Just a status update to
let everyone know how I'm doing. I'm still looking for work, though
I've found that it's getting easier and more manageable as I keep
doing it. I've been applying for all kinds of receptionist,
administration or data entry jobs – anything back of house – and
I'm quite confident that I'll get one soonish.
Obviously that's not
all I've got going on though. Fourteen hours in a day is a lot of
time, even if half of that is spent on the job-hunt.
Singing Lessons
I'm told that I need
them, haha! As per the last post, I've been playing music with some
friends recently, and the general consensus seems to be that my
guitar's not bad, but my singing REALLY is. I usually attribute it to
nerves when playing around people, but I haven't recorded myself
playing so I don't really know what I sound like yet. It's a safe bet that my mates are being honest though (and probably a bit gentle, haha).
That's something that
never really occured to me until it was pointed out – learning how
to sing. However, if I'm going to harmonise with this music thing,
I'll need to learn to do the same with the notes, so to speak. So I'm
going to start checking out tutorials online, download some karaoke
programs (sorry, family!) and get practising a little every day, just
like with guitar. Same as anything, it'll only take practise.
Video Game Blog
Right now I'm spending
a lot of my time job-hunting, but I'm still thinking about and
working on my blogging, slowly. Namely, I've been trying to come up
with a unique or interesting idea for a video gaming blog. I thought
up a couple of ideas while brainstorming the other day, one which
would revolve around reviewing indie games on the Steam sales (not so
unique, but interesting), and another which would centre on me
talking about scenarios within games.
The second idea is
sounding most promising right now, as I've very rarely seen something
like that out there. I'd essentially pick an interesting
battle/scenario/scene that really grabbed me within the game, then
talk it through from my character's point-of-view – like an
adventurer's journal type thing. I had a practise with a game I'm
playing casually at the minute, and it's pretty fun, which means
better writing, which means more interesting material.
I'll see what I can do
about starting it up when I get some more time to spend gaming again.
I can already think of several games which would make for a tonne of
interesting material. Just need to come up with a decent name for
it...
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Any ideas for a name
for a video game adventure journal? Or games you'd want to see
covered? Hit me up in the comments or on Facebook!
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