Saturday, November 28th, 2009
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11:18 am - Who wants a Google Wave invite?
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Thanks to Gally I now have a Google Wave account and have a handful of invites to give out. Any one want one? :)
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
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8:31 pm - Abandon hope,.. etc etc,....
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I rather feel that this potential job is all going to fall through :(
No sense in torturing myself fruitlessly hoping for it. best to just get on with the endless job searching.
current mood:  disappointed
current music: Jesper Kyd - dreams of venice
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
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7:28 pm - A little crazy,...
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I think i'm going little crazy waiting to hear back about this job. I know it hasn't even been a week yet but that's still several days. Is not having heard anything a good sign or bad sign?!
current mood:  anxious
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
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11:40 pm
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I think the interview went well. The job sounds fantastic! good pay, great location, awesome big name-company, etc etc.
I got a call shortly after asking me to email over some references and stuff. All of which sounds very promising. The only thing that's got me worried is that they've asked for some examples of my work, and I don't have great deal to show in terms of websites. Hopefully that won't matter too much,.. I've made it this far after all.
If I can and this job it will be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fucking gooooood.
current mood:  cautiously optimistic
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
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5:41 pm
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So, my interview got moved to Monday. Which kinda worked out as I had forgotten to cancel my driving lesson today and it gives me the weekend to brush-up on stuff that might help my chances. :)
On the downside though, I'm nervous as hell and have the weekend to fret about it! I mean, this is a proper respectable job with a big respectable company, in the impressive 'glass and steel' part of London!
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
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11:04 pm - About bloody time!
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After yesterday's bout of self-pity things seem to be looking up. I've got an interview on Friday afternoon!! :D
If I can nail this interview it would be awesome!!
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
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12:49 pm - ugh! c'mon! give me a fucking break!!!!!
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So, it looks like i'm not eligible for job seeker's allowance because I haven't been claiming it for the last 2 years. 'I've never claimed so I can't claim' WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!?!?
My website got taken offline because the hosting company said I didn't have a site.
I'm getting sick of talking to recruitment agencies, answering the same bloody questions, being assured my CV is being sent to a company and then hearing nothing. A few places recently have been telling me that i've got too broad a range of skills,.. and then I send out a more directed version of my CV and get told that it's "too thin",...... give me a fucking break. seriously, what the fuck to they want from me!?!?!?!? am I too skilled or not skilled enough!?!?!?!?
Ugh!!! am I really THIS shit?
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
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11:42 am - 2 years today!
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Wow, Cass and I have been married for 2 years now. For some reason it feels longer, but definitely not in a bad way :)
It's definitely been an interesting 2 years. Here's hoping the next 2 will be just as good (though less stressful would be nice XD )
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
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11:47 pm - Passed!
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Passed my driving theory test today!
Now just got to get up to scratch on the practical and get that done.
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
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9:50 pm - Progression?
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The job search still drags on. I've had a couple of interesting job leads (the recruiter has actually forwarded my CV on to the company at least) One is in Hampshire, one is in Manchester and one is in Edinburgh. The job in Manchester isn't offering a great deal of money but at this point it might be work taking it even if it's just until Eva gets out of quarantine and we've got the creditors off our backs a little. But at least the other two sound good, especially the one in Edinburgh; so here's hoping :)
Sadly now i've got a whole weekend to fret before I van even hope of hearing anything more. Who knows, this time next week I might actually have another interview.
current mood:  stressed
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
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11:21 pm
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Things have been ticking along, as hey do. I've been getting quite a few call-backs from recruitment agencies in the last 2 weeks, but as of yet none of them have resulted in an interview. I know that's nothing to really complain about at this stage; it's a good sign. That said, it's hard not to want to be out there doing stuff.
It's really been dawning on me just how much better and more relaxed life would be if I could land one of these web design jobs. We could rent somewhere and get all our stuff shipped over sooner. Then all that would be left to do is wait for the house to sell in the US and until that happened everything would be manageable.
It's a nice dream and hopefully one that won't be too distant. Until then Just got to keep slogging away with the job hunting and increasing my technical skills.
In other news, I've restarted the 100 push-ups challenge. Did the first test today and it looks like I can skip straight to week 3 :D
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
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12:50 am - Quaking again,..
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earlier today I checked out Quake Live. It's a browser based port of 'Quake 3'.
After 10 years I'd forgotten how much fun this game is! :D
It's been updated a bit with slightly better bot AI, a better online service and achievements and such.
Definitely worth checking out if you're in the mood for some old-style frantic deathmatch. and it#s free too!
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009
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4:34 pm
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How does everyone on my friends list seem to be getting jobs all the fucking time!?!?!
ugh,.... anyway,.. Had planned to go see Eva and drop into the furmeet today but I wasn't able to get any sleep so that plan is gone.
I feel like crap,. maybe it's the stress, maybe i'm just ill with something,. either way it feels worse than normal sleep deprivation.
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
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2:59 pm - A kind of homesick,...
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They're predicting snow in New Paltz over the next day or two. I must admit i'm feeling a little homesick for our old house. For all the hassles that came with it, I really loved the winters in New Paltz.
I guess part of it is my parents going through a bit of "marital strife". Perhaps I should feel something more about it all but right now I plenty of my own troubles to deal with.
Bleh,. nothing to be done.
Next winter will be better; we'll have Eva back with us and have our own place. And other people's drama can remain other people's.
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
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11:05 pm - New Site Online!
