Not having to go to work is awesome. But it's better when you still have money, so the plan is to get another job.

I did explain to CD store guy that, if I get another job at the last rate, I would be happy to work three or four days a week. Then I bought a stack of CDs and a Skinny Puppy t-shirt.

Then I went and bought some books. And some expensive chocolate.  read more »

I just made it through "OMG... Cancer!" again.

As a chick, you get forwarded all these crappy "OMG - BREAST CANCER!" emails, and you get real information from reliable sources, too. If you just have the underarm symptom, you can convince yourself it's a rash. Then you get symptom number two, and, if you are me, you get to a doctor and ask them to tell you some things.  read more »

MDD - Multiple Destination Disorder. I was on a train today which suffered this condition. So... as we approached South Yarra, it announced that we were approaching Windsor. Then South Yarra. Prahran was nowhere. Richmond was 2 stations, and so on.

I went to the dentist today, and I need to break in a new tooth, I think, similar to new shoes. She's partially corrected my bite, so it just feels wrong.  read more »

In a similar vein to home veterinary successes, I have ventured in to home dentistry. I have to say that this is nowhere near as good as what a dentist does though.

I am halfway through a crown, with a temporary tooth. Temporary tooth popped off late on a Friday (they know when it's a weekend, I swear). Not wanting to leave it out (maybe putting it under my pillow) or swallow it in my sleep... I invested in denture fixative cream.

Happily, dentist has confirmed by phone that this will see me through until Monday - if I'm real careful. Unhappily... this is the kind of thing that makes one crack the sads.

I have located a very nice chicken souvalaki local to me. I was surprised... not a normal souva, but very good.

I got my redundancy money yesterday. It makes up for my splurge after finishing up, plus some extra. I tried to get a sales guy to talk me into a 'time capsule', and he sucked. He sucked bad, so I just got some games which I'll probably play twice.

I am gettin' real good at hospital Fridays. Today I watched blood draw back into a giant plunger.  read more »

A short while ago, there was much parental shouting. Then Mum knocked just to let me know - she is going to buy rice.

I'm enjoying being unemployed so far, and today I feel like my brain is starting to spin up. I've also had this awesome realisation... with multiple desktops and imitation post-it-notes, I have a cool magnetic poetry equivalent.  read more »

Shorter observation, which made someone sad. When people talk about Michael Jackson and say "I loved him when I was little!", they don't want to hear why that makes you think he's like Hi-5.

I was disagreeing with someone about foyer furniture. I stand by my position, that it is orange, and generally hideous. Funny thing is that... in the 60's, people thought that furniture of the future would look this way. Joke on mankind is that, with retro style, furniture of the future DOES look that way!