Chosing Linux over Prostitution
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Never take a job just for the money. I did and I'm sort of regretting it.
I've been out of work for a couple months now. I've had plenty of interviews, but I'm just not able to seal the deal. Anyhow, I accepted a contract position at a TV company here in Aberdeen. It feels like such a small town here.
Make no mistake, this is no glitzy London position. I'm not doing producing as I have in the past, I'm doing something far more rudementry. I'm doing tech work. I was hoping my days of tech work were behind me.
When the chips are down, some women turn to prostition, I turn to Linux. I am configuring video severs and web services.
One thing I find REALLY annoying is that right now I'm not working with live video streams. This means that we are using video loops instead. I am watching the same 3-minute video loop over and over again. Well, none other than Mr.MusicBiz makes an appearance in the video loop. Things ended really well between us, so there are no hard feelings- it's just weird to see him on TV over and over and over again.
I find this video work really easy to do. I also find it really unchallanging and boring. The only reason why I took this job was because there was nothing else on offer and I was more or less desperate. Doing this position in London would make me sort of desperate-- butthe fact that this position is in Aberdeen and I've had to stay in a B&B makes me extremely desperate. Also, what does it say about Scotland that they can't find anyone here to do this work?
The office I'm in is so nondescript and boring, it must have been designed by a man; Most likely the man that deisgned Windows 3.11.
The office is in a nondescript building. The building looks just like ten other buildings in the immediate area. It's not even in Aberdeen proper; it's set out in the 'burbs so you have to drive here.
There are about 50 people here, half of which are Scotish. The guy that sits next to me is Welsh. And the only other girl at the company sits across from me. She's Pakistani, with a thick accent. Between her, the Welsh dude next to me and 25 Scotish people around the office i cannot understand a single thing people are saying!
I feel really embarraasssed to ask people to repeat themselves. I have already said, "Can you repeat that?" about twenty times today. They must think I'm really thick! I think they are also really confused why I came up here from London- as they all seem to want to go down to London to work.
One good thing about working in TV technology is that I'm alwasy surrounded by men. My God, if I were single I'd have the pick of the litter. There is only one other girl here and she's a married minger. (I know, I'm being cruel.)
The B&B I stayed in last night was OK. I had trouble sleeping. I miss my boyfriend. In a peverse way, I think it's good that I'm getting away for a few days. Being away from him makes me realize how much I miss him and love him.
Anyhow, I better get back to work. The video servers await!
I've been out of work for a couple months now. I've had plenty of interviews, but I'm just not able to seal the deal. Anyhow, I accepted a contract position at a TV company here in Aberdeen. It feels like such a small town here.
Make no mistake, this is no glitzy London position. I'm not doing producing as I have in the past, I'm doing something far more rudementry. I'm doing tech work. I was hoping my days of tech work were behind me.
When the chips are down, some women turn to prostition, I turn to Linux. I am configuring video severs and web services.
One thing I find REALLY annoying is that right now I'm not working with live video streams. This means that we are using video loops instead. I am watching the same 3-minute video loop over and over again. Well, none other than Mr.MusicBiz makes an appearance in the video loop. Things ended really well between us, so there are no hard feelings- it's just weird to see him on TV over and over and over again.
I find this video work really easy to do. I also find it really unchallanging and boring. The only reason why I took this job was because there was nothing else on offer and I was more or less desperate. Doing this position in London would make me sort of desperate-- butthe fact that this position is in Aberdeen and I've had to stay in a B&B makes me extremely desperate. Also, what does it say about Scotland that they can't find anyone here to do this work?
The office I'm in is so nondescript and boring, it must have been designed by a man; Most likely the man that deisgned Windows 3.11.
The office is in a nondescript building. The building looks just like ten other buildings in the immediate area. It's not even in Aberdeen proper; it's set out in the 'burbs so you have to drive here.
There are about 50 people here, half of which are Scotish. The guy that sits next to me is Welsh. And the only other girl at the company sits across from me. She's Pakistani, with a thick accent. Between her, the Welsh dude next to me and 25 Scotish people around the office i cannot understand a single thing people are saying!
I feel really embarraasssed to ask people to repeat themselves. I have already said, "Can you repeat that?" about twenty times today. They must think I'm really thick! I think they are also really confused why I came up here from London- as they all seem to want to go down to London to work.
One good thing about working in TV technology is that I'm alwasy surrounded by men. My God, if I were single I'd have the pick of the litter. There is only one other girl here and she's a married minger. (I know, I'm being cruel.)
The B&B I stayed in last night was OK. I had trouble sleeping. I miss my boyfriend. In a peverse way, I think it's good that I'm getting away for a few days. Being away from him makes me realize how much I miss him and love him.
Anyhow, I better get back to work. The video servers await!
Labels: Mr. MusicBiz, prostitute, prostitution
posted by Naive London Girl at 11/24/2009 01:55:00 PM
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3 Comments:
That is mighty inconvenient, the language thing.
Abscence makes the heart grow fonder, no? Well, at least I cracked up about your Windows 3.1 joke. ^_^
I preferred Windows 3.1 over Windows 3.11 in the same way as I preferred Windows 95 over Windows 98. There's a lesson somewhere there.
Trivia Fact-O-Time: I'm half Scottish and until very recently I lived with my grandmother so I feel very comfortable when surrounded by thick Scots accents.
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