[attempted.illustration]

I created this illustration using an original image
I took whilst with a friend in London, UK

I took the image and placed it in Adobe Photoshop
and placed a layer on top and drew the image again
with the paintbrush tool, it took quite some time to
create this image, but I’m most likely going to create
more.

I’m actually quite proud of this and intend to do more
using original photos that I have taken.

Wish me luck.

[blogging: in all it's forms]

Now I have created this particular blog, as
a tool to improve on my writing and basically
be more creative with my use of the written
word.

But it’s not just me out here, there are
millions of people all around the world,
writing in various ways on the internet.
Be it a personal journal on Livejounal,
a blog on Blogspot or Myspace or maybe
someone has created a dedicated website
to do with them or a facet of their life
that they hold dear to them.

This realisation in the many ways that
people all over the world express
themselves occurred when a friend of mine,
upon hearing of the blogs that I own,
for which there are a few, told me that
the internet is comprised of two percent
blogs, that means that of all the information
that the internet contains, including
practically the whole worlds knowledge, that
two percent are peoples views hopes and
feelings and although I couldn’t possibly
sit here and list the different types of
bloggers there are in the world, but I
have comprised a list of the ones I have
encounted most in my time.

You have the ‘Ambiguous’ blogger [or blog],
these bloggers have a whole lot to say
but fear direct confrontation. So, they
make it known in their blogs. So instead
of talking it out with the person they
will make remarks about them, that appear
open, but can usually be deciphered due
to the context of the text. I have to say
I have actually done this and left messages
in my blogs in the past wherein only one
or two people would understand the reference,
and other people would dismiss it.

Next, you have the ‘Diary’ type blog,
or the ‘Journal’. These blogs are kept
like a diary describing the writers day
in detail, so that they have a record of
their achievements and challenges, these type
of blogs are also a useful tool. Allowing
the writer able to remember mistakes in the past and
learn from them. the majority of these journals
are anonymous and are kept so that the writer
can express themselves in ways that they can’t
to their friends or family. In this instance
the blog then becomes a venting tool, and can
also become an extension of that persons personality.
This can be good, allowing the person to vent and
release any undue stress. But can also have a
bad side, making it hard for the person to confide
in the people around them, through fear of
a tough situation occurring.

Now this next type of blog, the ‘Event’ blog
is quite similar to the one described above.
Except an event blog focuses more on an event
that has happened, or will happen to the
writer. Like I said earlier this does border
on a diary entry but focuses on an event. As
opposed to the writers thoughts and feelings
concerning an entire day, also diary entries
tend to focus on the past, while event blogs
can go either way.

This next type of blog is used as a good tool
for creative inspiration. The ‘Fictional’ blog,
this could be mimicking a ‘Diary’ or ‘Event’
blog but be completely fictional, this helps
writers in building up character substance and
making the characters they create seem more
three dimensional as it were. I believe this
is how the book ‘Anonymous Lawyer’ by Jeremy
Blachman started out.

I have provided a link to the page for your
perusal, it’s quite intersting and well deserving
of a moment of your time

anonymouslawyer.blogspot.com

Not all blogs are serious, or used as personal
records for the writer. There are some blogs
that are written as a joke. These aptly named
‘Jokey’ blogs are written just cheer people up.
Be it family members, friends, co-workers or
anyone who you feel may eventually read it.
I have done this myself. In fact, at one point
I feel I have written.

You do get the ‘Useless’ blogs. That don’t
really have a purpose, but allow the writer
to write to an audience. This is where the
blog gains purpose not in the context or
content of the written material therein
but in the confidence it gives the writer.
They know that when they write, someone
will read it and at times respond. Allowing
the writer to be informed that their views
and opinions are well informed.

Like I said earlier. I am aware that there
are a wider and varied list of the types of blogs
that exist out there, because if blogs can
take up two percent of the internet, each
one written by someone different, all with
something to say [not including blogs that
are created but with nothing written in them].
Then a list made to cover all the possible
categories that can exist would be somewhat immense.

[word count: 811 words]

[the miracle of alcohol and technology]

Now, as you leave your house
getting ready for that night of
absolute self-inflicted terror
on your liver, there is usually
a moment where you pause,
this usually takes place just as
your about to leave your front
door, as you ask yourself
‘Do I take my phone tonight?’

Now the smart thing to do
would be to put the phone
down and leave to enjoy
your night, but do oyu?

Do you fuck, so what happens?
You put the phone in your pocket
and head out of the door to the
pub/club/back-alley in the middle of
nowhere, ‘just in case’. What you
don’t expect is that sudden urge you
get when you drunk, to become
the worlds best writer and tell
someone, whoever that is, how you
feel.

Now I have fallen prey to this mistake
many a time, and chances are if you’re
reading this I have drunkenly sent
a message to you be it by
texting/calling/even msn [doesn't even
matter if your online, if there is
something to say, I'll do it], sometimes
[which depending on the person] i wake
up in the morning and lay there hoping
that I have imagined said incident and
that I was smart.

I have never been that smart, ever.

It has actually got to the point
that I have had to stop apologising,
not that I’m not sorry, just that I know
I’ll do it again.

So I’m writing this piece, mainly out
of boredom, but also as a cautionary
note to being in my phonebook/msn list,
or my friend, you just gotta put up
with it, whether its from me or one of
your other pissed up mates, it will
happen, please be understanding,
there really, really, really drunk.

[word count: 290 words]

[this was first published on the livejournal
on the 19th Of February 2008]

[what i want to do Here]

I like to write
simple as that

mainly observations of my daily life
or just the things that play on my mind

I did have a livejournal
that I used for my writing
but recently felt the need to move on from it

so I’m moving it all to to this and also
I’m going to write some brand new stuff soon

my livejournal was getting boring
I mainly just had text but with this
new blog I’m going to incorporate more
than just writing [although it will
remain a big part still]