Dear Diary

[samvara]

• Asked work if I could go part-time for a month on Wednesday last week. Got headhunted on Thursday for different role (unrelated six week thing) and instead of working for 2.5 days per week I am now working on implementing Oracle EAM - yay! *frantically sources white papers*
• Solar Hot Water dude called at 7:55am and apologised for waking me up - I said ‘it’s OK, I’m walking to work’ and we negotiated on when he should turn up to look at our system. He wants to see it not working so we have to turn the booster off and wait for it to cool down again. The bit that irritated me was how he kept assuming I would be home every day he suggested as if me going to work today was some sort of aberration - what part of ’I work’ could he not hear?
• Thinkgeek are selling green-red lasers pointers - I want one for playtime (because... LASER POINTER) and possibly for night rogaining. I can see being able to point at things a long way away to your team being really useful, I wonder if this breaks the spirit of rogaining.

Comments

[prk]

I'd be in for ine of those and sharing shipping.

Not sure on the legality in Australia though.

Prk

[samvara]

'Seized' by Customs. I can apply to Police Firearms Department for an exemption which then has to be endorsed by a Minister. I shall call them tomorrow and explain how awesome my life would be with one.

[ariaflame]

Depending on power can be classified as weapon.
< 5mW Ok for educational or science purpose I think

[delicious_irony]

I love the mental image that I get when I hear the word "headhunted". For a new role? As a paperweight, maybe? :P

Seriously though, congrats. :)

Pity about the Solar Hot Water wally though.

[samvara]

I wish! It was a sort of quietly urgent conversation that said 'we have a LOT of work, it will be stressful, please say yes.' I said yes, it's work I'd rather be doing.