David's Journal

January was spent entirely overseas. For work we went to Oslo and Lillehammer for about a week, then a bunch of us took annual leave and tripped around. I ended up going to Sweden, France, Switzerland, Italy and England. It was a fantastic, amazing experience. I both saw and ate some memorable things, one of the best being a chocolate éclair from a bakery in the back streets of Lyon.

February was spent moving into a new place. I'm renting an awesome two bedroom house in the country, about ten minutes out of town. It suits me great right now as I like to make music at strange times, and the peace and quiet and greenness of it are very relaxing. This is the view from the lounge/kitchen/deck bit (its rather open plan):

And the house itself:

So I'm very happy about that. There's even a small garden around the back where pumpkins have self seeded and are taking everything over. So come over for pumpkin soup sometime.

Reading:

Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury
The October Country, Ray Bradbury
Judas Unchained, Peter F Hamilton
The Best New Zealand Fiction Volume 3, Ed. Fiona Kidman

Playing:

Final Fantasy XII

Movies:

Hot Fuzz, Edgar Wright
Ghost Rider, Mark Steven Johnson