black horse apocalypse

This is possibly the longest I've gone between posting entries? I dunno. A lot has been happening, and yet also it hasn't, because a lot of it is mechanically boring stuff that I doubt you want to hear about.

Last week I had two interviews, but did not get either job. One was for a library post, which would have been ideal, but hey ho! Next time, perhaps! I had another interview yesterday afternoon, but I definitely know already that I won't get that job - there was one question I was asked that I flat out didn't have an answer for, because I've never been asked it before! (It was about if I'd ever made suggestions to improve processes at work, and if they'd been taken on board, and no, I never have, so they never were).

Anyway, this week I have mostly been at a new volunteer job. Except it's "work experience" because it's via the job centre. It's working in a supermarket environment, which I wasn't thrilled about to begin with, but I do need experience in it. And I might get a job there at the end of it, but also I might not. I kind of hope I do, because it's just in town, which makes it so easy for me to get to.

I thought it was going to knacker me because it's a lot of lifting and walking about the store, but actually things haven't been too bad! My feet hurt really badly on the first day, but by the third I was mostly okay? Also sorting stuff into the places it goes is one of those things that makes my brain go brrrrr, which is obviously I enjoy because yay dopamine!

I technically don't have the time to do the old volunteer job, but I haven't left it as such (and I won't until I get paid employment anyway).

~

In other news, I have been mucking about with Sharpies for putting colour on my art!

I can't remember exactly what lead me down this path, except that I was thinking about how I wanted some alcohol markers, but Sharpies were all I had, so they were what I must use.

I really want a set of Ohuhu markers, but to buy them from the manufacturer would cost me ~£8 postage and probable customs charges as they are shipped from Germany, and I can't afford that right now. I know I could just buy them off Amazon, but I haven't bought from Amazon in eight years, and I'm not about to start again now.

Also when I first discovered this I didn't know if I would actually want to use them much, or if I would end up either regretting buying them or not using them much. And I know there are other alternatives to Ohuhu, but I've heard loads of good things about them, and they're not as expensive as some brands *cough*Copics*cough*.

Anyway, I ended up using the Sharpies I had, and all was good, but my palette was extremely limited, and mostly blues and greens (by accident and not design for once!) Now, I am not about to complain about this, as they are colours I gravitate towards anyway, but I also like to use other colours as well!

So I bought a set of 24 with some of my birthday money after I had the interview yesterday, so now I have a wider range of colours! They still mostly skew towards blues and greens, and I have a couple of dupes now, but also now I have some different colours as well!

I have already scanned some art featuring the Sharpie colour, but the scans need editing, and I haven't had the time to do it yet, what with everything else that has been going on. But they will be up on the sketchblog soon, so keep an eye out for them! (maybe) I'm really happy with them and, again, it is giving me the dopamine hit, even if they do smell kind of foul while I'm using them.