Application Of Energy
well, it's been two weeks since I became one of the great unemployed masses. So far I've spent much of the time relaxing, working the metaphysical kinks out of my system that three and a half years of work have left me. The rest of the time I've spent socialising and looking for a new job. Today it's the turn of the IT sector- I'm applying for jobs at the Uni and College in the hope that one of them will give me the time of day- I can't afford to be out of work for too long. I've got a meeting with the agency on Monday, so hopefully if I don't get anything else I should at least be able to temp somewhere to keep the finances balanced.
Socially Lufbra's fairly quiet ATM. A lot of people have gone home or are too busy working. There's normally food, a couple of drinks and a movie of an evening though, either here or at Vixel's (dependant on whose round of the great culinary crusade it is).
So life keeps plodding along. Not much to talk about, really. My parents are visiting next week, I'm possibly playing in the next instalment of Leo's SR game this weekend... Same old, same old. Looking forward even more to hitting NL in September- I'm reminded of all the time I spent in Holland waiting to move back to the UK; maybe the grass is always greener on the other side. ;)
Anyways, in closing here's another meme pulled off Vixel's LJ...
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- GENERAL -
Current mood: Lethargic
Current taste: Blackcurrant squash
Current music: The new Ayumi Hamasaki single
Current hair: Brown, long, straggly (needs washing and brushing)
Current clothes: Dressing gown. When I finally get dressed in a bit it'll be anime-print t-shirt and black combats as usual
Current annoyance: Being unemployed
Current smell: Rain
Current thing I ought to be doing: Applying for jobs
Current windows open: Three Notepad windows, Opera, TotalCommander, MSN and BitTorrent
Current desktop picture: Fred Gallagher's Broken Miho sketch recoloured into green-on-black
Current favourite band: Don't have one- whoever I happen to be enjoying at the time
Current cd in stereo: Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
Current crush: Blackcurrant- or is this squash? ;)
Current favourite celeb: I don't like celebrities enough to have one
Current hate: My ex-area-manager, AFAIK the only person in my last job who didn't want me there.
Have a dream that keeps coming back?: I have variations on a theme...
Remember your first love?: Yep.
Read the newspaper?: Occasionally
Believe in miracles?: I believe miraculous things can and do happen, but I don't ascribe any divine intervention to them
Believe it's possible to remain faithful forever?: Yep.
Consider yourself tolerant of others?: Yep.
Consider love a mistake?: If it makes someone happy, it's not a mistake
Like the taste of alcohol?: As long as it's a component of another drink- going blind isn't one of my ambitions. ;)
Have a favourite candy?: Haagsche Hopjes, probably
Believe in astrology?: I used to, though it's been a number of years since I did my own readings
Believe in magic?: Vixel: That depends on your interpretation of the word - Ditto.
Have any pets: Just the cats at my parents' place. Does the chinchilla-on-speed count? ;)
Go to or plan to go to college: Been to Uni and graduated, thinking about going back at some point to do something more useful
Have any piercing?: Nope
Have any tattoos?: Nope
Hate yourself: I often get exasperated with myself- close enough?
Have an obsession: I'm naturally obsessive
Have a secret crush?: If I did and said so, it wouldn't be secret now would it? ;)
Do they know yet?: Who? ;)
Wish on stars?: Yep
Care about looks?: Mine or others'?
- LOVE LIFE -
First crush: Please see previous crush-related questions ;)
Single or attached?: (Perpetually) single
Do you believe in "the one?": I believe everyone has an ideal; however, few people can match up to any ideal
- LAST THING YOU -
Bought: Something green ;)
Ate & Drank: Chocolate covered strawberries (last night) and blackcurrant squash (just now)
Read: Vixel's responses to this meme
Watched on TV: On TV or on a TV? The former I can't remember, the latter Apollo 13
- EITHER / OR -
club or house party: House Party
cats or dogs: Cats
single or taken: Taken from what?
