Heya gang,

As many of you will already know, the delightful Landlady of Doom™ Jodi has moved out from The Terrace. Accordingly, I'm in the process of sorting out a flatmate or two.( Read more... )

For those in New Zealand or otherwise interested - the house fire on the Terrace was pretty close to us - 2-3 doors over actually. But the house is fine, the cats are accounted for, and the washing on the line smells like a BBQ.

Still working in the document management field, and likely to get a full-time position shortly. Once I do, there may be an employment party of some description - while it's not horrible contracting in the slightest, I'd feel a lot more comfortable with a permanent position ( Read more... )

If anyones interested in a slightly waterstained futon mattress (it's been pretty throughly dried & is 7 years old or so) in Wellington let me know - insurance has replaced it after the flooding in my room, so I'm giving it away free.

Queen size, pure cotton, great for people who like a firm bed.

Todays word is 'Nombie'. Discuss.

So, with the prospect of employment looking quite good my mind turns once again to thoughts of toys. Specifically, a gaming laptop to replace my aging Asus A8JN.

At the moment, there are 3 leading contenders

Dell Studio XPS 16. Cheap for what it delivers, and probably the leading contender at this time. Costs around $2400 NZ specced as I'd ( Read more... )

Things Are Happening™. In lines with my established policy of not posting specifics till they actually, you know, are confirmed, signed, and quite possibly three weeks into I'm not going to say what at this stage. But I figured the 1.7 people reading this deserved to be given a heads up that I haven't quite dropped off the side of the world yet ( Read more... )

Indications that you might just be in with a shot at a really interesting position - when the person doing the interviewing responds to your CV with 'It's a small world - your reference Joe.Bloggs (real name redacted to protect the guilty) is a good friend of my husbands ( Read more... )

Happy New Hippoes!

Yup, that time of year again : )