hello from london [part sixteen]

hello peeps

this getting-a-job business is a long process. thank you for coming along for the ride. on monday i was well prepped to talk shop with mark eley but all he wanted to do was get to know me. he let slip five people [from two hundred applicants but i do not know how many they actually interviewed] were called back for a meet-and-greet. he asked me what i do on the weekends, if i drink, do drugs, who is my favourite musician/ artist/ designer. he completely caught me off guard and i had to turn on the charm. we had a good conversation about bernhard willhelm, going red after a few drinks, and gossiped about sydney people. i am not sure how well i won him over because he talks a lot and only gave me two seconds to respond to questions but he won me over completely. do you know he describes designing for cacharel as his money job to fund his baby, eley kishimoto? i love that. i want this job even more now! we joked about sponsorship. he said it was not an issue because if they employ me i can set up their online store and fund my own sponsorship. he even suggested setting up a sponsorship fund in the office, next to the credit card machine. i swear, if i get the job i will probably make them lots of money just from buying excess stock. they could half pay me in clothes! damn i should have said that.

but if i do not get the job [i find out on friday], what will i do? i aimed pretty high getting an interview with the #1 company i want to work for in london. sigh. i found a job asking for creative people to ice biscuits. i am thinking about going for that or i could start a retail career at liberty [even though i hate it there] and work my way up or i could beg richard nicoll/ b store/ tatty devine for a job. double sigh.

enough doom and gloom! the weather is doing a great job of being gloomy all by itself. do you want to know what else is going on? you have to check out the bethnal green working men's club, which night should i go to? i am definitely going to the winter-themed games night tomorrow and i love the idea of the birthday party on friday night. i have a dinner date with my friend, bahbak, on friday [i am making roast vegetable pizza] and i hope he wants a birthday party for dessert! on saturday i am seeing my friend, corey [of arch m fame], play the ica [the sydney equivalent is the mca] on a night called tv party. i cannot wait for tomorrow to start!

this cat lives next door. it likes to sit in the back garden and sun itself. it is very moody but so cute! look at those eyes! 

the wall is at edgeware road tube station. i like the lines. 

i have the flu and can blow my nose for a very long time and stuff still comes out. it is very bizarre. where am i storing it all?

i will write to you on friday. oh oh oh the suspense! will there be tears of joy or disappointment? oh!

lots of love
olivia