Good Evening My Dears,
When last I wrote, things were starting to pall here in Auld Reekie. I do not mean to suggest that Edinburgh is beginning to pall. The love affair that I have with this city is still going strong. I find something new and interesting on an almost daily basis. However, as the jobs were not exactly falling out of the sky, I decided to focus on my social life. In my last post I mentioned that I was going to see Pirates of the Caribbean 4 with a New in Edinburgh Meetup Group. Well, I did. The movie was entertaining, although it was most definitely not high art. However, I met a woman from Germany who is even newer to Edinburgh than I, at this evening. Aside from being strangers in a not so strange land, we are also neighbours. She lives in Liberton which is a five minute bus ride from my own suburb of Gilmerton. So today we met up and hightailed it to Ikea as she needed housewares and such. You all know me and my propensity for housewares, me loves the housewares. It also helps that I actually knew where I was going having been out to Straiton on a waste of time interview a couple weeks back.
On Saturday I went out drinking. I know, shocked the hell out of me as well. It was with the New in Edinburgh Meetup and I met a really cool Brazilian girl who is married to an English man. I also met a woman who just finished her PhD in English lit. Now I did not tell her that her degree might make it more difficult for her to find a job, but I speak from experience, having lost out on a job because I hold a graduate degree. There were boys there are well, but they were consumed by the ManU vs. Barcelona game so there was no talking to them, was there? Actually, I got rather caught up in it myself so that was alright. And naturally, they don't like ManU here in Scotland, they have a thing against successful teams apparently. Plus, they are English.
I also attended a creative writing group where (AEA (against editorial advice)) I read a prologue to a larger novel I am working on. The comments were good and I have rewritten most of it as a result. We'll see how it goes.
On the job front, things are looking better. I have shortlisted to second interview for a company called Black Rock Investments and while it is a temporary job, it is still a job. Fingers crossed, please. There are a couple of other things in the pipeline as well, but they may not be live until mid-June. It seems that I have persuaded someone that I am actually pretty good at what I do and that I am one cool chick, hooray for spin. That is all I have for now, gentle readers.
Next Up: A Dance Lesson, A Birthday Party, and an interview. Oh, My!
Cheerio for Now,
Tina
When last I wrote, things were starting to pall here in Auld Reekie. I do not mean to suggest that Edinburgh is beginning to pall. The love affair that I have with this city is still going strong. I find something new and interesting on an almost daily basis. However, as the jobs were not exactly falling out of the sky, I decided to focus on my social life. In my last post I mentioned that I was going to see Pirates of the Caribbean 4 with a New in Edinburgh Meetup Group. Well, I did. The movie was entertaining, although it was most definitely not high art. However, I met a woman from Germany who is even newer to Edinburgh than I, at this evening. Aside from being strangers in a not so strange land, we are also neighbours. She lives in Liberton which is a five minute bus ride from my own suburb of Gilmerton. So today we met up and hightailed it to Ikea as she needed housewares and such. You all know me and my propensity for housewares, me loves the housewares. It also helps that I actually knew where I was going having been out to Straiton on a waste of time interview a couple weeks back.
On Saturday I went out drinking. I know, shocked the hell out of me as well. It was with the New in Edinburgh Meetup and I met a really cool Brazilian girl who is married to an English man. I also met a woman who just finished her PhD in English lit. Now I did not tell her that her degree might make it more difficult for her to find a job, but I speak from experience, having lost out on a job because I hold a graduate degree. There were boys there are well, but they were consumed by the ManU vs. Barcelona game so there was no talking to them, was there? Actually, I got rather caught up in it myself so that was alright. And naturally, they don't like ManU here in Scotland, they have a thing against successful teams apparently. Plus, they are English.
I also attended a creative writing group where (AEA (against editorial advice)) I read a prologue to a larger novel I am working on. The comments were good and I have rewritten most of it as a result. We'll see how it goes.
On the job front, things are looking better. I have shortlisted to second interview for a company called Black Rock Investments and while it is a temporary job, it is still a job. Fingers crossed, please. There are a couple of other things in the pipeline as well, but they may not be live until mid-June. It seems that I have persuaded someone that I am actually pretty good at what I do and that I am one cool chick, hooray for spin. That is all I have for now, gentle readers.
Next Up: A Dance Lesson, A Birthday Party, and an interview. Oh, My!
Cheerio for Now,
Tina
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