The mysterious disappearing blogger...

Aaarrrgghhh!! Where has my time gone?? I've missed doing this so much, but am yet to find a balance that gives me half an hour to devote to it! The new job has started and I am very much in at the deep end. Haven't drowned yet, thankfully, but never say never! It's incredibly fascinating and deeply frustrating in turns. This is the first time in a month I've had a chance to really sit down and think about it, and I'm still not 100% sure it's what I want to devote my life to, but on reflection, I am enjoying it for now and I think I'm doing relatively well, all things considered. Probably can't really go into more detail here, as I read an article the other day about a professional in the same area who commented about her job on her blog and was immediately sacked. (Not that I'm doing anything secret - just all sorts of protection issues involved.) Nonetheless, it would sometimes be useful to have an impersonal arena in which to release some of the tension!

Am currently reading Scarlett Thomas's 'The End of Mr. Y". Just like Andrew Crumey's books, this has been something of an exciting discovery. In all honesty, I picked it out because of its look and feel (I know, I know...), but it is a genuinely wonderful story and the writing is exceptional; it has a real texture to it and is, in places, achingly beautiful. Unfortunately for my PhD - which is still plodding on - I have been so drawn into this book as to fail completely in the academic reading to which I should be devoting my precious free time!

Right, I really will endeavour to update far more regularly. Should be easier over the next few months, as a routine has just about been established...