Learn from the mistakes of others

i'm doing a bit of writing at the moment.

i'm drafting a novel (well, several), at least one article, and ocnsidering finishing those darn essays for the grad dip ed. oh, and i'm back to writing job applications. yeah. those suck. but a job would be welcome income - and give me 'something to do' ... lol!

if all my writing were for the write a novel in a month thingo, i'd have passed the 50,000 work limit in week two. day two of week two.

no wonder my eyes hurt.

a new monitor would help. and some extra ram. and a new video card. and another hard drive.

which brings me back to the job application/s.

i'm applying for a position as a prosecutor with the state dpp (department of public prosecutions). i'd like to give that a go. be on the other side of the game. and it would be good experience for other things i have in mind.

i've actually rediscovered my desire to practice law. and i'd like to get into dispute resolution, be a mediator and such-like. i'm also interested in certain kinds of disputes, including certain kinds of crimes. so working for the dpp would be a good thing™

irony is, the dpp was one of my two preferred employers when i came out of law school in the first place.

i'm doing a bit of writing at the moment.

i'm drafting a novel (well, several), at least one article, and ocnsidering finishing those darn essays for the grad dip ed. oh, and i'm back to writing job applications. yeah. those suck. but a job would be welcome income - and give me 'something to do' ... lol!

if all my writing were for the write a novel in a month thingo, i'd have passed the 50,000 work limit in week two. day two of week two.

no wonder my eyes hurt.

a new monitor would help. and some extra ram. and a new video card. and another hard drive.

which brings me back to the job application/s.

i'm applying for a position as a prosecutor with the state dpp (department of public prosecutions). i'd like to give that a go. be on the other side of the game. and it would be good experience for other things i have in mind.

i've actually rediscovered my desire to practice law. and i'd like to get into dispute resolution, be a mediator and such-like. i'm also interested in certain kinds of disputes, including certain kinds of crimes. so working for the dpp would be a good thing™

irony is, the dpp was one of my two preferred employers when i came out of law school in the first place.

according to our glorious leader,

What’s changing.

With the introduction of WorkChoices, the Australian Federal Government will initiate a range of changes that will make the workplace relations system simpler confusing, fairer employer-friendly and more flexible more disposable.

( Read more... )

wading through the 691 pages of amendments to the existing legislation. amendments that would have been clearer and more consistent if presented as a replacement rather than an amendment - is difficult. very bloody difficult. lets not worry about the regulations just yet.

if ron mcccallum's head hurts, it's no wonder my eyes do too.

[note to usyd, it is very difficult to track down ron on your website. searching for him only returns links that no longer exist ... and the url for his bio page is ugly, and fraught with breakage potential. in fact, i couldn't use it on lj coz it breaks the html. the link above should redirect to the 'correct' link. usyd<>, your 'content management system' sucks.]

[note to semagic crew, fix this fucking thing. it keeps changing legitimate html code and breaks my links and lj-cuts. fix it. it's getting very fucking annoying!]

according to our glorious leader,

What’s changing.

With the introduction of WorkChoices, the Australian Federal Government will initiate a range of changes that will make the workplace relations system simpler confusing, fairer employer-friendly and more flexible more disposable.

( Read more... )

wading through the 691 pages of amendments to the existing legislation. amendments that would have been clearer and more consistent if presented as a replacement rather than an amendment - is difficult. very bloody difficult. lets not worry about the regulations just yet.

if ron mcccallum's head hurts, it's no wonder my eyes do too.

[note to usyd, it is very difficult to track down ron on your website. searching for him only returns links that no longer exist ... and the url for his bio page is ugly, and fraught with breakage potential. in fact, i couldn't use it on lj coz it breaks the html. the link above should redirect to the 'correct' link. usyd<>, your 'content management system' sucks.]

[note to semagic crew, fix this fucking thing. it keeps changing legitimate html code and breaks my links and lj-cuts. fix it. it's getting very fucking annoying!]