Jonners' Canterbury Tales

Posted on May 22, 2008 by jonners99

Today I had my job interview at Future Publishing which has a rather nice new office in Marylebone. This is the interview I mentioned a blog or two ago that I was now in two minds as to whether to even turn up due to the commute it would involve with Beth working in Canterbury. I left the flat at 9:15 in the morning with my interview at 11. I badly mistimed though and was in Marylebone by 10:15. I therefore just spent some time wandering around. To begin with I tried to get into a small park which proved to be rather private (I believe it was also in Notting Hill and Sweeney Todd) and then went and sat in Regents Park for ten minutes talking to my father on the phone. Once inside the job interview went well and they seemed really friendly, I told them about the commute I would be doing and they agreed it would be tough. They were complimentary about me, however, saying I was a good candidate and that if I ever wanted to apply for another position at Future I would stand a good chance if I didn’t get this one. It was good experience if nothing else though, also I got to see the editor of Official Nintendo Magazine as I walked through and also saw how gaming based their offices are.
When I got home from the interview I watched the Terry Gilliam film Brazil which I thought was over long but has grown on me since I finished watching it. Like Twelve Monkeys before it it has a strange style which takes some time to get used to and certain things make no sense and detract from the enjoyment of it. Ah well, I was glad I watched it. I spent the rest of the day playing games and relaxing after a couple of weeks of working a lot. I also came up with an idea for Christmas when we go over to America for the American reception. Beth has some dollars she needs changed into pounds so I figured we could buy my families and Paddy’s plane tickets with her dollars and then they could pay us back in pounds thus transferring the money from one currency to another in the progress.
I luckily got some more time today to talk to Beth and I went through this idea with her and she seemed to think it was a good idea. Just as a heads up, I find out about the Future job either Thursday or Friday (I’ll give you a clue, I know as I write this).