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Since we learned a new act to drive sorrows away
This has been a good week for seeing well-known people in unusual settings doing interesting things.
On Friday, d_floorlandmine and I took ourselves off to the Barbican to see Bright Phoebus Revisited.
A bit of backstory required here - Bright Phoebus was a seminal modern folk album released in 1972 by The Watersons and friends. The songs were written mostly by ( Read more... ) -
Hiatus
I have decided to give Facebook a rest for a few weeks. I'm spending far too much time on it, and I seem to keep finding myself embroiled in silly arguments which end up with me feeling frustrated, angry and upset. This will probably be a temporary measure but I'm looking forward to spending more time on more interesting things. Which will possibly ( Read more... ) -
eBay stuff
In case anyone's interested I've got some more stuff on eBay at the moment, including an absolutely STUNNING hooded medieval-style dress in black and green satin - I bought it a while ago for Whitby but it just doesn't fit me (too tight across the boobs). Probably best on someone about a 14-16 but because it laces up it will adjust to fit.
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Further general musings
Summary: improvement in some areas, staying the same in others ( Read more... ) -
Hey... what's going on?
Some of the stresses I talked about in my last post have calmed down a bit. After a long struggle with banks and HMRC and accountants, I finally managed to get a business bank account opened and was able to invoice for my hours. The sense of relief was palpable. By the looks of things, all should proceed smoothly from here on in. I'm keeping stuff ( Read more... ) -
General life update
Well, this year hasn't really gone as planned. I had hoped to be in secure employment, to have taken an overseas holiday, and have moved to a larger/nicer flat. Unfortunately none of these things have happened ( Read more... ) -
Whitby Gothic Weekend - a rant
This started out as an item on Facebook but then it got very long so I figured this would be a better place to put it! Feel free to link to it, argue with me or otherwise engage ( Read more... ) -
Work and stuff update
Well, it looks like the job market is a bit more buoyant at the moment, because I've managed to get myself lined up pretty much straight away - and the phone's still ringing with other recruiters wanting to get me on their books.
From next week I'll be working for the London Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (sorry, the Royal Borough, I beg its ( Read more... ) -
Some bad news
Unfortunately I wasn't successful in securing the permanent role at my current place of work; my abilities weren't in question but unfortunately the role went to someone who had more experience of strategic planning and working with web analytics (both skills I only started learning a month and a half ago). So, well, that sucks - and probably means ( Read more... ) -
PUB!
Just in case any London types are reading here that don't read Facebook:
Drinks in the Devonshire Arms, Camden tonight. I'm likely to be there from about 7ish to grab a table.
Join us!
No reason, it's just a Friday.