Blog: My Dad, At My Age, Planned To Become A Butcher. Or An MP - Whichever Was Easiest

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I've just had a conversation with an COLLEAGUE wherein i discovered that the Big Contract we were all relying on for future employment hasn't come through. This means: TERROR! Come January 2010 I could be UNEMPLOYED!!

No, it's not exactly a situation PINING for a Mike Leigh dramatisation, but it did bring me up short. A few months ago when my boss told me I might have another four years working here I must admit I did think "But surely I'll be an International Rock Star by then?!?" By this I mean a PROFESSIONAL International Rock Star of course - if there was an OLYMPICS of Rock Stars I would certainly be eligible for competition... if only in one of the categories nobody's ever heard of until we win a bronze in it. The Unloading A Van Relay maybe?

ANYWAY, the vague prospect of MAYBE having to look for alternative employment in 12 months or so, COMBINED with recent thoughts of how much i LIKE the lifestyle of a) doing gigs and, as I have been doing quite a bit lately, b) WRITING bits and bobs has made me think that MAYBE I should use this time to try a bit harder to move in that direction, ESPECIALLY the latter. I LOVE it when I get a request for an article or something from a fanzine, and also sitting down to write my bit of the PopArt Digest is always a JOY, so maybe I could have a go at some more of that? Does anyone NEED Articles Of Varying Length on diverse subjects vaguely related to ROCK?

The fact i have TIME to explore this idea is rather nice, though I am PAINFULLY aware that my current AGE may well be influencing my current thinking. As I approach, from a distance, a certain LANDMARK AGE (which certain Validators, MUCH older than me, will be celebrating next month: EEK!) I am very much on the LOOKOUT for apparently sensible plans to start riding a MOTORBIKE or going to live on a COMMUNE or something.

But still, AUTHORS are still considered YOUNG when they're MUCH older than me... And if THAT fails, I've got four years to be ready for the 2012 Olympics! Anyone got a spare SHOT PUTT?

posted 20/8/2008 by MJ Hibbett

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