Some changes are required...

I have decided that this blog needs some sort of re-tooling.

In recent times it has become rather stale, with me simply posting trailers with the accompanying "Dude, look how awesome this looks!". Perhaps unsurprisingly, this became boring quite quickly.

I'll get back to you.

To keep you occupied in the meantime, here's the front and back cover of Macho Man Randy Savage's 2003 rap album 'Be A Man' for you to look at. I've never listened to it myself but it looks pretty good.

A brief interlude...

Can't...blog...too...busy

Will...return...shortly...Batman...out...playing...Batman...

Here...picture...look...awesome...

Sometimes the internet really delivers.

One year on...

Well, February marks the first birthday for Preparations for Birth. 12 months ago I started this blog with no real direction or point...and not much has changed. But if I've even had a single person say they were mildly distracted by my ramblings enough to stop them killing themselves, then my work is done. 

"Ha, ha! He's right! Zack Snyder does suck!"

Well, if you're just able to drag yourself away from your balconies and bottles of sleeping pills long enough, then I might continue on here with this thing. As you may have noticed, video games take up most of the words on this blog but so what? Video games are tops. I'll no doubt be mining that rich vein in the next twelve months.

So, join me dear reader in celebration. Raise a glass to this sporadically-updated, rage-fuelled, certain-things-that-interest-me blog. I know I will.

If you are without a glass, then let me tide you over with a few pictures of all things awesome:

How to become a massive hypocrite.

Well, I changed my mind. I do want to rant on this blog now.

There's just too much pressure in today's hectic world to stick to my current guidelines of 'wacky-yet-horrifying guides' I originally wanted here. So fuck it.

LET'S GO FOR QUANTITY OVER QUALITY WITH THIS BITCH.

Stay tuned...I mean it, actually stay tuned. For real this time.

Here's an amusing picture of Macho Man Randy Savage to tide you over:

How not to maintain a blog.

For the one or two people (it might have been three at some point) who occasionally read this blog, I apologise. The entries on here have been very sporadic of late. But fear not (if in fact you were fearing), this blog is not dead. Actually, this self-referential entry will probably be the re-launch of my piddling little thoughts. That said, the wild west story I was writing on here is dead. I just lost interest and my concentration is on other tales of demons, little girls & drug addiction at the moment. Maybe I'll rewrite it, but not yet.

This blog was not meant for these sort of thoughts. You know, those kind of 'what I did today' type thoughts. That's for shitty boring blogs. The kind of rubbish spewed forth by Sami Lukis and such. I'll continue on with what this blog was meant for: strange, nonsensical guides on how to live a slightly more interesting life.

So bear with me here (and to be honest, what else do you have to do? Watch more Olympic swimming?) and I'll revive this thing. Promise.

A short introduction

Well,


I think the majority of what will be discussed here will be as follows:

• rants about things that need attention
• essays about video games
• a short story set in the Wild West
• updates on the condition of the garden

So, here we go.

Here's a picture of a small duck.