My in-between jobs time is disappearing. By the end of this week I will be either fully or halfway employed. That's employed by people who will pay me for the time I spend on their behalf ( Read more... )

I've been using this time to imagine myself in a new way, cosmically ordering things into place ( Read more... )

You find me mid-beginning of a fresh life experiment ( Read more... )

Incredibly self-indulgent review of my last decade; I think it's an interesting exercise for me to do, it's not done for readers really. So, to save you the effort of reading it, it goes: *Friends, Fall in Love, Birmingham, Leeds, London, Fall out of Love, repeat from * until last stitch. Knit one ( Read more... )

Erk! Thanks for the concern my loves. I'm alright ( Read more... )

That monthly sick to the very base of my stomach feeling is back. It's 'cause I looked at my bank account. After freaking out and walking around the city centre in a big sightless circuit, just grinding my teeth and panicking, I went back to work ( Read more... )

It feels as though today hasn't been very productive - but look - I've written two short stories for the Commonwealth competition, unpacked a suitcase of clothes, done some laundry, had at least 3 hours of phonecalls, watched a film and eaten my body weight in pesto-covered gnocchi. And got really excited about a music festival in Oslo in August ( Read more... )

Oooh so Nanowrimo yeh? I was doing pretty well. 'Til I tried dialogue and errr got a bit carried away and now it's going all livejounally and erm I'm pretty sure that none of the characters were supposed to be ME or EMO so hmmm there is going to be a hella lot of editing going on! Also I'm taking today off of it after deleting the last 500 or so ( Read more... )

Two things: Grown up dating and people-watching on the National Express East Coast.

Grown up datingSo I'm having a brilliant time dating the Australian ( Read more... )

The job hunt does not go well. My friends are advising me to take on an interim job - temping or some such - in order to finish my qualification and be free to keep looking for the next perfect experience (like the Trace project that I just finished. Nominated for an award! Nice!). Good advice. My criteria for interim job (as it will inevitably be ( Read more... )