This Side of Paradise

Recently I've been coming across a lot of quotes from F.Scott Fitzgerald's 'This Side of Paradise', and they're really been making me think.

1) "They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered."

Don't say that quote isn't cute. It is. It made me think that the book was much more romantic than it actually was - I realised that it wasn't as romantic when I realised this quote was actually talking about the main character, Amory and a fatherlike figure.

2) "It was always the becoming he dreamed of, never the being."

I don't think I've ever been able to relate to something better. I'll let you take from that what you want.

3) "I'm a slave to my emotions, to my likes, to my hatred of boredom, to most of my desires..."

“You are not!” She brought one little fist down onto the other.

“You’re a slave, a bound helpless slave to one thing in the world, your imagination.”

Just take a moment.

Appreciate the quote.

When I first read it, it was a quote I overlooked. But then one day I happened to be thinking about it and I realised the full impact of it. It's underrated.

The Art of Procrastination

Hi there again. 

Let me fill you in on something we all do: procrastinate. And don't you dare tell me that you don't do it because you do do it because I know you do it because I know you.

Actually, I wonder if you're online right now just so you can delay doing something you have to. Like homework or housework or any form of work.

See, I procrastinate. A lot. Like, you don't even now. Right now I should be doing something productive but instead I'm writing about the fact that I should be doing something productive. Do you see my problem?

Oh, and if you don't know what procrastinating is, go search it up. I think I've mastered the art of procrastination. 

"Yeah. I should write a blog."

Hi. I'm Basma. I'm 15 years old and I live in the UK and I've decided to write a blog.

It's 12:35am right now where I am and I'm spending my time making this blog rather than sleeping. Like I should be doing. There's something really soothing about being awake whilst everyone else sleeps. 

I already have a blog, but it's a book blog and I haven't really been updating it frequently. Whoooops. 

So my friend started making her blog a few minutes ago and she was all, "Yeah, you should make one with me." So then I was like:

"Yeah. I should write a blog."

Not a book blog, to be specific. One that I'll just enjoy writing on - about myself and just random stuff that goes on. 

I'm actually quite scared that my writing's going to be really rubbish on here. I don't know, the whole idea of me being all cliché and writing bad stuff makes me not want to write a blog. But I've thought of it so many times now and I'm just like, oh well. I'll just write what I want to write. 

That's why I'm sitting here now, in bed, with my reading lamp that lives beside it turned on. I'm actually listening to Pure Heroine by Lorde because I haven't listened to it yet and I have time now, so, you know.

That's it then. That's my first post on here. I'm planning on changing my blog name and URL and the whole 'look' of it sometime but right now I don't think I'll be any good because I'm kind of sleepy now. Oh yeah, it's the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who today - just thought I'd mention it. 

Alright I won't read through this because I bet you'll cringe. Or something. And I'm sorry if I made you cringe. I appreciate you reading this all, though. :)

-- Basma --