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Where the hell have you been?
By Joe | October 27, 2008
Ok, I suppose the question should be ‘Where the flamin’ heck have I been?’
Well, all over the place actually, both geographically and career-wise. Since we last spoke, several major events have ocurred - I’ve become a hotel inspector (no sniggering at the back), I’m officially a cruise writer, and my cat has grown a large wart on its head.
Assuming you have little interest in the latter, I’ll explain the hotel inspector and cruise writer jobs. I’m now employed by Conde Nast Johansens to inspect and recruit hotels of repute that will look good and benefit from being part of the CNJ portfolio. What does this mean? I’m, not sure yet, but I have been given a ream of manuals, a list of contacts and a very sturdy clipboard. I’ll let you know more about the life of a hotel inspector when I know what it is I’m supposed to be doing.
As for becoming an official cruise writer, the official bit means I’ve become known in the publishing world for specialising in cruises having completed my third tour of duty this year by taking my kids, Sam and Molly Blue, on a single parent family cruise around the Med. Those who know me, particularly my partner, may be shocked to see that I’m a single parent. Well, actually I’m not. I lied. Or rather pretended to be a single parent in the name of creative journalism. It was actually quite fun, though I wasn’t swarmed by single mothers pitying a lone father who inadvertently dresses his kids like Edward Scissorhands on LSD. In fact I wasn’t swarmed by anybody, partly because it turned out that I was the only single parent onboard and also because, I like to think, I managed very well on my own. Having said that, my benchmark was to bring back the same number of kids that I left with, so I wasn’t aiming very high. Anyway, I’ll provide a link to the outcome when it’s published in the Daily Express.
Anyway, enough about me. How are you? Have you had a fun finale to summer or has the credit crunch put the proverbial clappers on your aspirations?
Topics: General musings, Inane rants, Life in general, More Ketchup excerpts, Writing Clips |
October 31st, 2008 at 11:29 am
Well good on YOU. How very brave. But obviously not enough of a challenge. I suggest you do a follow up next year and I shall lend you my own two to add to your test group.
I’m sure I’ll worry myself sick by the pool thinking of you shepherding your little clutch safely round a cruise liner somewhere … oh, just somewhere far away. Sigh…