h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

This Journal Entry comes to you from Gallery II on the University of Bradford campus: my latest place of work. As I type, I'm surrounded by some rather lovely prints of photos taken in the Scottish islands by Brian Hindmarsh, a lecturer from the nearby Bradford College: some samples may be seen here: http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/gallery/hindmarch.php . The exhibition also includes some of Mr Hindmarsh's etchings of the same landscapes; and the University is on the top of a hill, so I can now honestly ask people to come up and see my etchings.

In many ways, my one-day-a-week job as the Thursday Invigilator here represents the ideal form of employment: I'm in a peaceful, artistic environment, and I'm being paid to do virtually nothing. I am entrusted with making sure that no-one steals the exhibits or damages the gallery. It's also my job to handle the paperwork should anyone want to buy one of the pictures, or one of the books and cards featuring the pictures from the present exhibition. But mainly I'm paid just to be here, because the University's insurance demands that the gallery must never be left unattended whilst open. I've been positively encouraged to bring in my coursework and do it here, and I will.

Once I've finished my important h2g2 work, that is.

Sounds an ideal job to me - do you want to swap?

Congratulations Ormy, it sounds ideal