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Jury Duty...

December 18, 2007 | No Comments Posted

Well, that sucks...

I get my college done for the year, all ready to relax for Christmas, when what drops through the door, but a letter from the registrar saying I have Jury duty...

 Arse.

It's not until the End of January, but it's still a fucking headache, easpecially since my birthday might fall right in the middle of it, if it's actually a trial. Given that it's a Circuit Criminal court one, it could well be.

Fuck Civic duty... I don't wanna GO!!

Though, if it turns out to be a nice juicy murder, expect to read the details here afterwards.... Fuck secrecy of the court and shit... 

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WAFFathon, second place for what was by far the most half assed of all the fics there. I wrote the majority of it three hours before the deadling... Wooooo

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Anyway, if I'm not on here before the 25th, Happy Xmas to ye all out there.

-Dartz 

Conventions

November 28, 2007 | No Comments Posted

Anybody go to them?

Anybody ever staff one?

Now, we have our own convention out here in Ireland. Eirtakon, which is held at my university and organised by our anime society, is what it's called. Now campared ot Otakon, or most glabal anime conventions, it's pretty small. Anime fanbase in Ireland is pretty small.

Anyway, there at the weekend we held Eirtakon 2007.

 I posted a bit about in the forums here while I was there.

 The important bit is, I volounteered as a staffer for it.

Well, staff = free con, doesn't it. You get all the benefits of a convention, with none of the associated cost. Okay, so you do have to clean up afterwards, and generally make sure nothing blows up, but it's isn't that hard to do. There's also a good group feeling from staffers, that we were a part of this thing, and we made it happen. My only real regret was that I wasn't able to go to the after-con staff party. 

Oh well..

It was a pleasure to staff the con. There's a real sense of satisfaction to be had, especially if it's a good succesful convention, that everyone enjoyed. I think there was only one person who asked for their money back, and that person was a YGO muppet anyway.

Okay, so on Saturday we starved a bit, because in the rush to get things ready, people forgot the staff needed feeding, but a fiver's worth of sandwiches solved that for the Sunday.

It was a beautifully succesful con, with nearly 400 attendee's, Double the last con's,  some brilliant Cosplay, especially from the Claymore girls, and some exciting and interesting traders. Cartoon Passion ftw...

Now if I can remeber the other two... One of them sold me a Unit 00...

Which reminds me... the second good reason to be a staffer...you get in earlier than everyone, so you get a quick first pick from the traders. :D

Well, in conclusion, I'd recommend staffing a con to anyone. It really is an enjoyable thing to do, if you're with the right group of people.

And finally, if you happen to be over here, in Ireland, next Novemeber, be sure to drop buy, we'll be glad to have ye. I'll probably be staffing that one too... so watch this space for details.

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WAFFathon...

Ain't going to get it finished in time... dumped off what I'd written on somebody who would. They'll make something worthwhile out of it. 

-Dartz 

Emplyoment

November 21, 2007 | 2 Comments

Yay!

After months of complaining about uncaring interviewers, hard slogs across town, interrupted coursework and general inconvinience I did it. I finally managed to secure a job.

 Even if it is only an internship.

Doesn't matter really. It's pretty close to home, and it pays pretty good also. It' got everything I want and it's fascinating to boot. I'll be working for the state'ss electricity grid operator (TSO) for six months from next April, making sure the power stays on in peoples homes.

Some elements are actually quite dangerous. 440kv supply line switches anyone?

Sweet.

At the end of it all, I'll have enough money to basically buy whatever the hell I think I want. Go wherever I want and do what I want with my money. I'll also have to pay tax.

Arse, 

-Dartz 

WAFFathon 2k7

November 13, 2007 | No Comments Posted

Yup...

Somehow, I've gotten involved in this too. Anyway, got an idea in my head,  a basic plot, and I'm running away quite happily with it. The intro that I planned to be 500 words, is nearly 1500 now, and Asuka's only just managed to take her bra off...

It's not a mindless lemon, there's more to it than that. Hell, I doubt it'll be ny more citrussy than a lemon flavoured pie. Mmm...pie.

 But we have:

Drunken Shinji
Words of power:
Soul searching:
Snuggling:

End...

Simple, traditional WAFF...just needs to be preread.

Strike Two...

November 12, 2007 | No Comments Posted

Well,

Now it's Dublin Bus' turn to go on strike, nobbling everyone's attempts to get anywhere in the city. Citie's choked with traffic, walking people and more traffic. It's a mess.

Except if you're a Taxi driver that is. They're charging extra.

Supply and Demand me arse.

Them Unions, they're a bleedin' Cartel. I suppose it could be worse though, could've had to have walked the ten miles.

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 College work, thanks to the Work fairy, seems to be getting done somehow. I can't exactly explain how. But it's all getting don e. Reports, labs, assignments, all are slotting oddly into place.

T'is handy.

Though, perhaps not consistent.

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Another Internship interview Today. This time with Honeywell...wish me luck.

-Dartz