Diary of an up and coming sociopath

• WHY, WHY, WHY would anyone think a Hitch-hiker’s Guide book not written by Douglas Adams is even a remotely good idea? #

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Hmm. Clearly, the workblog experiment has fared about as well as my non-work blogging has, recently. I haven’t actually had time to update either, especially since I just moved house and haven’t had ANY time to myself in between work, unpacking and arguing with various utility companies in pursuit of a broadband connection and energy bills. I don’t even manage to update Twitter frequently enough for it to be useful!

Anyway, in case you’re interested, my recent work includes near-weekly articles for Micro Mart and countless reviews and features for the likes of CBR, Comics Daily, Classic Gaming and Den of Geek. In fact, part of the reason I’m updating is for pre-emptive purposes. If you are finding my site because of the “Britain’s Best Blogs” feature in Micro Mart then:

1) I apologise for any errors I may have inadvertently made in your write-up that you are now here to point out.

2) Yes, I agree that the list is a little biased towards my personal tastes. Will everyone on the planet appreciate sporadic updates from Adam Buxton, or daily diatribes from Richard Herring? Of course not! More fool them.

It’s a bit of a fluff piece, I have to admit, but it was nice to give a bit of publicity to the stuff I’m really enthusiastic about under the guise of “reviewing” their blog. Yesterday I faced the unenviable task of composing an article about the lifespan of storage media, and ridiculously, I ENJOYED doing it. How strange is that? I guess I actually am a writer at heart, because this is the first time I’ve actually enjoyed doing my job. In some ways it’s a pity I didn’t listen to that nagging doubt before University, really, but at least I’m there now.

I was going to do a write-up about the Reading Festival, but at this point there’s not much to say. I feel like I’ve outgrown it, or it’s outgrown me, or something along those lines. There’s almost certainly a Phonogram story in that, somewhere. I remember the first year I went, and I looked out of place because I was wearing jeans. Almost everyone else was dressed entirely in Goth and Nu-Metal black. This year, almost a decade later, I looked out of place because I wasn’t daubed in UV body paint, and there was a period in the middle where, even on the crap years where it rained, simply being at Reading awakened an almost religious fervour in me. Nowadays, not so much. Next year, we’re going to stick to Latitude and maybe go to one of them cushier festivals in a warm European country, where they don’t set your tents on fire during the night.

Also, I am 26 now. The goal I wanted to fulfil when I was 25 was “Paid Freelance Work” and that worked out better than I expected, because I’m now supporting myself on freelance income, just about. This year? It’s time to get serious about being creative. I want to self-publish a comic and write (if not publish) a novel. Anything after that is bonus.

Anyway, enough rambling. I think I’ll probably fold the Workblog back into a portfolio of my most favourite work shortly. Unofficially, I’m going to try a little bit harder to make this blog a going concern amongst all my other output, but y’know. No promises.

• Ash are currently covering the cantina band from star wars. #

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• Wondering whether it’s really a good idea to spend £400 to go see the BFF one-off re-union gig. #

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