Introduction

It feels strange writing that title without having an abstract before it. Maybe that's a sign that I've been a science student for too long. Anyway, I thought I'd do an introductory blog, as I'm sure every single one of my extremely impressive 0 followers are dying to know all about me. I'm Reece, I'm 21 and I'm currently at the grand old University of Leeds studying Pharmacology. As ridiculous as this sounds, I'm not sure as to how I ended up having this as one of my UCAS options. I was originally applying for dentistry, although I knew all along that my AS grades were nowhere near the standard that would be required of a conditional offer from any school, so decided to use my 5th choice as a backup, which I knew all along was as good as my only choice. I remember originally thinking of pharmacy, but the thought of being stuck behind a counter at Boots arguing with methadone patients for the rest of my life turned my stomach (regardless of the wage packet), and I somehow stumbled upon this degree in my research. What also seemed too good to be true was the fact that this can also lead me on to a graduate-entry dentistry course. So here I am, studying the physiological effects of drugs, writing my dissertation on the receptor profile of Calliphora vomitoria, the bluebottle fly to you and me (it's best not to ask), and shitting myself at the thought of walking out of here with less than a 2:1.

Academics aside, I was born and brought up in Salford (Eccles to be precise, but the average person has no clue who, what or where that is), commonly seen as "that shithole across the Irwell" to your average Mancunian (think of Hyacinth Bucket trying to hide away her common-as-muck family). I moved to Bolton when I was 15 and studied in Wigan for the sixth form years, until I moved to Leeds for uni. I do come back home a lot though, I'm usually out in Manchester a fair bit for someone who lives in Leeds, probably due to missing it so much. Manchester is my second home at heart, which is funny considering its proximity to Salford, you'd think I'd see them as the same, like most people. I will be back one day (hopefully with a snazzy city centre apartment to go with that), that's my aim.

That's the simple background stuff, everything else you'll pretty much find out as I slowly fill this blog up with moans and rants about anything and everything. Hopefully I'll be worth a follow!