Job Interview

Had a job interview today, interesting little experience, it lasted most of the morning, and I was interviewed by a total of five different people.

Have to say I'm feeling a little drained, as far as potential employment goes, we'll have to see. I'm vaguely hopeful, but beyond that? Its difficult to get a handle on that many people and what they thought of you. We'll just have to wait and see.

This afternoon I have a packed schedule planned, starting off with a snooze, half an hour on world of warcraft and perhaps I might watch a movie if I can work out what the hell Sky has done with its movie channels.

Still Here

Still alive, still lacking full time employment.

Unemployment I have decided is quite possibly the dullest thing I have ever done and sponging off the state is harder than it looks.

Have just done a weeks worth of temping for BBC Audio, which against all expectations was actually quite enjoyable. Admitably, I have just spent 35 hours sticking labels and barcodes on to things, but I got a comfy chair, a break and an hours lunch. One. Whole. Hour. I watched the News and Neighbours on the telly! Absolutely surreal and it turns out Neighbours is even more ridiculous than I remember it being. The whole place really brought previous employment into perspective. ie: a shambolically run shit hole, with very few properly working systems and absolutely no awareness of staff needs. I could have certainly coped staying a bit longer, but one week was all I got.

I've got the house to myself this weekend, which means I get first crack at the papers and control of the sitting room with the big TV, so the plan is to kill the housework off, find a Cat for purposes of keeping my legs warm and watch England more than likely being stuffed by the Welsh in the Rugby.

Also, While I hold Tony Blair entirely at fault for most of the ills of the modern world and hold great satisfaction of never having voted for him in my life, I laughed like a loon at his sketch for comic relief last night. I may have even clapped. Not much of a fan of Catherine Tate either, but fair do's, she was brilliant. David Tennant wasn't half bad either.

And Matt Lucas as Vicky Pollard. Performance.

Hogfather

To say Terry Pratchett is my favorite author is probably a bit of an understatement, so any production of the discworld books always makes me a little nervous.

The stage play I thought was a hoot, but I did spend time getting a bit wound up about the characterisations. Carrot is not a gurning idiot, thankyou very much!

The Cartoons were enjoyable to a degree, but lacked sophistication and the less said about whatever those accents were in Wyrd Sisters, the better. I enjoyed them thoroughly, but they didn't quite get there.

So anyway, when I heard about the Hogfather, I got a bit nervous, especially when I heard it was Sky producing it. Does Sky actually make any decent TV of its own, or does it steal it all from America and Channel 4?

Did hear Terry Practchett was involved, so you know, panic subsided abit, and the cast was announced, David Jason, Nigel Planer, Marc Warren, all very cool and fit into my mental images for the book. Was expecting Christopher Lee for death, but Ian Richardson does just as well.
Susan was always a bit of a difficult character to visualise, so I'm glad they went for an unknown.

All in all though, the whole thing was rather fantastic. I spent half the time enthralled, half the time bouncing up and down like an excited 5 year old. Death of Rats! Hex! Binky! So much got put in, the pig even did a wee. Fantastic.

As for the main characters, Susan was spot on, absolutely nailed it. Marc Warren was creepy as hell, the thieves were well done, though I did spend most of the time thinking Peter Guinness would make a good Vimes. The Wizards could have been a bit better, but hey, you can't have everything. I was really impressed with Death though, the movement, the voice, absolutely sold it to me. Brilliant

Can't wait for the DVD so I can watch it without the incessant adverts.