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New Year, New Goals

Ok, I know this is perhaps a little trite, but I figured I’d throw my Goals for 2008 out onto the web, in the hopes of giving them some semblance of accountability. So, here goes: Get my finances in orderI’ve got buckets of debt, I’m saving almost nothing, and Ben has to chase me up [...]

Repaying my debt to society

Today I repayed my debt to society. My temporary lack of propriety was noticed by an City of Sydney enforcement officer, and a penalty notice for offence code 9607 was issued to me: I am now $60 lighter, or to be more accurate, my credit card is $60 heavier. Certainly taught me a lesson, however, [...]

Day Seven – April 22, 2007

Thunderstorms are God’s way of telling us we should have listened to Gore about global warming. Day seven already, the last one! Got up early today, far too early; everyone else in the house was still asleep. Pottered round on Ben’s laptop, listening to music, reading stuff on the web, and finally figuring out how [...]

Day Six – April 21, 2007

Alarm didn’t go off today – no work. Woke up around 9:30. Eye of the Leopard was on again at 10, got Ben to watch it too. The animal world is so damn vicious. I had planned to go climbing with Ben and Bob et al, but didn’t in the end. Spent the day watching [...]

Day Five – April 20, 2007

Slept in this morning, worried about having a hangover; thankfully, I mostly dodged that bullet.