And after a long absence, I’m back

Hi everybody. I’m back!
Well, sort of. I’m actually at my aunt and uncle’s house at the moment, using their Internet connection to post this blog and aid in job searching.

Wait, does that mean I’m back in New Zealand now? After all, I don’t have any relatives in Canada!
Well, actually, I do have relatives in Canada, I’ve just never met them. They live up in Vancouver. To answer the question, however, yes I am back in New Zealand. I’m just somewhere in the South Island as opposed to the North Island.

Currently editing: Lionheart. Wordcount: I’m not looking.

Some may notice that the website has undergone some changes. I’m still working out how to use the different pages. Actually, that’s a lie. I know how to use the different pages, I just haven’t had enough time to look at the Internet to go forth and fix them. With luck I may have those done by the end of today. It’s a nice design by Catherine Haines (yes, that’s the person who I’m using as a host. Yes, that’s the person who runs On The Nightstand. Yes that’s the person for whom I beta), and while it’s actually one of her older designs, it’s the one that I liked the most (her other desk-design was a trifle too tidy to suit me. Please don’t judge me by how ridiculous the desk gets, it just tends to become scattered with computer parts. I can still find things on it).

Right now, I’m attempting to apply for an Administration-type job. No, this doesn’t mean that I’m giving up on the Policing, it means that I have to get a full New Zealand Driver Licence and relearn how to swim (gotta do 50m in 54 seconds) and do an awful lot of running (no, that’s not a Rickroll), and frankly, money is important. Even for me.

So I’ll leave now with a question, because I’ve been asked to do this sort of thing on the Beta Blogs site:
In Canada, what is the difference between a Peace Bond and a Restraining Order? Answers in the comments.

A new start

Psst.

Hey, don’t tell Catherine this, but I’m gonna start on another beta job of hers. It’s gonna be a surprise, so I’m swearing ALL of you to secrecy.

Shhhhhhhh…

Oh, P.S.: I appear to have started my own novel with another friend of mine. Be afraid, be very afraid…

Quick rundown of things

Speedy notes before the dog drags me out on a walk:

for those who don’t follow my LJ, I graduated recently, with Honours, in Police Foundations. So, yeah.

I think I just got signed up for fictional beta work by three more people. Okay, I take it back, I know I signed up for it.

Catherine’s mind has been at it again, resulting in now one wizard, one ghost, two fairies on the backburner, the occasional prodding of a mermaid, a superhero, and an entire string of vampires.
I, of course, would simply like her to write a Star Wars novel.

Have been rediscovering my intense love for Star Trek. I’m a babyfen!Trekkie, as it happens, and I continue to collect the books (want to buy the series. Will do so at some point. Probably around the time I buy that nice giant TV to watch them on). That’ll be harder over the next few booksales, as more and more people discoverk Trek for the first time. Instead of leaving me and my little table alone, the booksellers will be on the scavenge, so I’ll have to wake up early to be closer to the front of the line. Hope whoever’s hosting the sales has the sense to print maps!
(Something I really miss about NZ: The Palmerston North Red Cross Booksale. The parents take two days off work and then there are books.)

I just bought Pride and Prejudice and Zombies! This is a Big Thing, as I hate Jane Austen and her contemporaries with a passion. However. Zombies. I’m willing to give it a chance. Possibly while listening to the Shaun of the dead soundtrack.

And the doggie is making with the eyes. Off we go…