Greetings!

Given that I'm now working in  fairly important (to me!) job in a position of authority where I need to maintain some kind of decorum, and that I'll probably want to talk about said job from time to time without any risk, I'm going down the full Flock road.

Interested in what I've got to say, now that I may be back to... well, saying ( Read more... )

OK, I can't resist the Census Meme. I don't know why, but I can't.

March 2011: I'm living in Invercargill, New Zealand, with Himself. I live in a pretty, relatively spacious 3-bedroom house with a garden and a garage with private parking and all sorts of nobby stuff. I own a barbecue. I'm living a bit of a sweet life in the material sense at long ( Read more... )

I decided to give myself a weekend off from the 'quake coverage, because it was becoming all-consuming and I think was contributing in large part to my weird emotional state last week. It didn't really work, because I've dipped in and out of the news all weekend - but at least I didn't sit there glued to it, and I think I've given myself a much- ( Read more... )

...not that she asked me to or anything, sorry about the presumptiveness suzycat ! I can't see Facebook at work, so she may well have updated herself and y'all already know this, but -

Got a text message from her this morning - she's safe and sound down in Timaru with her parents and family, so sounds like everyone's good.

With that little bit of news I ( Read more... )

I heard (in a ridiculously circuitous route via other rellies in Oz) about the Christchurch rellies. All are OK.

Both of their family houses are destroyed, and they've been evacuated to Civil Defence shelters. But no-one is hurt, and that's the main thing.

I'm watching the news at the moment and it's terrifying and sad - and I feel so selfish for ( Read more... )

Here's the deal: I know I don't believe in you. YOU know I don't believe in you. Or you would know, if you existed. But if you DO exist, perhaps you could make sure my family in Christchurch are OK. Because I can't get a hold of any of them, and I figure you have a bit of an edge on me given that you have that whole omnipotence thing going on.

While ( Read more... )

Hoggle was spotted in the garden last night!

Well... a hodgepig was spotted in the garden last night. I'm not 100% sure it was Hoggle, because I'm pretty sure it was a bit smaller than Hoggle was last time I spied him. Himself tried making all sorts of excuses about "Maybe he's just lost weight because we haven't been putting out meat scraps and ( Read more... )

So, yesterday I was due to meet my counterpart in Dunedin. It's a two and a half hour drive to Dunedin. It has a one way system.

You remember the last time I tried to go to Dunedin.

This time I was going to be driving myself! Alone! To a part of Dunedin I had never been before! GUARANTEED FAIL!

( AND IT WAS. )

I fear I may have a horrible tragedy on my hands.

A horrible, heatbreaking, unnoticed little suburban tragedy.

I think Hoggle (our hedgehog) may be no more.

T_T

Yesterday morning I was driving to work. I got out of the driveway, turned the corner that our house sits on, drove probaby about a hundred yards down the road - and there was a poor dead ( Read more... )

In the light of it being Friday (AND THANK FUCK FOR THAT), I invite you to check out these Unicorn shoes.

Mouse Twist Heel - schuh.co.uk

I think these should be uniform for all Bhuzsnarkers. Controversially (given that red is my favourite colour), I'll actually go for the yellow. I've noticed this twisty unicorn horn style heel in a few shoe designs ( Read more... )