the [mostly stationary] travelogue of a New Yorker in London

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Internships and searching for new jobs

for the last couple of days i have been very tired and pretty busy, but mostly tired. Friday i had a meeting with the guys from City Rockers, and we decided that i would come in on Wednesdays to help out. so i think that makes me their intern.

i really like these guys. they are cool and totally invested in their business, the nuances and complications that have arisen since new media has barged its way in. its gotten complicated with CD sales going down and such. i don't know, its fascinating. and they like to talk about it. i am really excited about working with them and helping them out.

plus it'll give me a chance to show off. ya know, let them see how good i am at my job.

[a little over-confidence never hurt anyone]

later that day i went to a pub; Tommy Flynn's, and got hired for the night. it was exciting and exhausting. i did OK for the first time behind a bar. got decent tips in a country that doesn't tip, so that's nice. but drunk people are strange, and kinda creepy when they are older men. but i held my own and everything was fine. but it wasn't satisfying in the way that working in movies for me is. but i do need a job, and it pays. ah, it might be all moot, they may not even call me again. we shall see...

i did however, miss MGMT both nights they were here. which sucks, i mean really blows. but i think i will see them at some point. but i missed seeing live music this week, which is sad. but my ears are pricked and my eyes are searching for music, and i am looking for people to go see.

this is one of the points of me being here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Since you're working in a bar, does that make you a Bard-maid???

Sorry - couldn't resist...

Its great fun reading your stuff - you're a Really Good writer - and that's not IMHO - thats fact!!