h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Two weeks from unemployment - again! I have to do something on Monday about getting my resume and letters of application together. I want to do something new, but am not at all sure about how to go about it. This is frustrating.

As a diversion, I thought I would put in the journal entry I wrote for last Sunday, but never got around to putting up on my page. The comments I made then about the weather apply perfectly well to this weekend, too. I haven't been riding as much this weekend, but I am currently suffering a bit of a knee strain, and am taking it a little easy for the next week or so.



Sunday 11 June 2000

The middle of the Queen's Birthday Weekend. The ski season starts tomorrow.

Today has been a good day. The afterglow of yesterday, which saw a 70-odd kilometre ride around parts of Canberra, including a long reach up Drakeford Drive and the Tuggeranong Parkway, is still with me. The long reach up the Tuggeranong Parkway also saw a new record top speed for the HDMBH of 59 km./hr. I felt very virtuous on finishing that ride, I can tell you.

On Friday my parents gave me a "food parcel" on their way through town to the airport in Sydney, where they are going to catch a plane to Nepal. It should be an interesting trip, although they are only going to be gone for six weeks or so, this time. I am glad for the extra food - extra risotto rice and Anzac biscuits never go astray.

The house is cold, and the city in general is still in the thrall of the fast cars which have taken over the centre of town. All morning I have been able to hear the engines of said vehicles making huge noise - and this from a good 4-5 kilometres away. As I was riding across Scrivener Dam yesterday on the way down to Tuggeranong, I saw the A-4 Skyhawk fighters doing flyovers for the race. They were doing it again this morning, but I wasn't riding over the dam as they approached, so it wasn't quite as dramatic as yesterday's encounter.

The weather is good - clear and sunny - if a little cold. It has been pleasant sitting around all morning having coffee and waiting for my clothes to dry. I am still shivering, though.

Hey!
It doesn't seem like your having much luck with the occupation you have now. Just as a suggestion, there are always job openings in the restaurant business. If you move up quickly, there's quite a lot of money to be made as well. I know it doesn't sound glamorous by any means, but it would definitely be a change of pace. Let me know if you need any references. I've worked at all the big ones.

Hey, I know - there's a big family restaurant (Scottish, I believe) just down the road from Hyp's place... I'm sure they'd take him...

Mmmmmm. McHypoman