James Proclaims!
The wit and wisdom of a man who has neither…
Oh hallowed throne of relaxation
I sit here in shallow content
Though there may be some procrastination
That wasn’t my intent
For while I may have much to do
Tasks I should complete
I shall not achieve much today
For I’m only on episode two
Of a boxset that is quite a treat
So on the sofa I shall stay
Hello people of the blogosphere. I’m back after something of an unplanned hiatus from the world of blogging. I wasn’t sure what to write about for this post – on the one hand my first post in a while ought to be a spectacular affair, both witty and profound, irreverent yet informative, offering reassurances to my regular readers that I’ve not lost any of my trademark humour while ensuring any new readers who happen upon my blog might want to stick around and read more of my ramblings.
On the other hand, sometimes you can put a bit too much pressure on yourself, and when you’re out of practice, sometimes it’s better just to post something – anything – even if it’s a bit rubbish just to ‘get back on the blogging horse’ so to speak.
I’ve got a few posts in the works, some of which will see the light of day on these very pages soon, but for this post I’d thought that the best thing I could do was to address the elephant in the room.
Because it’s not often you see an elephant in your front room. Continue reading The Elephant In The Room
Sometimes I look like I’m working hard
Paying each task I have due regard
But an observant view
Will reveal it’s not true
My work ethic is quite the canard
Procrastination
A fine way to pass the time
When you have no time
I’m busy now
Which is a pain
It means I must break
From blogging again
It can’t be helped
Though it is a bore
But I must complete
Some other chores Continue reading A Blog Post, Written In The Form Of A Poem, That Tells You I’m Too Busy To Blog, But Still Might Continue To Blog, To Avoid Doing The Task That I Should Be Doing
I’m writing this from inside a library. Not just any library but an actual university library. Where people come to study.
In fact it’s the main library of the University of Reading. The University of Reading is so-called because it is in the town of Reading in Berkshire, England, rather than because it is a high level academic institution dedicated to the cognitive process of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning.
You can study things other than reading at Reading although it is possibly ironic that the first assignment for my MA was on the topic of dyslexia.
I have come to study something else today.
I haven’t studied in a library for years. I’m not entirely sure how to do it. Continue reading Reading in Reading
It’s one of those conundrums that I think many of us bloggers go through. I’ve been through it before in previous incarnations of my online journal but this is the first time since ‘James Proclaims’ began.
Essentially I’ve had a sustained period of ‘not blogging’. It’s been almost three weeks since my last post, which if blogging were akin to substance dependency would be a cause for celebration, but the point of being a blogger is…well… to blog.
And that I haven’t for almost three weeks is a bad thing if I want people to keep reading the stuff I write.
And I very much want people to read the stuff I write because it’s good for my overly-fragile ego. Continue reading An Incomplete Explanation About Why James Didn’t Proclaim
Brightest beacon of
Purest procrastination
I watch to avoid
As I explained yesterday, I’m a little behind on Writing 101. It doesn’t matter. It’s not like they’re going to kick me off the course or that it’ll affect my final grade. I don’t even get a final grade. I should get a final grade. It would clearly be an A.
Having said that, if I manage to complete Friday’s task today then I’ll be back up to date.
So I’m going to try to do just that.
Will I succeed?
The tension is palpable.
Ok I’ll put you out of your misery. I did succeed and the fruits of my labour can be found below. Continue reading I can’t decide if it actually would have been better to procrastinate than to write this post
