Nocturnal Nick

So I’ve noticed a trend brought about by my school schedule, in that I visit a new restaurant/pub every Wednesday in Brisbane city (on or near Queen street). I have decided to mix up my lunching locations to allow for a series of reviews. I realise that while those that read this blog aren’t able to visit any or all of these, it’s at least something to write about to keep me busy during lunch.

Today’s choice was the Pig n’ Whistle in the middle of Queen street. It’s a great place to people-watch, what with it’s half pub half restaurant layout. The restaurant half is shielded from the thoroughfare by those translucent plastic sheets, allowing for conversation at normal volumes, over a good selection of foods, with constantly varying specials.

Today though, I’ve decided to sit on one of the lower tables in the pub’s half. Comfortable stool seating along with fixed tables allow for sturdy drinking surfaces (or laptoping, as I’ve found today) unlike most street cafe’s or pubs, where tables are constantly wobbling from one pivot to another.

Staff are friendly and in a good mood, at least today. So much so that I’ve handed a resume in, in the hopes of some work soon. They say they have an opening in the graveyard shift, which to be honest I’m perfectly happy with. It’d screw with my body-clock, but its not like it’d interfere with my schooling or anything

While I cannot comment on the food, as I’ve not been wealthy enough to order some today (not to say it’s expensive, just that I’m poor) but I intend to visit again and sample their culinary skills.

This is the first in a series of posts I’ll be writing about local food and drink places.

Righto. First of all, I live in Brisbane now. It was one hell of a trek if I’m honest, punctuated with a bell curve of instances of country-ness culminating in an illuminated “Jesus Saves” sign, next to KFC. While I have no specific problem with religion or Jesus in particular, it just seems to correlate with the distance from any major city center.

That aside, the trip was fairly uneventful. Mostly because the hilly terrain prevented the truck from being able to speed up past the point where anything eventful happens . A slight hill meant I was overtaken by truckers, and a downhill meant putting the gearbox into eco mode.

Upon arrival, I’ve immediately applied for and waited (without patience) for my DSL2+ to kick in. When telstra finally gave into TPG’s requests for activation, it was like ingesting 16 red bulls in 20 minutes; unhealthy but EVER SO EXCITING!! I’ve now set up remote uTorrent access so even sitting here, at Bubbles cafe in Brisbane city, I can ad, remove, or generall manage my torrents. All completely legal, of course, just nice to be able to start your home server PC downloading something from the other side of the world.

As for transport, seeing as my bike is still having issues (or at least I presume it is, given I haven’t actually started it in several weeks) and my car isn’t the cheapest thing to park mid-city, I’ve been using the public transport. Initial observations suggest it is significantly cheaper and faster than Sydney’s, but then I live a good deal closer to uni, and there’s not a river from Matraville to Qantm.

What else, what else… I was paid back by a number of people through the bond returned t my former hosuemates. Saved my ass, though I don’t have a job yet! I’m fairly confident I’ll at least get an interview at a JB that’s looking for workers, and I’ve distributed my resume to a number of places around various convenient centers, though nothing has arisen yet.

And finally, I’m sorry this post isn’t accompanied by any images, video, or links. Like I say, I’m at a cafe and my steak just arrived, so I’ll sign off now.

Edit: It was friggin delicious

So I’m lying in my bed on the last night in the old house. God I can’t WAIT to get to the new one and to be able to crash for a week (not going to happen )

Anyway, thought I’d post that and a few images of the house here before we leave. If the battery life on my camera holds out (its only one bar at the moment and the charger is packed) there’ll be some more photos later on!

The lounge quickly filled up...

And I reckon thats enough for the night. I’m off to bed, got one HELL of a drive to do tomorrow!

Today was my last day in Canberra for a while. As anyone reading this knows, I’ve been commuting back and forth every week, but today that ended.

I’m going to miss Canberra, the Dickson crew, all my friends from the BnG days and especially Joe, Chris, Carlie, Karen, Marc and Leo, who’ve been so good to me

Thanks everyone, I guess I’ll see you all in April

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So having tried to post this three times now and each time failing due to one reason or another, here I am typing a summary.

1. Had a great night with a Heineken mini-keg. Lots of fun, the same value for money as a case, and less rubbish to throw away later
As a result of that night of drunken fun, I I’ve realized a few things.
Teriyaki chicken medallions are probably the worlds best drunken food. They were incredibly tastey, and very easy to defrost/cook. (Igham brand, in case anyone was wondering)
And that Better off Ted is a great show. I’m sure there were more, but as I say i was drunk, and it’s been a few days

Second topic on discussion today would be the fact I’m writing this in a bank que (sitting down these days, awesome!) waiting to close out my final payment on my car loan Wooo! No more fortnightly repayments of $272!!! That’s an extra $136 a week I’ll have for something else! (saving I spose)
I seriously cannot wait

And the last topic I’ll mention is that I’m moving to Brisbane in a week!! I can’t wait until I get to stay in one city for longer than 5 days

So apparently my “long time since posts” post was a little stupid. ESPECIALLY since I’m about to leave this post and play a board game with some friends. Ok fine there will be a quick post.

1. I’m still going back and forth from Canberra to Sydney (Canberra at the moment) for work

2. The girlfriend has moved into my place in Sydney, so I’m pretty much doing “1″ for work.

3. Both my car and my bike are off the road the moment, between them costing me about $3000 in the last 4 weeks. Ouch.

4. I’m moving to Brisbane ’cause I’ve just bought a house in Taringa.

5. People are calling me for the board game. I’ll post more later as I’m determined to.