In which our entrepid adventurer escapes from tumblr into unemployment.

Admiral's Log Day One.

"In another moment Alice was through the glass, and had jumped lightly down into the Looking-glass room. The very first thing she did was to look whether there was a fire in the fireplace, and she was quite pleased to find that there was a real one, blazing away as brightly as the one she had left behind. 'So I shall be as warm here as I was in the old room,' thought Alice: 'warmer, in fact, because there'll be no one here to scold me away from the fire. Oh, what fun it'll be, when they see me through the glass in here, and can't get at me!'"

Lewis Carroll Through the Looking Glass

To those who may be confused. I am not an admiral at all: It is an anagram of my name.

Tumblr is shit. I've travelled through the looking glass to place which looks very similar, but noticeably warmer and less... casual. Less pretty too. But I am willing to forgo prettiness for substance. Blog mirrors life. Please comment. Please get involved. I have been talking to nothing, and no-one for too long. Unlike escaping Alice you can get at me.

In return I will try to be interesting. I have recently finished my degree. If I get a decent part time job I can continue my studies. I would rather not think about the alternative. In the meantime I have devised a list I will call it the Admiral's plans:

1. Video games: Little King's Story/ DJ Hero/ Viva Pinata: Not necessarily completable but certainly satisfying.

2. Baking: There is nothing like baking cakes: it is so productive and satisfying.

3. Learn to lead properly: Woodstock Salsa is coming up and I better get good quick. Plus I'd like to be able to start thinking about the salsa music itself. I'm sure that leading makes you better at following. I just need to work out how it does.

4. Woodstock tap: This is slightly different to the salsa, because it's much more intricate and based on memorising the hundreds of individual movements.

5. The I-am-going-to-hell reading list:

- The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie

- The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins

- Modern Science Writing Anthology

- Lolita - Vladmir Nabokov

- Ulysses - James Joyce

Books I've had on my shelf for ages and have been meaning to read; But not found the time. There are many other books I could add from my everlasting still to be read list but these are the best books for burning. They really get a fire going.

6. Dungeons and Dragons: play in Bob's game, write a couple of one-offs.

As you can no doubt see this eclectic and fascinating list will provide me with entertainment in between the hours of searching for a job (and house). But probably won't help to get rid of the lump in my throat for not being quite as clever or brilliant as I have always assumed.

The Admiral.