House-hunting
Like aaronl, I also went looking at houses today. Unlike aaronl, I was looking at small 2 bedroom places, rather than ones with 16 fireplaces and a T1.

I didn't expect to be looking at houses at this time of year, but this one in particular happened to catch my eye. It's in Preston (not too far from the city), has lots of land, and is quite affordable. The only problem is that the house itself is quite small. It should be fine for Jacinta and myself to live there, but if Gwen were to move in as well it would be rather cramped.

I'm going to arrange for a second inspection and if we still like it we'll throw them an offer and see what they say. I would very dearly like to own my own house, and this place certainly has enough space for livestock and vegetables to keep me happy for a while.

Melbourne geeks -- two degrees of separation
It seems that every geek I meet in Melbourne is related to every other geek by at most one other person. Katherine had her birthday party last night, and I met a girl there named Nicole. She ended up knowing me from when I worked at the University of Melbourne, and I ended up knowing her partner from when I was a student.