Back to LJ
Dec. 18th, 2011 11:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
areteusHello! I am back from the shininess that is Wordpress for a post here for a change! It occured to me that:
a) I have not posted on here for a long while and that was a bad thing (cos I do like LJ, I just find it easy to forget sometimes)
And
b) I was actually getting more and more tempted tp use my Wordpress account for personal things when really it is for writing related things and geeky stuff.
So I decided to do a post here...
First thing, I have been doing quite a bit of blogging since the release of Pirates and Swashbucklers on my Wordpress account. You can find it here: http://lurkingmusings.wordpress.com/ There is some writing related stuff on there - in particular I talk about a method for increasing productivity which has worked for me. It has, in fact, worked so well I have not had time to post here at all recently :) I also discuss the occasional geeky thing that occurs to me and I post regular links to the reviews I am doing for this site: http://www.epublishabook.com/ (which is a site reviewing small press and self published fantasy, sci fi and horror novels). I also occasionally mention succubi and, recently, snow and dogs. I may try to figure out a way to send links to LJ from Wordpress but if I can't I will instead try to remember to post regular links here when I update...
Personal stuff now...
Job: I am technically employed at the moment but only for 2 hours a week, which is not much at all. I am hoping for more hours in January but at the moment it is not looking likely. I am looking for full time teaching jobs and hoping that some will appear in January for the 2012/2013 academic year (if not sooner...) but so far nothing is out there other than a multitude of supply agencies spamming the job sites with adverts. A load of TA jobs which to me reads like 'we need more teachers but can't afford them, so lets hire more TAs at half the price and hope we can fill our staffing shortfall that way' but the only 'teacher' ones are linked to supply agencies. Given that I have now signed up for about 5 agencies and so far none of them have got me any work, I am not convinced signing up for more will help.
If anyone hears any rumours about potential jobs, feel free to let me know...
Social life: This has definitely improved since moving to Manchester. There are a lot more people out there to socialise with. This week alone has seen German Market drunkneness with many people, Swedish Jul with many more people and a nice and rather genteel visit with the Parrs. Definitely enjoying the new social life. Wish I had more money from working with which to enjoy it more.
Roleplaying: Am enjoying the wednesday evening sessions, despite the trek to Stockport. Ed's 'Adventures with the Corsair' was incredibly cool as a nice variant on Doctor Who and Andy's '1918 Torchwood' game is fun. Want to do more. As a result I am now seriously planning a tabletop game to run next year, possibly on a Monday night (depends when Sarah does her Belly dancing class which has yet to be organised). I will run Mage because I like it and think it is a very misunderstood system which just needs to be beaten into shape a little. At the moment I am still pondering my 'Stargate Universe' based concept - allowing Technocracy and Traditions to work together - but if someone wants to play something different (i.e. a more traditional mage game) I am, also open to that. Get in touch if interested.
Bins: We has Wheelie bins! We has all the wheelie bins in the universe! I know a lot of people in Bury don't like them, for reasons which are a mix of good and just being whiney, but I love them. They certainly beat the 'put the rubbish out in flimsy plastic bags on the streets so that any rat, cat or other stray animal can tear through them to get at the yummy insides and cause a massive infestation problem' mission statement of Birmingham city council's waste disposal service. Not to mention ample room for recycling in the new system... Only issue so far is working out the complex 4 dimensional puzzle required to work out which bins need to be out on which day...
And that is all for now...
a) I have not posted on here for a long while and that was a bad thing (cos I do like LJ, I just find it easy to forget sometimes)
And
b) I was actually getting more and more tempted tp use my Wordpress account for personal things when really it is for writing related things and geeky stuff.
So I decided to do a post here...
First thing, I have been doing quite a bit of blogging since the release of Pirates and Swashbucklers on my Wordpress account. You can find it here: http://lurkingmusings.wordpress.com/ There is some writing related stuff on there - in particular I talk about a method for increasing productivity which has worked for me. It has, in fact, worked so well I have not had time to post here at all recently :) I also discuss the occasional geeky thing that occurs to me and I post regular links to the reviews I am doing for this site: http://www.epublishabook.com/ (which is a site reviewing small press and self published fantasy, sci fi and horror novels). I also occasionally mention succubi and, recently, snow and dogs. I may try to figure out a way to send links to LJ from Wordpress but if I can't I will instead try to remember to post regular links here when I update...
Personal stuff now...
Job: I am technically employed at the moment but only for 2 hours a week, which is not much at all. I am hoping for more hours in January but at the moment it is not looking likely. I am looking for full time teaching jobs and hoping that some will appear in January for the 2012/2013 academic year (if not sooner...) but so far nothing is out there other than a multitude of supply agencies spamming the job sites with adverts. A load of TA jobs which to me reads like 'we need more teachers but can't afford them, so lets hire more TAs at half the price and hope we can fill our staffing shortfall that way' but the only 'teacher' ones are linked to supply agencies. Given that I have now signed up for about 5 agencies and so far none of them have got me any work, I am not convinced signing up for more will help.
If anyone hears any rumours about potential jobs, feel free to let me know...
Social life: This has definitely improved since moving to Manchester. There are a lot more people out there to socialise with. This week alone has seen German Market drunkneness with many people, Swedish Jul with many more people and a nice and rather genteel visit with the Parrs. Definitely enjoying the new social life. Wish I had more money from working with which to enjoy it more.
Roleplaying: Am enjoying the wednesday evening sessions, despite the trek to Stockport. Ed's 'Adventures with the Corsair' was incredibly cool as a nice variant on Doctor Who and Andy's '1918 Torchwood' game is fun. Want to do more. As a result I am now seriously planning a tabletop game to run next year, possibly on a Monday night (depends when Sarah does her Belly dancing class which has yet to be organised). I will run Mage because I like it and think it is a very misunderstood system which just needs to be beaten into shape a little. At the moment I am still pondering my 'Stargate Universe' based concept - allowing Technocracy and Traditions to work together - but if someone wants to play something different (i.e. a more traditional mage game) I am, also open to that. Get in touch if interested.
Bins: We has Wheelie bins! We has all the wheelie bins in the universe! I know a lot of people in Bury don't like them, for reasons which are a mix of good and just being whiney, but I love them. They certainly beat the 'put the rubbish out in flimsy plastic bags on the streets so that any rat, cat or other stray animal can tear through them to get at the yummy insides and cause a massive infestation problem' mission statement of Birmingham city council's waste disposal service. Not to mention ample room for recycling in the new system... Only issue so far is working out the complex 4 dimensional puzzle required to work out which bins need to be out on which day...
And that is all for now...
