| Thursday, September 24th, 2009 |
| 7:48 am |
Back
Back from my long weekend at GenCon Oz. Well, I got back Sunday night, but stuff, it is always happening. The con was good. I played my first freeform in a really long time and still managed to get a character set on finding a husband. ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) proxy_ryan was a great talking head style speaker. He and his posse of guys almost made me think about gm-ing something or at least writing a game. Almost. The fiction writers who were there mostly annoyed me with their speaking skills, but did inspire me to write. If only to do better than one of them. A larger review, with much horror at cosplay, to come. |
| Sunday, September 13th, 2009 |
| 4:06 pm |
Bike!
I have a shiny new hybrid bike, a helmet, pump, gloves, a fancy cycling top and wrap around sunglasses. Now to start riding.... after my holiday. |
| Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 |
| 4:50 pm |
So my meeting went perfectly fine, which the sane part of my brain knew it would. My robot boss is the type of person to tell you problems the moment the arise rather than saving them up for my end of probation period meeting. But still, I'm paranoid apparently. Result was I am good, but need to use this "down time" to learn all the things that I'll need to know for the busy time at the end of the year. *blink* I shall talk to other person in my job about what I should be knowing tomorrow. But yes, perhaps I do fill idle moments with things other than re-reading the manual 1001 times. I have been considering riding a bike to work. It's about 10km each way, so a good work out once I get up to riding that far. Problems with this plan include (1) no bike (2) haven't ridden in traffic ever so paranoid (again) (3) no shower at work. Point (3) is no longer an issue. I asked another team if there was a shower up their end of the building. General Manager happened to be in the vicinity, told to ask him, did so. An hour or so later passing his office he called me in to say that I'd inspired him to fast track putting in a shower for people. In a couple of weeks we shall have a shower at work. Now to cure my paranoia..... But I really need to start exercising more. A girl at work is a cook. She often gets paid to make manymany cupcakes and things for weddings. On Monday there was chocolate ganache tart and a nut crumble tart from her weekend of learning pastry secrets from the pastry chef from brunetti's. Today was green scones. Pandang I think, with bits of nut. Not precisely scones but very tasty. And there was coconut honey jam stuff. Oh. My. God. Yum. Must find! *ahem* so yes, need to get some more exercise happening. |
| Monday, August 31st, 2009 |
| 3:41 pm |
My friends page is very quiet
Not many people are updating lately so I thought I'd stop whining about how nothing happens when I hit refresh and write something myself. Last week I worked on my own as the other girl was off having minor surgery. This meant last week was good. Apparently I enjoy autonomy. I'm not sure I'd be good at working for myself, but given a modicum of direction and left to my own devices apparently I get the job done. I've had a lovely two weeks off of school. Last weekend I went to Spotlight and helped people with sewing and then had many drinks. Sunday was breakfast at the lovely Fig Jam Cafe on Koornang Rd. This weekend just past started with shopping with the girls on Friday, breakfast at the Fig Jam on Saturday, then coffee back at the Fig Jam when we met people while grocery shopping. Yes they laughed at us. But they also do great coffee. Then I made pizza from scratch using the recipe from Smitten Kitchen. It was hailed as a success. Then a birthday party and more drinking. Hangover breakfast at, you guessed it, The Fig Jam and much chores to prepare for the coming week. A large portion of my preparing for the week was in making hard boiled eggs in moulds like these and yaki onigiri shaped like thisIs food shaped like an animal's head cute? Apparently it is in Japan. |
| Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 |
| 8:30 pm |
Challenging myself
I'm going to participate in a 5km run/walk on Sunday. www.runmelbourne.com.au. I'm trying to raise money for the WWF. Which is a great cause. But my online donation page Because sponsoring the Sea Shepherds wasn't an option is actually secretly wanting to sponsor the Sea Shepherds. Which wasn't an option. So can I raise my target of $100 by Sunday? I have no idea! Can I actually make it 5km? No idea! I'll tell you Sunday night while clasping my race kit containing the Sunday Age and some Corn Thins. |
| Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 |
| 10:12 pm |
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| Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 |
| 5:23 pm |
I have another job interview on Friday. At Clayton Monash Residential Services. A realm of little/no parking. It's an okay walk from the bus loop on campus, but my usual interview shoes are heels. Going to have to be interviewed with my runners in my handbag. Tres classy. In other news my gluten allergy seems to have wandered off someplace, which means I've been BAKING! There was rock cakes and tea cake and pizza base and a boiled chocolate cake. The pizza base was from Smitten Kitchen's blog (yum!). It was easy and awesome and I am so making it again. The chocolate cake is delicious. Except that most of it decided to stay in the pan because I was lazy and didn't line it. Still good though. Soon (probably Monday) I shall have my first ever hat marked and returned to me so I can show it off. Yay! Corset making is a slow process (too slow, the whole class has been given an extension). But only a fortnight or so away I think. Stay tuned.... |
| Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 |
| 5:34 pm |
Neighbours
In the beginning of the year I moved house. It's a perfectly nice house, if a little 70s mission brown trimmed to be perfect. It's actually half of a duplex! Yay! Double yay when the kids next door are learning to play the piano and the cello. Woo! I think it's good to teach kids music. I put my parent's neighbours through violin, flute, piano and clarinet, so frankly, I figure i'm owed some scales at 7am on a Sunday. BUT OH MY GOD STOP PLAYING SILENT NIGHT! |
| Monday, April 27th, 2009 |
| 2:16 pm |
My Monday
Today I had a job interview at CLayton Monash for general customer assisting and adminy goo. It went okay I suppose. My new interview outfit was good, which is important I think. Then after lunching with Monash people I came home and my mobile phone rang. It wasn't job people (*sad*) but was someone from TRUenergy. I feel bad. I was snarky at him and it turns out they were giving me money. But from the house I lived at before I moved in with mousebane and jilavre, so about five years ago. So while I am cranky at myself for being mean to the soft spoken Indian boy, HE WAS A SOFT SPOKEN INDIAN BOY!! From a company that has had my money for five years apparently! But I have chai now, so am feeling calmer. This post was brought to you by the two coffees I had today, which is two more than usual. Current Mood:  hyper |
| Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 |
| 7:47 am |
Hat making continued.... can you see my stitches? ( Read more... ) |
| Saturday, March 28th, 2009 |
| 7:33 am |
I have my first couture sewing class today. I'm a little nervous as my old sewing teacher didn't think much of my new teacher *gulp* But I have ideas (which is good) and a cold (which is bad) and all of my stuff (which is good). In fact, both my classes need so much stuff I'm driving to both of them. Wah! I fail at using my car less. Though I do walk to work three days a week but *sigh* {post class edit} Whee! My patternmaking teacher from last year is taking the Saturday class out of guilt that we had no teacher. Yay for guilt! Also, I started making a corset pattern. It's not a corset in the way people on my friends list wear them, more an item of clothing tham structural support. Whee! |
| Sunday, March 8th, 2009 |
| 1:27 pm |
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| Saturday, March 7th, 2009 |
| 9:28 am |
Yes, it was an earthquake - not me falling down and making things shake! What am I godzilla? |
| Friday, February 20th, 2009 |
| 11:26 pm |
The BBC allegedly believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books listed behind the cut below. How do your reading habits stack up? [bold those books you've read in their entirety, italicize the ones you started but didn't finish] ( Read more... )I went to San Churro's. I had flourless chocolate cake and suddenly my milkshake didn't taste very chocolatey. I have have a piece of cake in my bag. So chocolatey..... |
| 5:07 pm |
Today I went on a spree at the Asian grocery. I found GLUTEN FREE frozen peking duck breast. Now I just need to find some gluten free pancakes to go with the hoisin sauce I found and nomnomnomnom |
| Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 |
| 8:40 pm |
I have moved. I have the internet after having to get a phone guy to poke the phone wires. I built a desk! Bleh. |
| Thursday, January 29th, 2009 |
| 12:51 pm |
Awake again
I'll say one thing for the long days of Arc.... it made me tired enough not to notice the hottest night Melbourne has had in years. Woo! Am I the only person last night without air conditioning that got a good nights sleep? I spent some time at Arc hanging with Dice Boy and his dad. Yes they have names, but I forget them and Dice Boy and Dad sound funnier. I mentioned that I make stuff and was thinking about making dice bags. They offered some table space at Conquest. Very tempted. This idea tempts me for two reasons... I like making stuff and study making stuff so at some point I'm hoping I'll be able to make money making stuff (at least enough to support my making stuff habit) AND I got my booklists. Bleh. The millinery equipment is mostly not awfully dear (gladwrap, butter knife etc) but the couture class needs books. Books that aren't any cheaper second hand (which at least shows they'll last). This leads me to pose a question to all you nerds out there....What do you want in a dice and/or gaming bag? Traditional pouch style? Zippered pouch? Dice shaped dice bags? Would book covers to protect those expensive roleplaying books interest you or aren't they cool until they look beaten up? Would YOU buy a d4 beanbag (like the one mousebane has? Would you want a tote bag of some sort that's not from Safeway to transport your gaming goods? |
| Friday, January 23rd, 2009 |
| 8:21 am |
Arc
Arc starts today. If you were cool, you'd go. If you're uncool (like me) you'll go to work first. Bleh. |
| Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 |
| 6:07 pm |
Bacon brownies. Bacon wrapped tofu. A world of bacon.... |
| Monday, January 19th, 2009 |
| 3:45 pm |
Don't you hate it when you do an exam and end up finishing really early? I was the first one out the door and at least one mistake had already been circled by my teacher as I left. Oh well. I'm still surprisingly confident. |
