Paying the rent

Since I wrote last, I've found a job and started working! All of a sudden things like cooking, hanging out with my housemates, and, well, having free time are completely gone from my schedule. I guess it make sense that if you add 30 hours of class time a week to 20 hours of job a week (plus 10 hours of commuting), there aren't that many hours left for anything else. But it is quite nice to have a source of income, especially in this pricey town. And what is the job, I hear you ask? Well, you know those people who call you in the middle of dinner to ask you annoying questions about the number of TV's in your house and your favorite method of purchasing music and what you had for breakfast every day for the past month? Well, I'm now one of them! The company is called Synovate, and it does market research for companies like Sky (TV etc.), O2 (phones etc.), and Capital One. The job consists of sitting in front of a computer and bothering people at home, and then asking them waaaaaay too many questions if they agree to talk to you. Fun! One funny thing I've learned this week: you know when sometimes the phone rings and no-one is there? Well, I now know why that happens: it's a telemarketer or someone whose headset is off by mistake or who hung up on you because they wanted to take a break or something.
Feel free to go ahead if you like and start making bets about how long I'll last, but surprisingly, it's not that bad. The atmosphere at Synovate is really chill: everyone is really laid back and nice, and just about everyone is a design student or artist or other awesome profession. I think it helps a lot to be able to tell people that you're not trying to sell them anything, makes the job much less stressful. And they give you free coffee! :D
And so my life has settled into place! Home, job, school: that's life right now. And quite a nice life it is! :)