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
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
My bed arrived today. I was down for the “8am to midday” slot, sorta kinda maybe of my own volition, or at least complacency, so I had to be up at 7am to get ready and out to the new place in case they did in fact decide to drop by at 8am. Naturally they… Read more
Also, I moved the first few boxes of crap – all books, as it happens – and my keyboard + guitar to the new place, where they are comfortably resting on the floor in lieu of bookshelves. I have way too much crap.
24th of March, 2007[written two days later] Back on the bus for another morning. Our road time today is about five hours, of which we’ve covered about half as I write, heading to Wellington from Taupo. We’ve just stopped at some cafe in the middle of nowhere, called Flat Hills, for 45 minutes. It’s It’s… Read more
I’ve never had to buy any furniture before. Ever. I’ve never walked into a furniture store willingly. That innocence was robbed from me this weekend by brutal necessity, given that – despite the novelty – sleeping in the hammock outside would inevitably get tired. Especially when winter arrives. ;) I went into it pretty optimistic… Read more
I apologise that these are out of order. And they may be revised later, when I discover further back-references. In hindsight I wrote quite a lot, and I’m too lazy and pressed for time currently to properly sort it all out by day. Deciding to present it this way was probably a dumb idea to… Read more