According to this my last post here was some 10 months ago. Truthfully the end of me as a regular poster here came long before that, as in when I de-modded myself as I kidded myself that I had better things to do than hang around here. The reason I gave for doing that was that I needed time to study but, let me level with you my lovelies; all the 4 years I spent in higher education were easy. I think it the only hard part of it was having to drag myself to 1-on-1 dissertation tutorials and go through the whole 'this is good, but go do kit properly and come see me again next week' routine over and over for a ****ing year. Incidentally, my final mark was actually way worse than my projected ones at the start of the third year, not that I'm bitter or anything, but I digress...
Whether or not anyone's actually wondering just what the hell's happened to me lately or not is elementary. I'm fully prepared for the fact that no-one may post in this thread again besides me, and I'm cool with that...I always have been, really. I'm just bored and I'm procrastinating (I currently have about 3 different scripts and an article I have to get done that I'm diligently ignoring right now), I've got something to say and in the absence of any mates, pets, parents or whatever I'm gonna tell someone dammit.
Or at least I would if life hadn't been largely pretty boring for about 2 or 3 years for me by now. Been in and out of jobs, in and out of relationships to the degree that it'd be funny how unlucky I've been in romance if it wasn't happening to me...on the plus side though, in telling people I can cook to sound cool I've actually gone and developed quite the repertoire in Italian food, so if anyone wants tips on that roast cauliflower dish of those balsamic chocolate truffles they want done, I guess you now know who to turn to.
Basically, the reason I'm saying all this is not because I'm self-obsessed or anything (Well, alright, that's probably got something to do with it...I mean, christ, why did I come here and start a thread like this in the first place if I wasn't?), but to put you in context of where I was in life when this happened;
January 6th started out just like any other day for me. I got up, didn't eat breakfast (an appetite in the morning is something I still lack, even though I haven't touched a cigarette for 2 years now), went to work, spent the whole day boring my arse off and taking all sorts of crap off my then-girlfriend, and then I got home to be greeted by my brother. He asked me casually if I'd heard about David Bowie. I thought he was joking. I mean, I remember mentioning the guy at least once a day when I posted here regularly, but I played along and said no. John then left me to YouTube him and find out what exactly was happening for myself.
I'm glad he did, as otherwise I'd have been spared one of the most pleasant surprises of my life. I mean, I'd been following David Bowie for 11 or 12 years before this, and endured a whole decade of studio silence from him, punctuated only by unfunny sitcom appearances (Extras), boring 5-second film cameos (August) and the occasional worthwhile stunt (the Prestige). I literally thought this day would never come; the day that I'd hear a completely new David Bowie song, and yet here it was...like, happening and stuff. Not only that but the song was actually pretty damn good too. It made me think, y'know, maybe you really should never say never, no matter how bleak things look. Maybe there really is always hope, no matter how faint, for the most unlikely of events. Life is full of surprises, and it's always those surprises which are the most worthwhile things that'll happen to you.
As for the album the Next Day, yeah, it's alright; it's a good David Bowie album, what more would I want? Far as I see it, the man's innovated and changed enough over 50 years in the music industry, so I'm just thankful there's a new album out there, and possibly a new one after that if producer Tony Visconti is to be believed.
Oh, and as for me and being here and stuff, I really can't see myself getting back to posting like I used to if even posting much at all, as truthfully the kinda stuff I've posted here before simply isn't really on my mind that much anymore. I guess time will tell. Either way, hope that those of you I see still post here that I actually remember have been doing alright yourselves. Laters.