Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Thursday, September 15, 2005
current top jazz listening
1. A love supreme- John Coltrane
2. Somethin’ Else - Cannonball Adderley
3. Miles Davis/ Gill Evans – Sketches of Spain
4. Giant Steps - John Coltrane
5. Wallace Roney - Prototype
2. Somethin’ Else - Cannonball Adderley
3. Miles Davis/ Gill Evans – Sketches of Spain
4. Giant Steps - John Coltrane
5. Wallace Roney - Prototype
work
You see working in my profession you normally get 2 types of response when people always ask that question “what do you do” (I work with homeless/vulnerable young people in Edinburgh, Supported Accommodation and Tenancy support).
The more interesting response is from people that have been in the forces; the people I work with would be well suited to joining up. First I should say that my politics sort of go against that (although I would never say that to someone I worked with unless they asked me “what do you think”), being shouted at from 4.30 in the morning then paying someone to shine your shoes might not suit some of my clients. However I can see there point; A lot of the young people I work with are leaving, or at least have been in care, an institution, and what you tend to find is that once someone has been care, in an institution and then have to leave (kids in Scotland should be able to stay in Care up until they turn 19, in reality they are still kicked out when they turn 16), they move to another institution, these institutions could be; the h4ealth service or the police; more times than not they then to be the armed forces or prison.
The other and more common response is “that must be so rewarding”.
How should I respond?
I’ve often thought that something like
“..Its ok, it can be hard, I might make a difference… but I don’t like to talk about it…” might work with the ladies
However, what I normally do is. Cringe. And say
“Yes it is rewarding, on the 25th of every month, they reward me straight to me bank account and I get me own desk….”
“And sometimes, someone you work with says “thanks”, and that’s quite cool
The more interesting response is from people that have been in the forces; the people I work with would be well suited to joining up. First I should say that my politics sort of go against that (although I would never say that to someone I worked with unless they asked me “what do you think”), being shouted at from 4.30 in the morning then paying someone to shine your shoes might not suit some of my clients. However I can see there point; A lot of the young people I work with are leaving, or at least have been in care, an institution, and what you tend to find is that once someone has been care, in an institution and then have to leave (kids in Scotland should be able to stay in Care up until they turn 19, in reality they are still kicked out when they turn 16), they move to another institution, these institutions could be; the h4ealth service or the police; more times than not they then to be the armed forces or prison.
The other and more common response is “that must be so rewarding”.
How should I respond?
I’ve often thought that something like
“..Its ok, it can be hard, I might make a difference… but I don’t like to talk about it…” might work with the ladies
However, what I normally do is. Cringe. And say
“Yes it is rewarding, on the 25th of every month, they reward me straight to me bank account and I get me own desk….”
“And sometimes, someone you work with says “thanks”, and that’s quite cool
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
im starting to sound self obsessed
Had the urge to add stuff but couldn’t think of owt better than this, my friendsreunited profile.
Having not gone to, nor graduated from university, i didn’t take a year out to travel round Tai land. Now not living in London working for personal in an IT firm
**UPDATE**
I have recently not got married to my long term partner nor invested in buy to let property
**UPDATE**
Sensing a slow down in the housing market i have not sold all my properties to downsize my lifestyle, not moving to farming town masham to breed rare fowl and live like the country folk
Having not gone to, nor graduated from university, i didn’t take a year out to travel round Tai land. Now not living in London working for personal in an IT firm
**UPDATE**
I have recently not got married to my long term partner nor invested in buy to let property
**UPDATE**
Sensing a slow down in the housing market i have not sold all my properties to downsize my lifestyle, not moving to farming town masham to breed rare fowl and live like the country folk
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Leith
The things you see
I was going home about 9ish, on the bus and we stopped at the foot o the walk. There were a women stood on a sidestreet looking in through a window into a seemingly empty bank pleasuring an umbrella.
I looked away, thought about it, then looked back.
She were then pleasuring, in a similar way, a bottle of wine in a scotmid bag, through the same window into the same empty bank. The bus then drove off.
Obviously I got off at the next stop and went back to see
She had gone
I was going home about 9ish, on the bus and we stopped at the foot o the walk. There were a women stood on a sidestreet looking in through a window into a seemingly empty bank pleasuring an umbrella.
I looked away, thought about it, then looked back.
She were then pleasuring, in a similar way, a bottle of wine in a scotmid bag, through the same window into the same empty bank. The bus then drove off.
Obviously I got off at the next stop and went back to see
She had gone
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Katrina
What happened there was really bad, really horrible. It was no more and no less horrible than the number of natural disasters that happen each year.
What happened afterwards were distressing, for the country which seeks to invade and dictate democracy; to turn black people into looters and whites into people trying to scavenge food; that people that try to rescue others are branded racist; that armed gangs are shooting down aircraft; for the fact that when I heard it had happened to this country I again felt little but Sinicism: For this I get worried, it distresses me.
I hope all other people from all other nations can empathise with the US, let us help with this as we would any other disaster.
And maybe there can be some good out of this. Maybe the country that builds cities 6 feet under sea level will start taking more interest in the poisons it spews out, will stop using agreements as chips to further exploit other less privileged nations. Maybe, just maybe they could hire skilled and highly trained workers from Iraq and Afghanistan to come and help rebuild the US.
Maybe
What happened afterwards were distressing, for the country which seeks to invade and dictate democracy; to turn black people into looters and whites into people trying to scavenge food; that people that try to rescue others are branded racist; that armed gangs are shooting down aircraft; for the fact that when I heard it had happened to this country I again felt little but Sinicism: For this I get worried, it distresses me.
I hope all other people from all other nations can empathise with the US, let us help with this as we would any other disaster.
And maybe there can be some good out of this. Maybe the country that builds cities 6 feet under sea level will start taking more interest in the poisons it spews out, will stop using agreements as chips to further exploit other less privileged nations. Maybe, just maybe they could hire skilled and highly trained workers from Iraq and Afghanistan to come and help rebuild the US.
Maybe
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