Happy New Year

Well, it’s the end of the year, and a time to stop and think about the year that is ending, and look forward to what’s to come in the year ahead. I thought about making a little twitter post, and then a slightly longer Facebook status update. But then I realised that I really don’t blog as much as I probably should, and this is the perfect opportunity to make a blog post.

So, let’s look back at the year on it’s way out. 2009, what a year it was. I started the year in a bad spot. I was working for Zavvi, and just before Christmas last year they went into administration, a victim of the credit crunch, we were caught in a rip-tide from the fall of the giant that was Woolworths. Things were uncertain, but we carried on. Honour the 505. They were, and still are, great friends, wonderful people that made the five months I worked with them a really happy time. Sadly, it was only a matter of time, and one morning, in February, while I was on a week’s holiday, I got a text message from my manager, the lawyers had come in, and we were closed... I rushed back as soon as possible from my holiday, and was able to help with the final day, and certainly around for the mournful goodbye drinks.

Then I was back on the job market... looking high and low for something, anything... and some friends in Cambridge were able to help with something. Some of my friends from University work for an online gaming company located there and I was able to get a contract to work for their player support wing. I held the job for three months before the contract ran out and then... well... I’m back in Harlow, Back looking for another job, and currently that I where I am at the end of the year. I have taken a couple of unpaid freelance jobs, and interviewed for a couple of other paying jobs, but the job market seems flooded at the moment.

So, on to the year ahead. Well, who knows, I couldn’t tell you what is going to happen. I am hopeful for the best. I am looking forward to a better and brighter tomorrow. My New Year’s resolution... well... I am hoping to make a lot more videos in the new year. Lots and lots. Phrase that into a resolution and there you have it... although I am also hoping to update this blog more too.

Anyway... must dash, my family are coming for a gaming afternoon, and I have to get some finishing touches ready... I hope everyone out there has had as interesting a year as I have, and I hope people are looking forward to a happy new year, and not dwelling on the sins of the past.

See you in 2010... a brand new decade.