pen or pencil: Pen, though I'm picky about decent pens
gloves or mittens: Gloves, though it's rare I find a pair I really like
food or candy: Food
cassette or cd: CDs, especially with the advent of high-speed burners and CDRWs
Coke or Pepsi: I can't tell the difference most of the time
- WHO DO YOU WANT TO: -
look like: A stylised, colour-corrected, photoshopped version of myself
be like: Vixel: Myself, deep down I kinda like who I am - Yeah, I'd go with that :)
avoid: Most Americans
- LAST PERSON YOU -
talked to: Pete
hugged: Vixel
instant messaged: Vixel
- HAVE YOU EVER -
Dated one of your best friends?: Nope
Run away from home? Nope
Broken a bone? Nope
Played Truth or Dare? Yep
Been in a fight? Yep
- WHAT IS -
The most embarrassing CD in your collection?: Depends on your own tastes, I guess; probably the collection of Schwarzenegger movie theme tunes
Your bedroom like?: Squareish, most stuff around the side or in cupboards, big windows that are almost always obsured; this goes for NL home as much as Lufbra home
Your favorite thing for breakfast? Filled croissants- bacon & cheese, Boursin or apple & cinnamon
- RANDOM QUESTIONS -
What's on your bedside table?: Considering my bedside table is my desk: my PC, a few Gundam figures, a couple of glasses and a morass of papers, CDs, DVDs and bits of electronica
What do you eat when you raid the fridge late at night?: Anything edible, though I normally end up making toasties
What is your biggest fear?: Spiders and my own mortality
Do you ever have to beg?: For what?
Are you a pyromaniac?: Isn't everyone?
Do you have too many love interests?: Nope
Do you know anyone famous?: Not that I can remember
Describe your bed: Black pillows and duvet, Megatokyo blanket on top; the duvet rarely gets slept under
Spontaneous or Plain: Spontaneous
Do you know how to play poker?: Nope, and I have no intention of learning
What do you carry with you at all times?: Keys, wallet, phone, Swiss Army knife
How do you drive?: I don't
What do you miss most about being little?: Lack of pressure, not having to make consequential decisions, summer holidays that seemed to last forever
Are you happy with your given name?: It's a little boring, but it's served me well so far
How much money would it take to get you to give up the Internet for one year? £30,000, non-taxable
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Countdown: 44 days until next NL holiday. :D
Socially Lufbra's fairly quiet ATM. A lot of people have gone home or are too busy working. There's normally food, a couple of drinks and a movie of an evening though, either here or at Vixel's (dependant on whose round of the great culinary crusade it is).
So life keeps plodding along. Not much to talk about, really. My parents are visiting next week, I'm possibly playing in the next instalment of Leo's SR game this weekend... Same old, same old. Looking forward even more to hitting NL in September- I'm reminded of all the time I spent in Holland waiting to move back to the UK; maybe the grass is always greener on the other side. ;)
Anyways, in closing here's another meme pulled off Vixel's LJ...
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- GENERAL -
Current mood: Lethargic
Current taste: Blackcurrant squash
Current music: The new Ayumi Hamasaki single
Current hair: Brown, long, straggly (needs washing and brushing)
Current clothes: Dressing gown. When I finally get dressed in a bit it'll be anime-print t-shirt and black combats as usual
Current annoyance: Being unemployed
Current smell: Rain
Current thing I ought to be doing: Applying for jobs
Current windows open: Three Notepad windows, Opera, TotalCommander, MSN and BitTorrent
Current desktop picture: Fred Gallagher's Broken Miho sketch recoloured into green-on-black
Current favourite band: Don't have one- whoever I happen to be enjoying at the time
Current cd in stereo: Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
Current crush: Blackcurrant- or is this squash? ;)
Current favourite celeb: I don't like celebrities enough to have one
Current hate: My ex-area-manager, AFAIK the only person in my last job who didn't want me there.
Have a dream that keeps coming back?: I have variations on a theme...
Remember your first love?: Yep.
Read the newspaper?: Occasionally
Believe in miracles?: I believe miraculous things can and do happen, but I don't ascribe any divine intervention to them
Believe it's possible to remain faithful forever?: Yep.
Consider yourself tolerant of others?: Yep.
Consider love a mistake?: If it makes someone happy, it's not a mistake
Like the taste of alcohol?: As long as it's a component of another drink- going blind isn't one of my ambitions. ;)
Have a favourite candy?: Haagsche Hopjes, probably
Believe in astrology?: I used to, though it's been a number of years since I did my own readings
Believe in magic?: Vixel: That depends on your interpretation of the word - Ditto.
Have any pets: Just the cats at my parents' place. Does the chinchilla-on-speed count? ;)
Go to or plan to go to college: Been to Uni and graduated, thinking about going back at some point to do something more useful
Have any piercing?: Nope
Have any tattoos?: Nope
Hate yourself: I often get exasperated with myself- close enough?
Have an obsession: I'm naturally obsessive
Have a secret crush?: If I did and said so, it wouldn't be secret now would it? ;)
Do they know yet?: Who? ;)
Wish on stars?: Yep
Care about looks?: Mine or others'?
