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October canon events underway???
Nida told me that everything happens in October. I am beginning to suspect that may be true. Or something about canon events happening when the month ends in "ber". Possible canon-related events currently happening this month: * Moving into my first flat * Visiting Melbourne for first time * Applying
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Terrible people on TV
Two of my favourite shows are FX's You're The Worst and Channel 4's Peep Show (Fresh Meat, from the creators of Peep Show, was also good). They're both comedies. But probably more importantly, they're both based on terrible people. I&
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There's nothing like wandering through an empty newsroom
The TVNZ newsroom is a very unique place to work. Hell - any newsroom is a very place to work. Our one is staffed 19 hours of the day and otherwise virtually staffed 24 hours a day (courtesy of our New York and London friends). At its height, you have perhaps
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My hobbies
My therapist told me I should find more hobbies. I... already knew this. Stranger: So, what do you do outside of TVNZ? "Uh, people always ask me this question... ... uh ... I'm sort of an infrastructure nerd I guess haha. I like trains? I read books? *side-eye*
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If you're going to buy a placebo, buy the nice placebo
Lemsip is a total placebo. It's basically some acidic, zesty, lemon-tasting hot water with some panadol thrown in. That'll be $3 a serving please. The "max" version has phenylephrine, widely known to be useless. That said, I still buy it because it'
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Check out these blogs!
This blog exists because blogs represent a bygone era I only somewhat remember but am nostalgic for. Blogging was an exciting new thing in their heyday. Not because it was an SEO chumbox Google-arbitrage revenue generation opportunity, not because it was a wormhole for VC funding, and certainly not