Happy for a change
Okay, I know Natalie Gauci (who has gone nowhere after winning season 5) got slammed for doing the Disney version of this song when she sang it on Australian Idol, but omg THIS VERSION IS SO FUN. I wasn't super-convinced by the Glee preview but after all the buzz (including Chris's glowing review), I am downloading the pilot.
FAB KEY CHANGE.
Anyway. So! Here is what has been happening in my life lately.
Today was my last day at my data entry job. One of my colleagues was going to organise an afternoon tea at his house (he lives down the road) to bid me farewell but it didn't pan out because apparently no one could make it. Which is just as well, because it would have been awkward, and I would also have had to waste three hours to make it (most people finish at 4, but I finish at 1 on Fridays to preserve my sanity).
So, instead, we had a lovely cake at morning break, with just the usual chit-chat, and I got to go get a fab haircut in the afternoon (see here) as well as buy tickets to Avenue Q, which I am seeing Wednesday week. So all in all, a fab day so far.
My new job is as a part-time publishing assistant at Scribe Publications, a small, independent, very reputable publisher here in Melbourne. I'm pretty psyched, because it's a tough industry to get into and to get something (even though I will be poor: I think I earn $18K p.a. for three days a week, which is $10K less than I'm making now) on more or less my first attempt is really amazing.
I'd actually applied for an editorial internship, and I got to the final three interviewees but they gave that to someone else and offered me this position instead. Which I'm fine with, really! My role will include reading and assessing fiction manuscripts, administrative stuff (including banking, apparently) and some proofreading. And Scribe is 25 minutes' walk from my new place, so that's handy.
Which is a nice segue into talking about my new house. I moved out in February with Elin, a girl I know from my writing and editing course, and Simon, who also did my course and knows Elin from Canberra. It's been mostly good - we get along fine, though at times the dishes situation irks me a little. (It's not really worth going into. The area is lovely, with lots of nice restaurants and bars, and it's also closer to the city. Unfortunately, it means I won't be able to provide accommodation for visitors as easily, because there aren't really spare rooms here.
In terms of boys, there isn't really anything interesting to write here, except that I hate Sydney and New Zealand. :-P Anyway, I'm too busy most of the time to really think about it, which is a good thing.
But yes. A lot is changing, and while I don't think I'm changing as much as I'd like to (in terms of my personality), I guess I'm mostly happier. Which is fab.
The end.
FAB KEY CHANGE.
Anyway. So! Here is what has been happening in my life lately.
Today was my last day at my data entry job. One of my colleagues was going to organise an afternoon tea at his house (he lives down the road) to bid me farewell but it didn't pan out because apparently no one could make it. Which is just as well, because it would have been awkward, and I would also have had to waste three hours to make it (most people finish at 4, but I finish at 1 on Fridays to preserve my sanity).
So, instead, we had a lovely cake at morning break, with just the usual chit-chat, and I got to go get a fab haircut in the afternoon (see here) as well as buy tickets to Avenue Q, which I am seeing Wednesday week. So all in all, a fab day so far.
My new job is as a part-time publishing assistant at Scribe Publications, a small, independent, very reputable publisher here in Melbourne. I'm pretty psyched, because it's a tough industry to get into and to get something (even though I will be poor: I think I earn $18K p.a. for three days a week, which is $10K less than I'm making now) on more or less my first attempt is really amazing.
I'd actually applied for an editorial internship, and I got to the final three interviewees but they gave that to someone else and offered me this position instead. Which I'm fine with, really! My role will include reading and assessing fiction manuscripts, administrative stuff (including banking, apparently) and some proofreading. And Scribe is 25 minutes' walk from my new place, so that's handy.
Which is a nice segue into talking about my new house. I moved out in February with Elin, a girl I know from my writing and editing course, and Simon, who also did my course and knows Elin from Canberra. It's been mostly good - we get along fine, though at times the dishes situation irks me a little. (It's not really worth going into. The area is lovely, with lots of nice restaurants and bars, and it's also closer to the city. Unfortunately, it means I won't be able to provide accommodation for visitors as easily, because there aren't really spare rooms here.
In terms of boys, there isn't really anything interesting to write here, except that I hate Sydney and New Zealand. :-P Anyway, I'm too busy most of the time to really think about it, which is a good thing.
But yes. A lot is changing, and while I don't think I'm changing as much as I'd like to (in terms of my personality), I guess I'm mostly happier. Which is fab.
The end.