For some reason or another, I’ve decided to start yet another blog. I guess in my case – You can never have too many blogs!
I’ve now happily moved to Bristol after graduating with a BA in Scenography and Theatre Design from Aberystwyth University. And now I’m just trying to start a responsible adult life. Which is HARD, by the way. Life of a graduate is horrid, just saying. You don’t have any of the boons of being a student (like loans and discounts and living space (‘student only’) and part-time jobs) but they don’t accept you as full member of the society either (you’re not a professional ? Well to bad, we make it almost impossible for you to find an accommodation).
I’m slowly getting there though. I have a place to live and everything! Hooray! I’m living as a Guardian in an unused Retirement Home. That means that the building is probably demolished in the next year or so, but until then, Guardians rent rooms in this property (or any other property that’s facing the same destiny), and we make sure that the building doesn’t get vandalized and it’s kept nice and proper (you know, since it’s a PROPERty.) (I’m awful, sorry)
At the moment my life revolves around finding a job. I’ve surely filled in like a gazillion online applications (they don’t like the old ‘I’ll just bring you my CV’ story anymore). And so far, I’ve had 3 interviews. And by the end of the week, I hopefully have some sort of job. Fingers crossed!
The main reason I’m in Bristol though is because of THEATRE. Yes, I actually want to do something with my degree. It started off pretty well – before I actually moved into Bristol I got a job as an assistant lighting designer – which is great! I mean… that’s exactly what I want to do with my life. It was for a play in Alma Tavern, which is a tiny-tiny theatre in Clifton. I had two days full of rigging, and going up and down ladders, and plotting, and choosing gels, and alll the other exciting stuff you get to do! It got even better as I was asked to stay to help operate the light (you see, they just had one operator, but the show had loads of precise sound and lighting cues that happened simultaneously, and it would’ve been hell operating them alone). The only downside was, it wasn’t a paid job. But hey – it’s something for my CV, right?!
The lovely ladies who owned the theatre company paid my a tiny bit in the end, and gave me a phone number for another similar production taking place in November. That would have been a paid job, though paid just a tiny bit, and although my heart was bleeding, I decided not to call the other company, just to get a ‘proper’ job. It would have been alright probably, but I figured it’s better to be fully flexible than to go on a job interview and say “can’t do these, and these, and these days and hours..”. The probability of getting something is much higher when you can do ALL the hours. And then later, I just hope that it wasn’t beginners luck, and I get to do more and more theatre stuff, until it can become my main income.
This post turned out to be something completely different than I intended to. That’ll probably happen a lot.
The world inside a snowglobe 