ext_38443 ([identity profile] arysteia.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] get_together2007-02-24 11:09 am

g/t 07

Who's sick of listening to me moan? Yes? You? Cool, me too.

Today, however, I am filled with a whole new joy and optimism. What brought this on, you ask? Well for one thing, I called Geeks on Wheels (no, seriously, 0800 4 A GEEK, www.geeksonwheels.co.nz) and they have fixed my network and all my computers, and for the paltry sum of $200 I am sitting here surrounded by Teh Intrawebs. Seriously, I am bathed in the warm embrace. Both my desktops and my laptop and M's laptop are humming around me, and it is paradise. It is the closest thing possible to being McKay in Tao of Rodney.

Ahem.

*gets over indecorous squirming*

No, no, one more barb. I have also kicked Telecom to the curb. Goodbye you sanctimonious thieving wankers. Hello Telstra Clear my very best new friend. How you doin'?

Right. To the point.

My fandom renaissance starts today.

That means vigorous posting in my own lj... and also that it's time to get the ball rolling on g/t 2007.

As a hostess who always feels crushed and exhausted and ready to beg for death by the end (only to want to call you all back as soon as the door closes behind the last of you) I must applaud my own brilliance last year in shifting it into the holidays. Not having to mark 75 exam papers during the whole thing made my will to live slightly stronger. So. Same holidays this year then, since it seemed to suit most. And I'm told the 29-30th September is a long weekend in NSW, so I call shenanigans on the whole thing and nominate those dates. I swear I won't get roped into an IT conference this time.

So... I know it's very early in the year, but I thought I'd mention it anyway, in my newfound spirit of joy. All the polls and nonsense will come later of course. But start examining your finances, and your leave, and...

And you know what? Please start thinking about your fifteen minutes of fame, which I am reinstituting. I missed it last year. I'm going to crack my whip (it matches my cowboy boots I bought in Arizona) and be a little bossy about formats and timetables this year. But it will be to the good, I swear. You will be glad. You will. Or else. No seriously. Spirit of joy.

*squee*

[identity profile] shihadchick.livejournal.com 2007-02-24 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
...I'm in ur agora, corrupting ur yoofs?

(I think I have to disown myself now for saying that. *drinks the hemlock*)

[identity profile] the_antichris.livejournal.com 2007-02-24 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
I think this is the time to step in with this icon (pinched from [livejournal.com profile] disturbed_kiwi, who doesn't know who made it).

*squees quietly about g/t* Should be able to get leave, too, but damn, I miss having uni-style holidays.

[identity profile] shihadchick.livejournal.com 2007-02-24 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
....okay, my transliteration is shocking right now and my Ancient Greek (or, in fact, modern Greek) is nonexistant aside from, well, good morning, thank you, fuck off, so-- translate? Please?

[identity profile] the_antichris.livejournal.com 2007-02-24 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
eneimi in ten polin, apokteinon tous anthropous. I'm in ur city, killin ur d00ds.

[identity profile] shihadchick.livejournal.com 2007-02-24 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
I would've maybe guessed a whole three of those words! (city, your, people). Either way: *snerk*

[identity profile] the_antichris.livejournal.com 2007-02-24 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
Isn't it? I could not stop laughing. And I guess it's shareable - I just wish I knew who to credit!