Remember way back when Harry Potter 7 was released, MrPloppy, lytteltonwitch and I went down to Dunedin for the Regent booksale, and decided to dress up and stand in the queue on Saturday morning? And remember I promised photos? Well, here they are:
Left to right: Lytteltonwitch, MrPloppy, and me
A closer view of MrPloppy’s pet rat
Back again. The quick trip into town to drop off DVDs expanded slightly to include stopping off at The Coffee Club to drop off a few more books, and in Riccarton to go to Nature’s Discoveries to finish off the Christmas shopping (what do you mean you’re supposed to finish your Christmas shopping before Christmas?…
Poorly attended meetups seem to be becoming a trend at the moment – last night saw only me, lytteltonwitch, awhina, and meerkitten in attendance yet again. Probably just a combination of the time of year (who needs yet another social event in their calendar in December?) and the lack of concerted advertising to newbies over…
I spent today ushering at two of our graduation ceremonies. I always love taking part in graduation – all those happy students and proud parents remind you what working at the university is really all about. I always feel myself swelling up with pride as I watch the students cross the stage to receive their…
MrPloppy and I went to the movies the other night, to see 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous, which was filmed in Omakau (where Dad lives) and the surrounding area. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a great film – the acting was pretty ropey (understandably, considering most of the characters were children, but a lot of the time…
[album 128913 021205fun1.jpg]Gwilk with the groaning table full of books at the beginning of the afternoon. [album 128913 021205fun2.jpg]The “Free Books” sign shifted to a more sensible position. Having it hanging from the umbrella was wonderfully visible, except that the wind kept catching it, making the umbrella spin round, and occasionally hitting a “customer” in…
…other than that I’ve been reasonably successful with keeping up a steady stream of releases for the rest of the week, mostly around the university, and mostly having fun with themed releases: Tuesday Ondine by Jean Giraudoux in the French Department Talk Language by Allan Pease and Alan Garner in the Linguistics Department Wednesday The…