Moving on… in OD

So I’ve picked myself up since yesterdays disappointment. I’ve entered another short story competition. With this one, there’s a chance that an excerpt of my story will be printed in a magazine, which I’ll get paid £50 for and the first prize is £500. I’m not too hopeful (due to the rules, I couldn’t enter either of the stories I actually wanted to enter) but, still.

I also have to write a 500 word story tonight for another competition.

I’ve been checking the Weatherspoons website for a while. There’s a new Weatherspoons opening up in town and they should soon be advertising for staff. Today, however, I noticed that the Lloyds bar in town were looking for full timers. Only 25 hours a week but still better than being skint all the frakking time. Cpurse, on the website, they had that stupid “Why do you want to work here?” question, to which I’m always tempted to answer “Cos I need the money”.

I also applied to be on a new Derren Brown show. Just cos.

Apart from that, not up to much. Got an interview with the job centre next time I sign on. YAY! /sarcasm And this might mean me being sent back to somewhere like A4e or Pertemps. DOUBLE YAY! /sarcasm

Seriously, those places have done nothing to help me (and have actually tried to fuck things up for me) in the past. I’ll just have to wait and see what happens.

I’m also fighting with Middlesbrough Adult Education Centre about my creative writing class. Well, the fees therefore. I gave them my debit card details to take the fee out of my account and they keep saying that there is a problem. So, somehow, I have to do something about it. Even worse, at the end of each term we make a class booklet. My tutor has been told that if I don’t sort the problem then my story can’t be included. I’m just going to email them, give them the details again and tell them that if there are any further problems it’s at their end and nothing to do with me.

Speaking of which, it’s the last class on Monday. Normally we all bring in food and sit and eat and chat, but this time we’re going to the pub we went to after the graveyard visit. So, it’ll be like normal, only with booze. Yay!

Not sleeping well at the moment. Dunno why, this has been going on for a while (with completely sleepless nights being a weekly thing at one point). Ach well, I’ll survive.

Ooh, just remembered. Need to get the book finished by December. the place I’m doing the signs thing with is having a meet the agents event then so, need to be ready for that.

Apart from all that, not much is happening. What about you guys?

Will