- LOVE LIFE -
First crush: Please see previous crush-related questions ;)
Single or attached?: (Perpetually) single
Do you believe in "the one?": I believe everyone has an ideal; however, few people can match up to any ideal
- LAST THING YOU -
Bought: Something green ;)
Ate & Drank: Chocolate covered strawberries (last night) and blackcurrant squash (just now)
Read: Vixel's responses to this meme
Watched on TV: On TV or on a TV? The former I can't remember, the latter Apollo 13
- EITHER / OR -
club or house party: House Party
cats or dogs: Cats
single or taken: Taken from what?
pen or pencil: Pen, though I'm picky about decent pens
gloves or mittens: Gloves, though it's rare I find a pair I really like
food or candy: Food
cassette or cd: CDs, especially with the advent of high-speed burners and CDRWs
Coke or Pepsi: I can't tell the difference most of the time
- WHO DO YOU WANT TO: -
look like: A stylised, colour-corrected, photoshopped version of myself
be like: Vixel: Myself, deep down I kinda like who I am - Yeah, I'd go with that :)
avoid: Most Americans
- LAST PERSON YOU -
talked to: Pete
hugged: Vixel
instant messaged: Vixel
- HAVE YOU EVER -
Dated one of your best friends?: Nope
Run away from home? Nope
Broken a bone? Nope
Played Truth or Dare? Yep
Been in a fight? Yep
- WHAT IS -
The most embarrassing CD in your collection?: Depends on your own tastes, I guess; probably the collection of Schwarzenegger movie theme tunes
Your bedroom like?: Squareish, most stuff around the side or in cupboards, big windows that are almost always obsured; this goes for NL home as much as Lufbra home
Your favorite thing for breakfast? Filled croissants- bacon & cheese, Boursin or apple & cinnamon
- RANDOM QUESTIONS -
What's on your bedside table?: Considering my bedside table is my desk: my PC, a few Gundam figures, a couple of glasses and a morass of papers, CDs, DVDs and bits of electronica
What do you eat when you raid the fridge late at night?: Anything edible, though I normally end up making toasties
What is your biggest fear?: Spiders and my own mortality
Do you ever have to beg?: For what?
Are you a pyromaniac?: Isn't everyone?
Do you have too many love interests?: Nope
Do you know anyone famous?: Not that I can remember
Describe your bed: Black pillows and duvet, Megatokyo blanket on top; the duvet rarely gets slept under
Spontaneous or Plain: Spontaneous
Do you know how to play poker?: Nope, and I have no intention of learning
What do you carry with you at all times?: Keys, wallet, phone, Swiss Army knife
How do you drive?: I don't
What do you miss most about being little?: Lack of pressure, not having to make consequential decisions, summer holidays that seemed to last forever
Are you happy with your given name?: It's a little boring, but it's served me well so far
How much money would it take to get you to give up the Internet for one year? £30,000, non-taxable
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Countdown: 44 days until next NL holiday. :D
posted by Union Jackal at 1:26 pm
5 Comments:
Does the chinchilla-on-speed count? ;)
I suppose I deserved that :P
look like: A stylised, colour-corrected, photoshopped version of myself
Admit it, you want to be Manga Joe :P
Would you prefer Film-Noir Joe or Action Hero Joe? Admittedly the former requires me to stand under a streetlight in the rain (in black-and-white), while the latter needs a course of steroids... ;)
...Nah, aside from needing to work the paunch off, I like me. :)
...And yep, you deserved that. :P
I think Bad 80s Mafia Movie-Joe would suit you best :P Plus you'd get to play with guns!
I wanted to go try out the beer car park of that pub round the corner from my house this evening, but I think the weather would suggest that's a bad idea. Bah.
I can't have any more caffeine now until I go home. Expect whinging. I demand you keep me entertained! (and a gin and tonic)
But I don't like mafia movies! ;)
Nani? Why no more caffeine?
The Met Office claims the worst of the weather will have passed by six, so a swift half at the local isn't too bad an idea. We don't have to sit outside in any case. :)
Don't forget we also have a movie to watch either tonight or tomorrow night... and I'm sure a G&T can be incorporated into that. ;)
No more caffeine 'cause afternoon break's over. Only an hour and 20 minutes to go though!
A pint a little later sounds good, movie-age would possibly be best left until tomorrow though, as I have food preparation and fridge cleaning to do tonight, as well as the statement of doom.
and you look like an evil mafia boss when dressed for an interview :P so there :P
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