The (Non) Graduate

Now that my headache has waned, I think I’ll be able to update in this again. I just got back from a job interview. Yes, YAY indeed. Better still, it was an interview for a respectable organisation, not a scam one like the previous interview I skived.

Unfortunately, I don’t think I will get a job. Prior to the interview, I was pondering why an organisation like Walsall Lifelong Learning Alliance would want to consider me when I have little marketing experience. I have now learned that I was invited at last minute, which probably means that a better applicant must have cancelled on them. I gave it my all and tried to ‘sell myself’ as well as I could. I pointed out my strengths and tried to explain some ideas I had for some of the campaigns they had going. Unfortunately, some of the questions caught me off guard and I gave some weak answers that might affect my consideration for a second interview. Looks like I will be back on the vacancies sites.

Because I have spent the last few days researching the company and preparing for my interview, there has been no writing progress. In fact, I am finding it really difficult to get back into it as I’ve left it alone for so long. Even the idea of re-writing chapter 3 is pretty daunting. I think it’s because I’ve been going on this journey with the protagonist and going back in time to change something seems very unnatural to me. It would be like getting inside the DeLorien and going back to some time in my past and influencing the 18 year old me to take a gap year before applying for the Creative Writing course, instead of going straight to UCE. Actually, would that be so much of a bad thing? That way, I would never have wasted 1K on one useless semester and I would never have met some of the most two-faced ugliest bastards I had the misfortune to meet. But then, I don’t really regret meeting them, as it’s made me a stronger, more resilient person.
Anyways, that aside, I don’t really like the idea of dragging my story out, but as my lecturer said, some of the surprises in my story are too vague and abrupt and I must say, do agree. They do come across as random. So yes, it will be back to the earlier stage of my novel.

At the moment, I am pondering how graduation is going. I had to cancel mine because of the interview. Although the interview was in the morning and the graduation in the afternoon, it takes about an hour and three quarters to travel from Dudley to Walsall. This means that I would get to Dudley by 1 o clock, which is when we need to arrive at Wolverhampton Grand theatre to put on our gowns. To be honest, I’m not too upset. The idea of graduating was all too scary for me because it would mean 3 hours of sitting down, only to walk awkwardly on stage to collect my degree. Not only that, but the whole thing was too costly. Gowns cost £30 to hire and pictures are ridiculously priced as well. I just don’t have that much money to spare.

On the upside, I will be looking forward to getting my degree by post :)