just out of curiosity i've been looking at the fco website at the vacancies section, i can't believe how easy it is to get in at policy level! its pretty similar to what i used to do, though it would be a lot busier. theres too much overseas work involved for my liking, i think i've spent more than enough time away from family and friends over the ( Read more... )

everything is so half-hearted at the moment. but i will have new digs on the weekend, and a giant marketplace and sainsburys just down the road for the next three months so its not all bad. now that i've found a place to live, its rather left a hole in my workday, leaving me without having to check moveflat.com constantly for any updates. my new ( Read more... )

i've just rung someone about a flat today, only to be asked "what do you do? we only want interesting people with interesting jobs living here!" - very odd. as i hung up on him, i pondered on what it was i actually do all day... i suppose at the moment my job is vaguely interesting - i'm helping to organise an art exhibition in milan and hoping to ( Read more... )

i hate looking for places to live. and i'm rubbish at it as well. reasons why i've rejected perfectly nice rooms include: coldplay on the stereo, possible flatmate wearing a baseball cap (not one of them hipster ones which are perched just so on the head so as to have enough room for an apple underneath, though that would be reasonable cause also ( Read more... )

birmingham - officially alright.

i'm having a bit of a disco in my office this afternoon. my manager has fucked off to the dentist, i have a new scarf and smash the system is playing. i fancy some baileys. and tiramisu!!

i have been actually busy with work this week. mainly talking to french people - i always feel like such an ignorant xenophobe saying "parlez-vous anglais?" because i'm too thick to know their language and automatically expect them to speak english. anyway, i have managed to worm my way out of going to aberdeen (whilst business trips are all well ( Read more... )

i came in home from work fancying a bit of a listen to dusty springfield, however the neighbours downstairs are listening to nick drake on 10 - hmmm. what to do...

why does dennis of 'stenders real name have to be nigel?

went to see the french last night, if anyone thought hefner were a bit too london-centric then the french aren’t going to be setting their world on fire ( Read more... )

went shopping for a sleeping bag at lunch time (on the way, got some sainsbury’s finest st clements style shortbread - surely the tastiest of shortbreads) - whenever i have to go into any place associated with outdoor activities it feels kind of like i’m entering a polluted infected environment and my skin crawls. these people are not my kind. ( Read more... )