Hired

I got the call last wednesday, and boy has it made a difference. Following the call, i went through the relevant stages of
Big News Syndrome:

1. Disbelief (er, what just happened?)
2. Shock (omg omg omg omg)
3. Happiness (wheeeeeeeEEE!)
4. and finally, Fear (omg omg omg omg, again).

Needless to say, I'm very happy to accept, provided i get the paperwork back to them on time. If not, they may well withdraw the offer.(Please do not tell my parents.)

The role aint glamorous but its 110% London Based (you're all free to visit, my soon-to-be-roomie informs me there will be at least a plasma screen tv, dvd player and nice minimalist/cosey decor. Possibly, there will be an animal of some sort, a hamster/dog/possum). Additionally, its a massive company, great pay and I start in Jan 07 so I can bum around til then with pride. Actually i should be doing something useful but we'll think about that later shall we. Of course the hours shall be, 'unsociable' as they put it. I just hope I can do the damn job.

Anyway, in other news, Congrats Ellen and Kee, may the next addition to your family be your very own pug dog :D

A good laugh

I may be one of the last people to have watched White Chicks. I admit, the make-up just plain scared me.
Anyway, Rach and I watched it last night on Sky and despite the freakiness of it all, it is pretty darn funny, just what you'd expect from Scary Movie director Keenan Ivory Wayans.

But, there was one character who stole all the scenes and frankly, made it into a kinda funny film, to a kinda funny film with a couple of very memorable, laugh out loud split yer sides moments.

Wait for the video to load before clicking play, its so worth it

Aaah I can never listen to Vanessa Miles in the same way again!

Watch it here http://youtube.com/watch?v=2j7ttFrUwqQ

Fishin for jobs arent an easy catch

Its now the 2nd of March and I'm pretty annoyed I'm still in the middle of this job limbo. I have around four interviews to come, and I'm still in the game, so to speak. But is it a good thing I'm at this stage, at this time of year? I know some people have all but given up jobs this year, despite their amazing grades and perfect CV. They have, for want of something better to do, decided to bum around for a year or, god help them, do a Masters.

I'm a little fearful I'm not taking this as seriously as I should. We've been through this before - first and second placements, interviews, bullsh*t your way into a monkey job with a decent brand name on the CV. This is of course different - I and probably many others aren't realising this is not just a job, but what you will be living and breathing for a significant proportion of your next two to three years. Blagging an interview is one thing (management degrees literally teach you nothing but to blag) but really performing on the day, in the assessments, is another, and is where I fall down.

My general feedback is, I need to be more concise, bullsh*ting is one skill, but really getting to the point is another. Funnily enough, I also need to be more interactive and engaging with the client in a presentation/meeting context - I tend to stick to what I'd like to get across, a little too much. There's the BBA coming out in me..

On the other hand, after getting past the disappointing notion of spending many, many hours racking up imaginary rail club points commuting to and from london for interviews and assessments, my plan of gapping for the year (not much of a choice really if you're unemployed and McDonalds prospects arent looking attractive) is quite exciting.

Theres no point getting another year older without learning something or building up your skillset for when you do actually decide to join the rat race.
Hence, the plan is to get an internship, do some travelling, or do both ideally at the same time. Apparently my english accent will get me brownie points and a few more quid in the bank if I tutor English in places like Singapore or China. Roughly £15 an hour or more.. not too shabby, especially when my hours are flexible. Plus I get to forcefeed myself some Mandarin, doses of which my mother highly advocated. Something like that would be amazing for a few months.

Before I know it, this university life will be over - after Easter (more job hunting, coursework initiating..) my world consists mainly of panicking over exams and deadlines and then thats it - graduation. Scary.

But its come at the right time - i'm becoming rather jaded with academia and being a student in Bath. It is time to move on, I just wish I could cut out the crap and get straight to it so I can concentrate on making a cosy lifestyle for myself wherever I am.

A couple random notes of interest:

Dancing on Ice - strangely, strangely addictive. I think it must be that camp cabaret music.

The summary of many quizzes I've done out of sheer procrastination - I'm a mainly intuitive, counselor type person, due to take over a small country as my claim to eventual fame, with a mental age of 36. And my epitaph will read the following: I told you I was sick.