Lonely Jobs, Media Jobs

Liverpool St. View from the top of a Doubledecker: 200 sq ft entrance hall, marble. Bottom right hand corner: two chairs enclose a big black receptionist's desk. All empty, except for the man, slumped over his commuter-sized newspaper.

Mayfair. Peep into a hotel lobby. One man slumped on a sofa, one man working at a computer station. Two seats on a computer re-plays an episode of the Simpsons.

Laptop Locals

Chatting loud, we got out of the offices to not disturb the people at work. Chatting loud, we entered a small coffeeshop just off Hackney Road. I felt compelled to leave at once to not disturb the people at work. Who are these Laptop Loonies? Lads&&Ladies? Locals? - ok, this camera is small, a bit crappy; it can look in only one direction and from one angle only, but if-it-only-could-as-it-wanted, it would have recorded not 4 but 12 laptops into this 1 picture - .

Having an ordinary conversation in the midst of such technologically styled crowd feels odd. A double luxury (YES hot chocolate WITH cream please): increase your bloodsugar level, watch your next neighbour's stresslevel grow. Slowly. Steady. Ready? Go?

They're not leaving. Something's wrong. Are they eavesdropping? Is your conversation not what you think it is? Are you giving secrets away, worse: moneyjobs? Paranoia.

Getting in the Mood for Toilet Graffiti

We were paid to sit in on a lecture. In under an hour, we'd lost all forms of self-respect. Wriggling, winding ourselves, we were worse off than the students around us.

Force Feedback. My self-employed Wednesday.

Tax Office. End of 1h-Session. Am tickboxing a feedback form. 'How competent was your Gegenüber? How competent are you, now?' Am doing it. My Gegenüber won't be paid if I don't.

Here's the feedback without a tick: Dear Inland Revenue - you send your clients dysfunctional mail. Can I feedback on that? NO. Dear Inland Revenue - you tell claustrophobics to get in a lift. Can I feedback on that? NO. Dear Inland Revenue - you don't supply your guests with a loo. Can I feedback on that? NO.

(My Gegenüber was very sweet and competent, btw)

V&A vs Science Museum. My self-employed Tuesday.

The V&A made us happy: Lots of Energy in the Deutschlandscape. Geoff McFetridge, later on, was very sweet as well. "All smiles have teeth"!

(good to smell some prints, btw)

Housewiving. My self-employed Monday.

When you're self-employed, you have to take care of your health. You have to take breaks, relax, cause you're your only asset. So I did some housewiving today, built a dreamweaver template, baked a fat little cake.