I’m feeling very financially fragile this week, as a result of all the crap I’ve detailed previously. It’s been very trying… I mean, I’m glad I’m here, because I really enjoy my job, the people I work with are great, and every now and again I do drag my sorry backside out of the house… Read more
I’m yet to see the movie Sicko, and although I’d like to I am somewhat fearful as to how depressingly relatable it’ll be.. I’ve been to the doctors twice since I’ve been here. Both all of ten minute consultations, if that. I figured that since I was already paying $1,400 a year for the privilege… Read more
I’m both bemused and slightly concerned that at the end of the first episode of Greek, when the main guy is dressed as a girl, he reminds me of Ben Murton. Meh.
I went with a bunch of people from work to see Harry Potter 5 the other night. I wasn’t especially interested in seeing it, but I both wanted to chill for a night and was hoping people would be all psychotically obsessed and dress up. Sadly, there were no costumes or special antics. :/ The… Read more
I repaired one of my bike’s inner tubes last Sunday, which isn’t a tricky thing really, but wasn’t made especially easy by the vague (and dangerously ambiguous) instructions that came with the $2 puncture repair kit. I was a little sceptical that the repair would hold, but thus far it seems to be doing just… Read more
I’ve rejigged my little movies collection here and added a bunch from New Zealand. I’ve mocked up a crappy browser for them, which I apologise profusely for. You can endure its painful blandness here. The quality of many of them isn’t super, as I wanted to keep them small to the impatient sods out there,… Read more
I’m soooo close to finishing my New Zealand photos. But I’ve become stuck on the photos from around the Southern Alps (Mount Cook et al.). I’m having a real hard time identifying the mountains and glaciers. There must be a bajillion other photos exactly like mine out there, but I just can’t seem to find… Read more