Posts tagged shad
Lately I’ve been having trouble getting the motivation to start a couple projects (namely, my comics blog and a comic book project). Even though I know I can do both projects, there’s something holding me back from actually starting. While I don’t think it’s a lack of passion, I think it’s a little bit of fear what’ll happen if I succeed, or (perhaps more) if I fail.
Today was the first time I listened to this song in earnest, and I was amazed at how it pretty much summarized what tons of pages of self-help books have already told me.
If you’ve ever been scared of starting something new because of the prospects of failure, click “read more” for the lyrics and give the song a listen.
I’m having one of those evenings where I feel like my creative endeavors aren’t really taking me anywhere, and that I’m getting burnt out trying to finish the things that I’ve started.
Both my internship at the Globe and my recent classes are throwing me all kinds of signals that hard news is not where I’m supposed to be, yet I need to be there in order to get any kind of work.
So it just makes me end up feeling like I’m not cut out for this line of work, which I’ve been telling myself I could do since I was 16. When it boils down to it, the type of journalism writing I like doing will make me no money, and the type that makes me a little will leave me hating my job.
A perfect thing to figure out in my last semester of school.
It’s like… where the fuck do I go from here?
This song helps a bit.
This is Matt Demers dot com
In this post I’m going to steal a concept from Warren Ellis and re-introduce myself to the people who might be reading this blog.
My name is Matt Demers. I’m a 21-year-old journalist from Toronto, Ontario. My Twitter handle is @MattDemers, and you can contact me via e-mail at Matt [at] MattDemers [dot] com.
I write about a number of fantastical things, including comics, Android and issues that [should] matter to nerds everywhere. I primarily write opinion columns because I find great enjoyment in doing so. I love making people think about the world that they live in.
You can find my work weekly on Nerd Girl Pinups, a project I became a part of before I moved to Toronto in 2008. They are a lovely group of ladies who’ve devoted themselves to showing that there’s more to being a nerd than putting on a pair of glasses and posing with a Game Boy.
I write three times weekly for Droid-Life.com, a blog about Android products. I do app reviews for them, which I find very fun. I’m a big fan of the platform, and enjoy my Motorola Atrix smartphone immensely.
I write many times a week for ComicVine.com (sadly, they don’t have a “find all posts by author” button). I write feature articles about concepts that many a comics nerd has contemplated in their quiet moments, and also do reviews weekly. Also, I cover breaking news and Canadian conventions.
I also write about music from time to time. This writing includes my favourite interview: one with Juno award-winner and all-around nice guy, Shadrach Kabango.
My work has also been featured on other sites, like DorkShelf.com, The National Post, PopShifter and Android and Me.
One day I hope to express my opinion for a living. I take the serious personally, and the personal seriously.
I am always looking to write about new things, or talk to new people. Never hesitate to throw me a message on Twitter or via comment; they will always be replied to.
Thank you for reading.
This is why you should buy Shad’s iTunes Session EP.
This song alone.
Shad makes me happy. This intro makes me a mix of mellow and ecstatic.
The cat’s out the bag, the new Shad’s out, now they spell it “S-H-A-D-D” the way I spaz out.
