still no new contract, but i still dont care. saved my money, wasnt silly, didnt buy a flashy car and so i have no pressing financial need to take any contract that comes up. i worked out that given my monthly expenditure on bills and expenses, i have enough saved up to last me 16 years, so i am not worried after 1 month.
weather in london is misty and grey. its been a while since i saw the sun and i am missing it badly and i can feel a cold coming on which is not great. have been training quite well at the gym and i also booked a windows 2012 exam for next week, so i have stuff to keep me busy and productive.
god, i wish i was back in cali right now. this is maximo park at the el rey theater last month. i was at this show. what a great night, but it feels like a long time ago already.
Tuesday 23 October 2012
Saturday 13 October 2012
long night of life
got a call and will probably have an interview some time this week at a large publishing company. will see how it goes. also one or two other things on the go at the moment so maybe one of them will come through as well. would be good to get something even if its short term just to get me through to the end of 2012.
have been training hard at the gym and because we have started playing football on a wednesday night on a big pitch instead of our usual 5-a-side pitches i did a bit of running at the gym after my normal work out and to go with the cycling. i need to be able to run a lot on a big pitch. speaking of cycling, the last couple of times i have cycled to the gym i have come across, what i can only accurately describe at complete fucking cunt bastards. these cunt bastards are exclusively driving taxis or white vans and are cockney wankers.
some guy in a white van came charging up behind me today, beeped at me and then cut straight across my path. i had seen him at the traffic lights about 10 seconds earlier and i remember thinking he looked like like jabba the hut, only fatter and sweatier and more of a fucktard, and then 10 seconds later he proved it. he was probably 5 seconds late for dinner and thats an emergency for a 22 stone cockney wanker. i shouted an obsenity at him and at one stage it crossed my mind what i would do if he stopped his van and got out.
because he was a cockney wanker he would probably fancy himself in a fight, but i wasn't worried because i do boxing at the gym and regularly do 3 rounds on the bag to build up speed and accuracy and there is no way in hell i would get my ass kicked by someone who has spent their entire adult life consuming triple the daily recommended calorie intake for an adult male and someone who was so fat they havent seen their own dick in decades.
no, i was worried that if he did fancy himself as rocky, he might actually have a coronary and keel over and die on me in the middle of the road. he probably thought the same thing because he drove away.
too many idiots driving around in london. maybe its the same in LA, but i didnt really too much of it and everyone seemed to be chilled. god i hate it here. london is so shit and especially so as we slide into winter. long dark nights and dark overcast days. even if there weren't cockney cunt bastards driving white vans, it would be grim.
met up with a few of the guys i worked with at the hedge fund last year. they all seem well. lots of changes going on at the hedge fund and one of the managers got made redundant. hope he did what i did and saved his money and didnt have a big car and a big mortgage, but i doubt it. one of the guys i met just bought a new audi and is paying 550/month for the next 4 years to pay it off, as well as trading in his old audi. people who work in hedge funds and investment banks need to realise its a bubble and not connected with reality compared to how most other people live. i can remember having some good months were you would earn £10 -12,000 in a month for a few months in a row, but i always tried to remind myself it was not something i should get to used to.they also need to remember that nothing lasts forever and sometimes unexpected shit happens, or as in my case you tell them to keep their 10 grand a month because you think you are better than their boring job, :-).
today i have mostly been listening to dan le sac - long night of life. wicked tune.
have been training hard at the gym and because we have started playing football on a wednesday night on a big pitch instead of our usual 5-a-side pitches i did a bit of running at the gym after my normal work out and to go with the cycling. i need to be able to run a lot on a big pitch. speaking of cycling, the last couple of times i have cycled to the gym i have come across, what i can only accurately describe at complete fucking cunt bastards. these cunt bastards are exclusively driving taxis or white vans and are cockney wankers.
some guy in a white van came charging up behind me today, beeped at me and then cut straight across my path. i had seen him at the traffic lights about 10 seconds earlier and i remember thinking he looked like like jabba the hut, only fatter and sweatier and more of a fucktard, and then 10 seconds later he proved it. he was probably 5 seconds late for dinner and thats an emergency for a 22 stone cockney wanker. i shouted an obsenity at him and at one stage it crossed my mind what i would do if he stopped his van and got out.
because he was a cockney wanker he would probably fancy himself in a fight, but i wasn't worried because i do boxing at the gym and regularly do 3 rounds on the bag to build up speed and accuracy and there is no way in hell i would get my ass kicked by someone who has spent their entire adult life consuming triple the daily recommended calorie intake for an adult male and someone who was so fat they havent seen their own dick in decades.
no, i was worried that if he did fancy himself as rocky, he might actually have a coronary and keel over and die on me in the middle of the road. he probably thought the same thing because he drove away.
