Happy Belated Birthday Rants

So it seems I forgot my own blogaversay. Rants was a whopping 4 years old on the 9th May, and it completely passed me by. Shocking behaviour. I feel the blog is now judging me like a wife whose lazy husband can't remember her birthday or something.

Ironically, I actually blogged the day before said anniversary, having no idea that it was the day before the anniversary. And, the day after said anniversary a defect on the hinge of my laptop (Albus) caused the screen to shatter. Karma? I think so.

Well you've made your point, Mistress Blog. I have had to leave Albus once again in the hands of people that don't really want to repair him and I am without him for as long as they deem necessary to report on the manufacturing fault and decide whether or not to repair or replace him. *sob* (These things are particularly stressful for someone who can't deal with change, names her gadgets and gets ridiculously attached to them.)

And now I'm left attempting to write this blog on an old Samsung notebook that has a nervous breakdown if you ask it to scroll down, and which has a three second delay on everything you do. You click a button and it thinks about it, I mean, really thinks about it, and if you're lucky it will eventually do it, but sometimes a window opens up saying, 'Whoa it's too much, I can't keep up with you. I'm tired. Leave me alone.' (Or something similar.) Anyhoo, it's slow going. I miss Albus.

And so Rants, you are now 4 years old, and I think it's safe to say we've been through a lot together. Every tube journey, every training run, every music class you're there gathering rants and using your rant radar to conjure up the next installment. Every YA event, book fair and music concert you're observing and reviewing. And every award ceremony (watched on the TV of course) and the annual Eurovision blog you are at your most sarcastic and cynical. You have never deserted me. And so I salute you and this blog and look forward to the coming year - when of course I will remember your fifth birthday.........I hope.

A big shout out to the readers. Without you we may have to ponder the question: If you rant and no one hears, have you really ranted or are you just a nut case?

Cheers.

Rants.