Still waiting to start my job and I’m hoping to squeeze as many hours as I can out of it; had to cancel a trip to Edinburgh this weekend as I couldn’t afford to share the petrol money with my mates. Have recently read ‘Eats, Shoots and Leaves’ (Lynne Truss), which as you will know is a genius and witty book about punctuation. Not a text book but rather, inspired by many a self-help book, a book that will teach you how to love punctuation. I think I am guilty of a creative not educated use of grammar - but what do you care? New reading includes ‘Living on the Devil’s Doorstep’ (Floyd McClung) and ‘Schott’s Original Miscellany‘ (Schott). The miscellany may help us do a little better on our Monday night pub quiz. You may have noticed that I have added a trackback option to the post options: please use if I ever write anything worth tracking.
Monthly Archive for March, 2004
I’ll quickly let you know that I have a part-time bar tender job. The training starts next week and the bar opens in the Northern Quarter, my favourite part of town, at the beginning of April. This will do to keep the rent ticking over but really need to sort my crap out and be a bit more purposeful. Elsewhere, the back of my knee is itching thanks to the bugs deciding it is warm enough to come out and bite unexpectant frisbee players.
Impatience maybe key in getting out of unemployment but then I am always advised to be patient about getting the right job. I have been waiting on a couple of jobs recently; bar work that I have enquired and been interviewed for. As I hunt and gather potential jobs - think Eddie Izzard now, kids - I am left with extended periods of free time; I am spare to read, drink coffee and build friendships. Most excitingly, I can add to that list the time I have spent on the research and development of my stenciling. Reading up on the historical and the contemporary use of stencils on and off the streets alongside tutorials covering the entire practical process; from inspiration to final product. I was intrigued to notice the interplay of social activism and stenciling; I seemed already in-tune with the whole scene. Interestingly the art also defends itself as the least destructive and more considerate of the graffiti forms. I am liking it more and more.