I'm an over-worked, undervalued public sector worker (I work with kids in North London at a library - I've been told I'm v. patient, it obviously shows!). I escape the aggro of modern life by playing the mandolin (my chording's reasonable and ever SO slowly, I'm starting to master melodies - so I'm feeling more more contented now!) and taking pictures when the opportunity arises (I need to get posterior into gear and scan the ones taken with my SLR's - I've more than a few, the last time I looked!).