too many idiots driving around in london. maybe its the same in LA, but i didnt really too much of it and everyone seemed to be chilled. god i hate it here. london is so shit and especially so as we slide into winter. long dark nights and dark overcast days. even if there weren't cockney cunt bastards driving white vans, it would be grim.
met up with a few of the guys i worked with at the hedge fund last year. they all seem well. lots of changes going on at the hedge fund and one of the managers got made redundant. hope he did what i did and saved his money and didnt have a big car and a big mortgage, but i doubt it. one of the guys i met just bought a new audi and is paying 550/month for the next 4 years to pay it off, as well as trading in his old audi. people who work in hedge funds and investment banks need to realise its a bubble and not connected with reality compared to how most other people live. i can remember having some good months were you would earn £10 -12,000 in a month for a few months in a row, but i always tried to remind myself it was not something i should get to used to.they also need to remember that nothing lasts forever and sometimes unexpected shit happens, or as in my case you tell them to keep their 10 grand a month because you think you are better than their boring job, :-).
today i have mostly been listening to dan le sac - long night of life. wicked tune.
Monday 8 October 2012
deaf club
i got a call from the agent representing me for the contract at the oil services firm and he said i was down to the last 2 and that i would be getting called in for an interview in the next few days once they sorted out times. i havent heard anything from the other firm that does the internet movie streaming which was the one i was really looking forward to. beggars cant be choosers i guess and the oil firm is more lucrative, but if i was really interested in money i would not have turned down a contract worth the equivalent of a hundred grand a year at the last bank i worked at. i try and not let money influence where i work but everyone has bills to pay and it does play some part in the decision though i like to think less than it would with most people i know.
freedom and choice is being able to choose which job you take and which one to turn down and still able to take care of the people close to you in difficult times and for my mum to have no money worries now that my dad has passed because i can pay all the funeral costs and lawyers bills whether i am in a contract or not. i have a buffer of a few years salary saved up and its partly for the reason that sometimes emergencies come up and also its a product of not being taken in by the rampant consumerism. freedom is not choosing which audi you want to buy and then paying it off over 3 years by which time it looks dated and you cant remember why you bought the thing in the first place. a friend of mine from the hedge fund just bought a new audi and another guy just bought 2 new audis (Q7 and a TT). ridiculous.
maybe its the influence of my dad but i doubt he would have liked it if i had bought a flashy car before i bought my own place. both the guys with the new audis still rent their houses/apartments but drive their flashy new cars. i have a beautiful flat that i have mostly paid off and a bicycle. i am happy with that.
speaking of bikes i rode to the gym the last couple of days and i have been training well since i got back from my holiday. in a couple of weeks i think i will be getting back to lifting personal maximums again which will be good. i got no work these days so i really have no excuse not to go to the gym and actually it feels really good when i do go. training stress free is a nice feeling. it wont last forever but i will make the most of it. football has been good the last couple of weeks as well. its nice having time to breath and do stuff as opposed to cramming things to do in the evenings and then being up early next morning for work. this break feels good.
today i have mostly been listening to deaf club - break it slow. its available as a free download. the girl singing sounds a bit like beth orton and its a very good song from a new band. support new music and not that x-factor karaoke shite thats all over the tv.
freedom and choice is being able to choose which job you take and which one to turn down and still able to take care of the people close to you in difficult times and for my mum to have no money worries now that my dad has passed because i can pay all the funeral costs and lawyers bills whether i am in a contract or not. i have a buffer of a few years salary saved up and its partly for the reason that sometimes emergencies come up and also its a product of not being taken in by the rampant consumerism. freedom is not choosing which audi you want to buy and then paying it off over 3 years by which time it looks dated and you cant remember why you bought the thing in the first place. a friend of mine from the hedge fund just bought a new audi and another guy just bought 2 new audis (Q7 and a TT). ridiculous.
maybe its the influence of my dad but i doubt he would have liked it if i had bought a flashy car before i bought my own place. both the guys with the new audis still rent their houses/apartments but drive their flashy new cars. i have a beautiful flat that i have mostly paid off and a bicycle. i am happy with that.
speaking of bikes i rode to the gym the last couple of days and i have been training well since i got back from my holiday. in a couple of weeks i think i will be getting back to lifting personal maximums again which will be good. i got no work these days so i really have no excuse not to go to the gym and actually it feels really good when i do go. training stress free is a nice feeling. it wont last forever but i will make the most of it. football has been good the last couple of weeks as well. its nice having time to breath and do stuff as opposed to cramming things to do in the evenings and then being up early next morning for work. this break feels good.
today i have mostly been listening to deaf club - break it slow. its available as a free download. the girl singing sounds a bit like beth orton and its a very good song from a new band. support new music and not that x-factor karaoke shite thats all over the tv.
