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It’s 05 06 07 today! (if you use a sensible type of calendar ;-)). Of course, that also means it’s two weeks today until my final exam for my sociolinguistics paper. So I should have been studying all weekend. Instead, I was being social 🙂 (hey, isn’t that what being a student is all about?…
Waiting (im)patiently
It’s 10.30 am. I should be at the airport welcoming Moem and Rubberchicken to New Zealand. They should be getting off the plane about now. But obviously, I’m not (unless of course Christchurch airport has drastically improved their internet availability since last time I was there). That’s because I got a message last night from…
Recovery
Well, we made it. A highly successful convention (at least according to everyone who spoke to me), and we even managed to come in within budget (in fact, we even made a bit of a profit, which will be split evenly between Bookcrossing and the BC Exchange programme). I’ll attempt to make a full report…
A walk in the park
I had a very nice walk home from work this afternoon – it’s been a lovely sunny day with just enough of a breeze to cool things down nicely, so I walked home via the park and released a book (Dark Shinto by Dale Elvy) on one of the seats by the duck pond (where…
What I read in 2008
Total: 154 books January (14) The Ghost Drum by Susan Price The Rotters’ Club by Jonathan Coe (library audio book) xxxHOLiC, Volume 6 by CLAMP (graphic novel) End in Tears by Ruth Rendell (audio book, abridged) Politics 101 by Anna Smith The Adventures of the Railway Cat by Phyllis Arkle Extreme Office Crafts by Jimmy…
June already?
This year seems to be disappearing faster than I’ve got time to draw breath. I can’t figure out where it’s all gone. At this rate it’ll be Christmas before we know it. Maybe it’s because I’m having such a busy year that it’s going so fast – between work, study, bookcrossing, and my union involvement,…