chaos and noise

Errrggh. The New Year has been good to me so far, but I feel like I've been hit by a truck... :)

Heresy/Black Widow was a good night - I saw some people I haven't seen in ages, and danced a lot. As delphaeus mentioned, it felt like a night out five years ago - unfortunately, complete with choking drifts of smoke-machine fog. I'd like to go again, as Footscray is surprisingly close to North Melbourne - but as of next month, we'll be a few hours down the penninsula.

Right now I'm at home, enjoying the last month of being able to call it home. We've hired a van for next Thursday, and will be heading down to Somerville with as many boxes and bits of furniture as we can manage. It's not The Big One, but I'm hoping that we can take enough stuff to avoid needing a truck on Moving Day.

Now that I think of it, January is looking kinda frantic:

Last week: Parties, good food, good company.
This week: Packing. Painting (three jobs in two days). Take van to Somerville. M&M's wedding.
Next week: Honeymoon! Out of town from 12/1 - 18/1.
After that: Painting (for Arc). Running three events at Arc.
And finally: Last packing. Move house. Start PhD, plus a loooong commute each day.

Saturday 31/1 is Moving Day. If anyone can help us load the van in the morning, we'd love to hear from you - we're planning to pick it up around 11am, and head off by 1pm. Unloading at the other end won't be a problem (everything is at ground level there), but extra pairs of hands in North Melbourne would be great.