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After a weekend of tinkering, ruminating and battling a keyboard that only half works. The new look GarrCreations.com is online!!! :)
No just got to generate additional content for the portfolio. :)
current mood:  creative
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
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8:26 pm - Doors, door-to-door.....
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So got an interview! Sadly, Upon closer examination it was a "direct marketing" job; Commission only door-to-door sales basicly. Not worth getting out of bed for especially with how much it would cost me to get there and back each day.
Blarg! I'm talented and good at what I do! Won't someone out there give me a chance?
Ah well, back to the job hunting grind tomorrow.
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Friday, September 25th, 2009
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11:56 pm - Even more screwed,....
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As i'm sure you've gathered we've been in rather a rough spot lately. and now it's got worse.
Today I got a message from the shipping company wanting money. I thought they had billed me more than 2 weeks ago but apparently they want me to wire the money to them instead of just billing my card. The problem is that they're asking for twice as much as we were expecting.
There's no way we can verify if they are fucking about with the figure or not either. and the problem is, we can't afford it. after getting screwed out of several thousand the day we landed in the UK and facing all the fees for Eva's quarantine we simply don't have the resources for this crap too.
We're going to have to borrow more from my parents, and they can't really afford it and I REEEEEAALLY don't want to be in debt to them more.
Uuuuugh,.. it's been too long putting up with this sort of crap,.. I just want to go home, sleep in my own bed, sit at my own desk, hang out with Cass in our own living room, etc,... but it's not there any more. Not there, not here, not anywhere. I'm tired and just want an end to all this.
Back to job searching, I guess.
current mood: depressed
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
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3:08 pm - Less than 2 weeks!?!?
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Has it really only been a couple of weeks since we flew over to the UK? it feels like it's been at least a month!
Things have calmed down a little now, the jetlag seems to have mostly passed, and the bout of stress induced illness that hit both me and Cass has mostly passed too. we've started seriously job hunting and are getting all the rest of the infrastructure of day to day life set up; Bank accounts, Nation Insurance Numbers, provisional driving licences, etc.
Eva seems to be settling in to her time in quarantine reasonably well. It sucks that we only get to see her for a few hours each week and that it's so expensive to even to do that. but she's healthy and about as happy as can be expected. Unless the house in the US sells very soon then the next 6 months are going to be, financially, rather rough but we'll get through it some how.
a BIG thanks to everyone who's sent us money it's all be a BIG help! we're still taking donations (Paypal g.rehal@btopenworld.com) if anyone can spare a few bucks. Hopefully Cass and I will be able to secure some form on income in the very near future.
I keep having to remind myself that we've only been in England for less than 2 weeks and we can't expect to have jobs already >.<
Aside from all the stressful stuff though, things are going pretty well :) We're enjoying all the free museums and stuff that London has to offer, and the beautiful footpaths and such that criss-cross the area. Generally, things could be a lot worse :)
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
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5:55 pm - Still alive,.. just about,..... any help would be apreciated.
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We've been in the UK for almost a week and made no updates? There is a reason for this; mind melting levels of stress!!!
OK,.. so from the beginning. we got to the Airport and found that one of the dog's travel kennels wasn't technically large enough by about an inch. so we had to scrabble around for a spare one. we eventually got one and after several hours of paperwork and ridiculous chaos we were almost ready to check in our selves when we heard that our flight had been delayed until sometime the next day. fortunately the awesome manager at Virgin Atlantic Cargo managed to sort out flights for all the animals and get us onto a slightly earlier flight with an upgrade. Then after some annoying stresses with a belligerent check-in desk guy we settled into our premium economy seats and whiled away the flight in much needed relaxation. By thge time we landed we'd already been awake for almost 24 hours straight, with very little sleep prior, and suddenly it was 6am all over again.
Passport control went without incident and we met up with my parents without any trouble. aaaaaaand then the madness really started.
I won't go into all the details because they're rather tedious and I don't need to re-live all that stress again.
The Long and the short of it is that our vet in the US was a complete idiot who couldn't keep record to save her worthless life. it took nearly 48 solid hours of calls, faxes, emails and wrangling to gather a full rabies history for our animals. Eventually it came down to 5 of them being clear to come home with us but Eva, our biggest and youngest dog) had to go into quarantine for 6 months.
The vet still insists she has made no errors at all. We will be talking to a lawyer about her in the near future.
So we had to scramble around for quarantine kennels for Eva that were easy to get to so we can visit her often and try to make sure she doesn't lose too much of her service dog training. this has meant around £700 in vet bills in the last week and we're looking at a £3000+ cost for for the quarantine and around £30 in train tickets every time we want to visit her.
To say we are feeling burned out by all this is an understatement, but there's not much that can be done.
Needless to say it's put rather more pressure on us to find jobs ASAP (as if we didn't have enough pressure already). So if anyone knows of any good job agencies or job openings in the UK PLEASE let us know!
or if you could spare a couple of bucks to help us through the next few months the PayPal address is g.rehal@btopenworld.com
I'll try and rattle off a sketch or something for any donations over $10
current mood: stressed
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
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10:51 pm - Almost there,..
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All the animals are good to fly (barring a slight mix-up with two of the cats micro chips). only a handful of items left to throw into bags or bins. We've said our goodbyes as well as we could.
I can't speak for Cass but for me this doesn't feel like so much of an end as leaving England did; but it doesn't feel much like a "going home" either. I'm definitely not the person I was when I moved here; most of all i'm worried i'll fall back into those patterns. I don't think there's much chance of that but,... you never know.
I'll probably post something in the morning but who knows.
Onward to new things!
oh yeah, and I made the down-payment on a fursuit :D
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