As I may have mentioned before, Sound of Mu is an art gallery / bar run by an artists' collective. I'm part of this collective and work here part time, which means I finally have a regularly paying job. There's money in my account, but it had been empty so long I forgot my pin number, and a machine ate my card.

I've started a second job, doing some English-language editing of academic documents, and that's work from home (or from here... wherever I have my computer...). I have to register with Brønnøysundregistrene to be self-employed and send invoices. But that's fairly straightforward - there's a website where I downloaded a form. I'm also still registered with a casting agency to do acting work, which occasionally comes my way.

To update you on what I wrote before about "how to live and work in Norway":

Skattekort: this is the card I need to pay tax. I had one for 2005, but as a non-resident I did not receive a new one automatically. I had to go on down to soulsville (Tøyen) and fill out a form at the tax office (likningskontor).

I am putting an application together for my "first-time residence permit". Sound of Mu have filled out a form called an ansettelsesbevis. That is proof that I work here. I also have to submit a copy of my work contract.

PS Something I didn't do when I left my job in London was sign on as unemployed. If I had done that I could have taken a form called an E301 and I'd have collected my UK unemployment benefit in Norway.