Diary of an up and coming sociopath

There’s an expression which, though inelegant, describes my current approach to jobseeking. I think it goes along the lines of “let’s throw as much shit at the wall as possible, and see what sticks.” I have a big list of jobs that I’m looking to do, from QA, to webdesign, to tech support, to data entry, and beyond. In the past two days I don’t think there’s any kind of job on this list I haven’t applied to. Of course, a crucial part of applying to jobs is actually getting an interview. I have a few days, but I’m hoping something will come out of this. Tomorrow I’m heading back into Ealing Broadway to see if I can’t find some establishments where I can work retail. It’s not ideal, but rather this than nothing. Silverscreen might be the embodiment of all that’s evil, but hey, maybe I can get discount on DVDs at least.

So, soldiering on, I guess. I’ve paid this month’s rent, just about, which has left me all but penniless, so if something doesn’t come along soon I’m going to have to seriously reconsider my options. I mean, if nothing else, I’m incredibly sick of being unable to indulge in any recreational spending. There are films I’d like to see, comics and books I want to buy, and a girlfriend I want to visit, but at this rate I’ll be lucky to still be feeding myself before the next rent payment comes through. Not only that, but over various house movings I have boiled down my posessions to the barest of essentials, meaning that I don’t even seem to have anything I’d be willing to sell. Yet.

In the interest of remaining mentally active while being productive, I’m redoing the mini-portfolio I did a few weeks ago into something larger, which can demonstrate all my skills, and design/development philosophy. I admit the site redesign has stalled somewhat in recent, er, months. I don’t think I’ll get around to finishing it anytime soon. It’s only a little bit of work left, but I realised too late a lot of sections I created don’t actually have enough content to justify existing, so until I’ve got some stuff consolidated to fit in them, i’ll put that idea on hiatus and work on the secret portfolio of mystery, which you will never see because the stuff I’ve written is pretty embarassing out of context, and what’s good for an employer to read certainly isn’t good for my friends to be taking the piss out of. It’s not even uploaded yet, so don’t bother looking for it that way. When it’s done, maybe then I’ll share it, but for now it’s all offline.

Speaking of online projects, Paul Annett’s got an amusing web-design related anecdote concerning Harrods Christmas Hampers over on his blog. It’s far more entertaining (if you’re technically minded and can adequately consider the meta-text of me having linked to it how I did) than these occasionally self-pitying tales of financial woe. Remind me to be more interesting tomorrow.