w00t!

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In immeasurably more uplifting news, dad emailed me a week or so ago to inform me that both he and mum would be coming over in December. It was very much out of the blue – dad had been talking about visiting this year for ages, yet I figured it was about as good as… Read more

New place

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So, it’s been three weeks in the new place… over a month since we took possession. So how’s it been? …. ‘good’… in the general… non-commital… sense… For the most part it is good; driving to work gets on my mind a bit from an environmental aspect – though I did fix my flat tire… Read more

Maroon 5 and Counting Crows @ Shoreline

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Wednesday night… I hadn’t planned on doing anything much, when F2 offered cheap tickets to Maroon 5 & Counting Crows at Shoreline. I’d forgotten about it. When the concert was announced two or so months ago I was adamant I would go – I mean, c’mon, it’s Counting Crows – but I couldn’t find a… Read more

Bohemian Carnival

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Friday before last I was itching for something to do after work, and upon prompting Steve along such lines, he suggested attending a Bohemian carnival up in the city. This sounded like an interesting idea, though I had no real idea what a Bohemian carnival was. Wikipedia filled me in on what Bohemian supposedly meant… Read more

Back online

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Well, I’m finally moved in properly; the desk arrived, was setup, along with my other furniture, and I’ve started to populate them all. It turns out I have more books than I realised; I need another bookcase already. :) It’s somewhat surprising how long it takes to move everything. It was always a fair bit… Read more

Orwell who?

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Someone is supposedly posting Orwell’s diaries online, 70 years to the day after they were penned. I’m not sure I’ve ever actually read any of his books, which seems a sad thing for one to say, but nonetheless his diaries are hardly inspiring. Thus far at least. Perhaps they pick up further on. :) ‘course,… Read more

We need you to get us to prove you exist

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So…. banks. Yay. I went to open an online savings account. Which should be about as hard as logging in and clicking “Create new account”. Why it’s even necessary – just pay me damn interest on my checking account already, stupids – I don’t know, but let’s ignore rationality for a moment. We’ll soon have… Read more