{"id":619,"date":"2009-12-14T11:50:19","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T11:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=619"},"modified":"2013-10-25T09:56:55","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T08:56:55","slug":"the-decade-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2009\/12\/14\/the-decade-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"The Decade so far"},"content":{"rendered":"

Get my first decent job & have some spare cash
\nJoin my first decent band after not playing live for about 20 years
\nResign from job, due to a variety of reasons including some health issues and toxic boss.
\nSign on dole
\nDiscover that I am virtually unemployable (I have a fairly extensive set of ITC skills)
\nTry to make a living with band & other music stuff instead.
\nGet radio play & all sorts but basically no money.
\nTry to get work to fill in the gaps. Nothing….
\nStay in apart from gigs & the odd drink, get \u00a310 pounds of diesel a week to stay mobile.
\nWork on music practice around 3 hours a day. Do a bit of developing (php, Json, sql Cms web & db & so forth<\/a>) stuff to keep my hand in.
\nget occasional call re my CV, which is with various employment agencies.<\/p>\n

Conversation always go’s sort of like this:<\/p>\n

Agency: “I have a fantastic match for you” , “I would really like to put your CV forward, whats you availability” , “Can you do an interview tomorrow or the next day”<\/p>\n

“Have you 5 years experience of ($blabla; Answer “yes I did $blabla & also $blabla++ : ” reply “Fantastic I will put your CV forward now and give you a call back in the next few minutes”….<\/p>\n

Ring Ring Ring “hello” , “Sorry forgot to ask can you also give the boss a blow job during coffee breaks & do you have 3 years experience” “yes no problem”<\/p>\n

No more phone calls….<\/p>\n

Back to Piano practice….. ..<\/p>\n

Riing, Ring, Ring there go’s the phone…<\/p>\n

BTW I am doing a show with Greta Garbitch “Dutch Drag Comic” at the Cellar Door <\/a>at
\nZero Aldwych , just by the Lyceum Theater in Covent Garden at 21:00 tonight 14 DEC, if your bored do pop in in….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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