Not quite halfway
It is now just past the mid-way mark of the month of November, and I don't have a lot to report, though I feel like I should. I've been working manically to try to keep up to quota on my NaNoWriMo Novel (if I don't add to my word count today, I will be over ten thousand words behind) while also trying to get some recreation going (mainly video games), catching up with people both in Sydney and in Wollongong, and trying to get a job.
In terms of the novel, I really want to complete this cool little project (tentatively named Greatest Hits, for which Morgan has threatened to subpoena me) by the end of the month, but things just keep coming up (see below). I currently have 16,000 words or so committed to paper (well, a Word document, but close enough), and would like to get a lot of writing done over the weekend. On Sunday I will be going to a "write-in" which is an event where people get together and work on their NaNoWriMo novels. I think it will be pretty cool and a nice way to boost my word count.
Video games have been a large part of why I'm behind. I've been plowing through Guild Wars: Nightfall and, after about a week of solid play, I have four missions left. I also just bought an Xbox 360 yesterday (it was on sale), and am looking at a video card to get for a minor PC upgrade. It's really not a great idea to be doing so, as I am still in that massive travel debt, but my gaming addiction is strong.
The first Friday after I got back, I met up with a whole bunch of people from Sydney at the Bavarian Bier Cafe on York St. Dinner turned into drinks, drinks turned into a double shout of schnapps by Matt, and ended up at a club (robot dance included), followed by some late night karaoke. My throat was hating me the day after. On the following Friday, it was time for the Wollongong people. I arranged to have a party at the traditional location (i.e. James's house), and a good time was had by all that attended (except James at the end of the night, when he found out that Ashton's cousins had changed his laptop's password and his Facebook picture).
Finally, there's employment. I fired off an e-mail to an IT manager at UNSW on Thursday and got a reply immediately. I had an interview with him on the Friday, and got the job on the spot, starting straight away. It's a casual job doing IT support, and ends at the end of the year. I am hoping to apply for a similar job within the uni for next year but on a more permanent basis. The funny thing is that on the same day I had the interview, I was asked to do two more interviews for different people, which is crazy considering that this time of the year is kind of bad for job hunting.
No new photos, though I do plan to start messing around with my brother's Canon EOS 300D sometime soon. Maybe after everything else.