Tuesday, October 26, 2004
I didn't get the job - I knew this when I heard nothing on Friday, but today they rang and confirmed it. I was caught off-guard - playing The Pixies at volume and halfway into the shower - so when the woman asked if I wanted feedback I said no. Ok, part of me chickened out. I just had a huge idea that they'd make really personal comments about me being not smart enough etc. Because it has been mentioned by a few folk recently. I'm on £15 a week right now, for food, petrol and anything else other than bills, so if you can find flashy clothes for such amounts, then please let me know where I can get them.
Hissy fit over. Saturday was a great day. The weather closed in and went beserk, with pounding rain and a howling wind, but I went to Morrab Library's annual book fair in Penzance. Found some gorgeous stuff I could've spent a fortune on and met a gay bloke from San Francisco who loved my shirt (from a dyke coffeebar there) and best of all, managed to chat to a woman from Cornwall Editions, a local publishers, who wanted to know more about the novel and the plan for a photo book on local milestones. So I have some research to do, which will reinforce my reputation as a geek but may get me a book published, so there.
Hissy fit over. Saturday was a great day. The weather closed in and went beserk, with pounding rain and a howling wind, but I went to Morrab Library's annual book fair in Penzance. Found some gorgeous stuff I could've spent a fortune on and met a gay bloke from San Francisco who loved my shirt (from a dyke coffeebar there) and best of all, managed to chat to a woman from Cornwall Editions, a local publishers, who wanted to know more about the novel and the plan for a photo book on local milestones. So I have some research to do, which will reinforce my reputation as a geek but may get me a book published, so there.
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
I had a job interview yesterday. Oh, the shame!
I don't think I did too badly, bearing in mind I haven't worked for two years and haven't had an interview in ten or more. My mouth went desert-dry with nerves, and I managed to drop a photo of my gf on the floor in front of the two interviewers (both young whippersnappers) but apart from that, it was okay. And the job involves no real braincell work, which would keep my stress levels down and leave me to think about storylines and stuff during the day. And it's only down the road. But I don't know if they want a scary dyke working for them.
After I got home, I did a bit of writing. Happier than I thought with my new story, just wish I had more energy to write. But today I did something good, especially for such an anti social miseryguts - I finally wrote to the Queer Pagan Group, which I've been a member of for ages, but haven't had time to do much about. I'm hoping to find some more weirdos in Penwith. Here's hoping - all the dykes down here (and there are an awful lot) seem a bit on the respectable side. Arse to that!
Two majorly great things - my best friend is coming over from Berlin to visit, for definate now. And I'm reading Patrick Gale's 'The Cat Sanctuary'. Not what I would think of as my usual type of thing, but I'm loving it.
I don't think I did too badly, bearing in mind I haven't worked for two years and haven't had an interview in ten or more. My mouth went desert-dry with nerves, and I managed to drop a photo of my gf on the floor in front of the two interviewers (both young whippersnappers) but apart from that, it was okay. And the job involves no real braincell work, which would keep my stress levels down and leave me to think about storylines and stuff during the day. And it's only down the road. But I don't know if they want a scary dyke working for them.
After I got home, I did a bit of writing. Happier than I thought with my new story, just wish I had more energy to write. But today I did something good, especially for such an anti social miseryguts - I finally wrote to the Queer Pagan Group, which I've been a member of for ages, but haven't had time to do much about. I'm hoping to find some more weirdos in Penwith. Here's hoping - all the dykes down here (and there are an awful lot) seem a bit on the respectable side. Arse to that!
Two majorly great things - my best friend is coming over from Berlin to visit, for definate now. And I'm reading Patrick Gale's 'The Cat Sanctuary'. Not what I would think of as my usual type of thing, but I'm loving it.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
A change of text colour, just because I can.
I did my first sigil for ages this morning, one to send good fortune to someone who dearly needs it right now. It felt good, and I feel positive for doing it.
Last Thursday I dragged gf, sis and a mate to the Earth Mysteries talk. It was supposed to be about the history of Cornish witchcraft, but the speaker changed it at the last minute to something about earth mysteries and magic. An interesting subject in itself, but it bored the living crap out of the full house that had turned up. He spent most of the hour (was it only an hour? Jeez, felt like a lifetime) quoting quotes and repeating himself. We left at the break. At a run. When we got home, we found the moon was shining down on the sea. As A said, we should have spent the evening on the promenade instead.
Oh, will someone please send me a fiver, urgently? There's loads of things I really, really want (the Beach Boys' Smile for a start. Drool) but a couple of quid to indulge myself in the local Wetherspoons' beer festival is all I need right now. Thanks.
I did my first sigil for ages this morning, one to send good fortune to someone who dearly needs it right now. It felt good, and I feel positive for doing it.
Last Thursday I dragged gf, sis and a mate to the Earth Mysteries talk. It was supposed to be about the history of Cornish witchcraft, but the speaker changed it at the last minute to something about earth mysteries and magic. An interesting subject in itself, but it bored the living crap out of the full house that had turned up. He spent most of the hour (was it only an hour? Jeez, felt like a lifetime) quoting quotes and repeating himself. We left at the break. At a run. When we got home, we found the moon was shining down on the sea. As A said, we should have spent the evening on the promenade instead.
Oh, will someone please send me a fiver, urgently? There's loads of things I really, really want (the Beach Boys' Smile for a start. Drool) but a couple of quid to indulge myself in the local Wetherspoons' beer festival is all I need right now. Thanks.
