Spring-time for Di-va in Wal-tham-stow. Win-ter for wuh-erk and bills.

[reddragdiva]

I hereby loathe and despise gpilot, after it decided the really good thing to do was to synchronise the Palm to the PC, rather than the other way around, wiping the LJ entry and everything else I put in yesterday. I'll be Kubuntuing (or at least KPiloting) the laptop soonest possible.

The MP3 CAMERA got its first proper commute test yesterday ... I'll be getting noise-cancelling headphones forthwith. Given the noise levels on the Victoria Rollercoaster, I should probably be using them anyway, and you probably should be too. Any recommendations?

(I particularly recommend Original Seeds vol I and II as a commuting soundtrack: levels of substance, variety and historical interest strong enough to fight back Walthamstow and Mordor. Except Isaac Hayes' eighteen-minute version of "By The Time I Get To Phoenix," which is today's "what the fucking fuck were they thinking?" prizewinner. Though I think tomorrow will be EBM.)

redcountess and arkady raised themselves bodily from their places of rest for The Producers last night at Drury Lane. It were ace. I shall have to score some suitably cashed-up IT whoredom to keep my darlings in the style to which we would like to become accustomed. HLAGH HLAGH HLAGH HLAGH HLAGH. A domestic goddess' work is never done. (flings legs in air)

This morning I interviewed at a large newspaper's online department. Could be good. Waiting to hear back on yesterday.

Update: Got it. I start a three-month contract in Morden tomorrow. £29/hour, 35 hours a week, public service. (FX: champagne cork.) Now to get an umbrella company before the end of the day, oops shite!

Update 2: Poor other pimp! Taking this one, I just said "no" to the same money to beat around Guardian Online's web servers (this morning's interview). But I did say to call again mid-November. I must change my phone message accordingly. HLAGH HLAGH HLAGH HLAGH HLAGH.

Update 3: Contracting umbrella company lined up. Here's to them not sucking.

Comments

[reddragdiva]

Rather than set up my own in a hurry, for the moment I'll be going through another one. They take 5% (same as pretty much everyone) to do some fancy accounting shuffles. Perhaps next contract I will have the seconds in the day to do it myself ...

[vatine]

That's teh thing, you're not setting one up in a hurry, you're buying an already-set-up "off the shelf". :) Walk it, wave cash, show some ID, sign some papers and You Are Done.

[reddragdiva]

Yeah, but I don't know what to actually do with it, all the accounting, tax and so on! I'm sure it's all relatively simple ... if I'm going to become an IT whore, I have three months to get my head around these details.

[vatine]

I'd, honestly, collect every single shred of paper that has remotely anything to do with economy and rent an attack accountant to deal with them on a bi-weekly basis. I could, probably, do it myself, but it's always handy having a tame attack accountant lined up, should they be needed.