Japanese on the way to work - a pleasure!

I have discovered something really wonderful about learning Japanese on my way into work...

Whilst reading my 'Beginner's Japanese' and listening to the CD (with my big head-muffins), I found to my delight that this activity was attracting some attention. I think that I should take the head-muffins off, so I can converse about the merits of learning a new language, and then talk about where one can have a good cup of coffee, so our conversation could continue further... ;)

However, I'm feeling a little worse for wear today. I am meeting T for lunch, so that's somethng to look forward to. We're are more or less in the same boat - not sure about the direction our lives should take.

Whenever anyone asks me what I want to do with my existence, it pains me to answer (as much as it pains them to hear) the inevitable, 'I don't know.' I think my feelings of fustration have reached levels that have soared through the upper most level and are now heading for the stratosphere.

I thought about doing voice-overs, however, that plan is on hold at the moment. I think I could do it, but as a living, hmmm. That part I am not so sure about. As a 'Voiceover Artist' one has to be firmly established to make a good living from it, and I am not in a position to start from the bottom to work my way up. I would need to be available at times when I am currently working and my current workplace is not sympathetic to my cause (whatever it may be).

Why did I think that I would be a voice-over artist? A great number of people (whose names I have recorded and I will 'visit' them one day...that is no idle threat...) have commented on the timbre of my tones. So. I thought, 'Yes! I will leave my job, and I will talk into a mic and they will pay me money to do this!' How naive. The industry is highly competitive, and those who have been 'tried & tested' are the ones who are contacted first, and the job usually will go to them. I am not using this as an excuse not to pursue this avenue, just that I am being realistic and not wanting to jump into something willy-nilly.

The current avenue, which I am currently thinking of exploring is teaching English as a foreign language.

A world away from the previous option!

Yes. I am certifiable, but first you'll have to catch me...