Oh, you’re back are you? It’s about damn time.

Give me a break, I’ve been across the world and back.

And you couldn’t take a break from your busy holiday schedule to write something?

Well, you know, I was busy and ah, didn’t have Internet access all the time. And I’m…

Incredibly lazy?

Yeah, that too I guess.

Whatever. People have been asking about you.

Really?

Yeah. I told them you were dead.

Thanks, I appreciate that.

Thought so. You ready to get started again or what?

Yeah, back in the Land of the Pure, back to work, settling in.

Is that even a sentence?

Shut it, Blog.

But you know, it is a rush seeing yourself on television, no matter what it is. And honestly, the show wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Don’t get me wrong, it was still pretty terrible, but happily, it was not the complete catastrophic destruction of all things good and natural in this world that I thought it might be. I also happen to have the inside scoop that the episodes do get better… marginally. I took over writing around the fifth episode, so I guess I have to get behind the show at some point there. In the meantime, I was pretty confident that not many people would have caught the episode. But sure enough, within days, I had aunties and co-workers stopping and saying, “I saw you on TV!” Usually, I responded with a simple, “I’m sorry.” But even though I’m living proof that you only have to be in the right place at the right time to be on Television (oh, and being white helps), people still have an inherent respect of someone on the screen, no matter the quality.

But I guess that’s where things have to start. You put some shows out there, you make some money, you make a better show the next time, and then gradually you’ll have a solid base to work with. And it’s cool to be a part of that. But this morning, I had a sobering thought. When I return to the school to teach next week, I know for damn sure that one of those kids will have seen the show. I’ll never hear the end of it. I don’t know why that hadn’t occurred to me before, but I’m going to have to face that one down.

And now… the only thing to do is to start scheming for my own show. Look out George, here I come… And as it happens, I’m already here.

But now I’m back. Time to start up this blogging with a vengeance now that we’ve got it pretty much set up. How do you blog with a vengeance anyway?

Congrats to Troy on the show, I hear it went well.