Londoner, born, bred, probably cut me in half and I say 'BLOODY TFL', yet I'm leaving, again.
Upsides - it's an actual paid job, so I will no longer be a dogsbody unpaid intern. But, London, London...Also there are the
kittens and the nephews and the friends and the man and the life and it's all staying here and I am going there...Sad times - but I should stop complaining. It is after all a job, with a salary, and my own desk (!!!). I haven't actually seen the desk yet, but I very much hope it exists. Although I did get drawn into a physics conversation the other day about how everything is basically made of nothing given that atoms are pretty much substance free and ended up clinging to a table-top to calm myself down before realising it wasn't really there...particle physics and me are not the best of friends. I just avoid quantum as I'd quite like to cling to some sanity. Hopefully my new job won't involve too much hard science editorial.On another note - BBC reporting of the recent deaths of soldiers in Afghanistan REALLY annoyed me yesterday - counting the cost of those who have given their lives in a war for another country. For another country??? BBC - balanced reporting my eye. Government policy = 'let's get the hell out of there' therefore BBC = 'not our war, some war started, sustained and ultimately the fault of nasty foreigners'. Come on...
I'm also proof reading a really interesting book at the moment about European attitudes to Roma. Scapegoating is still alive and well. What they fail to note is that if they succeed in getting rid of/invisibly integrating such communities who 'don't fit' they'll be stuck next time they need somewhere to re-direct anger. I wouldn't say I'm anti-globalisation exactly, but I am very much anti homogenisation. The multi-cultural experiment hasn't failed, we just got bored of it.
