3½ weeks ago, I decided that my job wasn’t leaving me enough time to do the things I wanted. So I wrote a resignation letter. A week later, I realised that I’m actually kind of broke and could probably do with a job, you know, for shits and giggles. To cut a short story even shorter, as of April 11th I will be working part-time at my current job, which leaves me the rest of the day after 1pm to do the things I want to do. Like sleep. Watch Trisha. Play on my DS. Smoke opium. Those sorts of things. I guess this post about micropatronage wasn’t half wrong after all. God dammit.
In actuality, I will be concentrating on my favourite hobby – photography. This means I will actually finish resizing my photos from my Christmas “world tour”. This also means I am going to try and make money off of my photography to supplement my meager part-time wage – things you will be able to purchase and enjoy, while giving me your hard earned money to support my half-hearted artistic bum lifestyle. But I promise, These Things will not suck. I have been thinking about These Things for a long time now. These Things might even be totally fucking awesome.
I will also have time when I am not exhausted to finish writing the things I start. This does not, however, mean that I will update my website any more, although actually it probably does. To be honest, I’ve been keeping a paper journal since the start of the year, and I can’t be arsed writing the same boring things twice.
“Today I went to work. Then I came home.”
“When I came home today, there was a poo under my chair. I scooped it up with newspaper.”
I mean, it’s not terribly exciting stuff.
Anywho, (did I just type “anywho”?) I finally uploaded a few photos from my trip to New Zealand and Dubai over Christmas. I have also moved my moblog photos to a directory that can actually be viewed. This contains more photos that I post on my website because I am a cheap bitch and it costs me 35p to send a MMS. Sorry, but it’s not worth that much to me.
A paper journal? Darn Ani, paper doesn’t even have a backlight… go get a Newton off ebay, or maybe this half-assed last century thingy http://www.selwyn.co.uk/Pen+Input+Solutions/Digimemo+and+software/Digimemo
(Windows only bleh)
Some nice pics there! I bow to you for the bravery of actually bathing a cat. Would you like to drop by and try doing that with mine? He sorta needs it…
So, if I may ask, how do living expenses in Manchester compare with Houston?
It is REALLY expensive. People tend to pay the same (or loads more in London) for rent but in pounds, but earn half as much.
For example, my 1-bedroom apartment is £600. My old 1-bedroom flat in Houston was $550. However, my salary in pounds is less than half of what my old salary was in US dollars.
Food is also pretty expensive, but the quality is higher – fresher fruit and vegetables, but a poor selection if you live in the city and don’t have a car.
There are less outdoors areas in or around the city, and the city is very bike-unfriendly.
I tells ya, sometimes I really miss Texas. But then I remembered that I hate Americans.
I did say “y’all” yesterday though.
You hate Americans? Very cool! Generalizations are great. Because we’re all exactly the same. Sorta like how people used to say “I hate blacks.” Nice one there, Ani!
Yes, I hate Americans, blacks, people with floppy hair, people with white shirts, and people with spinach in their teeth.
Imagine if a Brit said to you, “I hate kiwis”. You would probably think they were a complete arsehole and you’d wonder how they could make such sweeping statements.
Don’t forget I also think Brits have bad teeth and all Americans are fat. And Germans wear suspenders while eating sausages and beer.
Generalising for everyone!
The fact is, you said “I hate Americans” . And that’s cool and everything, I think anyone with half a brain realizes that you say things on the basis of what makes you seem cool. And, verily, it is cool to hate Americans. Have fun in shitty Manchester! Ha ha.
that was mean spirited. Manchester isn’t shitty. But many Americans are very nice.