Mae Dreams

Hello whoever might be out there, Splatoon is the greatest video game franchise to ever exist and my stubborn self refuses to believe otherwise. The games have heart and soul. A story with meaning. Passion and care woven throughout every frame. I don't have enough words to express how much I love this game. My Splatoon obsession spawned like many people's did, during lockdown. I hate to cast everyone's minds back to that time, but for me it was a time of pure bliss. Animal crossing, Splatoon, Mario Kart: The almighty trio which still occupy most of my brain five years on. I didn't actually get my hands on a copy of Splatoon 2 until early 2021, using my birthday money. I had missed the first games era entirely due to well... being a child, so I was trying to make up for lost time. Yes I had missed all of the best bits of Splatoon 2, but I could not care less, because I was finally where I belong. Inkopolis Square. I played turf war non-stop for those first few days, alth...

Hello whoever might be out there,  Yes I am still alive, albeit swamped by the pressures that come naturally with exam season. People claim that one benefit to doing BTEC courses in school is that coursework is so much better than exams, but the more I think, the less sure I am about that. There are no exams in the official sense of the word. You aren't in the big exam hall with the exam board regulations are playing. You know exactly what the questions are going to be and what you have to do, there are no harsh surprises because all the surprises come before you have to do any writing. But there are still exams. I do BTEC music and drama; within the last two months I have sat (or will have sat) for those two subjects a combined total of 5 written exams adding up to six hours. Six hours of exam conditions and a computer. Six hours with a singular page of notes and a prayer. And that's not even all of the ones I have sat across the three years. Just because it isn't a regula...