I don't even know why I try to make these things as it adds pressure. I kind of want to do video versions as they would involve less time writing which is my problem but to I still have yet to acquire the technology for those.
To be fair it has been the Christmas period which as usual I loved - Sense the undertones - and I came home etc. Could use the excuse that I was spending time with the family but to be honest I was with friends at pubs spending too much money that I don't have.
To be fair as I have now left my old job I can write about it without fear of reprimand but it was a little unusual, and it ties in a little with why I was struggling with writing these things.
I was working for a London based Nigerian newspaper. I'm not going to name it just in case but it was an experience. I mean I am the last guy anybody would pick to work at a Nigerian newspaper. First of all I'm really white. And I don't mean just white I mean singing a capella versions of Get Low in the shower (Also looking up the meaning of 'skeet' on Urban Dictionary and being shocked, although not surprised, at the result).
So it was pretty weird and my jobs were varied. On the first day I was asked if I knew anything about social media for the purpose of upping their exposure. Now I thought this was just something they asked everyone but it turns out they asked me because of my age! You don't pick a guy to play golf with because he looks a little like Tiger Woods! Anyway once it was found that I didn't know how to get 100,000 views in one day they let that one go.
I have a hard enough time getting views on here. Most of mine come from traffic from a dodgy Russian illegal music site.
Anyway most of my job involved writing stories that were rarely used. I had a certain number of stories to write a day because a niche of this newspaper was that it was stories about Nigerians living in London, and I found it difficult to reach the number of stories per day as when you have a niche market it may just be that not a lot of news comes up on that subject. So to be honest it always felt hard to separate work and this. Because this is supposed to be fun stuff where I talk about shows and films, and occasionally make amusing jokes. Like the fact that I'm watching the American Office all the way through again for the fourth time. Just to put this is perspective, there are 9 series of 26 episodes averagely.
So anyway in the spirit of me trying to reclaim this as my own here Are some cartoons that artist Justin White has created of various shows and films which I love. (Link to his website with more below).
http://nineteeneightyeight.com/collections/justin-white-rated-g-1
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