arghhh. Apprenticeship is for 3 years, so I can't take it. Must, absolutely must before I go crazy, get out of here next year. So no horology for me :(.

Oh, wow.And it is screeening in Melbourne in July! But that is too far away for me (I will be in Melbourne at Easter, but it is unlikely I will be there again... *grumble ( Read more... )

I applied for a job/apprenticeship at the Watch/Clock repair place; they called me up for an interview. The job involves going to Sydney for classes, and of course I can stay with Leigh, but I'm not sure how often I'd have to go down, or even how long the course goes for (stupid TAFE websites). But anyway, I wouldn't mind being a horologist ( ( Read more... )

It's cold here, in my toes and hands. It's turning into autumn in quick bursts - you notice it hanging the washing out, a damp cool breeze; it's in the draught under the door; it's around the edges of your sleeves. This makes me happy; I stayed at J's last night and the valley filled up with fog and misty rain, everything very green but subdued ( Read more... )

Did manage to go to the second night of Flickerfest, also v.g., reviews to come etc.

THIS is awesome.

the world outside: cold. new. those distant early morning traffic noises.

the world inside: waiting, wanting, waiting, wanting.

Just got home from the film festival; was very, very good (reviewing later ( Read more... )

This morning I went out for milk; the sky was incredibly blue, and though only 9am, it was already too hot for my jeans... tiny children are being dropped off to school, threesomes and foursomes of galahs and white herons flap about, clusters of delicate white mushrooms pop up around my feet. An ancient, ancient Holden struggles to start, right ( Read more... )

International Program 1 (the one I'm seeing tomorrow)

'Tragic Story With A Happy Ending (Historia Tragica Com Final Feliz)' (Portugal, Canada, France) sounds very promising:

Some people are different against their will. Their only wish is to be equal to others, deliciously mixing with the crowds. There are people spending their lives fighting ( Read more... )

Lost most of my documents from my PC completely inexplicably, accompanied by some seemingly random permissions problems. Not only have I lost so much, none of it makes sense. The problems are too complex for me to have done by accident, too clean and regular for hardware OR software problems (besides, running very stable releases) and cracking is ( Read more... )

I think this is probably my favourite album of 2007 and I have only listened to 4 songs and it is only February. So much new music coming out, eep. I guess at least I have the time to listen to it? :S