art cake, and bread and butter

[devi]

The trouble with polls, especially ones with results only I can see, is that I want to respond to what people say and can't. God the results of that 'what are you thinking about?' poll were fascinating, the whole glorious jumble of it. I've been messing about with the data and think I'll be able to use it the way I was planning. So - anyone who didn't fill it in the first time care to tell me what you're thinking about today? It's here.


The term's winding down towards the long summer holiday. Right now there's a gap in my day because two lessons were cancelled (due to people who've already done their exams deciding to stay in bed. Can't really blame them) and I'm sitting in the old wobbly-floored, woodworm-beamed Cafe Pret on Cornmarket, hoping no one saw me licking the last of the lemon cake crumbs out of the wrapper (om nom nom nom).

So I usually work from home in the summer (SO looking forward to it. My choice of music, proper coffee when I want it, no bloody teenagers - ah I love them really but they can get a bit wearing sometimes). The last three years I had an annual contract proofreading a book for Brookes Uni around this time of year, but it's not being outsourced this year, so I'm casting about for other stuff to do. I've got some short contracts lined up and a possible or two, but I could use a few more. What I do is basically information-wrangling - proofing, editing, writing, handling web content, and a bit of design (HTML/PHP/CSS/Photoshop mostly). I've done proofing/editing professionally on a fairly regular basis since 2002, so I know how much more there is to it than getting rid of spelling mistakes (though I can spot and destroy a typo at fifty paces). I can also type like the wind and have lots of experience doing stuff like audio transcription. Apologies to those who've already seen me touting myself around on Facebook - just putting it out there however I can. If you know of someone who wants this sort of work done, I'd be much obliged if you could punt them my way. This next academic year's going to be very cool but expensive. I get several different kinds of shivers thinking about it.

Man, I should really do a life update and explain why, but I've got to go back to school...

Comments

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

bah, less school more internets i say :)

[eponymousarchon.livejournal.com]

You can tell which one is me - ask away if you want!

[ar-gemlad.livejournal.com]

Ditto on the asking!

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Cartooning? And Copic markers? Eeeexcellent. I hope I can see the results!

I am totally addicted to Copic markers.

[eponymousarchon.livejournal.com]

Ooh - which ones are you using - The Markers, the Sketches or the Ciaos?

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Just the Ciaos, but they're still miles better than any other markers I've used. It's the way the ink blends into itself so it looks even, not all felt-tip scribbly. Mmmm.

[eponymousarchon.livejournal.com]

Mmmm... Copics... :)

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

So whatcha drawin'? Huh? Huh?

[eponymousarchon.livejournal.com]

At the moment? I just flexing my mental drawing muscles after such a long break from letting art out - and also sneaking up on the fear that I might not be any good anymore ;)

But longer term? Well, I figure that what the web needs least of all is another irregular web cartoonist, so I figure I'll go there and do dat. Oh - and whatever other weird stuff falls into my head, of course.

[eponymousarchon.livejournal.com]

(Note the lower-case in web cartoonist - not "Web Cartoonist" by any means, I just want to have fun here. :)

[eponymousarchon.livejournal.com]

Preview of the kind of where I'm at here:

http://pics.livejournal.com/eponymousarchon/pic/0000rzaq/


(And yes, I appreciate the irony in having to work hard to get a flatbed scanner to capture non-repro pencil ;)

[juliet]

I am v curious now about what you're up to next year :)

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Hello! Are you in America yet?

[juliet]

Yes! I am in San Francisco right now, in a hostel doing Useful Things with their free wireless. I might actually venture out soon. (I did venture out this morning; walked from the ship to the BART station & then round central SF a bit seeking a bed for the night. Which I now have.)

I'll let you know if I see anything.

[a-llusive.livejournal.com]

Come over for a coffee or something in the next fortnight? (Not this weekend tho)

Re: I'll let you know if I see anything.

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

That'd be lovely. Any nights good for you? Perhaps early next week?

Re: I'll let you know if I see anything.

[a-llusive.livejournal.com]

I don't get back from the weekend away til late Monday but Tuesday or Wednesday should work. There is book group on Tuesday but I'm not sure I'll have read it in time.

[midnightmelody.livejournal.com]

I'm going to need about 4 hours of audio files transcribing - pairs of Year 8 students trying out a science activity. I'll have the first files ready for transcription by Friday 3rd July week, and all files by Friday 10th, and ideally I want someone who can get it all done by 20 July. Happy to pay your standard rates, and more for getting it done quickly. Interested in some/all of it?

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Hello! Yes, can do - I should be able to do the lot, and the 20th is no problem (I can probably manage sooner). Is the address in your userinfo the best one to mail you on?

[midnightmelody.livejournal.com]

Excellent! I can't remember which email is in my userinfo, so try k.richardson@ioe.ac.uk and I'll get it within a few hours.

[killalla]

Apologies for an off topic post, but just to to say that I've tried to e-mail you at the address I had for you - if you don't hear from me, can you drop me an e-mail at [my livejournal name] at gmail dot com?

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Got the email, thanks!