Hello and welcome to “You Know it Makes Sense”, the website that is to be the presenting platform for the written works of one Alex Bennett… That’s me! I run an informal site, so feel free to take your shoes off, untuck your shirt and take out your ear rings. Maybe even slip into those silk pyjamas that you love. Light that virgin scented candle that you, up to now, have kept for ‘decorative’ purposes, (Its reason for being is to provide light and a pleasing aroma. Fulfill its destiny… Click that wick!!) Essentially, do whatever it is that makes you feel comfortable.
Continuing the theme of keeping things casual, please feel free to call me “Al”. It is at this point that I would like to apologise to all Paul Simon fans who have googled his famous whistle inducing tune from the 80’s and clicked on here under false pretenses. I’m sorry to say that this is a Chevy Chase lip-syncing free zone. Total bummer, I know. Please feel free to continue in your pop pilgrimage and maybe check back in later?
Now, where was I? Ah yes! So, we are all on board with the name abbreviation in the interests of familiarity? Jolly good! Then I shall move on to the whole purpose of this website.
In exchange for your valuable time, I shall regale you with tales of my existence.
“The blog equivalent of a cross eyed chimp playing paintball”
Now, I’m no Barak Obama or Elon Musk, so don’t expect too much in the way of inspiration or ‘secrets to success’. Good ol’ Musky and B.O… Oops. Some coincidental scent themed nicknames there. Barak has some unfortunate initials. President B.O? I wonder if that’s the initial smell that hits you when you walk into The White House? Anyway, they are both impressive guys. Those fellas could motivate the masses by posting a selfie whilst taking their bins out!
No, the mixed chronicles I plan to share, spanning from my birth in South London to my current life in Sydney, Australia, are solely for entertainment purposes. If you are inspired or inadvertently learn anything, there is probably something wrong with you and you have my sympathies.
I’ll be posting my latest spiel or anecdote every Friday, and they will all be written from my ‘unique’ perspective. If you are expecting any other form of consistency, there is only disappointment on your horizon. No harmonious themes and sans chronological order, if I see it, do it, or it pops in my head, it will be right here in black and white. Consider it the blog equivalent of a cross-eyed chimp playing paint ball.
Finally, I would like to draw your attention to the terrific illustration above. It was expertly knocked up by my brother Lawrence Bennett and depicts yours truly clinging to the South London landmark that is the Crystal Palace transmitting tower, looking for inspiration whilst inexplicably being attacked by gorillas in early 20th century style fighter planes.
I feel this encapsulates my writing process quite nicely.
Lawrence has kindly agreed to be the Quentin Blake to my Roald Dahl, (Be assured, this is merely a working relationship comparison. Neither of us are in the same stratosphere as those literary leviathans!!) He will contribute an artists impression with each of my articles to aid the digestion of my ramblings. Essential doodle roughage!
That’s everything I think. If you have any feedback, feel free to email, tweet or even throw a message enwrapped brick through my window, (Please only resort to the last one if your signal or WiFi are playing up.) I would just like to say that I have no idea where this writing lark will lead me, and I’m not sure that I am even very good at it. What I do know is, I’m going to enjoy every second of the journey.
With that, I’ll leave you with that Paul Simon song in your head and a quote from a well respected chap I mentioned earlier –
“Enthusiasm makes up for a host of deficiencies”
President B.O.
I have it on good authority that he said that whilst taking a selfie, putting the wrong recycling bin out.
Muchos Luvos!
Al x
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