Feel it adelaide?

If you felt the earthquake, write a report.


You can see the reaction on twitter. Neat-o-rama.

Should I get a rainwater tank?

At the moment, the SA government is offering rebates to get us onto rainwater tanks.

I'm interested - if I wanted to live off of rainwater, is it worth it?

Options:
25000L tank (3.4m diameter, 2.4m high, needs site leveling)
5000L tank (much smaller, can be stuck next to house)
Automatic or manual switch.

After crunching the numbers, it's pretty pathetic. My best bet is to fork out the $2359 for a 25000L tank and get it plumped into my house / site leveled, etc. Based on my current quarterly water usage ($34 actual water usage, the rest is sewerage and supply- ACK!); and assuming that I can get the tank filled from rain 4 times a year (unlikely!); it takes me 23.59 years to get my money back.

Given the roof size of my house and shedding, I wouldn't be able to fill 25000L four times a year.

You can play with the spreadsheet if you like.

Decorating

I was sitting around at home, thinking how I can improve the lounge. I wanted to bring in autumn leaves, and I wasn't sure how - I can google, but I can't draw.



I wanted something a bit like the David Jones bronze leaves swirling up from behind my lamp.

Drawing was out, so what about stickers?

It turns out that vinyl stickers are all of the rage these days. Eventually, I changed direction; and have just bought tree story.

I think it's going to look quite good.

I don't like birthdays

Another year, a quarter of a century. Yet again I've avoided my birthday like the plague. I took a whole week off work, just so I could hide.
I was really surprised - I got so many individuals wishing me a happy birthday via facebook, all of the time I was thinking so few actually cared (edit: I'm overwhelmed by those that bothered). I know facebook posting costs are low, but I got individuals whom I thought it would never matter to wishing me a happy birthday. (edit: woohoo)
Right now, it feels like I'm going through the motions - I don't want to be lonely or upset, but I've done it for so long I don't know any other means to survive.

An improvement - at least today, unlike last year, I'm not eating pizza alone infront of a waitress I vaguely know.

That sucked. It really did. It was incredibly awkward for my friends that did eventually catch up with me, it was uncomfortable for the waitress, it was probably uncomfortable for the pizza.

There must be more to life than this - narrowly avoiding the rock bottom of the previous year.