Bright Lights, Big Albury

Yes, I'm back. Again. And once again, I'm writing to you from the comfort of my Albury-Wodonga hotel room. What can I say? It's boring in a hotel by yourself, which gives you the proper opportunity to catch up on the blogging you've been meaning to do. Or go crazy and try to kill your wife and child. Whichever comes first, I guess.

So what've I been up to since last we met? Well, getting the new place sorted. Working. Going to prom parties (photos available on Li-Kim's blog, if you haven't seen them on Facebook already).

Mum stayed for a couple of nights before heading off to Tasmania. PK visited from the UK, after Simon had visited from Bris Vegas. PK gave me shit for not updating my blog. Simon vowed never to end up on Facebook... only to end up on it what felt like five minutes later.

Went on a bit of a spending spree recently, all of which was contained to online book buying. Bought Vol 4 of the Absolute Sandman collection at a $100 ($60 under the rrp!), as well as managing to track down the last two parts in William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy.

I'm also considering reading a Jodi Picoult book after finding out the main character is a comic book artist and it incorporates pages from his comic. Given that it also references Neil Gaiman, I think my fate has been sealed. Turns out the ol' JP is a big comic fan, even having written a short run on Wonder Woman (which I've also bought, but has yet to be delivered).

Went to our half-yearly conference for work and got ....... quite drunk. Simone can field any questions you may have, if she isn't too ashamed to be associated with me as a result.

Also went to yum cha for Carol's birthday, which was fantastic. In fact, I liked it so much that I took Simone to the same place the very next weekend, and had another fantastic meal. A fantastic meal with custard buns. Need I say more?

I'll try and start updating a little more regularly, but I make no guarantees!