Regular readers of this blog will know that my recent uploading of sketches and pictures of newly acquired fanboy stuff is a cover for Wade being lazy and not putting words on paper. Times change. I am in the mood to type. It won’t be pretty.
I turn 30 this year – Gah!- Let’s look at my life in retrospect with some vague considerations for the future:
0-6 years – live in Christchurch, New Zealand. Got my first Transformer (Decepticon Dirge) for my 6th birthday after my family shifts to a house 300m down the road.
7-18 years – still living in Christchurch. Unremarkable years – mainly noted for collecting Masters of the Universe and then selling them off. Example of Buttterfly Effect: I find a copy of Doctor Who and the Sea Devils novelisation on my brother’s book shelf at a young age. I declare I will own them all. Bugger. Complete my target novelisation collection. Find something else to collect. Still collecting. Life altering event occurs in 1997. Life is not as we know it.
19-23 years – still living in Christchurch. Have now shifted 900m down the road. Had a rather raucous 21st birthday party. Video tape evidence of Wade dancing exists from said event. Spent 4 years at Uni studying Economics. Don’t end up working for the govt – subsequently coined the term ‘non-practicing economist’ to describe myself.
24-25 years – living in Auckland, NZ. Work for a bank. Still not sure what I want to do in life – but realize I don’t want to get hit by a car travelling at 55 kph ever again. Have crossed the road more cautiously since. Miss my cat.
26-28 years – return to Christchurch. Still work for a bank. Would like to own a comic book shop. Declining comic book industry puts a dampener on that.
I turn 30 this year – Gah!- Let’s look at my life in retrospect with some vague considerations for the future:
0-6 years – live in Christchurch, New Zealand. Got my first Transformer (Decepticon Dirge) for my 6th birthday after my family shifts to a house 300m down the road.
7-18 years – still living in Christchurch. Unremarkable years – mainly noted for collecting Masters of the Universe and then selling them off. Example of Buttterfly Effect: I find a copy of Doctor Who and the Sea Devils novelisation on my brother’s book shelf at a young age. I declare I will own them all. Bugger. Complete my target novelisation collection. Find something else to collect. Still collecting. Life altering event occurs in 1997. Life is not as we know it.
19-23 years – still living in Christchurch. Have now shifted 900m down the road. Had a rather raucous 21st birthday party. Video tape evidence of Wade dancing exists from said event. Spent 4 years at Uni studying Economics. Don’t end up working for the govt – subsequently coined the term ‘non-practicing economist’ to describe myself.
24-25 years – living in Auckland, NZ. Work for a bank. Still not sure what I want to do in life – but realize I don’t want to get hit by a car travelling at 55 kph ever again. Have crossed the road more cautiously since. Miss my cat.
26-28 years – return to Christchurch. Still work for a bank. Would like to own a comic book shop. Declining comic book industry puts a dampener on that.
29-30 years – living in London, UK. Work for a different bank. Live in a house attached to another house for the first time. Realise Malta is my favourite place in the world to visit. Still miss my cat. Attend many comic book conventions. Build up a decent sketch collection. Go crazy buying comics.
A possible alternative future:
I suddenly become one of the over-30 gits at comic book conventions. I make silly noises, whack people with monstrous backpacks and say things like ‘That is a shit sketch – can you please finish it off more’.
Bugger me.
The only thing keeping me in the UK are comic book conventions. I am sort of over the whole ‘travel’ thing. There are only so many times I can be bothered looking at old architecture – paying stupid tourist prices and taking photos like a Japanese Schoolgirl (to coin a phrase I first heard in Wellington 2005). For crying out loud – I just booked a flight to Vancouver and I hardly feel excited about it.
Grrr… Maybe it is time for me to settle down, buy a house with a couple of cats and set up the ultimate display for my collection.
So – the question must be asked: What is keeping Wade in the UK? Is it comic book conventions? Is it earning pounds? Is it the rubbish UK laws and legislations? English jobs for English people!!!
When I find the answer to what is keeping me in the UK I will let you know.
PS – I might exaggerate a bit. Maybe. I don’t know. I can’t remember.
F**ken Vancouver! Bring it on!
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