linkedin

went out last night in shoreditch and it was good to see all the people i used to work with back in the day. had the usual run for the last train home.

today i feel very very tired. its like a tsunami of fatigue has hit me and i have had a constant headache and tightness in my neck and shoulders all week. i am worn out. just as well that i have to be up at 5.15am on saturday morning because i have to go to work tomorrow.

its my last weekend in london and the next 2 will be in new york and LA. i finally booked my last 2 nights in LA as well. i am staying near the Home Depot center on the friday and then i am staying at a place in west hollywood, a few blocks from the viper room and whisky a go go in one direction, and the troubadour in the other direction. LA might not have quite the historical heritage of london but its in these venues where motley crue, guns'n'roses, and janes addiction cut their teeth, and thats way more relevant to me than some painting of an old king or queen in an art gallery.

heard some news about idiot techboss that i used to have to work with about 3 years ago. he is on linked-in , the proffesional networking site, and he messaged one of my friends letting them know he would be free in a couple of weeks and if they had any work going. my friend said they didn't have any vacancies at the moment, and because he made my days at work so uncomfortable and frustrating, added that he should get a job in banking because since i left i was working in the city and was making a small fortune from it. she forwarded the mails as she rubbed his nose in it a bit. it amused me. i know of a few good, talented guys that ended up leaving their jobs because of him, and he was an asshole.



one thing about linked-in. to me it just seems to be a way of chancers and people with limited skills to get any work. the only people i know that really talk up the benefits of it are the ones that are not that good at what they do. who gives a job to someone just on the basis of who they know or some random person giving them a recommendation. i doubt i would get a contract in a bank on that basis. they don't give a shit who i know, its what i know that people are interested in. anyways i am not linked-in. have done ok getting contracts on what i know and who i am, and not by who i know.

thats about it. i am too tired to write any more. today i have mostly been listening to gary newman and nine inch nails - metal. i am in that crowd somewhere.