Just a quick post to fill the void that my articulated absence has inevitably left in your soul. I have a cardinal rule against blogging about anything personal – owing mostly to the fact that my Facebook does that perfectly and the fact that you readers simply don’t care.
However, I felt that this is vaguely relevant to the blog and I wanted to post something to avoid people thinking this blog is dead.
Firstly, it’s my 19th Birthday – that’s of little consequence but should be mentioned all the same.
Secondly, I’ve mentioned a few times that I write newspaper articles for the Reading University Student Newspaper Spark* – you may’ve seen the articles I’ve written being re-posted on here. For the year thus far I’ve been just a writer for the Science and Technology section but a couple of weeks ago the incumbent section editor asked me, owing to the current position holder leaving at the end of the year, to fill the space of deputy section editor. This means that I will be responsible for helping the editor collect articles, putting together each edition and communicating with writers – it also means that my articles will only be printed if there isn’t enough articles to fill the pages. This was a point of worry initially, as my writing for Spark* was to get experience at article writing and deadlines. But I later realised that I have had the experience and it would be ongoing (albeit to a lesser extent) on this blog (which means more original content for you lovely dears) and getting experience at editing, which has more pressing deadlines, is the next logical step and would look even better on my CV – it’d be foolish to turn it down.
So that’s it, my cardinal rule broken for the sake of keeping my blog alive. I have several posts in my drafts box for future completion and your future edification – I only hope they remain relevant by the time I am free to continue writing them.
That’s it. Now go wash your hands.