Friendship is a weird thing. Different people have different definitions. But people often pour out horrible abuse and exploitation all in the name of “friendship”. In my younger years I also followed the Five Geek Social Fallacies. For the most part I’ve managed to get away from them now (I hope!), but these still form [...]
Tomorrow marks the first official day of my week off. T also managed to swing this week off. I’m going to enjoy this Yesterday we managed to round up minxdragon and cainbits and finally get the four of us down to see the Illuminated Manuscripts exhibition at the State Library before it closed today. It [...]
Alas, weep for me, for today I became a Lego Widow. Over the past week I have come to believe that I am indeed evil (as both T and my mother have told me many times in the past), and it is starting to leak out. On the weekend T and I caught up with [...]
Things seem to be really picking up, not just for me but also for those around me. I have my new job (which I’m absolutely loving), we have our new car (we do so love our Papa Smurf), and now T and I are engaged. In addition, we have friends getting jobs, a friend booked [...]
Although I’ve been on leave and therefore (theoretically) have had lots of time to blog, I haven’t. So, here’s a brief rundown: – How was that rain earlier today?? That was AMAZING!! – The movie Beowulf was …. bland. Bland and violent. Did I mention bland? – I just got a new (second-hand) washing machine, [...]
Never live too close to your friends. You can get strange cross-pollination of the brain, and a bizarre mind-meld at odd times …
That’s right! People from the SCA are mad, crazy folk!! … Okay, not really. Just one of ‘em Some SCAdian friends of mine have suggested I might enjoy the SCA. During this discussion, one of them was showing me his heavy fighting gear. He gave me the heavy stick to swing around, and fitted the [...]
As you may have read in T’s blog, I ended up in the emergency department with my horrible chest lurgy. I’m mostly over it now though. Saturday before last I was a Geek Widow for the day (due to T’s LAN day), so I took Mum to Brunetti’s then introduced her to the evils of [...]
Back on another string of nights now. I really must stop doing fill-in shifts on my days off … On Friday last week T and I went to an exhibition by minxdragon and a couple of other artists. Seriously, this girl has talent. The online gallery pics of her work don’t do it justice. Over [...]