Tuesday 2 October 2012
baby love child
it was such a downer getting back from sunny california (and new york) that in my last post i could barely bring myself to post anything and just put the pics and a few sentences. it been just over a week since i got back and it feels like a long time ago already. thats not good.
California and New York were lovely. i was in NY for 2 days and the first day i went to the Brooklyn museum of art and park slope and prospect park, and on the second day i went to Williamsburg and to see the NY RedBulls play in new jersey.
i then flew to LA and picked up the mustang and drove to san fran to stay with my friend for a couple of days. i went to the city on both days and did a bit of shopping and went to ocean beach. i then drove back to LA and went to venice beach, and saw a great film called 'the master' in Hollywood. the next day i went to san diego for a day to see my friend and then in the evening i drove back to LA as i was seeing maximo park play at the El Rey in the evening. it was a wicked show and big shout out to the people at Five Guys burger on Wilshire who gave me free fries with my burger when i went there before the show. i also had some lovely thai food at Kamin thai fusion on melrose and also my favourite place, La las on melrose. on my last day i went to see the LA galaxy play in the evening and i nearly had a car run into me whilst driving through a not very nice part of LA, but i was lucky and got to the game. that was my holiday....till next time.
since being back i have been doing some stuff around the house and i still got the headache of sorting out my dads paperwork. went to see the solicitor and by what he said it looks like i will have to pay a 40 grand inheritence tax bill. thats actually good because had things been a little different i would have been looking at a 400 grand tax bill, which would have been a bit of a problem seeing as i dont actually have 400,000 pounds on me at this exact moment in time. the inheritence tax laws in the UK, particularly in london, are fucking insane. my dad was not a rich man. he was a postman for 34 years and yet because his house is now worth a lot of money i could have been stung for a sum of money i dont have and would have had to sell the house. i bet rich people have clever accountants and offshore trusts set up so they dont get stung by things like this. i wonder if david cameron paid millions in inheritence tax when his millionaire dad died. i bet he fucking didn't.
anyways, this is going to drag on a little longer. have had a week at home and its been ok and i have been getting stuff done and i also had a couple of calls about contracts. both seem good. one is a oil services consultancy and the other is an inernet company that streams movies and media. neither of them are investment banks and thats a good thing. i have yet to work in an interesting one and i am starting to come to the realisation that there are not going to be any where they do interesting work. you just get paid a lot of money to switch your brain off and follow the rules and play the game.
thats it really. will apply to anything good i see and in the meantime i will get stuff done around the house. today i have mostly been listening to pizzicato five - baby love child.
California and New York were lovely. i was in NY for 2 days and the first day i went to the Brooklyn museum of art and park slope and prospect park, and on the second day i went to Williamsburg and to see the NY RedBulls play in new jersey.
i then flew to LA and picked up the mustang and drove to san fran to stay with my friend for a couple of days. i went to the city on both days and did a bit of shopping and went to ocean beach. i then drove back to LA and went to venice beach, and saw a great film called 'the master' in Hollywood. the next day i went to san diego for a day to see my friend and then in the evening i drove back to LA as i was seeing maximo park play at the El Rey in the evening. it was a wicked show and big shout out to the people at Five Guys burger on Wilshire who gave me free fries with my burger when i went there before the show. i also had some lovely thai food at Kamin thai fusion on melrose and also my favourite place, La las on melrose. on my last day i went to see the LA galaxy play in the evening and i nearly had a car run into me whilst driving through a not very nice part of LA, but i was lucky and got to the game. that was my holiday....till next time.
since being back i have been doing some stuff around the house and i still got the headache of sorting out my dads paperwork. went to see the solicitor and by what he said it looks like i will have to pay a 40 grand inheritence tax bill. thats actually good because had things been a little different i would have been looking at a 400 grand tax bill, which would have been a bit of a problem seeing as i dont actually have 400,000 pounds on me at this exact moment in time. the inheritence tax laws in the UK, particularly in london, are fucking insane. my dad was not a rich man. he was a postman for 34 years and yet because his house is now worth a lot of money i could have been stung for a sum of money i dont have and would have had to sell the house. i bet rich people have clever accountants and offshore trusts set up so they dont get stung by things like this. i wonder if david cameron paid millions in inheritence tax when his millionaire dad died. i bet he fucking didn't.
anyways, this is going to drag on a little longer. have had a week at home and its been ok and i have been getting stuff done and i also had a couple of calls about contracts. both seem good. one is a oil services consultancy and the other is an inernet company that streams movies and media. neither of them are investment banks and thats a good thing. i have yet to work in an interesting one and i am starting to come to the realisation that there are not going to be any where they do interesting work. you just get paid a lot of money to switch your brain off and follow the rules and play the game.
thats it really. will apply to anything good i see and in the meantime i will get stuff done around the house. today i have mostly been listening to pizzicato five - baby love child.
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