{"id":11,"date":"2003-03-16T18:27:19","date_gmt":"2003-03-16T08:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christopherowen.id.au\/blog\/?p=11"},"modified":"2019-09-06T14:48:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T04:48:40","slug":"90798439","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christopherowen.au\/blog\/2003\/03\/16\/90798439\/","title":{"rendered":"The Present Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

First things first: I have found my dream job<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now imagine you and I are playing a computer game together. This game involves diplomacy; perhaps like Civilization. Now let us imagine that I click on an action which lets me establish a diplomatic exchange between us. At the top of this dialogue is an area reserved for communicating to me what your general posture towards me is as a fully fledged diplomatic entity. If the words displayed here are akin to \u201cmagnanimous\u201d\u009d, \u201cbenevolent\u201d or perhaps even a non-violent form of ambivalence, you may just have the right type of sentiment to acquire one of these<\/a> for someone as esteemed as myself. If you on the other hand were to attempt to query my mood in this game I can guarantee you that the word \u201cstrange\u201d\u009d or some other synonym would greet your glittering eyes.<\/p>\n

While I am here I might just quickly mention that I am considering updating my contract with you, my dear readers, to read something along the lines of:<\/p>\n

Christopher will update this page every Sunday. This does not include Thursday. (This is a minimum figure and the oystaFarm cannot make any assurances that something won’t be posted at any point of time before this designated delivery date).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is fair to say that I have been fairly ambitious with my agreed posting schedule as I have just discovered that I can use this newly discovered lode of pure, vacant<\/em> time to clear out a massive back log of electronic entertainment I have acquired over the last few years<\/em>; none of which comes from Fyshwick. One of my objectives in maintaining this web log was to give me the opportunity to flex my literary muscle which I have found, sadly, has atrophied over my recent five year university stint; computer science courses are not renowned for producing Hemmingways. Currently I have found that trying to make two posts a week has resulted in me posting commentaries which I feel have not been as well refined as I would have liked. I will just remind you now that I do have an insidious streak of perfectionism running through me \u2014 I suspect somewhere between my left shoulder and right nipple. This perfectionism is, naturally, measured against my own standards and not yours<\/em>. This protects me from criticism quite well. In the end, if you don’t see a post here on Thursdays, do not be alarmed<\/em>; I am in all likelihood enjoying a long overdue visit and delicious gorging in Nintendo-land \u2014 a very<\/em> pleasant place indeed. Of course while I am in this fabled country I will be dreaming up all kinds of stuff<\/em> to write about here on the Sunday. I apologise for any disappointment, including myself. This extra time may even allow me to replace this ghastly HTML<\/acronym> template I have selected from Blogger; abuse of the table<\/samp> tag makes baby Jesus cry and there is nothing I enjoy more than looking at a good piece of prime, well-formed, semantic XHTML<\/acronym>. Yum.<\/p>\n

Now weren’t you going to get me something?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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