Sixteen days ago, I graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. I am using this opportunity to look back on my time at college and reminisce before taking the leap into the next chapter.

It’s been 3 weeks since my second year at UMass ended and I wanted to reflect on a year that I can definitely say was one of the best ever!

I forgot to do this after June and I didn’t watch enough films in July to make two separate lists so here are my recommendations from the films I watched for the first time in the last 2 months.

I watched almost 50 movies this month and I don’t think I could possibly rank them. So instead I’ve decided to recommend movies by genre and language so that this more easily accessible!

I graduated from Greenwood High today. It’s been only 5 hours since I came out but I already miss it. I know we’re going to go back for our hall tickets and our boards but my school life is over. I have learnt and experienced so much in these last ten years in Greenwood High. I wish I could show you a recording of all my memories, but sadly that technology does not exist. Yet. But what I can do is walk you through my journey in this institution. So let’s hop into a time machine and go back. Back to the beginning.

As I sat in tears yesterday in front of my computer screen watching Liverpool lose at home for the first time in nearly four years, I wondered why I have so much emotional attachment to a group of men kicking a ball in Merseyside, England. Why do we get so attached to sports teams? Why do we allow our emotions to be dictated by a … Continue reading Why We Watch Sports

After film, I think my next largest form of media consumption is probably in the form of podcasts. I love them because you can listen to them while doing other menial tasks, and learn something and get entertained, which does make it more stimulating that music. I’ve been listening to podcasts for about 6 to 7 years now and I have so many great suggestions in so many categories. I’ve sorted them out into nice categories, so that you can choose the ones based on what your interests are.

Personally, I use PocketCasts because of it’s cross-platform ability and because I’ve been using it for years. But Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts are also great platforms for you to start listening. I’ll be linking the Spotify links because that’s the most common way I’ve seen most people consume podcasts. So without further ado, let’s get started –