Occupational experience

Weird thing. It’s something you gain at work while solving uncommon problems, yet, absence of it keeps you out of work. And if you think odd jobs are answer then think again. Would you employ someone basing on a CV without any serious record? Even if the interview goes well, a reasonable employer will give a job to a man who doesn’t need further training and showed the same or even less amount of skill.

I look around and see five choices. First, the common one: do nothing. Second, hopeless: keep sending applications for positions one actually would like to get. Third, naive: make a masterpiece, then wait until someone gives a crap (!?). Fourth which is typical science-fiction: open your own business providing a service related to your occupation, yet, uncommon in your area. And finally fifth – the most likely one: find a job below your qualifications.

Not sympathising with any of those,
Matthew

Ambitious rutines

From time to time I’m haunted by an idea of making a short animation based on a script. I did few in my earlier animator’s career but those weren’t preceded by storyboards nor written descriptions. I worked blind. As a result I’ve never made anything more than a simple presentation. And I’ve got so many concepts! Like…

…a movie of a new life coming into being, a division of a cell which grows strong in numbers and then forms a human body.

A similar animation with a virus that drives healthy cells to sickness, reproduces and spreads it’s major destructive potential.

Another one showing story of a piece of an open source code migrating from hands to hands, from class to class, gaining tools that allow collaboration and multiplies it’s functionality over and over until some day… it’s taken from the world of freedom and sold on a commercial market. Because that’s how life is now.

“Some day I’ll buy a knife and cut everyone around.” Or do other stuff. Some day.

Whining me,
Matthew

After midnight

It’s late night.

I came back from my odd job’s customer about two hours ago. It took long run to satisfy everyone but it’s done… methinks. It was busy day and still, I can’t fall asleep. I tried to recover some disk space, it’s always boring I guess. I’m not sure if 03:38am is still today or already tomorrow. Seems wrong both ways, thought, it isn’t important any more. My urgent necessity to run speaks up. Need for speed and wind.

Cheers,
Matthew

Magandang tanghali

Hi there,

It’s a rainy afternoon – almost an evening. Today’s the day to do nothing, yet, I’ve got to help my girlfriend with her thesis. That’s how I say “welcome to my life” on this log. But hey! I’d better hurry take a shower and hit the road ’cause my evening nine o’clock has a similar job for me. It’s neat and easy money… from strangers. Girlfriends get it with a whole package for free. Can someone tell me why it actually works this way? Some day we will split so why bother? ‘Cause I don’t know…

Cheers,
Matthew