(I bet that 'people from the internet' don't count either)

Digging out personal references is so hard. People I've known for over 5 years, who don't live at my address (so no neighbours) and who I haven't worked for/with. I'm such a solitary creature that this is the bit that totally flummoxes me.

This honestly is discriminatory against autistic introverts

There are really beautiful murals in Penge! Lots of great street art.

A plaster ornament of a Green Man’s face. His hair is wild and swirly and his ears are pointed like an animal. His mouth is open and his tongue is hanging out, turning into leaf-like foliage at the end.

Went to Penge; bought a Green Man

Oh, phew. Boss was really reasonable when I explained my budgeting, and went to HR to get the offer amended to the higher amount.

If I pass the security clearance and vetting, I start 18th May! Woo!

Argh, argh, argh I have to haggle on a job offer WITHOUT the assistance of a Headhunter for the first time in my life and why is it so fraught asking them to pay me the full salary they quoted when it's only a £1k difference?

(But it's such a significant paycut that £1k would make a big difference)

Went out to buy begonias. 0 begonias bought so far.

I do NOT have space in my garden for a Photinus, no matter how pretty and variegated and pink. I do not!!!

Phew! 😂

Lucky day!

Wordle 1,764 2/6

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I just did a tarot reading about this new job and it was probably the single most positive tarot reading I've ever done, completely overflowing with 'good things will happen here' - I'm trying to be realistic and not get giddy

I guess they really liked me too, because they called me precisely 6 hours later and offered me the job!?!!? 🍾🎉

Thank you, I hope so too!

Thank you!

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Thank you!

I think job interview went OK? I really liked them! I was really nervous but I hope they liked me, too?

Thank you! 🤞

Viel Danke!

Thank you!

I have a job interview for that holy grail - a part time database programming job - on Friday

Please cross fingers and pray to deities for me!

Why does UHT milk taste so weird and different to ordinary milk?

Do pathogens have a nice taste?

Well the instructions did say to apply the vine weevil treatment while ’overcast or raining’ but I think I’ll wait until it stops LASHING DOWN to apply the rest.

Have fun in the rain, little nematodes!

Walked back 2 miles from Brockwell Park (not usually a big deal) and I feel like my legs are going to drop off!

Well! I tried Morris Dancing with a queer-inclusive group. I think I need to have a lot more practice HOPPING before I do this again 🕺

Leopard print flowers. No, really!

Went to my favourite garden centre with a £20 note for my birthday. Guess how many plants I bought for that? 😂

Thank you! And no, good guess but not Eurythmics

Newspapers had strikingly different interpretations of the Youthscan findings. News of the World claimed your generation were living in 'the age of lost innocence' where 'drugs run wild' and '7 in 10 hit the bottle! In contrast, the Western Daily Press said your generation had been overtaken by 'a new mood of moral awareness' with less interest in casual sex' and 'more awareness of religion. The Daily Record took a more balanced view, describing you as smart kids who like a pint.'

Most hilarious page in here is the Tabloids’ reactions to our age 16 survey. News of the World thought we were druggy drinkers, while the Daily Mail thought we were anti-sex moralists (hello? The AIDS crisis?!?)

A birthday card depicting the covers of various albums from 1986

The only people who remembered my birthday this year were the British Cohort Study. See if you can guess which of these albums I got as a present for my 16th birthda!

(It’s ok; I have a terrible memory for birthdays, too)

Got Wordle through brute force but THAT IS NOT A WORD!!

Haha we all took that on the Neubauten Forum and several actual Germans were disgruntled by the results! (Also being extremely German about Wittgenstein Not Being German)