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Hello Myjo - welcome to the Guide! I'm called Bluebottle (or Matt ) and I'm just here to say hi, and for a chat mainly. Hope you're enjoying h2g2!
How does it feel to be in Los Angeles - do you ever feel as if you get too much sun? And at the end of the day, is it really better than snow? I can't say I've been to either, to be honest, but if you're happy where you are, that's the main thing.
So, what do you enjoy reading, and how can you divide three careers into two jobs...?

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Alji (Member of The Guild of Wizards U197895)

Bluebottle,

Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you. I have rather sporadic internet access, I'm afraid.

Oh, if only I could cram three careers into two jobs, I'd have it made. Unfortunately, the careers I'm pursuing don't actually pay the bills, so the two jobs are entirely separate from what I'd like to actually be doing in my life. I hope that will change one day, but until then, I write, act, etc. for free.

Although I have fairly eclectic tastes, I enjoy reading the classics mostly. Jane Austin, the Bronte sisters, and so forth. I'm also a huge Lord of the Rings nut. How about yourself?

Los Angeles is wonderful. There is no such thing, I've found, as too much sun. What was it like growing up on the Isle of Wight? I'm rather an Anglophile, I must admit, and am always thrilled to make new friends with folks from the U.K. and to learn things about England!

Myjo

Alji,

Hi there, very nice to meet you. Thank you very much for the tip!

Myjo

Myjo, I know the feeling - I had no internet access for 4 months earlier this year, and ended up spending far too much money in internet cafes in order to get online. One day I'll have a PC of my own!

Ah! Creative careers! I understand now. I know the feeling. Although as I just moved house a month ago, I am still currently unemployed. I had an interview this afternoon, though, so you never know...

Reading, I read pretty much anything. Although recently I've been reading science fiction, I'm currently reading "An Ecclesiastical History Of The English People" written in 731 AD. (I think it therefore counts as a classic)

Growing up on the Island was wonderful - the sunniest part of the UK with some of the best beaches in the UK, maybe even the world (See: A113923 ). As Jane Austen wrote, "Talk of nothing but the Isle of Wight, and call it "The Island", as if there were no other on Earth."

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Ahhh....It must be nice to love the place where you grew up. I've found that there are two kinds of people in the world: those who love their native soil, and those who dream of leaving. I'm afraid I'm a bit of a nomad, myself.

"An Ecclesiastical History Of The English People"? Ouch, that sounds intense. Is this assigned reading? It's certainly not something you picked from the New York Times Bestseller list! It's fun to read non-fiction pieces written ages ago, though. It gives you a real feel for how life was during the writer's time. I once picked up a book on archaeology, penned in the first part of the last century. I had to eventually put it down, though, as some of the author's comments about women and people of non-Anglo Saxon decent began to rub me really the wrong way, even given the cultural ignorance that prevailed when it was written. You'll have to let me know how your reading goes.

Good luck with the job hunt! I'm in the midst of one, myself. In case you're wondering, I'm planning on swapping out one of the jobs I've already got, not adding a third one. Yeouch! :O

Myjo

I'm the type of person who loves his native soil, definately, but sadly circumstances have made me be apart from it for a while... But I'll be back!

Reading Bede is quite interesting, it really is strange to see how different the view of the world was 1300 years ago. If you want to find out a bit more about Bede, someone wrote a good article about him here: A534764

I'm still searching for a job. I passed an interview yesterday, but found out the job they wanted me to do was to work overnight 9pm-5am, so I said I'd give that one a miss. Afterall, I don't have my own transport, it's 5 miles away and no buses will run at 5am. In any event I've just enrolled on a computer course that will take 3 weeks and should give me a good practical qualification at the end of it.

It's mad; at school the teachers say that Good Exam Results, GCSEs and A-Levels are vital to get a good job, yet when you apply, the only thing all employers want is "at least two years experience", and you can't get experience because no-one will employ anyone without 2 years experience.

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Hey there, Bluebottle!

How is the computer course going? You're right, it should help a lot. And don't get too discouraged in your job search. Yeah, it's tough to get your foot in the door, but if you keep plugging away at it, you'll find someone who's willing to give you a chance. Just go in there, be your charming self, and you'll do fine. And once you have that foot in the door, and are racking up that experience, those exam result and so forth will help you immensely throughout your career.

I've only had a chance to skim the article on Bede, but it looks very interesting. In fact, I had to tear myself away from it to get back to my own job! I haven't even been able to visit the Guide much this past week or so, but I did try to have a good look around last time I was here. You're just all OVER this place, aren't you? The Guide is fantastic, and it's always fun to see a familiar name, no matter where my travels take me deep in the bowels of H2G2!

Good luck, as always, and I hope to chat with you soon!

Myjo

Hello - sorry its taken so long to reply but I've been .
I've got 2 job interviews tomorrow, so we'll see how they turn out. You're right - eventually I'll find something, I just have to keep trying and I'll get there in the end. The course I'm doing right now is called ECDL if you've heard of it.

I wouldn't say I'm all over the place on h2g2, but I have been here for quite a while. I joined about a month after it started, so I've had a lot of time to lurk in .

How are you finding it?

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