Someone once told me...

Someone once told me that it was only polite to introduce yourself when meeting new people. Despite the fact that I will more than likely never meet most of you lovely people in the flesh, I thought a formal introduction was probably necessary.

My name is Megan and I am currently living in Manchester and working at a television production company. Having graduated from the University of Manchester in June of last year, I worked as an extras booker at an acting agency in which I was fortunate enough to work on several exciting projects. However, as much fun as it was to tell my friends that I was currently working on the new Samuel L. Jackson film, we all secretly know that I wasn't technically working "on" the new Samuel L. Jackson film. In fact, I was probably more of a bystander than the members of the public that chose to mob the set on a daily basis with the hope of getting a meagre glimpse of Mr Jackson himself. No, I realised that casting was not for me. I had bigger dreams;  dreams of cameras, scripts, brainstorming meetings and light bulb ideas. I was destined to work in television production, not glorified recruitment (with a quarter of the usual salary) - so when a friend asked if I would like to be put forward for my current position, I would have been a fool to say no, even if the interview did fall on my birthday.

The rest, as they generally say is history and now I go to work with a spring in my step and a sparkle in my eyes - apart from Monday mornings, which are generally gruesome and involve Ugg boots and swear words not even your mother could imagine.

Enough about that.

I never considered myself the sort to start a blog. Whilst reading other blogs, I became overwhelmed by a cringing sensation which would lead me to wonder "why on Earth would you feel the need to tell people that?!" And yet, here I am, as they say - blogging. In turn, probably causing anyone else who does read my blog to cringe themselves. Cringe away... feel free to do so... please, I insist! I have not started a blog to uniquely express myself. I have not started a blog for the glory or to attract thousands of followers. Crikey, I haven't even started a blog for people to genuinely read (I personally prefer more of a skim, as it generally then takes me less time to get to the best cringey bits).

No,  I did not start this blog for any other reason than the fact that someone once told me to... and as you shall learn, I take notice of what other people say. Whether or not I agree with such statements is another issue altogether, but I will always have an opinion and I suppose now, I have somewhere to share it.

I hope that those who do not only stumble across my blog, but can also bear to read it, enjoy it!

 Even if only for the cringe factor...