Sunday, June 29, 2008

I'll take 31 degrees over 13 anyday

As they say, "time flies when you're...unbelievably busy". It's nearly July and with July comes my new job; or rather an old job, as I go back to my substantive position in Canberra. I will be working remotely, which means I had to visit Central Office last week to re-connect with my team and be briefed on my new project.

I actually had a great time visiting Canberra; in many ways everything is so unchanged that I feel as though I never left. I was reminded of the stark winter beauty of frozen deciduous trees; ate, drank and made merry with old friends; and generally froze my arse off dear Lord was it COLD.

I swear I'm about 5 kilos heavier and no longer possess a functioning liver. Yeah, I guess then it was a fantastic trip.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Pizza: It's a Thing

In my family, as in most, we have institutions.

Not many people's institutions are pizza, science fiction and red wine (I don't mention Bundy rum 'cause, as unAustralian as it makes me, I just could never like it) but institutions are always individual ((or maybe independently communal (communally independent?).)

Despite the fact my family are far away, tonight I made myself pizza (gluten-free dough, gluten-free salami, no yeast, little cheese - is that still pizza?) and thought of home. Now I just have to pour myself a glass of red wine and find an episode of Star Trek...miss you everyone. Hope you had a good long weekend.