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[20th June , 2008|09:32 pm] |
It was officially my last day at First-job yesterday, but I have to back for a few hours of the next couple of weeks because they haven't found a replacement yet. The VP and Boss and new Boss all think I'm brilliant, which I think is completely ridiculous, but it's nice. The building had morning tea on Tuesday, with cream buns.
I have to resign from Phone job before Tuesday to get in my two weeks notice. I meant to do it two weeks ago.
Fannish things:
( two icons from that icon meme I'm not sure I've already done )
I have spent more than a reasonable amount of the last couple of weeks reading TV Tropes, so I'm giving everyone the link to the page on SeriousBusiness. Don't say I didn't warn you. I want to put links to TV Tropes in normal conversation. Also, check out the entry on Cricket, although this is probably funnier if you actually know something about the game.
Saints are up! It's almost ten minutes into the second quarter and we're more than twice Freemantle's score. It's not going to last, of course, but it's certainly exciting. |
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[12th June , 2008|10:20 am] |
So, the HP prequel thing is alive and out in the world. I'm so far behind fandom I'd forgotten that it was even in the works.
Waterstones - for the original, chose "read out authors' stories." I liked Neil Gaiman's, didn't get Nick Hornby's, and loved Tom Stoppard's.
For the HP story, there's a transcript here by ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mmichelle, because JRK has very messy handwriting.
Um, I'm sure there was something else I was supposed to post about. Ooo, yes.
* The Poodle has the flu, which means her recent decline has been a treatable cold and not arthritis or general old age. P took her to the vet yesterday and she tablets to take and her bark back.
* Today is my forth last day at First-job, ever. We all had morning tea yesterday because Boss (who's no longer actually my boss) is going overseas on Sunday. One of the others asked if I was taking a leave of absence from here. Not at all. It never even crossed my mind. I have resigned!
* I have seen all of this season of Doctor Who so far. And, from the what I've picked up from my friendslist, I think I am glad not to be an active part of Who fandom. But I have also just written a Mickey/Jake story that I need to work out whether it works or not. I think it's still at the "not yet" stage.
* P and L are talking about possibly selling the house before I get back from overseas. This is v. exciting. But it also means I have to do a more thorough inventory and audit of my stuff before I leave. Goodness I have a lot of stuff.
* Also, I currently have the_fibber's The Vicar of Dibley DVDs. |
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[3rd April , 2008|08:59 pm] |
I wrote most of the following over the past two days. But then never posted it, because it's long and rambley and possibly not very good. I'm posting it now because I want to have said it more than the typing itself takes care of.
I am sick. This is both good and bad. I dislike being sick, but I am actually sick - low grade Flu-like thing - so I have a medical certificate getting me off work for three days. Woohoo! I need the money, but I'm really not up to being pleasant and approachable and competent for four hours in an air-conditioned office to people who have waited weeks to reschedule a technical appointment that's being held up be our computer system.
That's phone-job, where I need a medical certificate to have not shown up.
I don't need a medical certificate for First-job. I just need to sound poorly when I talk to Boss. This is not an act. I did go in on Wednesday because she called me when I was watching Heist on Tuesday. I got my pay cheque signed (for all the time I worked between the second pay in December and the last pay in February, so it was worth it).
I also wanted to say that I am very sorry about anjenue. I thought I did not know her at all, but I do remember the name rosesanguina. I've read nimori's posts and will pass on the link to we_love_you_anj.
( Some thoughts on internet death )
Thinky thoughts.
Now I have to try to get my head into a space for writing remix.
Also it was April Fool's Day recently. I'm not sure exactly when because it happened on the internet the day after it happened here. Nothing happened to me at all in flesh-space. But the best online thing was Questionable Content, xkcd and Dinosaur Comics pointing to each other.
In a last note before I return to writing the remix and making sure I have all the paperwork for my US Visa application interview which is tomorrow:
( The Hugo Award nominees list is out ) |
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