Things have been a little miserable around here, what with Saturday bringing the announcement of 1) a second national lockdown and 2) the death of Sean Connery. Although he was 90 and died in his sleep in the Bahamas (goals!), the Bond community is obviously very sad about it ( Read more... )

Today, for the first time, I went in to the office where I've been nominally based since June, and met three of my colleagues face to face. My boss had to collect me from reception as I didn't know where our desks were ( Read more... )

This week I started the third and final placement of my Home Office digital internship, without going in to the office or meeting my new colleagues in person. It's a shame, because it means I'm not getting to know them in the way that you do if you're idly chatting or getting a coffee together, but things could be considerably worse. (Five minutes ( Read more... )

All the things I've been looking forward to are being cancelled left right and centre, but if that's the worst that's going to happen to me and the people I know, I'll be extremely thankful ( Read more... )

Last Christmas, someone gave me a notebook. Usually, my MO with notebooks is to think "How lovely! I must use it for something really special!" and then put it carefully in a drawer, never to emerge, but for some reason in this one I started to write lists ( Read more... )

Today is my 42nd birthday (thank you for the virtual gift, st_crispins!) and also the first day of my new job. Or rather, the first day of a bewildering week of inductions in which I met many people and was told many things. We were constantly reassured that we didn't need to remember it all right off the bat ( Read more... )

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So yesterday I applied for this job. It's a copywriting role for an online community, and would involve, essentially, looking at dogs on the internet all day. GET IN.

This morning I received the following response from the recruiter:
My client will only consider current dog owners for this specialist role. Are you a current dog owner ( Read more... )

Today I am wearing a polo shirt to work instead of a polo neck!