It’s journal time again. It’s been about a year since I last updated it, so I thought I’d give it my annual college try.

What a year! I left children’s television behind to enter the world of copywriting for a ‘Communications’ company – I use the term ‘Communications’ loosely, as they have turned out not to be particularly good at communicating with their staff. I won’t mention names here for fear of reprisal, since I’m still here until the end of October, but let’s just say that despite the payraise, it hasn’t been all it was cracked up to be.

And so (he says, starting a sentence with a conjunction – bad copywriting), I am leaving the not so wonderful world of corporate copywriting and moving into a big ‘above the line’ advertising and media agency (way more up my alley). I’m so looking forward to doing TV again, and experimenting with other mediums like radio and print, that I could almost PLATZ (Look it up – it’s a South Africanism).

I haven’t done nearly as much drawing as I would have liked this year, and am not much closer to finishing my comic than I was this time last year. As a working schmoe and a capitalist, the paying work has sadly taken precedence. Honestly, I’ve also just been so disenchanted with the day job that there’s been a serious lack of motivation. Yes, it’s no excuse, but it’s been a difficult year for other reasons as well; ones which my friends are aware of. I shan’t bore hapless readers here with details though.

Where is whole ‘journal journey’ leading? Who knows? I just thought it was time for an update. I’ll end off with a brief rundown of my plan for 2009:

1.Win awards for great advertising and TV, and build up a killer portfolio.
2.Finish my damn comic already!
3.Submit my damn comic already!
4.Sell lots of comics already!
5.Travel.
6.Find some semblance of normalcy and stability… (I won’t go into that).

And with that (another conjunction), I’ll wish everyone who actually takes the time to read this a Happy festive season and a fantastic New Year – since I’m unlikely to update this journal before 2009.

Thanks for reading!
(I haven't copy checked this, so please ignore any typos)