One Year Anniversary
One year ago today K and I were in the Scottish Highlands after having secretly sneaked away. We were married that day, in a simple little civil ceremony by a registrar with such an adorable Scottish accent (K was "Kurshten").
We haven't regretted it a single day. We're so happy to be celebrating our "Paper Anniversary" (in layman's terms, One Year Anniversary)!
Though we told ourselves a year ago that we would return to the Coul House Inn today, for obvious reasons, we have not done so. It has been rain-checked. We'll celebrate in our own special way.
Flowers
Friday, June 10
Thursday, June 9
Wednesday, June 8
Job Interviews
For the past several days, I have been back on the old pavement-pounding beat. I'm looking for a part-time job somewhere in the city. Not much luck yet, but I've handed in applications and CVs at coffee shops, lunch shops, and a video store. All of these places had "help wanted" signs in the window. Despite the tepid response, I have landed an interview at the video store, tomorrow at 3:45pm. Might not be too bad, if I get the gig. Certainly would have its benefits as far as renting DVDs! And it's an area where I'm actually a bit knowledgeable.
But that's just small potatoes. I got an e-mail yesterday with an invitation for a job interview at BUFVC, the archive job in London! They are interviewing a lot of people, but they're looking to hire six, I think. That makes my chances a little better. At least one of my classmates has also landed an interview. The truly disconcerting competition, though, are the BFI cataloguers who were recently let go. How much do you want to bet that they handed in applications? Even still, it will be good experience to try an archive employment interview.
My interview is on Friday the 17th in the afternoon. K and I had already bought our train tickets to go to London on the 14th (the day we were going to go to the Danish Embassy for her residence permit application). It's too expensive/inconvenient to change the tickets, so we're going to go to London anyway. Too bad the interview didn't land on that day, though! Oh well. With my student rail pass, it only costs about £13.50 each way so that's not too bad.
-RP-
For the past several days, I have been back on the old pavement-pounding beat. I'm looking for a part-time job somewhere in the city. Not much luck yet, but I've handed in applications and CVs at coffee shops, lunch shops, and a video store. All of these places had "help wanted" signs in the window. Despite the tepid response, I have landed an interview at the video store, tomorrow at 3:45pm. Might not be too bad, if I get the gig. Certainly would have its benefits as far as renting DVDs! And it's an area where I'm actually a bit knowledgeable.
But that's just small potatoes. I got an e-mail yesterday with an invitation for a job interview at BUFVC, the archive job in London! They are interviewing a lot of people, but they're looking to hire six, I think. That makes my chances a little better. At least one of my classmates has also landed an interview. The truly disconcerting competition, though, are the BFI cataloguers who were recently let go. How much do you want to bet that they handed in applications? Even still, it will be good experience to try an archive employment interview.
My interview is on Friday the 17th in the afternoon. K and I had already bought our train tickets to go to London on the 14th (the day we were going to go to the Danish Embassy for her residence permit application). It's too expensive/inconvenient to change the tickets, so we're going to go to London anyway. Too bad the interview didn't land on that day, though! Oh well. With my student rail pass, it only costs about £13.50 each way so that's not too bad.
-RP-
Tuesday, June 7
Gilded Courier
I'm definitely feeling a little bit low about the whole "Denmark thing". There is an emotional attachment to Scandinavia for me. Part of me feels a little heartbroken about not being able to live there. Copenhagen is a fantastic city with such lively energy. It's just really great to be there. Now when I hear or read Danish and particularly when I see images of Copenhagen in a film or on TV, I get a little pang in my heart. Sort of the same kind of pang I get for Brussels, LA, Ft. Lauderdale, Aurora, or Boston. Just little fingers tugging at the yearning heart-strings. With the "Denmark thing", there's also a little bit of a feeling of loss.
Even though I feel very relieved after making the decision to stick around here a little longer to figure things out, I still have moments were I am a bit pained about the reality of possibly never realistically being able to live there.
There is still a little glimmer of hope, though. I am ever-vigilant over the Job Vacancies section of the Danish Film Institute site. If a suitable position ever pops up, I am going to be on that thing like a hound-dog. A courier will arrive at their doorstep in a gilded chariot, bearing a perfectly assembled CV and cover-letter on expensive paper in an expensive envelope. Until then, I will bide my time diligently at another archive.
-RP-
I'm definitely feeling a little bit low about the whole "Denmark thing". There is an emotional attachment to Scandinavia for me. Part of me feels a little heartbroken about not being able to live there. Copenhagen is a fantastic city with such lively energy. It's just really great to be there. Now when I hear or read Danish and particularly when I see images of Copenhagen in a film or on TV, I get a little pang in my heart. Sort of the same kind of pang I get for Brussels, LA, Ft. Lauderdale, Aurora, or Boston. Just little fingers tugging at the yearning heart-strings. With the "Denmark thing", there's also a little bit of a feeling of loss.
Even though I feel very relieved after making the decision to stick around here a little longer to figure things out, I still have moments were I am a bit pained about the reality of possibly never realistically being able to live there.
There is still a little glimmer of hope, though. I am ever-vigilant over the Job Vacancies section of the Danish Film Institute site. If a suitable position ever pops up, I am going to be on that thing like a hound-dog. A courier will arrive at their doorstep in a gilded chariot, bearing a perfectly assembled CV and cover-letter on expensive paper in an expensive envelope. Until then, I will bide my time diligently at another archive.
-RP-
Monday, June 6
Halle-f**kn-luiah!
We have the BMW back in our custody! It was a bit of a headache because the mechanic does not take credit cards. I tried everything I could think of to get money out without doing a "cash advance" and incurring the huge interest rate. Not going into the details because its just too annoying, but I ended up just withdrawing the £345 ($630) as a cash advance. Some expensive cash!
When I got to the mechanic, he offered to save me about £25 by doing the payment off the books (i.e.- he wouldn't make a receipt). At first I said, "Nah... I've already taken out the money", then I thought "What the hell am I thinking!?" and went ahead with the discount. I will use the remaining money to get the car detailed so it can be put up for sale.
Anyway, it's nice to have it back. Sort of comforting to see it outside our bedroom window!
-RP-
We have the BMW back in our custody! It was a bit of a headache because the mechanic does not take credit cards. I tried everything I could think of to get money out without doing a "cash advance" and incurring the huge interest rate. Not going into the details because its just too annoying, but I ended up just withdrawing the £345 ($630) as a cash advance. Some expensive cash!
When I got to the mechanic, he offered to save me about £25 by doing the payment off the books (i.e.- he wouldn't make a receipt). At first I said, "Nah... I've already taken out the money", then I thought "What the hell am I thinking!?" and went ahead with the discount. I will use the remaining money to get the car detailed so it can be put up for sale.
Anyway, it's nice to have it back. Sort of comforting to see it outside our bedroom window!
-RP-
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