The return of the prodigal blogger...

Biz pointed out to me in an email that this blog has had a brief hiatus and that people might actually think I'd been working during this time - in the sense of paid, taxable employment. Of course I haven't.

I have been trying though (very trying) and was offered a job at Cartier, which I didn't take for a variety of reasons, one of which was the rubbish pay. Things are beginning to look up now though as I have a 'meeting' with the publishers I did work experience for on Monday. They might have a job from me, and I seem to get on very well the editors there too. As Cath rightly says "the main thing about an interview is your employer trying to work out whether they can put up with you at 9am on Monday morning".

I've also met with lots of recruitment agencies and more temping agencies and I think something will come through soon. If it doesn't then I've made the arrangements to sign on as a precaution.

Yesterday I saw my first pantomime of the season, and I'm seeing another on Thursday. It was very good, in an OULES sort of way, and had a smattering of decent jokes. The rest of the audience were a bit rubbish at the boos and hisses.

Tomorrow I'm going to Oxford to see the OULES panto, which I co-wrote with Cath. It will hopefully be very good, though I've heard very disturbing things about them adding spurious "Pinky and the Brain" references to the script. I'm looking forward to it immensely.

Fr Henry's book launch the other day was great fun. But I've only just remembered that I haven't written about it and have to dash for an appointment. I'll write at length on that later.