Occupy My Ass

[dotinthesky]

November 5, 2011: Occupy LSX @ St Paul's Cathedral, a photo by nick.hider on Flickr.

I think I'm gonna have to give up NaNoWriMo: the good ol' RSI in both hands has returned. I need them hands. I need them for applying to jobs and recruitment agencies.

A few months ago I bought a ticket to see Hurts at the Brixton Academy. I was really looking forward to this gig and even penciled the date into my iCalendar. Except that I put down yesterday instead of Friday, the correct date. I found out my mistake yesterday morning.

In the afternoon, I took the No.8 bus downtown to meet loveinsuburbia for a coffee. The bus now detours around St Paul's Cathedral, giving you a privileged view of the Occupy London campsite. It looks realy well organised and put together, with information and university tents, posters with info on all pillars and small groups of people having conversations every few feet. It also has a lot of tourists snapping pictures and the feel of a prominent tourist attraction if it stays there longer than a year. I'm keen to drop by soon and visit.

This is the time of year when everyone in London starts looking pale and horrible, pulling their dark clothes out of the wardrobe. I'm still in denial that it's winter time: you can find me walking around London with my hands in my light summer jacket's pockets, shivering. During my wander with loveinsuburbia, we came across the #OLSX crowd again, this time marching down Tottenham Court Road; one of them was my upstairs neighbour, the one who sometimes stands outside Mile End Station handing out socialist flyers. She gave me a searing look because we were walking in the opposite direction.

Came back home and watched the frankly dreadful X Factor then an episode of The Wire season 4. During the night, I dreamt that Anne Wintour walked down a hallway - probably the most bizarre and pointless dream of my life.

I need to find a job soon, before this boredom and lack of money consumes me.

Comments

[millionreasons.livejournal.com]

I'm still in denial that it's winter time

It is still really warm though - usually bonfire night is when the winter coat goes on, but it's not cold enough for that yet. I'm sure it should be under 10 degrees at this time of year.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I don't mind the cold so much - it's the greyness and lack of light that gets to me. I have a momentary sinking of feeling whenever I realise it's gone dark at 5pm, and that it's going to get worse.

[atomic-joe2.livejournal.com]

The Number 8 bus...Victoria, right? I think I remember taking that from Liverpool St to Centre Point when I used to rehearse in London.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Yup, that's the one, except that it no longer makes its way all the way to Victoria: it now stops at Oxford Circus.

[leicesterstreet.livejournal.com]

I quite enjoyed the wire - I polished off all seasons this year actually.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I've really enjoyed it so far. We just finished season 4 and are about to start season 5. We need more writing like that on TV.

[rockingthemike.livejournal.com]

not competing in nanowrimo makes me sad. :(

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Makes me sad too: I was looking forward to it. It's a reoccuring problem for me so I have to be careful with my hands and not aggravate the situation. What I really need is a proper desk as where I write is inadequate and most certainly the reason why I get these injuries. I hope you are still doing good with your writing!

[myendeavorca.livejournal.com]

Did you have to leave your job because you were traveling? You had worked there a long time!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

No, my contract was coming to an end so I decided to take advantage of the time off and travel afterwards. The idea was that a new role would be advertised when I got back, which I could apply to... except that departmental reshuffling happened two days after I left and now that new role is in limbo!

So I'm now looking for work elsewhere... it's not looking so bad - I have two interviews lined up!

[myendeavorca.livejournal.com]

OH that's good! Good luck with the interviews!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Cheers!