Friday 5 December 2014

Blog Update

Hello to all you loyal readers who have been repeatedly hitting F5 since last September.  Adam here, you know, Addman.  That guy who does the thing.  Now you remember!  I just wanted to let you know that I haven't given up on Blogging and that Calmer Chameleons is still on the way.  Let it be known that Adam Lloyd is not a quitter!  That's why I dropped out of rehab.

I didn't want to fill this space with unfunny life updates, but I feel that you fine folks deserve a few answers surrounding my mysterious absence.  Basically, the design for Calmer Chameleons is done, but I haven't been able to conjure up any particularly good content to put on it.  This is mainly due to life commitments that have grown exponentially, as I shall list in tedious detail here.

So I've moved to Manchester, or as Manchester University professor Brian Cox would call it, the city of D:reams.  Upon arrival, the natives welcomed us in their traditional tribalistic fashion by stealing a laptop from the person who was helping us move.  Apparently, it is an honour to be greeted in this manner.

While we've settled into Mancunian life in the weeks since, unfortunately, I've still been working 70 miles away, so there have been lots of commutes and nights away.  There have also been lots of interviews to try and find work in Manchester (which, despite a number of jobs, they all seem to be taken by cabal of psychic job hunters before anyone has the opportunity to apply.  Perhaps this down to a series of uncles that have been blocking my social mobility. Either way, after a couple of false starts, it looks like I'll finally be starting a new job closer to home over the next few weeks.

For most of my free time over the last few months, I've been hunting the deadliest game of all; employment.  Some say that mankind is the deadliest game, but those people clearly haven't played Jumanji.  However, The rest of my free time has been taken up with an entirely different occupation.

I've been playing at being a journalist.  Namely, the laziest type of journalist of them all, the video games journalist.  I started writing for an independent games website called Power Up Gaming back in August, and since then I have been made an Associate Idiot-I mean Editor.  They even let me write my own biography, the fools!  I've covered events, conducted interviews, and committed my opinion on more than one occasion.  In the short span of time that I've been writing for them, the site has grown tremendously and now gets tens of thousands of hits every month.  I contribute this success entirely to myself, and am planning to overthrow the website in a militaristic coup to take what is rightfully mine.  You can support my endeavour by looking at the articles I've linked and sharing them appropriately.

So this is all well and good, but when will my triumphant return to Blogging commence?  Well, I'm writing again, which is a decent start, and I expect to launch Calmer Chameleons in the new year.  Monday the 5th of Jan looks like a good day, so let's go with that for now.  Appropriate links will be posted here so that you can follow and fan my flagging ego with praise and adoration.  Until then, stay slinky.

14 comments:

  1. I tell my children stories around the campfire about the olden times, when you blogged.

    It's the stuff of legend.

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    1. I barely remember those days myself. Sometimes I think Muppets For Justice was just a fever dream I once had. Then I Google it to make sure and get "Did you mean 'Muppets For Justin Bieber" and die a little inside.

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  2. Hey there. I was thinking about this blog just last night! (true story).

    If you are in Manchester may I humbly suggest you make your way to Abageldies (opposite Shudehill bus station) It is the only place in town where you can get a sausage, spam and egg buttie! PLUS they do awesome pizza of an evening (copious amounts of northern Quarter ale should be consumed before eating).

    BONUS FACT:
    Abergeldies was once recommended by Sir Terry Wogan (off of the radio) so you'll be in good company there.

    Good luck with the blog - and remember - CUSTARD CREAMS RULE!!!!!

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    1. I really like spam, so I shall seek down this establishment and force my custom upon it. Will I get a discount for being referred by local legend Bumferry Hogart?

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    2. It's probably for the best if you don't mention my name.... It's one of the reasons I had to leave Manchester....

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  3. Addman . . . . . mmmmmmm . . . Adam Lloyd. No it does not ring any bells with me I have never heard of him officer. And he looks suspicious to me. I have heard he lives in Manchester and we all know what they are like, nick your laptop as soon as look at you. They even nick blog posts I was looking for one the other day and it had completely vanished.

    I have heard of that Professor Brian Cox though he did that TV show with the squirrels and the acid bath or was that someone else. Anyway he looks a bit like the sort of chap who might have a laptop and we all know what that means. . . . .

    All I can say is who ever you are Good Luck with your plans it sounds like you have had a lot on your plate of late and not just those Custard Creams . . . . everyone loves a Custard Cream. I mean what kind of a man does not like custard creams they must be right odd.

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    1. I don't wish to enter into the biscuit wars again. Too much blood was shed last time, and I'm still picking the crumbs out of unspeakable places. Besides which, everyone knows that I won last time, so to debate it again is totally unnecessary. Still, I'm glad to see that you remember me in some round about fashion.

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  4. AH! It's a g-g-g-GHOST! Oh, you didn't fully die? It's a z-z-z-zombie!

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    1. I prefer to think of myself as ghoul. Please make sure you have your undead etymology correct before discussing such matters.

      I understand that you have a new blog as well. Congrats dude, hope you feel liberated by this change.

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  5. Congrats on entering the world of journalism. It's a shame that wasn't enough and you still needed a "real job". It's always good to hear from you and I'm looking forward to the return to blogging but right now your life just seems to still be in the process of settling down so it can wait.

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    1. Thanks! It's not a paid gig at Power Up Gaming as the site isn't making any money at the moment (as I understand, they are only just covering the costs of hosting it), but it's growing quickly. We're getting more and more readers every month and have a number of industry contacts. It's all great experience that might one day lead to a paid gig.

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  6. Oh yes, as a nerdy gamer/Facebook friend I stalk those Power Up articles as you post them. Well done. I'm glad to hear you're also not done with the bloggery. But really, you didn't want to fill the blogosphere with your unfunny life updates? Don't you know that's what 98% of blogging is?

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    1. Glad to know that your reading. If you have a Disqus account, feel free to comment on there as well. Some people find us through Disqus, so it really helps the site out.

      I know about the proliferation of life updates on Blogger, but I like to think that my corner of the Internet sticks up for that 2% who just want to post and enjoy fart jokes.

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  7. People who keep getting distracted from blogging UNITE!
    Not now, though. When all that other stuff is out of the way. Probably.

    Will definitely be checking out Calmer Chameleons when it arises calmly into being!

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