Thursday 12 July 2012

IMPORTANT NEWS: I AM NOT TRAPPED DOWN A WELL

Hi all, this is just a quick post to keep everyone up-to-date with what's going on with me.

You've probably noticed I'm not on Twitter or on the blog much any more. I started a job about 4 weeks ago. I'm having a really good time, I'm working from home testing things and evaluating stuff for Google (can't say much more than that I'm afraid). The conditions are great, I get to choose which hours I work and as long as I do more than 10 and less than 40 a week, I get to choose how many too. Unfortunately, when I can do something and have an incentive I will work like a fucking dog at it, so at the moment I'm trying to find a balance between working, writing and socialising. At the moment writing has really taken a back seat, since I'll spend four days of the week putting in 40 hours then need to spend the other three days doing literally nothing just to make my brain function again. I'm looking to redress this balance, but after 10 months of being unemployed my brain's in a cycle of 'EARN ALL THE MONIES! NOW SPEND ALL THE MONIES ON GIGS AND BEER!'.

So yeah, I don't know when I'll be back, but hopefully soon, because I miss writing and I miss everyone on Twitter. In the meanwhile, I've not turned my back on politics or activism, I just don't really have time to discuss them. I'm currently organising a Clit Rock gig to benefit Daughters Of Eve which will be in Brighton on August 5th and going to some Smash EDO demos, as well as other various causes. I'm also in talks with a UK-based feminist group to do some fundraising for them and starting to get more involved at the Cowley Club. Finally, I'm looking to start publishing some vegan recipe zines soon, so if you're interested in that, hit me up.

If you need to get in touch with me or just fancy a chat, I'm immediately alerted to any @-mentions on Twitter, comments posted here or anything on the Forty Shades Facebook page, so I haven't disappeared off the face of the earth.

Be excellent to each other, and I hope to see you all soon.

5 comments:

  1. It's fantastic to hear that life is so good for you. xx

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    1. Thanks Trish. I'm really making a conscious effort to get back to Twitter, but it's difficult to go from reading it all, all the time, down to 'just 15 minutes'! I'll find my balance soon, I'm just doing a bit of cash hoarding at the moment, it'd be nice to be out of my overdraft for the first time since I opened my account :)

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    2. Don't worry. Twitter will still be there. Just enjoy it. It's great when life is good.

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  2. I'm glad everything's good at the moment, and I'm sure you'll find the right balance soon enough, things like this just take a little getting used to :-) x

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  3. Huzzah! Good stuff Nat :) well done.

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