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Wednesday, June 02, 2004

A bunch of stuff that happened

Back from the trip to Queensland and back at work now. Too much going on to spare time for complete sentences or coherent paragraph structures.

Work has progressed exactly not one iota since I left. Mired in blatant office politics, technical progress at an utter standstill, everyone expecting that the project will be spiked or started over or "rebased" (a particular euphemism commonly used in this agency). All I care about is that I have 12 days until they owe me three months' long service leave.

The wedding was fabulous. The Marsh girls all looked desperately glamourous, of course. Susan looked very Charlize. Nick looked...well, a bit shell-shocked, actually (as well he might). Didn't get nearly enough time with Nan and Bee or anyone else I haven't seen in years.

We stayed with Ev, who seems to be doing pretty well. The band is back together, which is great. Even better, they sound fantastic. I suppose the competition for Triple J's Unearthed competition is pretty tight, but I entertain the fanciful notion that they sound better than half the crap bands that make it through. Got an unexpected thrill from hearing that drummer Paul's kids love Apple Sauce, which I regard as something of an archetypical Spit song... Ev's still better than me at tennis.

We now own an extra house. Had the housewarming party last weekend, and found that the new place can hold a surprisingly large number of people before it would start to feel crowded. Which is all according to plan. Al's moving in at the moment. Jimbo may come in sometime in the next couple of months, depending on whether he gets bar work in Mawson. Fi and I are waiting to sell our other place first. No bites yet. It's looking increasingly like we may have to rent it out for a while and try again later. This is not ideal, as we would very much like to get rid of the kitchen before we have to use it.

Writing is going badly. This is the longest string of letters I have put together since we left for Queensland. I still plan to have another 10,000 words written by the end of the month, although it is becoming difficult to see how I will achieve this particular goal. Some sort of massive freeform stream-of-consciousness typing binge will, I predict, be in order.

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	Wednesday, June 02, 2004 A bunch of stuff that happened Back from the trip to Queensland and back at work now. Too much going on to spare time for complete sentences or coherent paragraph structures. Work has progressed exactly not one iota since I left. Mired in blatant office politics, technical progress at an utter standstill, everyone expecting that the project will be spiked or started over or "rebased" (a particular euphemism commonly used in this agency). All I care about is that I have 12 days until they owe me three months' long service leave. The wedding was fabulous. The Marsh girls all looked desperately glamourous, of course. Susan looked very Charlize. Nick looked...well, a bit shell-shocked, actually (as well he might). Didn't get nearly enough time with Nan and Bee or anyone else I haven't seen in years. We stayed with Ev, who seems to be doing pretty well. The band is back together, which is great. Even better, they sound fantastic. I suppose the competition for Triple J's Unearthed competition is pretty tight, but I entertain the fanciful notion that they sound better than half the crap bands that make it through. Got an unexpected thrill from hearing that drummer Paul's kids love Apple Sauce, which I regard as something of an archetypical Spit song... Ev's still better than me at tennis. We now own an extra house. Had the housewarming party last weekend, and found that the new place can hold a surprisingly large number of people before it would start to feel crowded. Which is all according to plan. Al's moving in at the moment. Jimbo may come in sometime in the next couple of months, depending on whether he gets bar work in Mawson. Fi and I are waiting to sell our other place first. No bites yet. It's looking increasingly like we may have to rent it out for a while and try again later. This is not ideal, as we would very much like to get rid of the kitchen before we have to use it. Writing is going badly. This is the longest string of letters I have put together since we left for Queensland. I still plan to have another 10,000 words written by the end of the month, although it is becoming difficult to see how I will achieve this particular goal. Some sort of massive freeform stream-of-consciousness typing binge will, I predict, be in order. 0 smartarse remarks Post a Comment 0 Comments:

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