Little updates, yay.

[magedragonfire]

Aaaaaah T-1 week to figure out WTF to do with Midgard characters. Hopefully brain will not go boom by then.
I think I'll spend tomorrow writing up the Second Heaven apps, though. After I get back from my new job. (Easiest interview ever - Trav says over MSN that his dad needs someone to clean the offices out every weekend, I say sure, boom, I'm hired.) At least I'll finally have a bit of leeway in spending money.

Sigh. My last fish seems to also have succumbed to the swim-bladder malfunction. Not dead yet, but... Well, the others didn't last particularly long. I don't think he will, either. I'll have to empty out the tank and give it a good scrub after this, I suppose... And then figure out if I want to put anything in it, or just give it a rest for a bit.

My short-term memory is the worst thing ever. In the past week, I've managed to set the kettle on to boil probably, oh, fifteen times, and then completely forget about it. I'll usually have a craving for hot chocolate, put on the kettle, wander away to do something, and then (eventually) come back to find the water cold, only to set it on again, and the cycle repeats. If I did not have a kettle that had an automatic shut-off, who knows how many would have boiled dry and scorched by now. XD

*shuffles off to work more on layout, mwee*

Comments

[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

I've done that with the kettle more times than I'm willing to admit.

With an old fashioned stovetop kettle.

Yay for job, it's nice when they just come to you like that. I'm looking forward to starting my new one in a few weeks. $14 an hour to sit on my ass replying to email!

[magedragonfire.livejournal.com]

Eeeek. Were the poor things ruined beyond all measure? XD

It is! I was hoping to scrape by the full semester without working, but this whole 20 bucks in the bank thing really isn't my idea of a fun time. (To reply to e-mail? Sheesh. That's better than the 12-bucks data entry one I had - surely then at least your brain gets a small workout.)

[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

Kettle never boiled dry enough to be damaged, thankfully. Plus it whistled, and was usually loud enough to be heard over gaming. It was a very sturdy kettle and served me well.

Now there's an auto-off electric where I am. Eh, it works.
I discovered a solution to the wandering off thing though!

Bring a gameboy to the kitchen with you! Set the kettle on, and then play the gameboy while waiting for it to boil!

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Only 20 in the bank, and it's not even April? Ick, yeah. I've been there myself (though not in school). Actually, I'm always there My current job is too hard to do fulltime (heavy labour) and only pays $9, so i barely squeak by each month. Hence much looking forward to this new job.

The job is CSR/email support for online poker, answering customer email. Occaisional phone support as well, but it's rare. $14-16 depending on shift, benefits after 3 months, OT availiable, very nice looking place, and easy to get to (1 bus from New West station).

However, I believe they're looking for full time only, which doesn't work with school, obviously. Otherwise I'd totally tell you to go for it - they're looking to hire a lot.
http://vancouver.craigslist.org/csr/286097297.html

[bastets-place.livejournal.com]

Sorry about your fish. I have had several tanks worth break my heart, and several others astonish me with their sturdiness. I do find myself constantly wondering if my fish, with carefully balanced PH water and the best medical care I can manage, with me buying water for it (nothing from the tap around here!) die off so easily, how many of those "catch and release" fish from the local (polluted, non PH balanced, icky) ponds and rivers survive?

And yeah, automatic turn-off kettles have saved my life repeatedly. I am the only person that I know of that has MELTED the "whistle" on her teakettle (stovetop) by having it boil dry. I got a little digital kitchen timer and tucked it in my pocket - it at least reminds me that I need to go get something to drink, especially when I am engrossed in work that I enjoy.

[magedragonfire.livejournal.com]

Feh! Those buggers probably have years of immunity built up, while these flashy colourful ones have years of crossbreeding and disorders building up, just ready and waiting to go. >.> That's really the only explanation I have for what happened to the tetras - the last one held out for so much longer than the rest without falling ill, so I'm thinking perhaps it was just some sort of genetic disorder. Ah well.

...Aren't those whistles normally loud? XD They annoy me too much; could never get one of those, even if it would force me to respond. The timer is a good idea, though!