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Well, that was extraordinarily frustrating

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Santa brought Guitar Hero World Tour for the kids this year. It was unpacked and set up with much excitement…and then nothing, the game wouldn’t start up, we couldn’t get the PS2 to read the disc. Great. We know it’s not the player, all the other games still work just fine. Rather naively, as it turns out, we assumed that we could simply take the disc back and have it swapped for one that worked. HA! Oh foolish ones! We took the disc in to EB Games at Hornsby and explained the situation. We were told that no, they couldn’t … Continue reading Well, that was extraordinarily frustrating

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2008 in review

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At the beginning of the year I posted a list of things I wanted to do during the year. I kind of lost interest in keeping some of the more mundane things on the list updated but looking back I’d say I’ve managed to do almost half of what I planned. 1. Bushwalking.2. Swimming 50m laps.3. Bike riding at Western Plains Zoo.4. Cooking new meals.5. House extension planning.6. Bowling.7. Selling jewellery.8. Join the archery club.9. Go see a play – not Shakespeare.10. Camping with the Huscarls.11. Learn bead making.12. Write book reviews. 1, 2 3 & 6. I’ve done bugger … Continue reading 2008 in review

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Phew

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Speechifying done. I survived. Several people came up to me afterwards to tell me I’d spoken well, apparently my nausea, shaking hands and racing heart don’t come through in my voice (or not much anyway :P) Thanks everyone for all the encouraging comments, they helped 🙂 Now, I need a massage. I think Adam may be persuadable. Continue reading Phew

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Dear member of the shopping public

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When you are talking to people who are working or shopping in a sci-fi/fantasy bookshop it might be wise to keep to yourself opinions such as this: “Anyone who buys a sonic screwdriver or a lightsabre, without the excuse of a 3 year old to give it to, is someone who is in desperate need of serious therapy.” I couldn’t let it pass so I joined in the conversation with “My husband owns a sonic screwdriver that the kids are most definitely not allowed to touch and which lives in the pocket of the jacket he wears to work.” “He … Continue reading Dear member of the shopping public

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I’ve been redecorating

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When I switched to the 3 column template there were a few things about it that I wasn’t quite happy with but I had no idea how to go about changing them. Today I decided to see if I could find a new template that would do what I wanted it to. I googled and I clicked my way through to endless hideously designed blogs offering free templates that were either way too busy for my taste or just didn’t work. So frustrating. Then I found myself here reading a tutorial on how to create a 3 column template by … Continue reading I’ve been redecorating

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To do list

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There’s a whole bunch of stuff cluttering up my brain. Things that need doing, people I need to speak to, places I need to be, forms to fill out, plans to make, invitations to send, lists to write, all of it whirling around popping in and out of my conscious mind at random. I’m feeling paralyzed by the confusion unable to focus on anything and consequently stressing out even more over the most trivial things. The answer is simple of course. I need to write a list. But hang on, there’s all sorts of different types of things in my … Continue reading To do list

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On the re-reading of series

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I’ve just been reading a post, and the subsequent comments, over at Tor.com titled Re-reading Long Series. There’s something very satisfying about seeing a whole bunch of people talking with enthusiasm about re-reading the same series of books that I too love re-reading. There were a number of series I haven’t read mentioned as well, perhaps I should give them a go. There are a few series that I re-read on a fairly regular basis, I love coming back to the familiar characters and watching the stories unfold with the pleasure of knowing how all the puzzle pieces fit together. … Continue reading On the re-reading of series

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Woe is me

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I’d like to put in a complaint to the universe. I keep getting sick and I’ve had enough! I feel like I haven’t had more than a few days in a row well in 6 weeks or more. I’m not sure if I’ve had several different bugs or if it’s just the same one recurring on me, I suspect the latter. I know my Grandma and my mum’s twin sister have both had a pretty nasty one that hung on for about two months. I’ve spent the entire school holidays with something that ranged from full-on aches and fevers to … Continue reading Woe is me