In which I get fired, but not really...

Hey everyone -

Haven't really updated in a while...being a sheer combination of laziness, sporadic bursts of activity at work, and the fact that the Internet access at the University is less than good. But it's Friday, and I'm bored, so here's the update.

I've found that I tend to do more on weeknights than on weekends, just because things tend to be less expensive. Good for my wallet, bad for my sleep habits. Unfortunately, I still act like I'm in college and stay up until at least midnight every night. I can't help it - it just seems weird to turn in early.

Monday is £1 night at the Prince Charles Cinema, this second-run theater in Leicester Square, so I went to go see Bad Education with some of the housemates. The acting was really good, but I'm on the fence about the film itself. Afterwards, Alana suggested we go to Haagen Dazs, which was a fabulous idea because they have a Haagen Dazs RESTAURANT in Leicester Square, complete with doorman, wait staff, and large comfy couches. mmmmm...all I had to do was try not to remind myself that my sundae was the equivalent of $12 - ouch.

Tuesday was an off-day, which was kinda nice. Made really good bolognese (kind of) sauce and had a fabulously large helping of pasta.

Wednesday was nice because both my bosses were off work (same for Thursday) and I could goof off a bit during the day (not like I had much to do, anyway). That meant I got to book my accommodation for Florence - I'm so excited it's coming up so soon! That night I went to the Australian Film Festival with my friend Joanna from work and we saw Somersault. It had an okay story, but was just a gorgeous film (and also had a beautiful soundtrack).

And last night was the Camden Crawl, an all-night concert crawl (in my fabulous neighborhood, which is unfortunately getting trendified as we speak) with 9 venues and about 40 bands. It was a lot of fun - only Alana and I went (we were the only two to secure tickets). Basically, we just walked up and down the high street and stopped in at random venues along the way. In addition to seeing some cool bands, we also got to check out a lot of live music venues in the area, from the former Camden Palais (now the named-after-a-gorilla Camden Koko), this big, grand old theater to the Electric Ballroom, this cavernous underground music venue. We saw the London Towers, Magic Numbers, the Buzzcocks, and some little Irish (we think) band that I've forgotten the name of already. Also, we got the BEST BURGERS EVER at midnight and the really friendly guy there recognized me, which excited me to no end. AND I got a free CD out of the deal. AND a gold wristband. Rock.

Oh, and the almost getting fired thing. So my boss calls me over on Tuesday and tells me he wants to tell me something before I get a note from HR and get alarmed. He goes on to tell me that the woman I'm doing the maternity cover for is suddenly returning at the end of the month. So I'm thinking I'm out of a job until my boss tells me they like me (whew) and they want to keep me on as a research assistant. So I get to do the interesting (market research) part of my job without all the crappy photocopying and admin part. Awesome. I rule. And I'm not jobless, homeless, and starving in the streets, so I think I came out of this quite well.

Indeed. Okay, that's all for now. I'll update if I remember something interesting...but you guys can feel free to comment all you'd like. Go ahead. Really. Pay some attention to me!!

Okay, bye.
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