The view from the office where I never go

Well, I work from home now, but when I did go to the office I took this picture which I forgot to put here at the time.


And now for a pretty picture I didn't take: the other day my girlfriend finally recieved the present I sent her, and she's wearing it in this photo. It's not the blue shirt.

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If you saw ME in a police car, what would you think I got arrested for?
Answer me, then post to your own journal and see how many crimes you get accused of.

I have a new job!

Well, it's only temporary, but it's a start. I'm doing bookkeeping for Guinness Gallagher. It's an accounting firm. I'm not an accountant but I've done one paper in accounting and they really needed extra hands on deck.
It's a work from home job, they've given me a computer, but I'll be using my own for most non-work computerey activities. I have been into the office and it's really nice although I did feel quite out of place. Working at home is more like doing assignments than working (which believe it or not I actually did last time I was studying)
I've also decided to go back to university in February. I need to get in touch with various lecturers and figure out exactly what papers to take.
Dramatic decisions abound: I have also decided to start a small business custom building computers. I had been thinking the only computer I'd built from scratch so far hadn't worked, but on second thoughts the one I'm writing on now contains only two of the parts it had when it was first given to me (the case and the floppy disk drive).
The one I plan to sell will need a few more parts before it will function. Some of the parts I'd bought for it are now making my own computer work. I need to somehow figure out whether it has a motherboard problem or a dead CPU.

NZ Election 08: what I think of the results

I don't like the overall result.
Come on guys! As a nation, do we really have less collective self awareness than most single celled organisms? Do we really learn nothing from past experience? Do we really expect the National party to solve our current economic crisis when they caused most of our other ones? Are we really so stupid as to think blue means the same thing in all countries?
At least the Green party has a stronger presence in Parliament. Yay us! I thoroughly enjoyed the election night party hosted by the Wellington Greens, except for the part when I saw the results.

I am in the process of starting a(n initially small) business custom building computers. I hope I get off the ground before National burns the buttocks off the economy too much for that to be possible. I am taking orders now if anyone in the Wellington region wants/needs a PC or server. I am still also looking for work in the usual way so I would also like to know if my CV interests you in any way.

I am progressing in my knowledge of the Chinese language. I'm hoping to be up to blogging in it by the end of the year. That said, I'm fluent in French and I don't blog in that language. Perhaps I should blog triningually just to be consistent.

Congratulations Barrack Obama!

My sincerest congratulations go out to president elect Barrack Obama after his historic victory in the election yesterday. America has decided he's the man for the job and I agree.

I may be relieved that John McCain didn't win, but I found his concession speech very inspiring.