I actually never wanted to write a blog.  As soon as it became something that everyone’s friends, cousins, grannies and doggies could do, they did.  We all have interesting experiences, fun stories worth telling at the water cooler.  We all have opinions that we’ve learned to back-up with a thesis statement and three supporting paragraphs.  But lets face it, very few of us actually experience something exciting everyday and nobody really cares what you think about the rising price of milk.  I was encouraged to start my blog to both better my writing and share my experiences with anyone who cared to listen.  Despite my doubts, writing Marglish.com has been a very rewarding experience.

But lately I’ve been finding myself short of material for my loyal readers.  Why?  Because having committed myself to life in Sydney it has become just that, life.  It’s not always average but it’s also not always interesting either.  Aussie culture isn’t the mystery it once was and though I have a lot of the country left to travel, thinning bank accounts prevent it from happening with any regularity.  So my inspiration to write about the oddities of life as an ex-pat is waning.  But my desire to create beautifully written pieces of bite-sized autobiographical literature lives on.

So what am I going to write about now?  What is interesting enough about my life that it will make my blog better than your dogs?  Well, moving to another country wasn’t the only thing that changed about my life in the last year.  I also officially became a freelancer, a.k.a. starving artist, a.k.a. indy filmmaker, a.k.a. broke-ass writer.  These were all things I had done in the past but always in balance with the 9-5 daily grind.   But now I live my daily life in the constant pursuit of seemingly lofty artistic aspirations, with no promise of an income in my immediate future.  And I love it!

My experiences may not always be blogworthy, but life as a freelancer has taken me to some odd places and introduced me to some even odder people.  It’s also forced me to face the most frightening challenge of all, self discipline.  Cultural observations and travel reports will still be choice topics on Marglish.com but I’m expanding my palate to include the colors of life as a hopeful artist.  I hope to paint you all an entertaining picture.