Reboot

It's been a while. In fact, somebody out there who commented on a really old blog post recently, I have you to thank for getting me to write this post. At least in my absence there have been quite a few drastic changes in my life to write about, so this post should be, in theory, very interesting. So let's get started.

The biggest change? Moving to London. Yes, I've bid farewell to the Swansea accent, Joe's ice cream and Welsh cakes (and of course my family and friends, the latter of which were dwindling when I left) and embraced a brand new city, even country, to start a new phase in my life. I've been dreaming about moving to the capital for a few years now, and as I approach the 8 month mark in my London life I can say without a doubt that I haven't been disappointed. There's always something to do, places to go and it never seems to stop. Yes, it really is like all those cliches you've heard. Take for example one of my earliest nights out here, where I left a pub in central London at 2am, was able to catch a bus home at that time (the memory of having to leave a Swansea night out at 10pm to get the last bus home after failing to wangle myself a lift home) and approaching 3 in the morning, I saw out of my window a store that was still open, on a Saturday night/Sunday morning, with boxes of fresh fruit and veg out the front. Where else in the UK can you really buy a cauliflower when 95% of the country is asleep?

Of course it's not just that, the enjoyment of living amongst so much culture and entertainment has been fascinating. I actually live in the area where they filmed the majority of one of my favourite films; 'Shaun Of The Dead' Every time I remember, it makes me smile. I've spotted scenes in other films which were shot near my house, such as 28 Weeks Later, and believe there are many others to be discovered, if only I had the time to spend watching it all.

Speaking of lack of time and the media, it might not shock you now to learn of the other big change in my life, one which makes a lot of sense when you consider the first. I have a job! Yes, I am now the official Acquisitions Intern at a very prestigious youth focused broadcaster. Remember that interview I posted about in my last post? Well I got the job, so I now work for MTV! It was possibly the best first job I could have hoped to get. It's been 8 months here so far and I've really enjoyed my time so much. Not only is the job incredibly fun and involves what I love to do in my own time (i.e watch and talk about a lot of TV shows) but the people there and the atmosphere/working conditions have been insanely good. It's a shame that currently there are no options to extend my contract there past the end of the year, but I knew this wouldn't last forever and to have been there longer than they originally contracted me for was a huge compliment to my work. There is still the option of getting an internal vacancy there but that's no guarantee and I have been looking elsewhere just in case. I shall share those aspirations of mine in another post.

I am going to leave it there for now, but will come up with a more well thought out post very soon to get myself back into the swing of updating more regularly.

Wales

Very sad times, it seems I didn't create a single new post in the month of February 2010. Well at least I've managed to sneak in one on the most important day in the Welsh calendar, St Davids Day! Or to put it in its native tongue; dydd gwyl dewi sant

Speaking of which, I'm aiming to learn Welsh at some point. Terrible pun aside, I've already started looking into it, having decided which book to buy to aid me with the basics.

I've had quite the social life as of late, which I think had something to do with the enormous feeling of optimism and general 'loving life' I had today. Things are finally looking up; I have a job interview on Thursday for MTV which I really hope I get offered (even if my good friend is going for exactly the same position!) as well as the not yet rejection from the BBC Runners Pool having rung them up today to check. Also I have work experience at Hat Trick for the 8-12th March, which apparently Adam didn't help me with even though I'm inclined not to believe him, and am feeling greatly optimistic about my chances of moving to London before the halfway point of 2010.

Aside from that, I've generally had a lot more of a busy life these past few days than I have the last couple of months. I've been doing something productive every single day for a while now, and it's paying off. I've got a few new projects in the works, two involving some filming.

I'm listening to BBC6 Music now and I'm actually quite surprised how much I'm enjoying it. I can never remember any of the songs I've listened to, but it's brilliant for doing other stuff with it on in the background. I really hope it doesn't get axed though, as it's home to the amazing Adam and Joe!

I'm forgetting a lot of news in this post, but I really don't want to ramble so here it ends-

Effects

I got off my arse and started up Adobe After Effects again, hoping to crawl out of the funktastic hole I had hibernated in these past few months. It worked, and I sit here having gotten the really-difficult-to-complete piece known as the 'Coming Up' segment finished. I'd love to show you, but you'll have to wait until I release the show itself! It's awfully late and won't be relevant to anybody but I'm putting my heart and soul into it because I want this to be my best work, seeing as it's the last that will have come from my XTV life. I'm hoping to come into enough money to get the Come Dine With Us footage repaired eventually, but not holding my breath for that.

I haven't really done much since I last updated apart from what I've written about above, I just figured it would be nice to try and keep this going a bit, especially after having such a creative revival. Only four or so days until I can watch the sixth and final season premiere of Lost. What a fantastic show! I bought the first season while working at hmv, but still haven't opened it. I guess I won't ever get around to watching all previous seasons before starting the sixth, which would be quite relevant as the rumours suggest there's a lot of original cast members making an appearance. Never mind, we'll find out how true that is soon.

WWID?

I just glanced back at the first ever post I wrote for this blog, and it surprised me. Not only because it was well written, but because it seems like I had this whole vision for how my life was supposed to turn out. Three and a half years later, and nothings really changed except the people I know and a bit of knowledge. This has made me feel quite down.

I think it's about time that I took some inspiration from my younger self. The whole point of life is to get things done, not to sit around and wait for things to happen to you, because they don't. If you have a creative idea, use it and make something beautiful, don't let it waste away inside your head. This blog shall now be about making my ideas come to life and my aspirations become a reality. I will do you proud 20 year old me.