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The Long Weekend That Wasn't
I didn't have a long weekend but that was ok. The gulag was desperate enough to ask for volunteers to work the Foundation Day Monday, for double pay, which must have really hurt. :-) I can't remember the last time they did that; in fact, I think I've only gotten it once, for recording Industrial Relations Commission on a Sunday. That was the nurses' dispute back in the '90s.
The universe tried to stop me getting there by causing the level 3 doors of Royal Perth Hospital to jam shut. It's a shortcut to work to go via the McIver train station, up to the RPH overpass and through the third level, out the other side. Well, it usually is. Patients desperate to get out for a smoke were milling around while an unfortunate individual in front reception desperately tried to make maintenance understand that there was a Problem! When the doors finally did open, I shot through like a rabbit before the person waiting to let me in at work gave up and went away again.
So I did five hours at double rates, which will probably have to make up for next Monday, when the East goes on holiday and doesn't send us any of their recordings to transcribe.
Can't think of much else of interest I've done; just try to stay ahead of the weeds and the caterpillars in the vege patch. I did just read Heinlein's The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress for the first time. I think that's on various genre "must read" lists but for some reason I don't even know, I didn't get around to it until now. Always knew there was *some* Heinlein out there I hadn't read, maybe subconsciously wanted to save them up. I found the book slightly heavy going but was also struggling with the aftereffects of a headache at the time - feels like I just walked into a post and had to get up again. The last third was great but it seemed like an awful lot of "we did that" and "then he said this" and so on. Mike, the sentient computer, was the best character in the book.
Still haven't gotten any gaming, which hasn't done wonders for my morale but sincerely hope this will change soon. Maybe when the present group finishes current adventure and I can book myself a spot. It probably didn't hurt for me to create some space and stay away for a few weeks, while I got/get my head together but I'd really like to do some gaming now. Yes, I like some board gaming, particularly card games such as Illuminati, but roleplay gaming is my first obsession.
I keep starting bits and pieces of writing and thinking about them but that's as far as it's gone so far. Better than nothing, I guess. I'm trying to plan a story for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
girliejones next project, Sprawl about that characteristically Australian urban environment, the suburb. It starts with getting rid of ALL the cars.
take care!
The universe tried to stop me getting there by causing the level 3 doors of Royal Perth Hospital to jam shut. It's a shortcut to work to go via the McIver train station, up to the RPH overpass and through the third level, out the other side. Well, it usually is. Patients desperate to get out for a smoke were milling around while an unfortunate individual in front reception desperately tried to make maintenance understand that there was a Problem! When the doors finally did open, I shot through like a rabbit before the person waiting to let me in at work gave up and went away again.
So I did five hours at double rates, which will probably have to make up for next Monday, when the East goes on holiday and doesn't send us any of their recordings to transcribe.
Can't think of much else of interest I've done; just try to stay ahead of the weeds and the caterpillars in the vege patch. I did just read Heinlein's The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress for the first time. I think that's on various genre "must read" lists but for some reason I don't even know, I didn't get around to it until now. Always knew there was *some* Heinlein out there I hadn't read, maybe subconsciously wanted to save them up. I found the book slightly heavy going but was also struggling with the aftereffects of a headache at the time - feels like I just walked into a post and had to get up again. The last third was great but it seemed like an awful lot of "we did that" and "then he said this" and so on. Mike, the sentient computer, was the best character in the book.
Still haven't gotten any gaming, which hasn't done wonders for my morale but sincerely hope this will change soon. Maybe when the present group finishes current adventure and I can book myself a spot. It probably didn't hurt for me to create some space and stay away for a few weeks, while I got/get my head together but I'd really like to do some gaming now. Yes, I like some board gaming, particularly card games such as Illuminati, but roleplay gaming is my first obsession.
I keep starting bits and pieces of writing and thinking about them but that's as far as it's gone so far. Better than nothing, I guess. I'm trying to plan a story for
girliejones next project, Sprawl about that characteristically Australian urban environment, the suburb. It starts with getting rid of ALL the cars.take care!
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No, I don't work at RPH - that was the problem - in that I just needed to get *through* it so I could get to the office. I work for a court transcription company nearby.
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