I think there are redundancies going on around the bank at the moment. Rumours are swirling around and bits of information are coming in, where i hear names of people that i don’t know that have been laid off.
Everyone is worried. There is a tension in the air.
Me.....i am completely unaffected by any of it. I always say that i am learning nothing and doing no work and so you would think that i would have got very little out of this experience but actually its given me one of the things i was looking for when i left the internet company i spent years at, and that was to get experience and exposure and to see if i was actually any good at this computer stuff i do for a living . it has given me a bit of confidence and given the fact i have been taking exams regularly i feel more confident than the other guys in the bank. After all, i also don’t have the worry about payments on a Porsche, golf club memberships, football season tickets, exotic holidays to the carribean etc.
I am here for 3 months and thats the length of my contract. Its all crystal clear. I don’t want to be here when my contract is up in july, but i know i have those 3 months and i am happy with that. it will be time to move on by then anyway.
Worst comes to the worst and i can’t get a new job and my contract doesn’t get renewed, it will mean i have some free time and i think i might go on holiday to san fran and LA and maybe san diego in late august. It would work out well. thats a very good option if you ask me. maybe i should hope for the worst.
Actually a friend of mine just got a job as a courier and he just went to LA on Tuesday to deliver some film tapes to a big studio. He was there for less than a day before flying back. His thoughts on LA were,
Its far from London, 11 hours on the plane.
Its sunny and warm.
he didn't many nice looking girls ( which i was suprised at), though he was only there for a morning and afternoon. Am sure there are lots of nice looking girls in LA. Just not between 10am and 3pm on sunset boulevard.
Lots of tattoo shops and quite a lot of people with facial tattoos. Tattoos can look nice on some people if done properly and designed well, but have never seen a facial tattoo look good. They might have been gang members,....maybe. facial tattoos quite popular amongst the latino gangs i hear. he did say he went through Compton on the subway.
Thats about it for his 5 hours in LA. If i was to go i think i might stay a little longer than 5 hours. 3 or 4 days possibly to get a bit of a flavour of the city. Probably chill with the homies in south central. Do a couple of drive by’s. i wonder how much an automatic assault rifle costs?, will have to find out before i go. I might also get some ink done with the name of my neighbourhood in gothic lettering across my back. Spend most of time playing dominoes whilst wearing those ¾ length baggy chino pants with long white socks and a white vest. Maybe shave my head and grow a goatee and moustache as well. i wonder if you can rent lo-riders from hertz or avis. I will look into that as well. (i think i may have watched boyz 'n the 'hood too many times)
Today i have mostly been listening to At the drive in - one armed scissor. two of the guys from at the drive in went on to form the band sparta which was what i listening to in my last post. If i was keeping it gangsta in LA right now, i would be listening to NWA - fuck tha police.....fo' shizzle.
Anyways....., i have been going to bed at midnight all week because i have been studying and waking up at 6am because i am on earlies at work. 6 hours sleep is taking out of me. Also had football last night and going to see Angels and airwaves tonight. I am progressively getting more and more spaced out and tired as the week has gone on. exam tomorrow lunchtime as well. not the best preparation and would have liked another week of study but the only dates i could book the exam was tomorrow or mid-may, which was too far away. We shall see how it goes. Am more likely to fail by taking it earlier than i wanted but if i do flunk it, i will try it again in a couple of weeks. I would just rather take it sooner rather later.
take care V
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