I've been offered a job in Sydney! It's a promotion!

I don't know when I start or when I get home yet, but I will update this space when I do.

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I saw some really good christmas cards in Burwood Westfield Cardiology today. I wandered over because there was a freaky looking clock-work monkey on the front of one of the cards in the display, and I was prepared to mock the poor choice of the manufacturer. But when I opened it up, the pre-printed message said "May all your toys murder you in ( Read more... )

Miss J and I have decided to script and produce a Bollywood Zombie Spectacular for the amusement and delectation of our friends ( Read more... )

It was always my plan to drive to and from work for the first month and a bit after I got my licence, so that I could be sure that I didn't forget which is the 'go faster' pedal and which the 'aagh! STOP!' pedal* and become a danger to society and the world at large when I next tried to drive ( Read more... )

I have been provisionally licenced by the great state of Western Australia to drive unsupervised! This means that my car is out of the work car park and menacing the wider community ( Read more... )

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The minute that I stop periodically making rap-hands (WestCoast!) and saying "Not a sunrise, but a galaxy-rise" in my best Gansta Voice, I will let you know.

FYI, I totally have plans to take over Fort Denison in the event of a zombie invasion. There's a fig tree, all the fish you can eat and a huge fresh-water tank. Plus cannons. My only concern is that the zombie plague may consist of zombies who can walk unconcernedly under-water like the cursed sailors of the Black Pearl.

Last Saturday, aided and abetted by the kindness of strangers, I bought a loom and, using some acrylic yarn leftover from a scarf I knitted for my pseudo-nephew, I wove my first scarf the same day. In the process I discovered that several essential parts had either been left at the shop or not included in my second-hand purchase to begin with, and ( Read more... )

Yesterday MadRadish taught me to SPIN (...wool, not around in a circle, i had mastered that one already, thanks). It is immensely satisfying and very fun, and there is nothing like having a friend who is a professional trainer to teach you their hobbies- they make sense and think about the best way to explain and learn and suchlike. I've almost ( Read more... )