Rick’s birthday

Last Friday was Rick’s birthday, so after work there was a general party-type congregation at his place. Quite a few people from work, and many that weren’t, or at least that I haven’t met. I didn’t get around to meeting everyone, though. For the days prior I’d been idly trying to come up with a… Read more

License to kill

My Californian license arrived in the mail the other day. So I’m now fully qualified and authorised to drive recklessly, ignore pedestrians, drift between lanes, religiously never use indicators, and never do anything less than 20mph above the speed limit. Yay! :D

i-Day

I got my iPhone today (and consequently didn’t get nearly as much work done as I would have otherwise ;) ). Shiny. :) I was looking forward to it, but a bit sceptical – I’ve never liked mobiles, and even with the annoyance of not having a phone at all, I still wasn’t particularly compelled… Read more

Things people tell me

“it’s not enough, interaction with you can always be improved in frequency, duration, and mediums” Ouch. :D Obviously that’s completely out of context, but it only makes sense within, and isn’t nearly as amusing. :)

Surfing at Cowells at Santa Cruz

(aside: I went and saw “I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry” last night, which was surprisingly good for the most part; I recommend it to the general concerning moviegoer ;) ) This morning I went down to Santa Cruz with some guys (and girl) from work to go surfing there. Laura had suggested it… Read more

Wait, I know this

Today I nipped out from work for a bit in the afternoon to waltz on down to the DMV for my driving test. I wasn’t too worried about it – perhaps too little so, as I didn’t even think to really revise the road rules book until about two hours beforehand. I did, though I… Read more