I know I have been doing *something* because time seems to be disappearing and I'm hurtling towards the future, but do I tell people? Apparently not ( Read more... )

Things have been tremendously social around here and my home internet is insanely erratic, hence my lack of posting ( Read more... )

Yesterday was our project-wrap party/christmas thing. Paul hired a boat and we cruised around the harbour for the afternoon, drinking and then having a barbeque. I was being super cautious with the sun-block as it was 34 degrees and there was drinking involved. I didn't bring my togs because it seemed like something I didn't necessarily want to do ( Read more... )

Things I like about Sydney right now ( Read more... )

Shifting to GLEEEEBE was made just that smidge harder by having my wallet nicked at a CouchSurfing social on Friday night. Not much money in there, but my CARDS and my HOUSE KEY+SWIPECARD were in there and that's pretty much the kicker. The letting agent could give me a key but apparently they have no swipecards and it takes TWO WEEKS to order one ( Read more... )

I'm moving on Sunday afternoon which is getting terribly terribly close and I'm pretty excited. I found a discarded tallboy which meets one of my storage needs for the new place- yay for found furniture!- and Saturday will be New Bed Day. After that it's pretty much all go. I'm nervous and excited about Glebe. I won't be able to faff about in the ( Read more... )

This weekend was spent loafing around Port Stephens having an idyllic time. This was my first trip out of Sydney since I got here and was also the best weekend that I've had here to date. I went with a bunch of really lovely Couch Surfers, some of whom I am starting to just *be friends* with. There was SUN and TWO BEACHES and BUSH WALKS and GETTING ( Read more... )

JobI still have one. That is actually a bit of a surprise to me right now. Tuesday was the big Restructure meeting, and when they announced that Messaging [my team] and Intranet were merging all I could think was ARSE. I'm on a max-term contract that finishes on 1 Feb where they don't have to give me more than 4 weeks notice. So you know- pretty ( Read more... )

Last night was the Sustainable Sydeny and Ethical Living talk+panel discussion at the State Theatre. Free and with Peter Singer as the headliner. Nice one ( Read more... )

Story: one of the things I did when I arrived in this city was join Couchsurfing and Meetup, as a way of meeting new people who I might have *something* in common with. With Meetup, you list what your interests are and it suggests local groups that are formed around those interests. Some groups you click join and you're a member. Others you apply ( Read more... )