Last Wednesday, a taxi driver known as ‘Birdy’ calmly took his rifle with him in his car, and went on a rampage around the North West of England. In total, he killed 13 people in and around Whitehaven, a large town in Cumbria. While it is no longer the first item on the news, the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Not actually employment related’
8 Jun
Not something you read everyday.
Posted by graduatecalling in Uncategorized. Tagged: applications, career options, day off, Derrick Bird, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, Graduate Talent Pool, Honorary Northener, internships, interview, jobcentre fun, looking for a job, looking for a proper job, looking for jobs, Not actually employment related, PGCE, Whitehaven. Leave a Comment
14 May
Faster than the speed of ‘Oh Bugger, that’s not supposed to happen’
Posted by graduatecalling in Uncategorized. Tagged: driving, driving test, feeling a tad down, grumpy, mumford and sons, Not actually employment related, ooooh! distracting. Leave a Comment
Since Tuesday, I have been in a personal race to get to Sunday without going around the twist. There was no FAILboat of an event. Even the Tories getting into power with the help of the Cleggster hasn’t bothered me too much. The Tories have got in to government, which is slightly annoying, but in [...]
7 May
Hung like a horse
Posted by graduatecalling in Not actually employment related, Stunned, This could go horribly wrong.... Tagged: cameron, clegg, conservative, day off, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, Gordon Brown, hung like a horse, hung parliament, labour, lib dem, Not actually employment related, not actually job related, ooooh! distracting, politics, the economy. Leave a Comment
Last night, when I toddled off to bed after realising that I was so tired I couldn’t understand what people were saying on the tv, I honestly thought that any idea of a hung parliament was next to nil. After all (I considered as I brushed my teeth), the press had been going on about [...]
3 May
*cough**cough**sneeze*
Posted by graduatecalling in A Small Plea, Academia, Finding a job, Not actually employment related. Tagged: applications, David Cameron, day off, eleection, general election, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, Gordon Brown, graduate, holidays, hospital radio, interview, job centre, jobcentre fun, left wong, looking for a job, looking for a proper job, Nick Clegg, Not actually employment related, old style left wing, on holiday, ooooh! distracting, PGCE, schools, uk general election, unemployed, unemployment. Leave a Comment
I have an excuse for not updating! Yeah, I’m ill again. I’ve been coughing, not unlike a car backfiring, for the past few weeks. If the amount of snot I am currently blowing out of my nose onto a tissue can be described as having a good time, then this illness has been fun. Not [...]
28 Mar
Work Experience
Posted by graduatecalling in A Small Plea, better luck next time, Finding a job, Stunned. Tagged: 14, bad economy, classroom assistant, day off, Diversion, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, Not actually employment related, ooooh! distracting, school, schools, the economy, volunteering, work experience. Leave a Comment
Child at School: “Miss! Miss! You look, re-ealllllly tired.” Moi: “Uh… Thanks.” *is secretly embarrassed that make up does not hide the fact that she got up earlier than usual, on her day off, and she has already had a driving lesson before turning up in the class today* Child: “I’m tired too, Miss.” Moi: [...]
21 Mar
Cack-handed
Posted by graduatecalling in Not actually employment related, WOOOOOOOOOOOO!. Tagged: being left handed, cack handed, ciotógach, day off, Diversion, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, left handed, Not actually employment related, ooooh! distracting. 1 Comment
Today is my day off, after what feels like a long week at work. That isn’t to say that work is dull, but having 5 days of work and little time to fit everything in, means that I now have one day off in which I have to cram all of my volunteering, driving lessons [...]
21 Feb
Me: 1, Boredom: 0
Posted by graduatecalling in Finding a job, Not actually employment related. Tagged: Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, Graduate Talent Pool, hospital radio, interviewing your MP, mp, Not actually employment related, not employment related, ooooh! distracting, shop assistant, shop work, update, working in a shop. Leave a Comment
It’s always nice when plans. no matter how vague, come together. However, it would have been nice to interview my MP on my hospital radio show, without covering myself in mud 5 minutes beforehand. I had actually gone out of my way to dress like a professional (skirt and all), and just as I went [...]
2 Feb
Stumpy meets World
Posted by graduatecalling in Not actually employment related. Tagged: crochet, day off, graduate, knitting, Not actually employment related, not actually job related, ooooh! distracting. Leave a Comment
Well, someone has to be chuffed, and that person has to be me! As I have mentioned a couple of times on this blog, I am a keen knitter who recently branched out in crochet. For your enjoyment and puzzlement, I present a selection of images of stuff I have knitted. The only stuff I [...]
7 Oct
I need more Steampunk in my life
Posted by graduatecalling in list, Not actually employment related. Tagged: Black Books, Blog Links, blogs, Cold War, Doctor Who, Futurama, Geek, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, Hot Fuzz, Internet Comics, Nerd, New Blogs, Not actually employment related, not employment related, ooooh! distracting, Spaced, Steampunk, u2, Zeppelins. Leave a Comment
I am tired after a long day of figuring out (largely by memory, but also largely from Google) how to write a personal statement. From what I gather, it’s like writing a CV, but with more sentences. This occurred today while it rained outside, and I digested the teacher (of the class I volunteer with) thoughts [...]
28 Sep
*Cough*
Posted by graduatecalling in Not actually employment related. Tagged: bleurgh, cold, feeling ill, ill, looking for a job, looking for a proper job, lurgy, Not actually employment related. Leave a Comment
Urgh… I hate being ill. Lying there, watching television and not being able to breathe is not one of my strong points. Because of this, I become a rubbish patient; the type of Student who would turn up at a lecture with a horrible, contagious illness-confident to learn, but spreading the lurgy among everyone in [...]
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