4 last night and, even though part of me is exhausted with all the running around after Chuck and Blair and hoping they'll get together, part of me is still very much invested in their relationship. Despite myself, I love both characters and want them to get their happily ever after. But now I'm trying to get into some new shows to keep me occupied while I wait for True Blood. I've watched the first episode of Being Human (UK), the first episode of Revenge, and I'm going to watch the first episode of 90210. I'm giving each show three episodes to get me hooked or they're being added to the pile of no nos.

I'm not going to ramble for much longer, there is so much to read and watch and listen to. Plus, I have chicken fried rice that is so yummy it should be illegal, hopefully things will go as well as I've planned from here. The weekend should be a complete boozefest: the student union on Friday night, Medicine on Saturday, and a house party on Sunday. Yay for the glory of alcohol-fuelled freedom!