The Syndicate

My contract working at my local university as an RA ends in November. I had a meeting with my supervisor today and found out that unfortunately it's not getting extended. She wanted to keep me again next year for another project but it hasn't been approved, so I'll have to find something else to do next year.

It's not so bad though. She'd been egging me on to do my masters next year anyway, and I decided that's what I'm going to do. She'll still be my supervisor which is probably one of the best things about it.

Long Con wrote: ↑Sat Aug 25, 2018 11:55 am I'll post the current potential menu when I get access to her notebook. Current name is the Hummingbird Family Restaurant, but no one is in love with that name. Maybe the Glass Hummingbird?

Will you do delivery? To Australia?

G-Man wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:48 pm Actual statement heard in the office today:

"Hey Missy, it's Chris from Control Systems. I just wanted to see if, in the next 45 minutes, I could come down there and calibrate your little oven."

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JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 4:41 pm

Quin wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:01 am Got home a few hours ago and it's late, but I thought I'd post some stuff here about my holiday before I did for anyone who was interested. I'll upload pictures when I get the camera out, probably within the next few days.

Travel thread!

i was not aware that this thread existed

Long Con wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2018 10:46 am ^ This is GOLD for the next Search for Quin game!!

Also @Epignosis : http://geekxgirls.com/article.php?ID=9626

raising the concept to an international scale

Got home a few hours ago and it's late, but I thought I'd post some stuff here about my holiday before I did for anyone who was interested. I'll upload pictures when I get the camera out, probably within the next few days.

Flew down to Sydney on the 28th to spend 2 days there before boarding a cruise to northern New Zealand. It was hot as heck and we couldn't go anywhere without paying an exorbitant amount on taxi fares because the light rail was down, but we did manage to see a wax museum and an aquarium (the latter of which I wound up stuck on a boat ride in a 6 degrees Celsius room for about 20 minutes, so I'm not complaining). 2 days in we celebrated my youngest brother's 18th birthday in one of the restaurants which had probably the best spring rolls I've ever had in my life. I ordered them every time we went from that day on.

Mum and I took a tour through Bay of Islands, which was probably my favourite stop. We went into these glow worm caves which lit up like the night sky, then visited some historical buildings and some other tourist attractions, then wandered the streets for a while and picked up a fair few souvenirs.

Auckland was kind of shitty considering there was a massive storm passing through and we couldn't really go anywhere or do anything. I'd definitely like to go again when the weather is better because I can't evaluate it very well.

Took a long tour from Tauranga to Rotorua, which is essentially a city popped up in the middle of the countryside. The town is a few km over magma and there's a huge water geyser, some mud pools and hot springs to see. The town itself has steam bursting from random places because of it. Only downside is the rotten egg smell, but we knew that going in. We also got to see some traditional Maori dances and rituals, it was interesting to see how much people over there embrace their Indigenous roots compared to where I'm from.

Napier was our last stop which was more or less just a quick walk through the shops and back on, we'd had four days of stops in a row so we wanted it to be more of a lazy day off-ship.

About three days to NZ and three days back, we came back to Sydney for a while though we didn't do much of anything. We were hoping to take a ferry to Luna Park earlier today but time wasn't on our side. We all picked up some souvenirs from the markets and Chinatown and got ready to come back. I'm typically hesitant about being in cities because of how big and intimidating they are, but I actually really enjoyed my time there. It'd be cool to go again.

juliets wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:19 pm I'm thrilled to report I'm out of the wheelchair and walking with a walker. Also started physical therapy this week to help me bend my knee - those muscles are all seized up. Thanks to everyone who has been so supportive over the last three and half long months. Hopefully will make quick progress now.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:08 pm

@Quin

i can't believe its already october what

juliets wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2017 5:44 pm So, today, my death-defying husband gave away my car. Thats right, he gave it to my niece if she wants to come get it. We had planned to buy a new car but the idea was we would trade this one in or sell it separately. I think his illness has affected his brain.

