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coolian2 said:
Never heard of Black Books. But yeah, i could maybe manage a bookstore too but i think here there may be too many idiots as well.

Luckily i have a huge shopping mall 25 minutes walk / 10 minutes bus ride away with a huge range of stores.

Black Books is a great British comedy (well, actually, I think Dylan Moran is Irish, but it's made in Britain). It's to bookshops as Fawlty Towers is to hotels or Father Ted to the priesthood. Would be right up your alley.

I'd be content doing something in an office like data entry. It'd be repetitive and mundane, but I'd have to talk with only a few people, thus reducing the frequency of idiots.
 
coolian2 said:
I thought of using the bus ride to catch up on readings or work, but i discovered quickly that the bus ride is generally cramped and long so it's best to get on the bus and zone out.

The trams are fairly comfortable so it's not a bother. I get most of my reading done on them, truth be told. I could just travel around all day reading books on the tram.

After living here for just a year, I don't know how people even get by in other cities. I'm thinking I should branch out into some Australian history so I can at least have decent career potential here. I love Wellington but I could never move back there.
 
Axver said:


The trams are fairly comfortable so it's not a bother. I get most of my reading done on them, truth be told. I could just travel around all day reading books on the tram.

After living here for just a year, I don't know how people even get by in other cities. I'm thinking I should branch out into some Australian history so I can at least have decent career potential here. I love Wellington but I could never move back there.

what will your studies qualify you to do ? teach nz history or somehting or write books ?
 
mysterious_jen said:


what will your studies qualify you to do ? teach nz history or somehting or write books ?

Actually, I haven't been able to study any NZ history, I just do it as custom essays for any class I can fit it into. In my honours year next year, it'll be central to my thesis, and the same when I do my Masters and PhD. So I'll be qualified for some sort of academic position, be it research or lecturing, and I aim to augment my Kiwi knowledge with enough about Australia and the South Pacific to be able to teach beyond the Kiwi field. i.e. I could teach a course on South Pacific political history while working on writing articles/books on Kiwi history.

Or alternatively I could get into something private sector that just needs a qualified historian who knows what they're doing, who knows ...
 
coolian2 said:
The bus would be ok if i wasn't on it from start to near finish, especially in the late afternoon when it gets packed.

I swear to God, I hate getting caught on a tram around 3:30-4pm. High school students ... :|
 
Axver said:


Actually, I haven't been able to study any NZ history, I just do it as custom essays for any class I can fit it into. In my honours year next year, it'll be central to my thesis, and the same when I do my Masters and PhD. So I'll be qualified for some sort of academic position, be it research or lecturing, and I aim to augment my Kiwi knowledge with enough about Australia and the South Pacific to be able to teach beyond the Kiwi field. i.e. I could teach a course on South Pacific political history while working on writing articles/books on Kiwi history.

Or alternatively I could get into something private sector that just needs a qualified historian who knows what they're doing, who knows ...


sounds interesting and very specialised, good luck
 
mysterious_jen said:



sounds interesting and very specialised, good luck

Thanks. :)

I can't wait to get further beyond undergrad. I'm getting a bit bored with it ... 2nd and 3rd year History is all pretty much doing the same stuff over and over again. I feel the need for a challenge.
 
Axver said:


Thanks. :)

I can't wait to get further beyond undergrad. I'm getting a bit bored with it ... 2nd and 3rd year History is all pretty much doing the same stuff over and over again. I feel the need for a challenge.

i forget how young you are ! undergrad. crikey.
 
mysterious_jen said:


i forget how young you are ! undergrad. crikey.

At least I'm not still stuck in high school like Danny!

And oh God, I just discovered there's whole episodes of Black Books on YouTube. I've ended up spilling ice all over myself and I'm not seven minutes into the first episode. (I hadn't actually seen this one.)

Today just keeps getting better and better.
 
Axver said:


At least I'm not still stuck in high school like Danny!

And oh God, I just discovered there's whole episodes of Black Books on YouTube. I've ended up spilling ice all over myself and I'm not seven minutes into the first episode. (I hadn't actually seen this one.)

Today just keeps getting better and better.


ohhh you didnt know about that ! sorry :giggle:


its awesome.
 
mysterious_jen said:



ohhh you didnt know about that ! sorry :giggle:


its awesome.

I really have not made the most of YouTube. Though this is currently being rectified. I can't stop laughing.
 
Axver said:


I really have not made the most of YouTube. Though this is currently being rectified. I can't stop laughing.

well mate i will leave you to your laffs, i think i need an early night, i hope we will see each other again !!!!!!!


:hug:
 
:lol: Alright. Have a good night then! I also need to do some blogging and some baking before bed. See you in the postwhore-a-thon again soon. :wave:

I do hope Ali shows soon, though, so she can see just what happened. She said she might be late ...
 
Axver said:
:lol: Alright. Have a good night then! I also need to do some blogging and some baking before bed. See you in the postwhore-a-thon again soon. :wave:

I do hope Ali shows soon, though, so she can see just what happened. She said she might be late ...


ohhh yeah i totally forgot she missed all of it. shit .




pure genious i tells ya ...
 
mysterious_jen said:


hi ya !



i must add my endorsement but i need a title

Oh, I don't think you really need to. You weren't around when it all went down, so you don't have to stick your neck out too. I was surprised tourist put his name to it.

Now PFan on the other hand ... :wink:
 
Axver said:
Evening, AMENDMENT THE.
I want to make an anagram but I can't be bothered.

Evening, O Most Hated Members of Interference :wink:

I took a quick perv at the retraction thread... :giggle:

Where is the momentous event located??
 
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