Santa brought me a chair for Christmas, where I am sitting right now as I type (though possibly not as you read). It’s my favourite chair, an exact replica of the chair I had back in LA. It is a Poäng chair from IKEA, my favourite chair from my favourite home furnishings supplier. Despite its [...]
Three times I have been prodded, and so it shall be. I am bound to blog, unlucky are ye. I usually like Christmas. A lot. This year a series of mildly irritating circumstances in the immediate runup to the holiday reminded me of all the stuff I really despise about Christmas.
Okay, so it’s not all that glamorous. The past few days have been a little busy for me, in good ways, in fun ways, and in stressful ways. Leprecon was fantastic, even though my work schedule interfered with any actual gaming other than the pub quiz. (We came in second place, but it was a [...]
I was out drinking both Friday and Saturday nights this week. This is not really normal for me, though that shouldn’t lead you to believe I didn’t enjoy it. Friday night I attended a staff meeting, my first with This is Knit. We went over the stuff that needed going over, then we broke out [...]
It’s getting darker earlier — not ridiculously early, just not ridiculously late anymore. I’ve been on one sort-of job interview with a recruiter for a job that would have been nearly perfect, except that the company when faced with a stack of CVs decided that people with experience would be desirable. (Which itself is interesting, [...]