Oh no. Have you talked to him about it?

I drank a small carton of chocolate milk and now I'm gonna throw up k

Is this a slow period for the syndicate right now? A lot of the games are slow moving, though I'm not helping too much myself

Epignosis wrote:

Quin wrote:Shit Epi, I'm glad it wasn't as bad as it could've been. Still, your neighbour needs a...talking to.

The policeman said she said this: "Well, at least their grass will grow back greener."

Thanks for your services, lady.

For now, just pretend your backyard went and got a great tan.

Shit Epi, I'm glad it wasn't as bad as it could've been. Still, your neighbour needs a...talking to.

Golden wrote:Wow, that's rough. I hope all of yours are ok.

It sounds bad there. I know that not very far from where Anita's family is it hit 50 (for you Americans, thats 120+)

It wasn't any of us, I had the place wrong. They were going to go there but they changed at the last minute. But yeah, way too hot, though we only got to about 40 at home. At least it's a dry heat, it's usually humid.

Mum, Dad, and my two brothers went to a beach well out of the way from civilisation to cool down during this heatwave. They thought they'd be able to relax there. Someone died.

My contact lenses seem to be out of focus or something because looking at a computer screen is a chore. My glasses don't give me this problem. Ehhhhhhhhhhh.

Quin wrote:

juliets wrote:

Quin wrote:Got another job interview today. Fingers crossed that they're being honest about the job role this time.

Thats great quin! Good luck and be sure to tell us how it goes.

It went really well this time!! I feel like I got on really well with the owner and she said she'd give me a call so I'm feeling pretty good about my chances. The job is working with the owner to do social media marketing for her business. The only problem is the hours are irregular and on a 'I need you' basis so I'll never really know when or how often I'll be working. That said, if they offer it to me I'll definitely take it (although we didn't discuss wages, I don't think the conversation ever made it's way there) unless there's a huge issue that comes up.

i got offered the job!!

Like I said, the hours suck but it's the experience I wouldn't get otherwise, so hopefully this will work out with my search for another job to pick up the slack.

I've got a group interview at my uni working in one of their cafes a few days a week, so fingers crossed for that too.

Epignosis wrote:

me

juliets wrote:

Quin wrote:Got another job interview today. Fingers crossed that they're being honest about the job role this time.

Thats great quin! Good luck and be sure to tell us how it goes.

It went really well this time!! I feel like I got on really well with the owner and she said she'd give me a call so I'm feeling pretty good about my chances. The job is working with the owner to do social media marketing for her business. The only problem is the hours are irregular and on a 'I need you' basis so I'll never really know when or how often I'll be working. That said, if they offer it to me I'll definitely take it (although we didn't discuss wages, I don't think the conversation ever made it's way there) unless there's a huge issue that comes up.

Got another job interview today. Fingers crossed that they're being honest about the job role this time.

G-Man wrote:

Golden wrote:I'm hard pressed to think of the best game I've ever hosted. I don't think I've ever had one go to lylo up to this point. Mostly what I enjoy is wreaking mechanical havoc upon everyone and watch them try and resolve it all. And basically all of my games do that, so...

Both games I've hosted so far broke posting records, featured mechanics/powers that caught people off guard, went to Lylo, and featured one living player at the end. True to form, I doubt I would have enjoyed playing either of them, so I can't pick a favorite.

You know you've hosted a great game when...

3 cheers for spambots?

Did anyone notice we broke the most users online record yesterday?

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

motel room wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

motel room wrote:Hi. What's been going on round these parts? Hi.

I'm still a marmot. How you doin' motelji?

hey marmot oh you know I'm livin' grrl

Whats the best game going atm to tune in on?

Good question. Three Kingdoms has been going for a while, but still a ways to go.

Blue vs Red is smaller but higher intensity, and is winding down quickly.

Or is it Red vs Blue?

I think it depends on your alignment

so who else likes firefly