What he said

So this past Christmas one of my super awesome cousins(of which I have a few) gave me two books. One was In A Sunburned Country and the other was A Walk in the Woods. Bill Bryson had been recommended to me, and her logic was a book about Australia and one about home. Suffice it to say it was an awesome gift, but that isn't the point of my post.

My point is this. If you want to know my opinions on Australians(not necessarily Australia) read In a Sunburned Country. I am only half way through, and am not even sure if I like Bryson as an author yet, but every time he makes an observation about Australians I find myself nodding in agreement. I can only imagine that this has lead to many strange looks while reading in public paces. I can only imagine what my reaction to his take on Virginian's will be when I get to A Walk in the Woods, although to be fair the people on the AT represent a special breed.

Well that's a cool job metric

So today I was talking to a buddy in the IRC channel I idle in. It was the end of the work day, and it had been a good one, so in a jovial offhand way I said "another day in the books, another 80 tons of explosive blown up." I really didn't mean anything by it, but my friend(who is some sort of analyst in the defense industry) responded along the lines of how the metrics for my job were so cool. It was a pleasant little reminder that I so get to do cool stuff that most people will never get to do or see.

Anyway it really helped me since I have been a little down in the drumps since my trip home. Reminded me that I am doing cool stuff, seeing things most people will never see, and shouldn't be upset about it. I miss and love everyone back home, and I'm coming back sooner or later, but until then I should enjoy making things go boom and living down under.

Long time no see.....

So unsurprising to anyone my posting has fallen off. Not heaps has changed in the past few months, as about half of it was spent on an awesome trip back home to the US that gave me a major case of homesickness. I'm back into the grind and enjoying Australia while I am here. I have been here long enough to figure out that this isn't my permanent home, but I gotta take advantage of it while I am here. I'll try to update it more regularly, but who knows.