Regeneration

Good day to you, readers. If you are a fan of the magazine form of WAKE UP from days of yore (or, indeed, from more recent days), then you're very welcome indeed to this new iteration. If you are a new reader, then you are just as welcome, and are due a few words of introduction with which to begin. WAKE UP was a magazine established in 2008 by Ciarán Treacy and Derek Young. It ran for only two issues, and its circulation was mostly limited to their school, but it was well-received across the board. Its approach was best described as whimsical, featuring articles about tea, monkey butlers, the eating of celebrities, being trapped in a giant bottle of Coca-Cola and advertisements for banks. A combination of increased workload leading up to final exams and printing difficulties meant that a third issue never materialised, and WAKE UP lived on only in the hearts and dreams of its loyal followers.

Now, however, it has returned to begin its message of truth anew. The title of this first article was carefully chosen; this is a regeneration, of sorts. When a Time Lord regenerates, he or she retains his/her memories, but fundamentally changes in appearance and personality (in Doctor terms, the anarchic Tom Baker follows the upright and proper Jon Pertwee, for instance). So it will be with WAKE UP. This is the same creature, but fundamentally different; obviously it is in a different medium, for a start. This, sadly, more or less rules out the stick figure drawings that were a constant feature of the magazine articles. The other, even more significant change is that the enterprise's staff is now halved; for the moment at least, this blog is entirely the product of Ciarán Treacy. Rest assured, however, that the spirit of WAKE UP remains the same; things have changed in the past two years, but I remain dry, cynical and egomaniacal.

So what's planned for the future? Well, the short answer is: many things. I've been very inspired by some of the wonderful bloggers and other talented people I've discovered on the Internet, so I hope to emulate their fine examples. I have plans for the future, which I won't disclose for the moment; mainly because they're rather nebulous and insubstantial. Mostly, though, I hope that people read this and enjoy it; I always enjoyed making WAKE UP, and I did get the impression that people enjoyed reading it as well. Be sure to get in touch with any comments, suggestions or any such; the new e-mail is childrenwakeup@gmail.com. I hope I can offer you a few things of interest.


 
The future's bright. The future's WAKE UP.