allyn

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The year is winding down.....

My contract with Toshiba ends this Wednesday...

I leave for California on Christmas Day and will be back in the UK in mid-January...

Still not really sure what I'm doing jobwise beyond looking for another contract....

A list of stuff:

- I'm about half-way through my contract with Toshiba. I hope I don't have to wait TOO long before my next job...
- I'm trying to decide when I want to go back to California and for how long
- I normally go to London to see bands but I went down to The Railway pub in Crawley to see
Society...
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I went into London yesterday afternoon and met up with fellow american Tanja. As a meeting place, she suggested the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons. Check out the link for details...some of it is pretty gruesome but once you get past that it's pretty fascinating stuff. You could easily spend 2 to 3 hours there looking over the exhibits...

Oh yes,...
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I've got a 6 week contract working at Toshiba in Weybridge and I start tomorrow (Wednesday 8-Nov)...so you won't be seeing me around quite as much...expecially in chat!

In the meantime, I've been uploading some old videos of I've shot. These two feature Andrea Kenny who is a fave of mine:

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Enjoy!

I had kind of a busy week.

I went to see The Bronx at the Carling Academy in Islington. It was a great show and very energetic....also, very loud...fortunately, I brought my earplugs so I didn't have to deal with ringing ears afterwards.

Thursday morning I had a short, friendly phone interview with AOL in Hammersmith for a possible contract support job. Thursday evening, I...
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Ok...this is what I've been doing the past few days:

- Looking for work. A couple of recruiters have told me that things have been slow recently but they think it's going to pick up soon. Then again, recruiters say a lot of things and I can't really tell how true they are. I talked to my sister last night...I'm going to see what the...
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I've just back from Cardiff...I'll add more a little bit later...

I've finished my second day at this contract job and I guess they're pretty happy with me. The work isn't that exciting but the people and circumstances are kind of interesting. I'm supporting a software update project for a chain of leisure centers in London. The work isn't difficult but there are a lot fiddly details to remember. Plus the PC's aren't in a consistent...
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Hmmmm....

Just got a call from a recruiter....I have a job tomorrow morning somewhere in London at 9 am...

I haven't been interviewed yet and I can't even remember what the job description is!! The recruiter will be emailing me the details this evening....this ought to be interesting....

Yesterday, I attended the London Tattoo Convention. This was my first time to a tattoo convention so it was all kind of new to me. There were lots of artists and tattoo supply stalls...and lots of people getting tattoos or just browsing. I passed by the SG booth and saw Anarchie,ViquiV, Cherry,Dexy, Fatal, Elf, Gem, among...
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While waiting for jobs to apply for and interviews (hah! ) I've been making videos. Here's a couple I did of a band called Society. I saw them recently at The Troubadour in London...

Too Much Too Soon

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I just did an impromptu road trip through Wales after leaving Neyrissa's housewarming party. The weather was great and so was the riding. I'm at a friends place in Birmingham right now...more details once I get home in a day or two...