I fully expect to contradict the opinions I presented in my previous blog post “Turn of the Year”. But self-contradiction is fun, right?
So I, like everyone else, enjoy evaluating the previous year before stepping into the next. The only problem is I usually forget about everything that’s happened in the year and end up waffling for fifty paragraphs about the last three months or so. But I won’t exactly be doing that here, because, well, I’ve never really been all that personal on this blog. If I wanted to, I could write endless blog posts about what’s going on in my brain, but I know from experience that that’s a terrible idea for a plethora of reasons. I actually have loose plans to write a blog post on that, so look forward to that vague possibility!
So instead of giving you my life story, I’ll try to keep things relevant.
Whilst it’s true that I started my Creative Writing university course in September of 2013, 2014 has seen most of the action in that regard; the majority of my first year and the beginning of the second have, of course, occurred in the last twelve months. And it’s a positive! Being the only guy in my year / group / class / whatever can be a downer at times, but I definitely like the people on my course. My one flaw in that regard is that I’m nowhere near sociable enough to know them that well outside of uni. And on the subject of university, I’m currently lacking some direction on my current pieces of coursework, so that’s quite lame. But I’ve got the opportunity to study something I love, and I got a First in my first truly important piece of coursework, so I can hardly complain, right?
On the subject of positives, I became an Uncle this year! Twice! My step-sister introduced us to the ever-cheerful Molly in September, and just last week (yes, Christmas Eve) my other step-sister welcomed Chloe to the world! As cousins who are essentially the same age, I expect a lifelong rivalry of biblical proportions.
A bunch of other stuff has happened this year that hasn’t been quite so awesome. Some of it’s personal, some of it’s to do with the world (and I know everyone always says that past year sucked, but 2014 really has been quite miserable in world news), and all of it makes me want to exclaim “ugh” in a magical way which will resonate with every living human being and cause them to turn their heads and nod in a consolidatory show of empathy. (There is no reason for consolidatory to not be a word, damnit.) But, seeing as the world does not revolve around me (or you, or anyone really, you’re mad if you think it does) I’ll have to make do with my sporadic Twitter rants.
My New Year’s Resolution. I know we went over this in Turn of the Year, but whatever, it doesn’t hurt. My resolution is going to be linked to this blog. As I’m sure you’re aware if you follow my blog (<3), I don’t update this place very often. My average is maybe one post every month and a half or so. And the reason for this is I’m always trying to filter what I write about. I try to make sure that it isn’t about something that only a limited amount of readers have knowledge in, that it’s something I can write at least semi-professionally about, and that it isn’t too self-centered, as we’ve already talked about. This has led to my blog posts being about one of two things: society, or writing. Usually society. And considering I’ve never studied any form of sociology, I think it’s time to change that.
Starting January 1st, or whenever the hell I feel like it, I’ll be writing more blog posts about more types of things! About how I’ve inherited my sister’s love for cheese, or how Steven Moffat is both a good and terrible writer for Doctor Who, or how the webcomic Questionable Content is really very awesome. I want too write about why Eastenders is rubbish and how I just listened to an audiobook/adventure/thing (Dalek War) and it’s opened my eyes to a new way of storytelling. Would you stick with me if I decided to branch out and write about those things instead of just why humanity is a bit shit?
Anyway, New Year’s food beckons! I shall publish this and get back to you in 2015! Thank you for reading my blog! The only thing better than rambling to oneself is rambling to other people!
Perpetually Perturbed 