cut the rope

[apiphile]

+1 (compression)While entering the premises of my esteemed local audio electronics emporium (my immediate surroundings contain among other things a fabulous pub, an exceptionally welcoming Japanese deli, and a rather knowledgeable stereo/recording shop) in order to purchase for myself a USB microphone pre-amp, Making Better Speech Recordings For

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[strangefrontier]

Ditto re: budget bullshit.

I can't help but wonder how long it'll be before another Spirit Day, promoting awareness of people killing themselves due to poverty and absolute financial despair, bullied to death by this government. But that's the sort of head I've got on today. I'm looking back nostalgically at yesterday, when I was peaceful and it was beauty that moved me almost to tears.

GODDAMNIT, THE GOVERNMENT, I WAS FROLICKING IN THE PARK AND TAKING PHOTOS OF SQUIRRELS YESTERDAY, WHY DID YOU HAVE TO GO AND RUIN THINGS?

[apiphile]

Yeah, I was already thinking there might end up being stories about people committing suicide/taking their kids out with them because they feel they have literally NO HOPE now. :(

[strangefrontier]

Especially considering how hard the cuts are going to hit some very vulnerable people on welfare and disability benefits. I've already had a schizophrenic & bipolar relative try to kill herself and threaten to take her kids with her years ago when finances weren't an issue. I don't want to think how the outcome might have been different with the extra strain of a fucked welfare system, or if back then she'd had her current level of illness severity and lack of competent mental health care and support. I am so, so glad the kids are no longer dependent on her.

[apiphile]

Yeah, it's the 80s revival; we put the most pressure on the most fragile and vulnerable people in order to prop up the wealthy and protected. What an EXCELLENT IDEA.

[joysilence]

It's already happened. At this point I can't think of any words that fully express the contempt I feel for those murderous Con-Dem fucks. I hope their recent child benefit cuts will act as a turning point in the public's attitude towards them, but sometimes it feels like Britain is such a glutton for punishment that it won't stop until they've brought back the workhouse.

On the bright side, I hear there are quite good prospects for quality sound/audio engineers (music being one of the few sectors to do well in a recession), so you shouldn't be panicking yet. That said, I panic all the fucking time.

[apiphile]

Jesus fucking CHRIST.

And ... well. Not that good. My tutors like to explain that in great detail. Especially with the BBC being gutted like a still-twitching fish.

[joysilence]

Oh bollocks. Obviously my "sources" (a grand total of two blokes in the business) are not that up-to-date. The usual careers advice in these situations is to find a niche within your sector so that you are prized for the rarity of your skills or combination of skills, but I don't know how that would apply to sound engineering and such. At least you're in the right city for jobs, I suppose. I'm sorry my comment turned out to be 100% depressing after all...But cheer up, you could always get a job with Vodaphone, I hear Osborne is very well-disposed towards them LULZ

[apiphile]

Haha no, there *are* jobs in film and broadcast, but naturally I want to work in live theatre, which has been dying for decades (my hope is that eventually I'll be able to get work on one of the big musicals).

I probably won't be burnt at the stake for having disfunctional plumbing

:( Ah yes. I am looking forward to the funeral for the NHS and my chances of being treated for broken bones being removed because I'm lardy and therefore It Was A Lifestyle Choice.

[joysilence]

Mmm, live theatre - from the depths of my ignorance, I can only suggest moving to somewhere where they still treat theatre with respect. Sadly this may mean France or elsewhere in Europe (or at least Scotland). (On the plus side, at least they have a functional welfare state in France. And everyone there speaks English, seriously. Probably better than they do in England.) Good luck anyway, that's all I can say really.

I am also concerned about the lardy crackdown. Maybe I should get lipo and pay for it by making the fat into expensive soap, like in Fight Club. Then I might be allowed to continue existing.

[apiphile]

I CAN'T LEAVE LONDOOOOOON. *clings to it* We may not treat theatre with respect here, but the big musicals are still pulling in the cash.

[stratospherique]

I would read this novel.

Just sayin.