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Hey There,
The induction yesterday went well enough. They had us sign some pieces of paper, write down bank details, gave us a tour of the store and had us watch DVDs on Workplace Health & Safety as well as Working in the Sales. After the induction I wandered over to TK-Max (some kind of clearance warehouse place) and bought a pair of French Connection Leather Gloves for only £15. Ordinarily I think that these gloves would be £30 or £40. And they fit so nicely that I think there's a simile in it.
Anyways, back to Next. At this stage I'm just going to be working for a few days in the sales, but I think I'm also likely to be on call it it gets busy leading up to Christmas.
The idea is that I work as hard as I can and really shine the days that I am there, so that at least if I don't get offered a permanent job (which is a slim possibility) I can get the to sign off on a really good reference.
Besides which, it is likely that nothing will inspire me more to crack on with my writing and media career than working for five pounds an hour in Leyton.
Speaking of writing, I am a little saddened that Marlies over at www.morrigans-pit.org has decided to close down the webzine ahead of her starting a new life in Canada. While I have been more focused in the last few months on writing reviews for Alternative Magazine, I know that I wouldn't have gotten the chance to write for Alternative Mag if the editor hadn't been impressed by my writing for Morrigan's Pit.
Of course, it does leave the question of what I do with the things that I want to write about that doesn't fit in Alternative Magazine, because as much as I love writing for them, it does occur to me that I should set my ambitions a bit higher than three live reviews a month. Furthermore, the more I write the better I get and the more I get seen.
So I'm thinking that I might revive my reviews page and see what happens from there.
There is a new years coming. Time to think about goals and strategies again. I feel a brainstorm coming on.
In the meantime, tonight I am covering Dragonforce for Alternative Magazine. I haven't found anyone that wants my Plus+1 yet, despite putting the word out through the usual channels.
Still, it is hard to feel down when you are seeing a great band for free.
In the meantime I'm listening to the new Tool Album (which has acutually been out for a couple fo months - incredible art direction on the packaging and the music isn't bad either) and cleaning up my room. There are so many magazines on my bed that I only have a third of the space to sleep on, and stuff is piled so high on my desk that everything threatens to spill over.
I'm setting myself a deadline of Monday for the Dragonforce copy. Thee Ed hasn't said anything, but I personally feel like I let the turnaround get too long last time (even though it was three reviews for three shows in four days
Other news:
Went to Stratford Library the other day, renewed Clockwork Orange (all that Droogy Talk is making it heavy going) and found some three books I thought were worth borrowing: The Magazines Handbook, Careers in Journalism and Principles and Practise of Advertising. Then and there I sat down and read some of the Magazines Handbook, specifically the parts dealing with writing features and interviewing skills. Paradoxically, despite the extreme likelihood that the writer has a background as a journalist I did find the style lacked clarity of communication. Still, I did find some useful material.
I also finally got around to mailling the magazine. Hopefully it won't get stolen by postmen.
This new Tool Album is really good.
Enough blogging. If I was feeling dark before the music is making me feel better.
Over and out.
-J
The induction yesterday went well enough. They had us sign some pieces of paper, write down bank details, gave us a tour of the store and had us watch DVDs on Workplace Health & Safety as well as Working in the Sales. After the induction I wandered over to TK-Max (some kind of clearance warehouse place) and bought a pair of French Connection Leather Gloves for only £15. Ordinarily I think that these gloves would be £30 or £40. And they fit so nicely that I think there's a simile in it.
Anyways, back to Next. At this stage I'm just going to be working for a few days in the sales, but I think I'm also likely to be on call it it gets busy leading up to Christmas.
The idea is that I work as hard as I can and really shine the days that I am there, so that at least if I don't get offered a permanent job (which is a slim possibility) I can get the to sign off on a really good reference.
Besides which, it is likely that nothing will inspire me more to crack on with my writing and media career than working for five pounds an hour in Leyton.
Speaking of writing, I am a little saddened that Marlies over at www.morrigans-pit.org has decided to close down the webzine ahead of her starting a new life in Canada. While I have been more focused in the last few months on writing reviews for Alternative Magazine, I know that I wouldn't have gotten the chance to write for Alternative Mag if the editor hadn't been impressed by my writing for Morrigan's Pit.
Of course, it does leave the question of what I do with the things that I want to write about that doesn't fit in Alternative Magazine, because as much as I love writing for them, it does occur to me that I should set my ambitions a bit higher than three live reviews a month. Furthermore, the more I write the better I get and the more I get seen.
So I'm thinking that I might revive my reviews page and see what happens from there.
There is a new years coming. Time to think about goals and strategies again. I feel a brainstorm coming on.
In the meantime, tonight I am covering Dragonforce for Alternative Magazine. I haven't found anyone that wants my Plus+1 yet, despite putting the word out through the usual channels.
Still, it is hard to feel down when you are seeing a great band for free.
In the meantime I'm listening to the new Tool Album (which has acutually been out for a couple fo months - incredible art direction on the packaging and the music isn't bad either) and cleaning up my room. There are so many magazines on my bed that I only have a third of the space to sleep on, and stuff is piled so high on my desk that everything threatens to spill over.
I'm setting myself a deadline of Monday for the Dragonforce copy. Thee Ed hasn't said anything, but I personally feel like I let the turnaround get too long last time (even though it was three reviews for three shows in four days
Other news:
Went to Stratford Library the other day, renewed Clockwork Orange (all that Droogy Talk is making it heavy going) and found some three books I thought were worth borrowing: The Magazines Handbook, Careers in Journalism and Principles and Practise of Advertising. Then and there I sat down and read some of the Magazines Handbook, specifically the parts dealing with writing features and interviewing skills. Paradoxically, despite the extreme likelihood that the writer has a background as a journalist I did find the style lacked clarity of communication. Still, I did find some useful material.
I also finally got around to mailling the magazine. Hopefully it won't get stolen by postmen.
This new Tool Album is really good.
Enough blogging. If I was feeling dark before the music is making me feel better.
Over and out.
-J
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