With the pressure off to a
small extent due to no longer being committed to recording an audio book
version of Bowie Day, I have slowed down a bit
regarding my work list. I am my own worst enemy in situations like this because
I am still behind to the tune of the Dickens Christmas audio book and Christmas
feels like a long way away. Next week I have booked another two days of ‘holiday’
from the courtroom in order to get that finished and released, which effectively
brings an end to my work commitments for this year, not including the weekly podcast
which remains an ongoing project. The only big task I have left is to organise
the publicity for Bowie Day, hopefully scheduling
all of the interviews for January 8th with any print interviews done
in advance for publication on that day. The Christmas edition of The Sunday Alternative will be available on Sunday 21st
December and a regular podcast will appear on the 28th. I am keen
that the podcast will appear weekly regardless of holidays and other obstacles
that might get in the way.
It is my hope that I can do at
least some serious groundwork next year in order to blow a hole in my to-do
list; this will involve a lot of writing and filming in some cases, with
finished products being released as soon as they are ready with no pre-set
release date. I turn 39 in August 2015 and am mindful of the fact that some of
these projects are several years old and as such I would like to get them done
and dusted this side of my fortieth so that I will be able to slip down a gear
with regards my work and maybe look into getting back into radio full time, or
a change of career altogether.
Although I have quite a lot of
work to do, last night I couldn’t find the motivation and didn’t even turn my
computer on to do any work. I had intended to catch up with my ever-expanding
email inbox and to record at least one of the Dickens Christmas stories but
instead started watching a documentary about Jack the Ripper. A Swedish enthusiast
has ‘revealed’ the true identity of the notorious killer, he says, once and for
all. To be honest, I don’t really want the true identity to be discovered
because it takes something away from the Ripper legend. This is of course only
one person’s side of the story, and anyone can name names as to who they think
was the killer because everyone involved is dead and cannot refute what is said
about them. Jack the Ripper was a real person (or persons) but because nobody
was caught and convicted of his crimes he has passed into mythology and almost
become a fictional character. Countless films, documentaries, plays, and books
have been written speculating on his (or her) identity, and because nobody will
ever really know the truth it is wide open for fictional interpretation. Anyone
who has seen Goodnight Sweetheart will know
that the reason Jack the Ripper was never caught is because he was a time traveler
who escaped to the 1990s and was killed when he was hit by a car. That may or
may not be the truth, I don’t know for sure because I fell asleep before the
end of the programme.
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