Introduction

So…

A Blog. Why? The closest I ever got to doing my own blog before now was as part of a postgraduate teaching certificate where it formed part of my formative assessment. As I recall, I called it “My Frog”, and added absolutely nothing of interest to it. It’s still out there on the great æther that is the Internet; just another potential threat to the security of my personal data.

So why now? Well. After years of studying and gaining a RIDICULOUS amount of academic qualifications, (along with some useless other ones), I have achieved the career that I was aiming for. It is secure (well, as secure as anything is these days) and well paid. To be honest, it’s pretty good, and there are even times when I enjoy it. I am generally fit and healthy, I have my own home, a wonderful wife and a beautiful new baby. The bills get paid (just about) and I’m currently sitting here drinking a glass of port after a very satisfactory Valentines meal. I have NOTHING to complain about.

This has obviously been the catalyst for an existential crisis and an OCPD fuelled obsession with the meaning of life and a “what’s-the-friggin’-point-of-it-all” style freak out. Why do I feel pissed off and dissatisfied a lot of the time? This is, literally, nonsensical. I am more annoyed and depressed by the fact that I’m not blissfully happy than anything else. So I tend to spend any free time that I have STILL trying to be a rockstar and involving myself in creative pursuits the drive for which my career doesn’t currently satisfy. This, I suppose, is one of them.


So be prepared for some pointless ramblings, half baked ideas, occasional strokes of genius and irregular literary re-enactments of my inappropriate amusement at the world around me. Oh, and some shameless self promotion for my avarice-motivated personal gain. I’ll try to protect people’s privacy where I can (unless they really annoy me).