Well, at least it's not raining...

[nishatalitha]

Just to be clear: I support the bus drivers stop work meeting. They are an extremely important part of the Wellington region transport network and should get paid accordingly. I am aware that they chose the time for this meeting (10.00am to 2.30pm) to prevent inconvenience to as many people as possible. I am also aware that they advertised the meeting.

Which doesn't stop me from being peeved because I'm still cold from waiting at the busstop for an hour and a half and missing a meeting I'd set up for 11.00am. No one mentioned the stop work to me, and since it's my primary means of transport, it kinda screwed me up. Fortunately, I've been able to reschedule everything for tomorrow and have just swapped my plans over. Hopefully, tomorrow will be sunnier and thus nicer to go through the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary.

...on the other hand, it meant I read about 200 pages of The Neutronium Alchemist by Peter F. Hamilton. Which, in combination with forgetting my cellphone is how about an hour could pass without me realising just how long I'd been waiting.

I will make a warm lunch and maybe turn the heater on. I'm missing the warmth of Tauranga already. Yesterday was nice; it was warm and windy and not too hot. Today the cloud still hides the top of the hills across the valley and there is a definite chill to the wind.

Finished reading The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchet last night. My copy is a compact Discworld book, which means it measures about 9cm x 7.5cm x 2cm and is in about size 8 font. Not my favourite Pratchett, but still entertaining. And I like the Luggage. Am more pleased that I brought The House That Sailed Away back down with me. While I only purchased my copy when in high school, it still entertains me.

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[laputain.livejournal.com]

Which doesn't stop me from being peeved because I'm still cold from waiting at the busstop for an hour and a half and missing a meeting I'd set up for 11.00am. No one mentioned the stop work to me,

That is of course the bus company's doing. They have an interest in making commuters dislike the union, so of course they won't tell commuters about the stopwork (which, under IR law, has to be declared two weeks in advance).

[nishatalitha.livejournal.com]

My automatic reaction is to support the union. Habit, I'm afraid, and get peeeved at the company. I'm sure it was advertised. I'm more surprised that no one I know mentioned it, as something like the stopwork would usually come up in discussion. I'm not surprised I missed the advertising, as I don't listen to the radio or read the paper very often, and I was out of town the week I'd've seen the ads on busses.

[stephanie-pegg.livejournal.com]

It's noted on the Metlink page, but I don't check that every day, obviously. I haven't needed to travel on the bus today, thankfully, but I was earlier in the week, and there was a distinct lack of advertising for the bus strike. :-(

[laputain.livejournal.com]

Also - Marillion? Zomg! When did you start listening to prog?

[nishatalitha.livejournal.com]

Prog? *completely blank look* I have Marillion because a friend gave me his music collection (bar Tangerine Dream) and it turns up on my shuffle play list periodicially. Some I like, some I really don't.

[laputain.livejournal.com]

*nods* Prog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock). Well, technically, neo-prog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-progressive_rock).

[nishatalitha.livejournal.com]

What is prog?

[laputain.livejournal.com]

Short for "progressive rock". See links.