I was offered the Python developer job this afternoon! I had the interview last Thursday after spending a few hours answering two tricky networking questions prior to the interview. The questions actually did stump me for a while, but I got them in the end with a lot of help from Google. (I have no idea why I bothered to link that, but enjoy it anyway.) The interview itself was a bit scary, given that it was my first and that it was three hours long among other reasons. They asked me a mixture of general, character, technical and tricky "why should we give you this job" style questions. Overall, I felt pretty good about it, though I didn't expect to hear from them for a few weeks. I haven't accepted it yet, but will be doing so tomorrow.

Last Friday evening consisted primarily of two concerts: the Queensland Kodály Choir 'September Song' concert, in which I had to sing, and the Ben Folds concert. The QKC concert actually went much better than expected and most of us very much enjoyed it. I recorded it and the recording came out quite well (again, better than expected). There were a decent amount of screw ups :), but some of the performance was just beautiful.

... And then there was Ben Folds alongside the Queensland Orchestra. All I can say is that it rocked! Ben Folds is truly an amazing musician, performer and entertainer. Being able to hear a live orchestra was also incredible, an experience I have not enjoyed in a very long time. Combining Ben Folds's awesomeness with that experience just took the biscuit. I've heard/seen the Ben Folds WASO DVD, but I personally feel the Queensland Orchestra did a better job. Although the more formal 'sit down' atmosphere meant that one could not be as openly energetic and 'hyped' as one could in last year's performance at the Tivaly, it was still amazing. My obsession with orchestra not withstanding, I'm of the opinion that both performances were extremely enjoyable for different reasons and it's difficult to say which I enjoyed more.

We were supposed to record the guitar parts for Never Be the Same on Saturday, but that didn't end up happening. Bleh! More delays. This is sooo frustrating! :(

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