Queensland won the goalball grand prix on Saturday! :) I was playing pretty well, which is a nice change. Unfortunately, I sucked again at training on Tuesday night. Bleh. Oh well.

I have a job interview nex week for the Python developer job I mentioned last week! It sounds a bit scarey, though. I have to answer some questions at home 48-24 hours before the interview and the interview itself will be around three hours. Wo! They give me dinner, which is some consolation. :) This is my first ever job interview, which makes it even scarier. I should be ok, though. I hope ...

Meanwhile, I was supposed to go to an aural studies class this evening and had arranged for someone to pick me up from Indooroopilly station just prior. Unfortunately, I am so used to going to U.Q. at 6 p.m. (choir starts at 6) that I thought the class started at 6. It was only 15 minutes before I was about to leave (to arrive at 6) that I realised it actually started at 5. Arrrg! Idiot! I've made several mistakes relating to travel times in the last few weeks and it is really starting to irritate me. The ones before today were even more stupid because I mixed up my arrival and departure times when thinking about what time I needed to leave. Ug!

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Ok. Time for a big update on the more interesting points of my life over the past few weeks, which hopefully won't get too boring.

The cold I posted about a few weeks ago turned out to be quite nasty indeed, including a light fever for a few days. I felt I was slowly recovering a bit over a week later, but just as I thought I might be almost back to normal, it started all over again. I began to lose my voice last Monday, which hasn't happened in ages! I think I'm finally on the mend now, but that still means I was sick for over three weeks! It seems to me that colds and related illnesses are hanging around much longer this year than they have in the past and several others have agreed.

I had to miss two weeks of goalball thanks to that stupid cold, as well as a choir performance. Arrrg! It also delayed work for N^th Degree. Anyway, when I've been able to make it to goalball, I've been playing pretty terribly. My defence has been ridiculous; I rarely ever play this badly! I just hope it has to do with sickness and related issues and that I'll be better for the Grand Prix next Saturday. Btw, if you're interested, come to watch some of the games. The Grand Prix will be held in the Sports Hall in A block at Southbank TAFE on Saturday, 2 September.

When I've been able, I have been working on the violin and cello parts for Never Be the Same, the new N^th Degree piece. I'm pleased to report that I finished recording those parts on Thursday night. Next on the agenda is the crazy orchestral stuff in what we call the 'Gladiator' section and the guitar parts. Meanwhile, check out N^th Degree on Triple J Unearthed! Cruel to be Kind has been submitted so far, so rate us highly and review us well! NOW! Please? :) I submitted Losing Touch as well, but it seems to have disappeared somewhere, so I need to chase that up in the coming week.

This weekend was somewhat crazy in terms of social events. On Friday night was Jen's mum's 50th, which was a lot of fun, plus there was good food and wine. Yummm! Saturday night was my uncle's partner's 50th, which was held downstairs at home (my uncle lives downstairs here). It was pretty good, although there was no wine. :) The comedy highlight of the evening for me was Ro's 10 week old mastiff puppy jumping up to steel a steak and chicken wing off my uncle's plate!

Today was my parents' anniversary. We went out to dinner at Kingsley's Crab and Steak house, a prospect which didn't greatly appeal to my taste buds and stomach given my dispassion towards crab and steak. (I don't dislike them, but just don't particularly like them. I'd definitely eat steak over crab, though, and it's certainly much cheaper. :) ) I didn't end up eating either crab or steak. It wasn't too bad, though I was a bit 'meh' about the place in general. It was good to spend some time with the family, though. Tomorrow is Daniel's birthday, although we're not doing anything major for that. So: happy birthdays to those mentioned and happy anniversary to my parents!

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