Seismic Shift

This is one of the longest periods I've been out of work since I left university. The only other times that were longer were: when I left my job in Sydney to when I started working in Bournemouth, and of course the eight months it took me to get a job when this blog started in the first place.

What's next? One option is going back to full-time, although I don't know if I can command the salary needed to maintain my apartment here, and the room I rent in London. Which means I would either have to commute to London every single day, or find a job here locally. Either way, I wouldn't be able to see Jen during the week. So I'm in a bit of a dilemma. Of course I realise I should obviously have renewed that "stressful" contract I turned down at the beginning of the summer, but hindsight is always 20/20, and it feels like it's been a while since I made a truly daft decision.

The weather's been great, though.

Boat Show 2019

I went to to Southampton Boat Show yesterday. I've been thinking about boats for a while, as it's kind of Lymington's claim to fame, and a rigid inflatable boat is something that doesn't break the bank, but is still able to get to the Isle of Wight. They had all sorts of cool boats, ranging from inflatable dinghies, right up to big fancy Sunseekers. They even had a Russian Pirate ship! One booth was actually a sales outfit from Lymington! The chap there recommended taking a course first, and chartering a boat when you need it. Then he said "when you get that spur-of-the-moment urge to get on the water, that's when you're ready to buy a boat!"

Still Waiting

Over a month later, I'm still waiting on a new contract. This is the longest I've ever had to wait in the six years I've been contracting, and the longest time I've had off work in 10 years. I'm told by numerous people in the industry, that it's due to uncertainty around our exit from the European Union. Since companies don't know what's happening, they don't want to approve new projects. It's that or I need to rewrite my CV/resume in order to better sell myself.

Royal Quest

Last weekend I went up to London to see New Japan Pro Wrestling's first English show: Royal Quest. Yes, I know professional wrestling is staged, but New Japan is the best in the world, so I had to go! It was held in the Copper Box Arena in the Olympic Park. It's nice that they're using nearly everything from the Olympics after the event, as I've heard that countries such as Greece and Brazil have just left their venues to rot.

I even got a shirt from the event too! Which makes me feel like those kids in middle school who walked around with t-shirts from concerts, even thought they were all like 13.