Ugh, don’t you hate it when bloggers write “Sorry I haven’t updated lately” posts? I know I do.
So anyway, sorry I haven’t updated lately. The past two weeks have been a McFlurry of moving into a new apartment, acquiring stuff for said apartment and settling into — Price is Right voice, please — a newwwww job!
On Monday I started working as a video correspondent at Rocketboom. Internerds will be familiar with the name, but for those whose lifestyles don’t revolve around their laptops, Rocketboom is a daily international news show about science, culture, the arts, the internets, and much more besides. The show relaunched this week with a new host — the delightfully mad Molly — and I’ll be appearing from next week reporting on stories from all over New York.
It’s the perfect gig, and I’m still adjusting to the fact that it’s mine. A mere eight months ago in Sydney I was angsting into my journal about my wretched inability to be one of those assertive humans who does stuff:
I continue to mull over embryonic ideas for web ventures and novels and video series. I have a lot of ideas and creativity — and hey, maybe even some talent rattling around in there — but I’m too afraid to put myself out there. Other people do it. What makes them different to me? It maddens me that I am as timid as a week-old kitten when it comes to actually doing any of this stuff. I convince myself I’m rubbish at everything, and each idea falls and smashes on the ground.
What am I frightened of? As long as I don’t chase opportunities, I am able to say “Well, I could have done that”. It’s an excuse. It’s a cheat. I hope the unrelenting brashness of New York allows me to become more forthright. I do worry I’ll get swallowed up.
I finally took that scary step — sending my showreel to Rocketboom — and now I am collaborating with people that I am accustomed to encountering only within the confines of my web browser. Brilliant, switched-on, internet-famous people like Leah D’Emilio, Andrew Baron and Kenyatta Cheese. It’s been a fantastic lesson in The Benefits Of Being A Bit Bolder.
In addition to my work at Rocketboom, I’m also writing and hosting a new series of short, silly videos that travel along the same comedic path as the Social Wisdom episodes. They should start appearing here in the next few weeks. If you enjoyed Browsing Through the Facebook and Learning to Dance Sexy, you will probably like the new stuff. If you thought the previous vids were rubbish, you will find these equally woeful. It’s all about the consistency.
I’m also going to continue making quick-n-dirty vlogs from the comfort and privacy of my own home. The next one will feature Ms. Morton The Younger — having moved in with my sister I have convinced her that she must make cameos in the occasional video. Hopefully this will not screw with our domestic harmony.
So there you go: updated! (Ordinarily I wouldn’t devote an entire post to “me me me”-type guff, but this latest development is so exciting that I couldn’t help but share my enthusiasm.)
Your regularly scheduled Sprinkle of Ginger shall return by tomorrow with a mega-kajunga list of things to do when visiting New York. Further musings and unsolicited life advice will follow over the course of the week.
Thanks for reading this blog, everyone. Your support gives me a warm sensation in my bicuspid valve.
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