February 26, 2008
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.
Wages skyrocketed and the government had to print more and more money to pay the bill. The crisis only hit workers when they noticed that month after month fewer affordable goods were available in the shops. By 1990, thanks to Gorbachev’s half-measures, basic consumer goods had literally disappeared from the shop shelves and hyper-inflation loomed.
From "Russia. Which Way Paradise?" by Monica Attard. I heart Monica Attard. Okay next five people, go!
February 24, 2008
It’s actually a lovely walk from redfern station to my new home in alexandria, all pretty and tree lined. I quite like my new place, even though I’ve only been here a few days. the indoor toilet is a big plus. I’m a smidge worried that I’m a bit distant from newtown though, and that I’ll miss out on stuff cuz my friends will just forget that i’m down here tucked in just below erskineville. Hopefully I’ve made enough of an impression on their lives that they’ll remember me.
February 21, 2008
It’s mostly over, the hard bits anyway. I’ve moved into my new place, and I’ve moved some stuff back to my parents house. Moving this time has absolutely sucked, but I’m feeling much better about it now that it’s almost over. We’ve still got to clean the old place, but that’s sooooo much easier to do now that its mostly empty. Not sure how I’ll go in the new place, but it seems okay. Its worked out that my conservative estimate about how much it would cost was pretty accurate, which is good cuz I was thinking it coulda been much more expensive, but still sucky cuz I can’t afford to go to mardi gras.
Anyway, tentative housewarming date is second weekend after mardi gras.
February 4, 2008
I think this is my favourite website ever:
http://www.stevegjones.com/fearofescalatorshypnosisCDMP3.htm
I love how it says I can overcome my fear of escalators without prescription!
Actually, this whole escalator thing is a bit of a problem for me. I can go down them okay, although the longer ones are a bit scary. But going up an escalator anything higher than 1 level is damn near terrifying. And at my new place of work, to get from street level to lobby level requires I go up a very long escalator. Thus, a problem. Internet accounts recommend hypnotherapy, but I’m sure I’d rather go to an actual hypnotherapist than buy hypnotherapy online.
