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Nov. 17th, 2009 05:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gillpolackMy life is full of updates. I've crossed precisely three things off my list for today, but with so many updates from other people and other things, well, it's understandable.
I was so stressed this afternoon that for a full hour I did housework. It is perfectly possible to see large amounts of floor in my loungeroom. This is so terrifying I think I shall ignore it. Mind you, there are also places to sit now. Just when everyone's no longer dropping in, there are places to sit.
From Friday, I shall have chairs and be able to give people tea and coffee. Such couthness! This is because I get a new secondhand fridge on Thursday. The fridge doctor came round and declared my machine not-quite-dead but definitely not worth reviving. In fact, really, it's a zombiefridge. I'm getting a trade-in and an older but way, way more reliable model for about $100 more than it would cost to do a repair that might or might not last very long. For those who kindly worried about my finances, it's cutting it fine, but I can do it. I had money put aside to solve the key problem, you see. The key problem remains, but at least I have shall have milk for my coffee and butter for my bread.
I also sorted out more about Chanukah this afternoon. This means I am totally and entirely over my annual Christmas peeve. Poor as a cucumber, but no longer humbugged. Anyhow, if any friends are likely to be in Canberra the second Saturday in December and would really like to come and celebrate Chanukah, let me know and I'll send you an invitation.
Another update is the Sydney Freecon, the last weekend in November from Friday evening till late Sunday afternoon (ignore the website that says it was last weekend). I'm only going to be there on the Saturday, but Kate Forsyth and I are sharing a reading session (I love being on panels with Kate, so we kinda asked if we could). What's more Van Ikin is making an appearance, Terry Dowling is coming, Pamela Freeman, Richard Harland, Alan Baxter and several more: the list of writers and critics is rather cool. Lewis Morley and Marilyn Pride will be there too. They're both awesome. I get to ask them more tricky questions about things I know nothing about!
It's in Bankstown City Library and it costs nothing. This leaves you lots of money to spend on books. I shall be bringing a limited number (I'm carrying them in a backpack from Canberra) of Life Through Cellophane and In Bad Dreams 2. If you want to be certain of a copy, tell me and make sure you're in Bankstown Library on the Saturday. Mind you, you can always ask Galaxy to order them in. They haven't, but they have stocked books by Eneit Press in the past, so it ought to be just a matter of politely requesting, or something. If you want a special Gillian-comment, then getting it on the Saturday is obviously the way.
Does anyone have a special, favourite bit of Life through Cellophane that they'd love me to read out? Something with not too many spoilers? Or would you rather be surprised?
I was so stressed this afternoon that for a full hour I did housework. It is perfectly possible to see large amounts of floor in my loungeroom. This is so terrifying I think I shall ignore it. Mind you, there are also places to sit now. Just when everyone's no longer dropping in, there are places to sit.
From Friday, I shall have chairs and be able to give people tea and coffee. Such couthness! This is because I get a new secondhand fridge on Thursday. The fridge doctor came round and declared my machine not-quite-dead but definitely not worth reviving. In fact, really, it's a zombiefridge. I'm getting a trade-in and an older but way, way more reliable model for about $100 more than it would cost to do a repair that might or might not last very long. For those who kindly worried about my finances, it's cutting it fine, but I can do it. I had money put aside to solve the key problem, you see. The key problem remains, but at least I have shall have milk for my coffee and butter for my bread.
I also sorted out more about Chanukah this afternoon. This means I am totally and entirely over my annual Christmas peeve. Poor as a cucumber, but no longer humbugged. Anyhow, if any friends are likely to be in Canberra the second Saturday in December and would really like to come and celebrate Chanukah, let me know and I'll send you an invitation.
Another update is the Sydney Freecon, the last weekend in November from Friday evening till late Sunday afternoon (ignore the website that says it was last weekend). I'm only going to be there on the Saturday, but Kate Forsyth and I are sharing a reading session (I love being on panels with Kate, so we kinda asked if we could). What's more Van Ikin is making an appearance, Terry Dowling is coming, Pamela Freeman, Richard Harland, Alan Baxter and several more: the list of writers and critics is rather cool. Lewis Morley and Marilyn Pride will be there too. They're both awesome. I get to ask them more tricky questions about things I know nothing about!
It's in Bankstown City Library and it costs nothing. This leaves you lots of money to spend on books. I shall be bringing a limited number (I'm carrying them in a backpack from Canberra) of Life Through Cellophane and In Bad Dreams 2. If you want to be certain of a copy, tell me and make sure you're in Bankstown Library on the Saturday. Mind you, you can always ask Galaxy to order them in. They haven't, but they have stocked books by Eneit Press in the past, so it ought to be just a matter of politely requesting, or something. If you want a special Gillian-comment, then getting it on the Saturday is obviously the way.
Does anyone have a special, favourite bit of Life through Cellophane that they'd love me to read out? Something with not too many spoilers? Or would you rather be surprised?