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26 July 2004

More Catalogues

Based on the success of ordering the XtraX catalogue, I'm going to order a
Laughing Vampire and Drac-in-a-Box catalogue too. Laughing Vampire are trade
only for catalogues but I mailed them and they said they'd send me one (must
pass it around to get some custom).

Have to fill out a money order for the Drac-in-a-Box one though. I'd like to
get the latest Lip Service one too but can't seem to find a link/info on the
site.

22 July 2004

Sore throat

I've been stricken with an annoying sore throat over the last few days. I
can barely speak at some points (much to the relief of some :)). Still, I
don't get sick much and it's a chance in work to fob people off a little.

Otherwise, all's quite in Johnsville. Done with Anita's wedding, took about
150 photos. They can be viewed at http://www.photobox.ie/album/780894. They
had a beautiful little girl called Ivana as flower girl, the bridesmades
looked fantastic and Anita was beautiful.

Our savings are going well for our house. It'll take some time but fingers
crossed we'll sort something out.

13 July 2004

IBM Job Interview

Went for a job interview with IBM yesterday. Kind of got the impression they were looking for people straight out of college. There was an aptitude test, a test on C++ and Java and an oral test on various computing concepts. The interviewer focused more on my college work than on my business work.

Oh well, I still have the ESB for another year and it was an education nonetheless.

07 July 2004

apres Paris

Back from Paris since Monday, only getting a chance to post now. Had a great time, with no major hassles. We went to the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, etc. but we also visited the Catacombs and the Montmartre Cemetery.

On the Saturday night, we made our way down to the local goth bar, the Kata Bar. It was a cool bar with nice prints on the wall, spooky decorations and good music but we asked if there was a club section and unfortunately there wasn't. So we asked where the nearest club was, got directions and grabbed a taxi.

The club was called Les Caves and it was excellent. Les Caves is a very applicable name as it was tunnels and passages linking moderately sized rooms. Apparently the Cruxshadows played earlier but we missed them, damn. Bought 2 CDs though.

Again, fantastic trip but would've liked to stay longer.