Rejoice lovers of free speech and insane rambling everywhere, for here we are – the 5th anniversary of the Big Angry Trev blog!
Who would have thought bigangrytrev.com would still be running strong after half a decade eh! Does it mean I am a talented writer whose turn of phrase brings literary delight to you all, or simply that you all are gluttons for punishment – the jury is still out on that one.
It’s been a fun 5 years and a great creative outlet for yours truly. There have been times where I couldn’t stop blogging and other times I would struggle to come up with one post a month. Likewise there have been times where the site has had thousands of hits in a day, yet other times the traffic has been so slow it might as well have been Rylstone on a Tuesday afternoon. However the site has continued to grow and expand from a few different topics to a dozen categories – be it Hobby Farming, Meat Consumption or Transformer Talk, with there now being hundreds upon hundreds of posts for your reading and viewing pleasure.
The blog has had some great successes. The story about a Redback Spider killing a Blind Snake (which turned out to be a legless lizard) was picked up by local Victorian newspapers and even the television news! Some of my Transformer reviews have been picked up and shared by the major TF sites overseas such as TFW2005 and Seibertron. For a while there I was receiving free merchandise from Hasbro to review regarding the Transformers Trading Card Game and even given a few world exclusive card reveals! Ah, free Transformer merchandise – if only that had extended to toys we would have probably paid off our mortgage by now.
Of course it’s not been all high’s. I’ve had people vehemently disagree with my blog, despite it’s relatively non-offensive content. I’ve had people completely misconstrue my meaning so they think I’m supporting what I am actually mocking (satire is a foreign concept to some). There have been several cyber-attacks which necessitated the purchase of some high-level malware and spam protection. For a while I couldn’t share links to the blog on Social Media due to Mr. Zuckerberg and Mr. Morrison having a spat. I’ve even had one threat of litigation; despite my lawyer saying I was legally safe he also said it probably wasn’t worth the headache to fight. As Ricky Gervais says: ‘no matter what you say, it’s going to offend somebody somewhere’.
So I’d like to thank all the thousands of people who have read my blog over the past 5 years. Whether you’ve been reading about the idiocy of my youth in Tales of the Trev, checking out my latest Transformer Toy Reviews and Fan Interviews or simply enjoyed one of my infrequent videos, its been wonderful to have an international audience to share the bubbling mess that is my inner thought processes with. But there are also some specific people I need to thank:
*Thanks to my in-laws Matt & Jo for suggesting starting a blog in the first place.
*Thanks to Ozformers and its founder Griffin for letting me continue to post links on his site
*Thanks to fellow blogs TetsToys as well as the wonderful Lisamaree and her blog Life… With Sprogs! for the cross-promotion.
Thanks to Hasbro for the freebies to review (I’d like some more please!).
*Thanks most of all to my wife who has been kind enough to keep the kids out of my hair long enough in order to put finger to keyboard on occasion. She also kindly overlooks the fact that in order to keep advertising off my site the blog is a sinkhole for money rather than a cash cow. Who knows, maybe if I increase my readership by 500% it might be worth putting up an ad or two – get your friends to start reading so I can quit my job and do this full time! Who knows – might even get around to writing that novel the missus has been telling me to for years.
So many thanks everyone and to you dear readers – here’s to the next 5 years! If ever there is something new you would like featured on this site don’t hesitate to post a comment about it – I’m always looking for something new to talk about. If you’ve got an Ask Trev question on any topic or just an issue you’d like to hear a Random Rant about don’t be shy. Keep up to date with when new posts are put up by joining the Facebook sites Big Angry Trev! & Big Angry Trev’s Transformatorium, or simply create an account here to keep you update!. And don’t forget during those times I have writers block you can still catch me on the Big DJ Trev Show on Krrfm.org.au to get your weekly dose of warped Trev logic, insane rants and good tunes!
Love to you all
Big Angry Trev
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