"Always Have an Escape Plan."

[the_gneech]

These were the last words uttered by the character "Q" as played by Desmond Llewellyn, a parting bit of advice to James Bond before the gadgeteer headed off for a well-earned retirement, in The World Is Not Enough, and they are appropriate for me today.[1]

I decided on a plan today to escape from Starbucks. :) I had always seen the job as a stopgap anyhow, but now at least it has a definite end date. Laurie and I have been planning for some time now to move to another place when the lease is up here -- the three bedrooms are nice, but the place is way too friggin' expensive, and we don't really like it here. We took the place when I had the LifeMinders job and triple my current salary, basically because it was available and two blocks away from LifeMinders.

Anyway, our plan is to move to as much cheaper as place as we can stand, at which point, assuming my interim attempts to find a job have still not been successful, I will leave Starbucks and return to temping -- this time being considerably less selective about what types of assignments I'm willing to take. When skilled workers were in demand, I could hold out for the $25/hr graphics assignments, and still have plenty of work. Now, well, people are fighting for $15/hr phone answering jobs, and I'm going to have to join their number to keep going. But it will still be regular business hours, and should end up netting me the same or more than Starbucks as time goes on.

Right now, with our rent being what it is, I can't take even a short gap in work; our reserves are too low. With a lower rent once we move, this shouldn't be as big a problem.

Anyway, it's time for me to head off to work now. Yay. Only six more days to go until a break...

-The Gneech

[1] Alas, the veteran actor was killed in a traffic accident not long after the movie was released, which is quite sad. I was at least happy that the character got to take a bow.

Comments

[malver.livejournal.com]

Best of luck, there... *sigh*

when the house no longer fits...

[mammallamadevil.livejournal.com]

ya just gotta move...(grin)....good luck finding something new and comfy!....MLD

[katayamma.livejournal.com]

[1] Alas, the veteran actor was killed in a traffic accident not long after the movie was released, which is quite sad. I was at least happy that the character got to take a bow.

Agreed it was tragic. What's even more tragic, IMHO, is John Clease taking over Q's roll. Not that I have anything against the guy, I think he's a riot. I just don't think his humor is apropos for the roll.

I guess we'll see what happens in the next JB film, eh?

Eeeeww!

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

I mean, I like John Clease and all-- as Sir Launcelot! But as Q? Ick!

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

Sending you all my best. :)

[nuktakupaya.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear things are looking up in your sector of the world. Always a plus.

At least John Cleese is being called "R", not "Q".

To me, Q was always 007's "father", per se.

"Do you need collision coverage?" Q posing as an Avis agent
"Accidents do happen." 007
"They frequently do with you." Q

Or the classic "Oh grow up, 007."

What an actor...

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Actually, "Q" refers to the designation of the gadget-making department, i.e., "Q branch," and thus whoever is in charge of that department is called "Q." Thus, John Cleese's character, once he assumes the role of head of the department, will be the new Q.

I suspect he will do fine. :) Certainly any humor the new Q interjects will be less annoying than the junk they put into the Roger Moore films.

-The Gneech

[punktiger.livejournal.com]

Well, it's spelled "Q", but it's pronounced "Throat-Warbler Mangrove". -PT!