Alright, I give up!

Well, the panic is over...mostly.

I've got myself a job. It's nothing to sing and dance about - not quite what I was aiming for, but things had come to the point that I couldn't hold out any longer. All in all it's not too bad a position - the perks being a fair salary, a relatively easy commute and being the sole dedicated designer in this little agency. This means that while I'm responsible to the Creative Director, Darnell, I'll get a hell of a lot more creative freedom here than I've received anywhere else - well, that's what I'm hoping...

The down side is that I'm the only real designer here, so all work is rapidly going to become my responsibility, and that I miss the comraderie that woking in a larger studio provides. It also means that when I'm having a bad day there's going to be nowhere to hide. Finally the major source of income here is annual reports, which is a fairly specialised field of design, which I have no experience in. Initially this isn't a bad thing, but I'm certain that in time the novelty will wear off and I don't want to be stuck as a 'corporate brochureware' designer for the rest of my life (which is where I'm on the fast track to at the moment).

Despite getting this week off to a slow start today hasn't been too bad since I'm indulging in the new experience of conceptualising and designing an annual report from scratch. I'm adopting a bit of a wait and see for the while about the job - I've got three months to make up my mind before I go permanent. Chances are I'll look and see if there is anthing definitely better that comes up - but making it to interview is going to be tricky what with the long hours I'm going to need to put it.

Otherwise jujitsu and judo are going well, and I'm having fun with both. Role-playing is role-playing, and we're getting bast the boring bit of Beyond the Mountains of Madness. We've already lost our first character before we even left the docks - so now I'm the only player playing a character of the opposite gender.

Most of all I'm looking forward to the point at the end of this month where I get to cease starting every sentence with "When I have money..." till then it's time to abuse the credit card.