For
the last 2 years I've been attempting NaBloPoMo: National Blog
Posting Month. This is an event that some bloggers participate in,
although the numbers have dwindled somewhat. It's a month-long
challenge in which bloggers all over the world attempt to upload a
blog every day, for the month of November.
I've
tried this. I managed it in 2017, but failed in 2018 due to my
phone's camera conking out. I have a new phone now, and feel ready to
take on the challenge again. I normally tie to this project the theme
of 'excess,' taking the main components of my blog- exercise, celebs,
literature, Manchester events- and attempting to ramp up the output
by involving myself in as much of this as possible.
Before
this, I would always prepare for a month by reading, and watching
films / TV shows, that tied to excess in some way. Think movies
about rich or famous people. Businessmen. Drug dealers. Parties.
Novels from Bret Easton Ellis, or Jack Kerouac, or writers trying to
emulate them (cough). Now that I have Netflix (got as a Christmas
present last year) I've got access to a wider range of 'research.'
Hence, this starts today. In a month, I'll start Excess Month:
Practical, which will coincide with NaBloPoMo, and I'll be looking
for events or experiences to blog about. But, for the moment, Archer
(privileged alcoholic man-child spy) and Bojack Horseman (burned out
anthropomorphic former celebrity coming to terms with depression)
will fill my evenings. Last night I finished The Assassination of
Gianni Versace, documenting gunman Andrew Cunanan's killing spree in
1997. It's a fascinating character study of a man obsessed with
status and celebrity. Well, he was also a psychopath, but that's
irrelevant. Incredible misce en scene and a timeline that jumps
around before and after the highest-profile of his killings.
Current
body weight: 83kg. Let's try not to increase that. Current page
views: 681,749. Let's try and increase that instead. Here we go...
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