Telephone conversation with my mum:
Me: So did you get a chance to send up the package?
Mum: Oh, no. I forgot. I’ll send it tomorrow. I’ve put your beanbag in, too.
Dad (calling out in background): Why the hell are you posting his beanbag to him?
Mum: It was a Christmas present!
Dad: Oh, for crying out loud.
Mum: Shut […]

Tropfest was held here last night. If you’re unfamiliar with the unusual offensive smells that haunt the lower regions of Elizabeth Street in Sydney, chances are you’re not familiar enough with the city to have heard of Tropfest.
It’s held annually in the Domain - a big moshpit which masquarades as a botannical garden by day. […]

A mobile phone screams at me to awaken. I attempt to remove the brick from my forehead, but groggily realise that there physically isn’t anything there.
I make an attempt to fight the heavy-duty gravity imposed upon the immediate space around my body, and ease myself out of the bed. An attempt to stand results simply […]

I was supposed to have a job interview today for what is quite possibly the only job I’m genuinely interested in, out of what’s been offered to me. Most of the stuff I’ve had interviews for aren’t particularly interesting, but I’d be happy in them.
The interview was for a executive assistant position. This is most […]

Half of my possessions are still in the boxes we moved them in, but our new place in the city is looking pretty good. It’s a notable improvement from our shoebox in the outer west, at the very least. I also believe the rent we’re now paying is enough to cause a drop in the […]

Recently, I had a job interview for a position in Redfern. It was scheduled at the hour of 9am.
I have a hint for all recruiters: if you find someone willing and, in some isolated rare cases, eager to attend a job interview at 9am - employ said candidate without further investigation. Willingness to awake at […]

All this unemployment is thirsty work.
It’s actually motivating me, strangely, to wake up early. To get out and walk around, to exercise. To buy the newspaper. To pay attention to what’s going on around me.
Help. I’m turning into a well-balanced human being.
One of my more recent events of anti-slothery involved a grandoise plan to catch […]

The day of the Microsoft job interview began rather in a rather disorganised fashion. As Adam’s printer is currently fufilling the role of footrest much more succesfully than printing mehanism, a hasty trip to Adam’s work was required in the early morning to print my resume.
I like Adam’s work. They seem like a comfortably small, […]

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Sydney, Tuesday: Channel Ten announced today that the network has acquired the rights to the Australian version of the hit US TV show Survivor and that work is ready to begin on the new series.
Shortly after the announcement was made, Ten reported hundreds of hits on their website from eager Survivor fans, keen […]

Monday’s Deadly Sin: Anger
That was my initial reaction when I discovered I’d been made redundant. I knew what the first meeting was about before I even walked in there (restructuring of the company), but I’d assumed customer service was a department that was kinda un-cut-outable. Obviously not. I walked out of the first meeting feeling […]

It dawned on me how much this was like an Atari game. In fact, the more difficult it became not to collapse and somersault down the escalator, I was positive it had been an Atari game.
Drunkenly, I decided I could award myself bonus points if I walked down the escalator as it transported me to […]