On Careers Hollywood Farms and Planes
ALLOW ME to take the time to get my stories up to date. So much has been happening over the past few months, I feel rather guilty that all I've mentioned on this blog since November last year has been my engagement and its subsequent party! In reality, the past two months have been a complete roller-coaster. Allow me to explain.
Well, first up has been the career "re-alignment". I must be careful at this point not to break one my my golden rules of blogging i.e. don't blog about work. At least nothing that could be found by a current or future boss.
In essence, I've been contemplating my career and where I want to go next - like all good abitious Gen Y's I've been planning two steps ahead in terms of where I want to be and by when. I have to say I quite enjoy where I work - however in essence we are 6 people, and staff turnover is so slow that I am still the most recent person employed, almost 3 years ago. I decided to take a sniff of the air around, and saw what looked to be a really good career opportunity with a prestigious global firm that would give me skills and experiences that would open so many doors. At the time I was looking, there was a lot of confusion in my current position and it looked (to me) as though my own job could get "centralised" - that was the spur I needed so I applied.
I went through two months of pain with a recruiter, 3 interviews, and actually ended up getting offered the job. Long story short - it got to the 11th hour when I was going to hand my resignation in, when my current employer threw the cards on the table and shocked me a little. It turns out there was far more to my current employer than I first thought. After much tossing and turning (poor Adam, he was so sick of my indecision!) I decided that it was better the devil you know, and stayed.
I guess what I did learn out of the entire experience is that nobody was going to look out for my career path but me. The next few months are going to be about me being bloody-minded and driven, moreso than I have ever been before. Well, here's hoping it all turns out!
Anyway, that's the boring work stuff out of the way. The rest of the time was far more enjoyable!
Los Angeles
Shortly after the events mentioned earlier, I was sent to Los Angeles to do some training. Unfortunately, it was only for a week and the time after it was so busy at work that I had no chance to stay on and look around. However, from my time there I can say a few things:
Doesn't nearly do him justice...
On my way over I was sitting at the boarding area (was travelling V Australia, so no Qantas Club for me **sob**) and I noticed a really hot, toned blonde boy who was dressed casual and listening to his iPod - looking so beautiful yet so Australian at the same time. I have to say I was a bit jealous! I looked at him and thought "my god - he's about my age, and has a body to die for. Some bastards have all the luck". He really had that toned surfie look, and a killer smile. I decided to take a seat in the boarding area where he was in view - I had to do something to pass the time!. I noticed some American girls also checking him out - then one of them jumped up and asked to have her photo taken with him. Some of the other passengers grinned and even said "man, some people have all the luck". He gave a goofy adorable grin, posed with the girls, and then sat down, immersed in his iPod. Then some other girls decided they too wanted their picture taken - and I started to get suspicious. This guy DID look quite familiar - kinda like the really hot guy you noticed at the bar who you kept seeing when you went out places. That kind of recognition. Then it hit me...this guy was an actor! Indeed, it was Todd Lasance from Homos and Gays Home and Away who I had a small crush on in 2008. Blimey. I felt a bit better after I noticed him passing me on the plane to go sit down the back of the bus.
As soon as I got off the plane I asked Adam if starfucking was allowed. The jury's still out on that one :-)
Bathurst
In the past 2 months we've been up to Bathurst a fair bit. Really, it's a lot more enjoyable in winter when it's not so bloody hot and there are less snakes about. Meanwhile we've had a few enjoybale moments up there, including one experience when we decided to take the canoe onto the river and paddle to the other end of the property. Originally I had envisaged that the dogs would swim behind us, but I think swimming is pretty tiring for dogs and the poor blighters got very tired very quickly. Somehow we managed to get them to actually get in the canoe with us and stay still enough to maintain some balance. It was a Kodak moment - Adam, me and the two fur children, in a canoe paddling up the river on a summer's day with a few beers. Heaven :-)
We also decided for Adam's birthday to entertain some friends up at Bathurst - one of the first times we had taken people up there. We had 13 people up there at once. I giggled a bit as they arrived - the big long drive into the middle of nowhere, the long rocky road down the hill to where the house was - they thought they were going to some place ala Wolf Creek where they would have to sleep on the floor of a shack whilst listening out for crazy guys with knives. In reality, we spent the weekend drinking and eating crazy amounts of food overlooking the river, including a picnic down by said river involving champagne and strawberries.
Joeyglide
Well, I went to my yearly gliding competition, this year at Narromine (near Dubbo, freshers!). I was too old to compete this year - however it was quite an enjoyable week! If nothing else, I quite like getting away from it all, going west and drinking with a bunch of people who are as crazy as I am. I have to say I was quite glad that since I wasn't competing, some days it was nice not having to fly and just enjoying myself on the ground. One day it was windy and 45 degrees - a no fly day. So we all sat in the river with a few cans of Bundy and enjoyed the afternoon. Too good if you ask me :-)
And now?
Well there's probably a lot more to the last few months, I haven't even covered xmas and NY, but hey I think everyone's over that already. Currently I'm on a plane flying over the Tasman on my way to New Zealand, listening to Chopin's "Fantasy Impromptu" as it's currently inspiring me to start playing the piano again. Well, that and I need something to drown out that baby that's been crying for the last 3 hours. Why they can't have a "Family Class" at the very back of the plane where the engines can drown them out I don't know.
Aaaanyway, that's all from me folks - if you've read this far, me love you long time. This blogging thing is hard!