giving it a try

giving it a try

hey! how's it going? i figured that i wanted to give long-form writing a proper try since i've never been able to maintain a blog before. i reckon a fresh start will do me some good. i've got a wealth of time these days; i may as well use it properly.the reasoning for the name of the blog is that the things i will be talking about are my own personal matters, it's not just an assertion that i matter. i'm a fairly inconsequential guy.

as for some background information, you lot can just call me mutt. i'm aware it defeats the purpose of the name of the blog, but that's why i prefaced with an explanation - just roll with it. i'm currently twenty-two years old and i live in scotland. i'm taking a year off from university in a last-ditch attempt to figure myself out just enough to become functional again which is a pretty huge task to be grappling with, if i'm honest. my field of study is english literature with the projection of going on to study creative writing. i write poetry and plan to continue to do it as a career. although, the concept of calling it a career makes me feel a bit ill. it's more just a passion that i'm hopefully going to be lucky enough to be able to sustain my existence with.

my hobbies are kind of an eclectic gathering of things that i occasionally pick up and put down in short bursts. my current haunts are gaming and miniature painting. i've been gaming since i could operate a controller and i used to paint warhammer minis as a kid, so i feel like i'm very much returning to my childhood these days. i'll save my deep dive on the specific things i'm up to for another entry. my other hobbies which i haven't touched in a while include: 35mm film photography, painting, drawing, reading, emulation, and walking.

i'm also a big physical media buff. i will collect any physicals of anything that i like. my main formats are cds, dvds, cassettes and records. i've got a pretty modest collection of things because money is perpetually tight, but i have some really cool stuff. i like a pretty decent range of music, but my current favourite artists are creeper, kneecap, pansy division, sum 41, and green day. i'll never escape my pop-punk fixation, i fear.

i think that about covers everything you need to know for now. i don't reckon there will be any sense of regularity or routine to my posting. there is likely to be lots on some days and absolute radio silence for several in between. i'm not the best at habit-forming.

i hope someone out there finds a little comfort in my endless yapping.

sending love,
mutt