Anyway, you may wonder why I mention Will at the start of what will be an abnormally loquacious blog post. Well, I shall explain a little more.....
I have been mentioning about re-naming this blog in the last few posts due to the fact that it started life as a travel blog and now me and Buffy hare having a baby this coming summer, it seems the introduction headline showing 'Ricks extra long summer', seems a bit outdated. So names have been banded about, handed to me in sealed envelopes and even written in snow on the windscreen of my car (Honest this happened. At least, it will in the film version of my life.)
But as much as you lot have been helping me sort out my perplexed and overladen mind, I haven't been able to stick a pin in the answer to my mind bending question - What to name the blog?
The underlying root of all this thought, is that I didn't want to relax my ownership if this thing after over 7 years, 100,000 reads and 468 mostly ridiculous posts. It might be a piece of shit, written by a lunatic and basically talk about absolute bollocks most of the time, but its MY piece of shit they are my absolute bollocks and I am that lunatic!
Now, back to Will and my reasoning behind the forthcoming name change....
Will, although he is also a lunatic - Is very successful at being just that. Not only is he fun to be around but he comes across as highly intelligent and is in fact a bit of a home grown star around these parts. He has written a book, invented a board game about Popes and stars in some local Winnipeg adverts - two of which are called Back lane surprise and late night caller. Now, these aren't double entendre's but actually super adverts where Will plays a man who finds human sized talking raccoons going through his trash and who teach Will (or at least his character, 'Phil') all about recycling.
If you don't believe me here's links to both of these ads....(Will is the bearded man, not the raccoon!)
Late Night Caller
So, as mentioned earlier, Will has also written a book called, 'These came from my think bone', which he describea as :- "An anthology of comedy containing short stories, one-liners and some other surprises. All created by Winnipeg born and raised writer/performer William O'Donnell. Smaller than most Bibles, it is perfect for smuggling some laughs onto long flights, bus rides, or notably laughless bathroom visits."
Now, Will is actually having a book launch for this next week, so anyone who is in Canada, should make their way to Winnipeg, by plane, train or more likely this time or year by Skis or Skates, to see Will and get a copy of the book signed, in person next Thursday at 7pm at Mcnally Robinson...we will be there..so you should be too.
So, I finally got to the point and the reasoning of what the blog will be called from here on. The book, reminds me of this blog. The book is obviously, funnier, better put together and is written by someone who can actually string a sentence together without saying fuck, shit or bollocks. So, I am not comparing the two side by side, I am just saying that what I write here also comes from my noggin (Or Think Bone as Will puts it.) So I cant change the name of the blog to something like - 'The Sprog Blog.' 'Buffy, a Brit and a Baby.' or 'How not to bring up Children.'
If I used these or anything else like them, then the blog changes beyond recognition and I don't think I will be able to include whatever head sewage flows from my mind sponge to the pink tentacles at the end of my hairy arms. It just wouldn't do for a grown up blog about bringing up children in today's modern day, PC loving, all engaging, contemporary society.
Secondly, I remember my thoughts when I started this humongous and humourous chronicle all those years ago. It was called 'Ricks extra long Summer', for a reason. I had finished serving 23 years in the army and at the end of the summer of 2010 I was beginning a journey with no foreseeable end. I left the UK to go to Australia, with no return ticket and no idea where I would end up or for how long I would be gone.
But now things have changed - I am living with my wife in Canada and have a small version of me booked to arrive by Stork or however the fuck these things happen in July.
But things haven't really changed that much have they? I didn't know where I was heading then and don't know where we are heading now. Life is a journey so people say and the one I started in 2010 is still going, even though things are different, there is still no real plan and I dont know what is going to happen.
There have been a few different phases of the blog though and so I am re-writing my own rules and am going to rename it retrospectively to cover these changes:-
Ricks Extra long Summer - part 1. The Beginning
This covered the journey from UK to Oz, New Zealand, Asia, USA and Canada as well as returning to Canada and travelling around all 50 states of the USA.
Ricks Extra long Summer - part 2. The next part
This part takes in me and Buffy's move to the UK, staying with Chris. It also includes the move back to Canada and the time up until we got married.
Ricks Extra long Summer - part 3. The 3rd bit.
Beginning with the Wedding in Sep 2016, this takes us to today and beyond... You are in this part right now!! Well done, now keep reading....
So what for the future? Does part 4 begin with the birth of the half Canadian, half Manc, future world Curling Champion/Folk singer/Engineer in July? I don't know as I haven't decided yet - Maybe? But the blog will forever be called Ricks Extra Long Summer. (Part something...)
I will add a few 'sub headings', when the time is right - For example, I know that not everyone wants to see baby photos or hear about its poo, weight, hair, teeth, poo, and feet, so when I write about that kind of stuff it will be in a sub heading like 'WHATS THAT FRIGGING BABY DONE NOW??' If you dont want to see those bits, then cover your eyes and look beyond them to the photos of weird shit.
Another heading might be about what the hell my head is doing - I obviously cant use 'THESE CAME FROM MY THINK BONE', as cousin Will might sue me for plagiarism. So I might use 'STOP BRAIN - YOU ARE TALKING SHITE AGAIN AND I HAVENT HAD A GIN IN 4 DAYS', or something similar.
It all depends on what the hell I feel like doing at the time, after all its my train set and I want to keep playing with it. Choo Choo!!
So, there you go - all decided. Thanks for watching, reading and joining in. Maybe one day I should follow Wills lead and publish this bloody blog, although honestly, I wouldn't pay to read this garbage so neither should you....
Ricks Extra Long Summer -The 3rd bit.
To be continued - probably forever.............
Sorry.
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