Coulda, Shoulda, Didn't

Well hello out there in internet land. How has your summer been? Good?

Oh, Mine? Shit. Really, really shit.

Okay, lot's to get through in this story of woe, so I'll skip the details and give a blow by blow account of my shitty summer, which not only explains why I've not been updating, but also why I won't be going back to Uni next year...

Following the end of the last semester of year two of my Journalism degree coure, I thought I was all set to start my summer job at a local college. I had been offered it the previous year, so I thought it was in the bag... only it wasn't, and due to budget cutbacks, I had no job to return to. I found this out the ame day I found out my overdraft was shallower than I'd previously thought, and I only had about £10 left. Oh bugger.

As I scrabbled around the local temping agencies, it soon became apparent that there were no jobs in the area. I almost got one, but my reference fell through and they wouldn't let me start, and all the time, I have fuck all money.

I had to give up comics, which was kind of like a piece of me dying inside. Seriously, I've been buying the things for over twelve years - it broke my heart to not be trotting to the comic store on a Saturday to find out what Batman had been up to that week.

At around the same time, my PSU on my PC blew up again, leaving me not only without comics, but without even the internet! Argh!

Weeks turned into months, and eventually, I managed to get little bits and bobs of work - a few days here, a week there, but it's still nowhere enough to live on, and my girlfriend, the saintly Ellie and my mum don't earn nearly enough to support my fat lazy ass.

Eventually, the interviews began to roll in, and I got some neat data-input work that allowed me to fix my PC and get stoned again (can't be doing without that now, can we?) but I was still in dire doo-doo.

All the while this was going on, I completely forgot about Uni, it just wasn't relevant when you're trying to scrape up the pennies to buy dinner (literally). Student loans, work experience - I know it sounds stupid, but I forgot it, until it was too late. This, coupled with the fact that I didn't want to - no, couldn't - spend another year stone broke meant I had to make the decision to take a year off.

So, my Uni friends (all three of you, lol), I'm sad to say that I won't be seeing you much next year. I'll miss the laughs, the learning, the eye candy (you know who you are), but I'll be back the following year to finish my degree, which is the important thing.

In the meantime, I've just started a new job, and my confidence is on the increase again. I still don't get paid till the end of September, so I've got another tough month ahead, but the important thing is, I will get paid, and when I do...

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COMICS MUTHAFUCKA!!!

Anyone wants to catch up, call me names or send me naked photos, e-mail me.

I know I say this a lot, but normal service will be resumed shortly, I promise!