It goes ok.

I gave in. I went on the dole, in Sept 2007 and I held out for a decent job.
In January I got one and that lasted until June and then I took more temp work which in hindsight I shouldn't have, and that lasted up to July. Then it was back on the dole to wait for the next academic year.
I was told I would be offered the same job this year ( Read more... )

'These are not my people, I should never have come here…'

'Factory' - Martha Wainwright

Well, charming as Ireland is, I've had enough.

More than enough.

The myths are pretty but reality just keeps getting in the way.

Those low crime-rates are rising fast ( Read more... )

So, three and a bit months later what's new?

Writers' group is in summer recess. Or to put it another way, it succumbed to apathy and people stopped coming to the meetings. I may try and start it up again in September.

My shoulder problem turns out to have been caused by Belly-dance and as it is a tendon injury is proving very stubborn and slow to ( Read more... )

I've started writing again.
I've started writing a story that has been with me for nearly two years, actually it may be longer.
I'm at just at that stage where I'm almost shying away from it in case it disappears.
If you're in the habit of lighting fires you might know what I mean. Put them in a stove or a grate and you would be amazed how reluctant ( Read more... )

I figure April Ist is a good day to start a journal, don't you?

The new username is romany and it is generally translated as 'Crazy Stranger'. That seems apt. 
I am fairly sure that this is the masculine form, but I'm not positive. That's not so apt, but hey, nothing's perfect.
Gadjo is a term used for any non-romany person and has also been ( Read more... )