I haven't written in this for a long while, so I’ll do so now. Plus, I think I should get into the habit of writing again, considering that I’ve taken a very long break from it.
For the past week, I’ve been busy polishing off ‘Wilted’ and applying for more library work and marketing and PR roles. As much as I hate to admit this, I got a job interview. Now you are probably thinking, “since when was getting a much needed interview so shameful?”
Rest assured, it never was and inevitably never will be. In fact, it is like finding a pound coin on the street, especially now as we are in a recession. Yes, I was excited, so much so I was stressing about what to wear for my interview (I hadn’t bought my pencil skirt yet!) and what the hell I was to say. But alas, I should consider myself lucky that I used Google to know where the company was.
In the option bar that flags down when you’re typing something, I could not help but notice ‘Bradford Marketing scam’. At this point I was intrigued and the option led me to a series of forums where past graduate employees ranted about how awful the company was. The interviews were never conducted professionally, the employers never told their employee what they would be doing, using the “you’ll see when you get there” to brush them off and the job was 100% commission based. Fair enough, if you’re persuasive enough to sell, fine. But I know for certain I could never do it and the fact that the company is known to send scam emails puts me off. I’d much rather go through another batch of application forms and vacancies.
Since then, novel writing has been stagnant. I spent my free time this weekend spending time with my brothers. Not together as a three, but individually, as the oldest lives with my parents and I and the other has his own house. Saturday saw me lunching in Nandos with my oldest one. My parents, my other brother and my sister-in-law went to Wales to visit a Hindu temple, leaving us to look after the house and prepare our own meals. Yes, we were lazy that afternoon. But I did make pancakes that morning, so I wasn’t THAT lazy!
Regards to the lunch, it was the usual order of Chicken burger and fries. But this time, we decided to order dessert, something we’ve never done before as we never noticed the desserts menu. I have to say, Mango Sorbet was a mistake. I ordered it thinking that it would be a mango puree. Instead I got a slushed ice-lolly that pained and numbed my mouth. I think I will opt for a cheesecake next time.
Sunday saw me and my other brother take a trip to the cinema to see Inception. My sister-in-law couldn’t make it as the only showing was at 4 and she had to go to work by then. I have to say, it’s easily one of the best films I’ve seen this year, alongside Toy Story 3 and Kick Ass. Not only were the action scenes original and mind blowing, which includes a fight scene that takes place in a revolving hotel corridor, but the story flowed brilliantly. Even the sub-plot, which is normally treated as a filler in other movies, tied in with the main story. Christopher Nolan really knows how to tell a story.
Personally, I think it is better than the Matrix
*ducks down to avoid the tornado of items being thrown at her.
Yes, there are many who will disagree, but then, I remember the horrendous sequels that followed. Sorry, but the first movie has been destroyed for me since. Besides, I liked the debonair feel of Inception, whereas the gothic leather jackets and the black and green pallet of the Matrix, although cool at the time, seem a bit tacky to me know. There’s other reasons why I preferred Inception (and no, it won’t be another fashion and style remark), but I won’t go into them.
Anyways, I will go back to the novel this week. After watching Inception, it has given me the drive to develop and polish my own story into a final product. Tommorow will be hectic as I will have to shop around for a pencil skirt for my Graduation and send off a parcel, but I will have a full afternoon devoted to writing.
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